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Job Creation and Affordable Housing Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3326
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2010-05-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: 
Job Creation and Affordable Housing Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make a grant to each state equal to such state's low-income bond-subsidized housing election amount. Defines &quot;low-income bond-subsidized housing election amount&quot; as an amount a state may elect which does not exceed 85% of the state's bond-subsidized credit amount for low-income buildings. 
 
 Requires states to use grants to make subawards to finance the construction or acquisition and rehabilitation of qualified low-income buildings. Requires the return of grant funds not used to make such subawards before January 1, 2012.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny a low-income housing tax credit for bond-subsidized buildings that received a subaward under this Act; (2) allow a five-year carryback of unused low-income housing tax credit amounts and a carryback for new low-income housing investments in 2010 and 2011; and (3) allow a full offset of low-income housing tax credits against regular income tax liability.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Terrorist Expatriation Act

Bill: 111-s-3327
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Introduced: 2010-05-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration status and procedures
Military operations and strategy
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: 
Terrorist Expatriation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among those voluntary acts for which a U.S. national (by birth or naturalization) will be subject to loss of U.S. nationality: (1) providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization as designated by the Secretary of State; (2) engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against the United States; or (3) engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against any country or armed force that is directly engaged along with, or that is providing direct operational support to, the United States in hostilities engaged in by the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Welfare Workforce Study Act

Bill: 111-s-3328
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2010-05-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: 
Child Welfare Workforce Study Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to the Secretary and Congress on child welfare staff.
 
Requires the Secretary, based on recommendations in the report, to issue regulations that require states to collect and report data on child welfare staff regularly and in a manner that enables the data to be linked to the outcomes achieved for individual children served by the state or local child welfare agency involved. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Cleanfields Act

Bill: 111-s-3329
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: 
Cleanfields Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as it would be amended by the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 as reported to the Senate as an original measure on July 16, 2009 (S.1462), to: (1) define &quot;brownfield site generation facility,&quot; for purposes of provisions concerning the Federal Renewable Electricity Standard, as a facility that generates renewable electricity from wind energy, solar energy, or geothermal energy and that occupies a brownfield site; and (2) require the Secretary of Energy to allow triple credits under the federal renewable energy credit trading program for the generation of energy from brownfield site generation facilities. 
 
Limits the amount of total renewable electricity generation that is eligible for consideration for the triple credit multiplier for brownfields to 1%. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress recommendations on whether such limitation should be revised.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans' Health and Radiation Safety Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3330
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Radiation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: 
Veterans' Health and Radiation Safety Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to to report annually to Congress on the low-volume (treating 100 patients or fewer) programs at each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Directs the Secretary to ensure that all employees at a VA hospital where radioactive isotopes are used in the administration of medical services receive appropriate training on what constitutes a medical event and when and to whom a medical event should be reported. Prohibits such isotopes from being used at a VA hospital where such training is not provided.
 
Requires the Secretary to carry out specified evaluations and peer reviews of all medical services provided under contract with a non-government entity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-623.
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Native American Economic Advisory Council Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3331
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2010-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Federal-Indian relations
Indian social and development programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: 
Native American Economic Advisory Council Act of 2010 - Establishes the Native American Economic Advisory Council to assist the Executive Office of the President and federal agencies to ensure that Native Americans have: (1) the means and capacity to benefit from economic stimulus and growth; and (2) opportunities to participate in federal economic development and job growth programs.
 
Directs the Council to: (1) prepare a compilation of successful business enterprises and joint ventures conducted by Native American organizations, including ventures of Native Corporations in Alaska; and (2) periodically sponsor and arrange conferences and training workshops on Native American business activities. 
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the head of a federal agency, in preparing the President's comments and recommendations to Congress about proposed legislation, to include an assessment of the legislation's economic impact on Native Americans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3408-3409)
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3408)
action_date: 2010-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Children of Fallen Warriors AMT Relief Act

Bill: 111-s-3334
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2010-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-10
text: 
Children of Fallen Warriors AMT Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat annuity payments to a surviving child of an eligible participant under the military's Survivor Benefit Plan as the earned income of such child, for purposes of exempting such payments from the alternative minimum tax (AMT).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Private Activity Renewable Energy Bonds Act

Bill: 111-s-3336
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2010-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax exclusion
Motor vehicles
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: 
Private Activity Renewable Energy Bonds Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the purposes for which tax-exempt facility bonds may be issued to include renewable energy resource facilities, conservation and efficiency facilities and projects, and high efficiency vehicles and related facilities or projects. Limits the allocation of such bonds to all states by population to not more than $2.5 billion annually.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3539-3541)
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3539)
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Oil Spill Claims Assistance and Recovery Act

Bill: 111-s-3337
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2010-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accidents
Accounting and auditing
Aquaculture
Civil actions and liability
Economic development
Food industry and services
Government trust funds
Gulf of Mexico
Insurance industry and regulation
Lawyers and legal services
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Travel and tourism
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: 
Oil Spill Claims Assistance and Recovery Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program to provide technical assistance grants within 60 days after this Act's enactment to eligible organizations for use in assisting individuals and businesses affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
 
Authorizes the use of grant funds to: (1) support education, outreach, intake, language services, accounting services, pro bono legal services, damage assessments, economic loss analysis, collecting and preparing documentation, and assistance in the preparation and filing of claims or appeals; (2) provide assistance to individuals or businesses seeking assistance from a party responsible for the oil spill, the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, an insurance policy, or any other federal, state, or local government program; (3) pay salaries, training, and appropriate expenses relating to the purchase or lease of property to support operations, equipment, and travel expenses; (4) assist other organizations in assisting specific business sectors, providing services, assisting specific jurisdictions, or otherwise supporting operations; and (5) establish an advisory board of service providers and technical experts to monitor the claims process relating to the oil spill and to provide recommendations to the parties responsible for the oil spill, the National Pollution Funds Center, other appropriate agencies, and Congress to improve fairness and efficiency in the claims process.
 
Prohibits the use of grant funds to provide compensation for damages or removal costs relating to the oil spill.
 
Encourages the Secretary to consider grant applications from organizations that have established networks with affected business sectors, including the fishery and aquaculture industries, the restaurant, grocery, food processing, and food delivery industries, and the hotel and tourism industries. Requires the Director of the National Pollution Funds Center and the parties responsible for the oil spill to provide training to such an organization regarding the claims process.
 
Makes grant funds available until the later of: (1) six years after the date of the oil spill; and (2) the date on which all claims relating to the oil spill have been satisfied.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Advanced Biofuel Investment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3338
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2010-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: 
Advanced Biofuel Investment Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 30% energy tax credit for investment in qualified advanced biofuel production property. Defines &quot;qualified advanced biofuel production property&quot; as property used exclusively to produce advanced biofuels for sale to unrelated persons. Terminates such credit after 2014. 
 
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 to allow investors in advanced biofuel production property a grant in lieu of a tax credit for investment in such property. Requires grant recipients to reinvest in advanced biofuel production property within 12 months after receipt of a grant payment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain small producers.

Bill: 111-s-3339
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2010-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Food industry and services
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of the excise tax on beer produced within or imported into the United States for brewers who produce not more than 6 million barrels of beer a year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
NIST GREEN JOBS Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3340
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2010-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Building construction
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Manufacturing
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: 
NIST Grants for Energy Efficiency, New Job Opportunities, and Business Solutions Act of 2010 or the NIST GREEN JOBS Act of 2010 - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to require the themes under the competitive grant program within the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology program to be related to projects: (1) designed to increase the viability both of traditional manufacturing sectors and other sectors, such as construction, that increasingly rely on manufacturing through the use of manufactured components and manufacturing techniques, including supply chain integration and quality management; and (2) related to the transfer of technology based on the technological needs of manufacturers and available technologies from institutions of higher education, laboratories, and other technology producing entities. Authorizes such themes to extend beyond such areas to include projects related to construction industry modernization.
 
Revises the selection criteria for such grants. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to: (1) endeavor to select at least one proposal in each of the nine statistical divisions of the United States (as designated by the Bureau of the Census) for a grant; and (2) award grants to proposals that will create jobs or train newly hired employees, promote technology transfer and commercialization of environmentally focused materials, products, and processes, increase energy efficiency, and improve the competitiveness of industries in regions in which the Centers are located. Limits award duration to three years. Authorizes awards to be used by Centers to assist small or medium-sized construction firms.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2014.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3541)
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
FEHBP Dependent Coverage Extension Act

Bill: 111-s-3341
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2010-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Child health
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Marriage and family status

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: 
FEHBP Dependent Coverage Extension Act - Extends eligibility for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to a federal employee's, annuitant's, or former spouse's dependent child (currently, unmarried dependent child) who is under age 26 (currently, under age 22) or incapable of self-support because of mental or physical disability which existed before age 26 (currently, before age 22).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-05-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3633-3634)
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Schools Partnerships Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3342
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2010-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: 
Healthy Schools Partnerships Act of 2010 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a demonstration project awarding grants to school food authorities that collaborate with academic experts, nonprofit organizations, registered dietitians or other nutrition professionals, community partners, and local schools to test and evaluate innovative models to improve nutrition education, student decisionmaking, and healthy school environments.
 
Gives grant priority to school food authorities that demonstrate: (1) a severe need to improve the school environment; (2) a commitment by community partners to make in-kind or cash contributions; and (3) the ability to measure results.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3542)
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3541-3542)
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Beyond Petroleum Act

Bill: 111-s-3343
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of the Interior
Energy research
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Research administration and funding
Research and development
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: 
Beyond Petroleum Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual fee of $10 per acre for federal offshore areas subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas as of May 1, 2010.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Oil Dependence Reduction Fund, to be jointly administered by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Secretary of Energy (DOE), and the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), for research, development, deployment, or expansion of renewable technologies or programs that significantly: (1) decrease the use of oil; and (2) reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3344
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2010-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accidents
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: 
BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2010 - Establishes the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Inquiry Commission to investigate: (1) the performance of BP Exploration and Production, Inc., Transocean, Ltd., and other entities affiliated with the Mobile Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon; (2) their compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations (including their conformance with their own practices and industry practices); (3) the performance of federal, state, and local agencies responsible for oversight, inspection, and enforcement; and (4) the compliance of such agencies with federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing their actions.
 
Requires the Commission to evaluate: (1) current and future impact of the oil disaster on the environment, economy, and public health; (2) the adequacy of the response to the oil disaster; (3) the implications of the oil disaster, and any risk of other such disasters, for offshore oil and gas activities by the United States; and (4) the availability and accuracy of baseline data against which the impact of the oil disaster may be measured.
 
Requires the Commission to develop recommendations to: (1) improve the response to the oil disaster, including through modification of proposed plans to mitigate and monitor its impact; and (2) minimize the risk and mitigate the impact of future such disasters (including changes to federal law and regulations and improvements in industry practices).
 
Sets forth powers of the Commission, including subpoena powers.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate