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Redistricting Reform Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5596
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2010-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Civil actions and liability
Congressional operations and organization
House of Representatives
Intergovernmental relations
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying
State and local courts
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: 
Redistricting Reform Act of 2010 - Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution; or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Requires such redistricting to be conducted according to: (1) a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state; or (2) if such plan is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court.

Provides for: (1) establishment by each state of an independent redistricting commission; (2) development by such commission of a redistricting plan; (3) submission of the plan to, and consideration and enactment of a plan by, the state legislature; (4) selection of a plan by the state's highest court or development of a plan by the U.S. district court, under specified conditions; (5) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; (6) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting; (7) civil enforcement to carry out this Act; and (8) the right of action for a person who is aggrieved by a violation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To establish a Medicare patient IVIG access demonstration project.

Bill: 111-hr-5597
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2010-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hereditary and development disorders
Home and outpatient care
Immunology and vaccination
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration project under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to evaluate the benefits of providing payment for items and services needed for the administration, within the homes of Medicare beneficiaries, of intravenous immune globin (IVIG) for the treatment of primary immune deficiency diseases.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII to treat as durable medical equipment (DME) any disposable drug delivery systems, including elastomeric infusion pumps, for the treatment of colorectal cancer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5598
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2010-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accidents
Disaster relief and insurance
Gulf of Mexico
Income tax exclusion
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: 
Oil Spill Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Treats as a qualified disaster for income tax purposes the explosion on and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon and the discharge of oil in the Gulf of Mexico caused by such explosion and sinking. Excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, compensation paid by BP, PLC to the victims of such disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Wire Clarification Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5599
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Scott [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2010-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Gambling

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: 
Wire Clarification Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to provide that criminal penalties under such code and other provisions of federal law for transmitting bets and wages on sporting events or contests shall not apply to any bet or wager that is permissible under the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Employee Educational Assistance Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5600
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: 
Employee Educational Assistance Act of 2010 - Renders the general terminating date (i.e., December 31, 2010) of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 inapplicable to provisions of that Act that extended the exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance from the gross income of employees (thus making such tax exclusion permanent). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Gulf Coast Homeowners Relief Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5601
Sponsor: Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2010-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Accidents
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Gulf of Mexico
Housing finance and home ownership
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: 
Gulf Coast Homeowners Relief Act of 2010 - Applies through FY2011 certain provisions of Mortgagee Letter 2002-17 of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), relating to Type I Special Forbearance, to mortgagees of specified mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) whose mortgagors suffered a loss of income or an increase in living expenses as a result of the explosion on and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, the ensuing discharge of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, or the effects of such discharge on the economy in affected areas.
 
Directs the Secretary of HUD to develop and submit to the Congress: (1) a list of HUD-administered programs and resources that will be made immediately available to assist homeowners of one- to four-family dwelling, and communities, that have suffered negative economic consequences as a result of such incident or the discharge of oil caused by it; and (2) a long-term plan to assist such homeowners. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Gulf Coast Access to Savings Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5602
Sponsor: Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2010-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accidents
Alabama
Economic performance and conditions
Employee benefits and pensions
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Mississippi
Oil and gas
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: 
Gulf Coast Access to Savings Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-free distributions, up to $50,000 in any taxable year, from retirement plans on or after April 20, 2010, and before January 1, 2011, for individuals whose principal place of abode is in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, or Texas and who sustained an economic loss caused by the explosion on and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling unit, the resulting discharge of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, or the effects of such discharge on the economy in the affected areas. Provides tax incentives for the use of distributions by individuals in affected states to make home purchases. Increases to $100,000 the amount which may be borrowed without penalty from an employer benefit plan by individuals in affected states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to make available to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands additional funds for community service senior opportunities.

Bill: 111-hr-5603
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aging
American Samoa
Employment and training programs
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: 
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to make available more funding to Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for Older American community service employment programs for unemployed low-income persons over age 55, while decreasing from 30% to 25% the amount of funding reserved for Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and increasing from 10% to 25% the amount reserved for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Stop Oil Spills Act

Bill: 111-hr-5607
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2010-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accidents
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Energy revenues and royalties
Environmental technology
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-25
text: 
Stop Oil Spills Act or the SOS Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to revise provisions concerning ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish: (1) a program of awards to support the development, demonstration, and commercialization of innovative technologies to prevent, stop, or capture large-scale accidental discharges of oil or other hydrocarbons from offshore oil and gas drilling operations, including deepwater and ultra-deepwater operations; and (2) an independent SOS Fund Technical Advisory Committee to advise on the development and implementation of programs under this Act.
 
 Requires the awards to focus on new technologies or innovative improvements to existing technologies, including: (1) blowout preventers; (2) secondary control systems; (3) remotely operated vehicles; and (4) prefabricated systems or technologies to stop or capture a large-scale discharge from an offshore well, at or near the source of such discharge, in the event of failure of a blowout preventer.
 
Establishes in the Treasury a Safety and Offshore Spill (SOS) Fund into which shall be transferred, for each of FY2011-FY2017, $50 million from amounts of federal royalties, rents, and bonuses derived from federal onshore and offshore oil and gas leases issued under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act that are deposited in the Treasury.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-06-25
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2010-06-25
text: Referred to House Science and Technology
action_date: 2010-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1211-1212)
action_date: 2010-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to prohibit any person from performing lobbying activities on behalf of a client which is determined by the Secretary of State to be a State sponsor of terrorism.

Bill: 111-hr-5609
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2010-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Public participation and lobbying
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit from making contributions and other campaign-related disbursements in elections for federal, state, or local office any person who is a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 whose clients include: (1) a country whose government the Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; or (2) any other foreign national prohibited by the Act from making contributions and other election campaign-related disbursements.

action_date: 2010-07-01
text: 
Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to prohibit anyone from performing lobbying activities on behalf of a client which is a country whose government the Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 4 (Roll no. 425). (text: CR H5336-5337)
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 4 (Roll no. 425).(text: CR H5336-5337)
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5341-5342)
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5609.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5336-5340)
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Geothermal Energy Investment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5612
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2010-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: 
Geothermal Energy Investment Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow through 2016 a 30% energy tax credit for investment in geothermal energy property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1220-1221)
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
American Coastal Waters and Shorelines Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-5613
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2010-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: 
American Coastal Waters and Shorelines Protection Act - Requires all vessels engaged in drilling for oil or gas in ocean waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or in the support of such drilling, to be documented with a registry endorsement (current law refers only to mobile offshore drilling units).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Human Space Flight Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5614
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2010-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Public contracts and procurement
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: 
Protecting Human Space Flight Act of 2010 - Requires amounts appropriated for FY2010 (or for prior fiscal years that remain available) to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Constellation Program to be spent only to carry out such program, including through contracts and necessary support activities. 
 
Prohibits the termination or descoping of contracts for the Constellation Program. 
 
Requires NASA to spend at least 90% of all such funds by September 30, 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the medical device tax, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5615
Sponsor: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2010-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Financial crises and stabilization
Health technology, devices, supplies
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: 
Repeals the excise tax on medical devices enacted by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. 
 
Rescinds the unobligated balance of the discretionary appropriations made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to House Appropriations
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
National Historical Publications and Records Commission Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5616
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2010-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Humanities programs funding
National Archives and Records Administration
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: 
Authorizes appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (affiliated with the National Archives and Records Administration) for FY2010-FY2015.
 
Amends the Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008 to shift from the Commission to the Archivist of the United States the authority to make grants for establishment of state and local databases for records of servitude, emancipation, and post-civil war reconstruction. Requires the Archivist to consider Commission advice and recommendations before making such a grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 6 - 1.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Home Energy Conservation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5617
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2010-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Securities
State and local finance
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: 
Home Energy Conservation Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the issuance of tax-exempt home energy conservation bonds to finance qualified residential energy efficiency assistance grants and loans and extend such grants and loans to low and very-low income taxpayers. Imposes a national home energy conservation bond limitation amount of $2.4 billion and allocates such amount to states in proportion to state population. 
 
Defines &quot;qualified residential energy efficiency assistance grants and loans&quot; as any grant or loan to acquire: (1) any property which meets (at a minimum) the requirements of the Energy Star program or the Water Sense program and which is to be installed in a dwelling unit; and (2) any improvement to a dwelling unit made under a plan which is developed by a Residential Energy Services Network, Building Performance Institute, or equivalent energy efficiency expert and is certified by such expert as resulting in at least a 20% reduction in total household energy consumption related to heating, cooling, lighting, and appliances.
 
 Imposes dollar limitations on such grants and loans and excludes certain types of property from such grant and loan program, including equipment used in connection with a swimming pool or hot tub, any television, any device for converting a digital signal to analog, any DVD player, video cassette recorder, audio equipment, cordless phone, or other property where there is a substantial recreational use. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1220)
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House