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Fair Defense Competition Act

Bill: 111-hr-5298
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Free trade and trade barriers
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Fair Defense Competition Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), in awarding a contract for any major defense acquisition program and conducting the cost or price evaluation of any proposal for that contract, to take into account any final panel report that concludes that an illegal subsidy (inconsistent with the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures) has been provided with respect to: (1) any merchandise or major component of such program; or (2) the development of any merchandise or major component thereof.
 
Requires the Secretary, if the illegal subsidy has not been withdrawn, to increase the cost or price of the proposal by the amount of the subsidy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
European Bailout Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-5299
Sponsor: Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Europe
European Union
Foreign loans and debt
International monetary system and foreign exchange
International organizations and cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
European Bailout Protection Act - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to: (1) prohibit U.S. loans to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance to any European Union (EU) member state until the ratio of the total outstanding public debt of each member state to its gross domestic product (as of the end of the most recent fiscal year of the member state ending in the preceding calendar year) is not more than 60%; and (2) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to oppose any IMF loans to member states until all member states are in compliance with such debt ratio.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5300
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act of 2010 - Requires the Attorney General to: (1) establish and enforce procedures to ensure the prompt release of accurate federal criminal background records and information exchanged for employment-related purposes; and (2) report to Congress on the exchange of records or information for employment-related purposes under this Act and on all federal statutes, regulations, and policies providing employment restrictions and disqualifications based on criminal records.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5302
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business investment and capital
Credit and credit markets
Department of the Treasury
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 2010 - Establishes a seven-year State Small Business Credit Initiative (Initiative), administered by the Secretary of the Interior to allocate federal funds to participating states with capital access programs.
 
Prescribes eligibility criteria for state capital access programs providing portfolio insurance for business loans.
 
 Requires the portfolio insurance to be based on a separate loan-loss reserve fund for each financial institution, with: (1) premiums paid by the financial institution lenders and by the business borrowers to the reserve fund to have their loans enrolled in it; and (2) state contributions to the reserve fund in amounts equal to such premium charges. Limits portfolio insurance to loans of up to $5 million to borrowers with 500 employees or fewer at the time that the loan is enrolled in the program.
 
Requires the Secretary to approve for federal contributions any state capital access program meeting specified minimum requirements.
 
Authorizes a participating state that establishes a new, or has an existing, eligible credit support program to apply for the Secretary's approval of a state other credit support program [
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] for federal contributions to, or for the account of, the state program.
 
Requires a state other credit support program, among other eligibility criteria, to demonstrate that one dollar of public investment by the state program will cause and result in one dollar of new private credit, with a reasonable expectation that, when considered with all other state programs, they together have the ability to use new federal contributions to cause and result in amounts of new small business lending at least 10 times the new federal contribution amount. Requires such a program to extend credit support to borrowers with an average size of 500 or fewer employees, but in no event to borrowers with more than 750 employees. Requires such credit support to target loans with an average principal amount of $5 million or less, but in no event more than $20 million.
 
Authorizes the reduction of federal allocations to the state or termination of further allocation transfers to the state upon its termination of participation in the program, or failure to submit timely and complete reports, or its noncompliance with the terms of the allocation agreement.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish minimum national standards for approved state programs; and (2) provide states with technical assistance for starting programs and generally disseminating best practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve housing stipends for veterans receiving educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program.

Bill: 111-hr-5303
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Bases the amount of monthly stipend paid to veterans pursuing a program of education under the Post-9/11 veterans educational assistance program on the amount of basic allowance for housing (BAH) payable in the ZIP code area in which the individual resides. (Under current law, such amount is based on the amount of BAH payable in the ZIP code area in which the institution of higher education in which the individual is enrolled is located.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Byrne/JAG Program Accountability Act

Bill: 111-hr-5304
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Law enforcement administration and funding
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Byrne/JAG Program Accountability Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require states and local governments receiving grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to implement policy, practice, and system improvement strategies to identify and reduce racial and ethnic disparities among individuals who come into contact with or are under the supervision of the criminal justice system, without establishing or requiring numerical standards or quotas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
CPI for Seniors Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5305
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Aging
Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
CPI for Seniors Act of 2010 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly index, to be known as the Consumer Price Index for Seniors (CPI-S), that indicates monthly changes in expenditures for consumption that are typical for individuals in the United States who are 62 years of age or older. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Legal Employment Certification Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5306
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Legal Employment Certification Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require employers to sign a statement on their income tax returns, under penalties of perjury, that they did not knowingly employ anyone who is not authorized to work in the United States during the taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Ultralight Smuggling Prevention Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5307
Sponsor: Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to aviation smuggling to extend its coverage of aircraft to ultralight aircraft.

action_date: 2010-09-23
text: 
Ultralight Smuggling Prevention Act of 2010 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to aviation smuggling to extend its coverage of aircraft to ultralight vehicles, as defined by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 412 - 3 (Roll no. 540). (text: CR H6898)
action_date: 2010-09-23
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): 412 - 3 (Roll no. 540).(text: CR H6898)
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6939-6940)
action_date: 2010-09-23
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: 2010-09-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5307.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6898-6899)
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Mr. Tanner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2010-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the posthumous promotion of Charles Young to the grade of brigadier general in the United States Army.

Bill: 111-hr-5308
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Authorizes the President to issue a posthumous commission of brigadier general to Colonel Charles Young, U.S. Army.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Access to Birth Control Act

Bill: 111-hr-5309
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Family planning and birth control
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Access to Birth Control Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require pharmacies to comply with certain rules related to contraceptives, including: (1) providing a customer a contraceptive without delay if it is in stock; (2) immediately informing a customer if the contraceptive is not in stock and either transferring the prescription to a pharmacy that has the contraceptive in stock or expediting the ordering of the contraceptive and notifying the customer when it arrives, based on customer preference, except for pharmacies that do not ordinarily stock contraceptives in the normal course of business; and (3) ensuring that pharmacy employees do not take certain actions relating to a request for contraception, including intimidating, threatening, or harassing customers, interfering with or obstructing the delivery of services, intentionally misrepresenting or deceiving customers about the availability of contraception or its mechanism of action, breaching or threatening to breach medical confidentiality, or refusing to return a valid, lawful prescription. 
 
Provides that a pharmacy is not prohibited from refusing to provide a contraceptive to a customer if: (1) it is unlawful to dispense the contraceptive to the customer without a valid, lawful prescription and no such prescription is presented; (2) the customer is unable to pay for the contraceptive; or (3) the employee of the pharmacy refuses to provide the contraceptive on the basis of a professional clinical judgment.
 
Provides that this Act does not preempt state law or any professional obligation of a state board that provides greater protections for customers.
 
Sets forth civil penalties and establishes a a private cause of action for violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E847-848)
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5310
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Rural conditions and development
Small towns
Soil pollution
State and local government operations
Tax-exempt organizations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to: (1) include nonprofit organizations within the meaning of &quot;eligible entity&quot; for purposes of brownfields revitalization funding; (2) increase the limit on the maximum amount of a grant for brownfields remediation for each site; (3) authorize the President to transfer any duties under the brownfield remediation grant program to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (4) revise eligibility requirements for brownfields revitalization funding; (5) require the Administrator to establish a program to provide multi-purpose grants to inventory, characterize, assess, conduct planning related to, or remediate brownfield sites in an area; (6) require the Administrator to establish a program to make competitive grants to be used at brownfield sites for projects that reduce environmental impact, increase community livability, and encourage sustainability; (7) authorize the Administrator to assign EPA employees to entities servings small, disadvantaged, or rural communities to build local capacity for the remediation and revitalization of brownfield sites in such communities; (8) increase and extend funding for brownfields revitalization; (9) require at least 7.5% of such funding to be used to carry out projects that reduce environmental impact, increase community livability, and encourage sustainability; and (10) increase and extend funding for state response programs established under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Community Development Financing Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5311
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Community Development Financing Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax-exemption of interest on state or local bonds guaranteed by a federal home loan bank on or after July 30, 2008. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Offshore Safety and Response Improvement Act

Bill: 111-hr-5313
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental technology
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Technology assessment
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Offshore Safety and Response Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study acoustic control systems for offshore oil rigs and to promulgate regulations that: (1) identify approved acoustic control systems for such rigs; and (2) require certain lessees using an offshore oil rig to install such systems within two years after publication of the regulations. Directs the Secretary, in lieu of such actions, to submit to Congress, and make available to the public, a report describing in detail the reasons acoustic control systems are not necessary for offshore oil rigs.
 
Directs the President, acting through the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to revise the National Contingency Plan developed under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include specific response procedures for various predetermined scenarios and conditions relating to oil discharges, including the location and amount of a discharge, and the length of time that has elapsed since a discharge occurred.
 
Directs the EPA Administrator and the Secretary jointly to review and report to Congress on oil spill removal technologies, including: (1) those used in federal responses; (2) those that are available worldwide and in development; and (3) investments by the EPA and the Department of the Interior in the development of improved oil spill removal technologies and methods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 15-year recovery period for nonresidential real property in rural areas.

Bill: 111-hr-5314
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for accelerated depreciation (i.e., 15-year recovery period) for nonresidential real property placed in service in a rural area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Post-9/11 GI Bill Improvement Act

Bill: 111-hr-5315
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: 
Post-9/11 GI Bill Improvement Act - Allows a member of the Armed Forces to transfer educational assistance under the post-9/11 educational assistance program to a dependent child at any time before the child attains age 26.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-13
text: Introduced in House