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Sons and Daughters of America Act

Bill: 111-hr-5365
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2010-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
First Amendment rights
Government liability
Lawyers and legal services
Protest and dissent

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: 
Sons and Daughters of America Act - Limits the remedies of an injured party in a civil action for deprivation of rights to injunctive and declaratory relief where the deprivation is a deprivation of the right to freedom of speech secured by the Constitution and is under the authority of a statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage which prohibits or restricts picketing, protesting, or demonstrating at, or in proximity to, a funeral or any other ceremony, procession, or memorial service held in connection with the burial or cremation of the dead. Prohibits the award of attorney's fees to a prevailing party in any action that is brought against the United States or any federal agency or official acting in his or her official capacity and that alleges such an injury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-20
text: Introduced in House
United States Postal Service Postal Inspectors Equity Act

Bill: 111-hr-5368
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2010-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: 
United States Postal Service Postal Inspectors Equity Act - Applies provisions regarding availability pay for federal criminal investigators to Postal Inspectors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E915)
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Manufactured Housing Licensing Clarification Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5369
Sponsor: Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2]
Introduced: 2010-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Licensing and registrations
Real estate business
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: 
Manufactured Housing Licensing Clarification Act of 2010 - Amends the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to exclude from the definition of &quot;loan originator&quot; (and exempt from the requirements of the Act) an individual who performs manufactured or modular housing retail sales activities and is licensed or registered under state law, unless such individual is compensated by a lender, a mortgage broker, or other loan originator or by one of their agents.
 
 Adds to state loan originator licensing law requirements new ones declaring that the state loan originator supervisory authority: (1) has created education and testing appropriate for personal property loan originators; and (2) ensures that additional mortgage lending licensing is not required of a state-licensed personal property lender and has not created unnecessary, duplicative licensing requirements for state-licensed lenders engaged solely in making residential mortgage loans secured by personal property, such as manufactured homes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance Act

Bill: 111-hr-5370
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2010-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Mining
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: 
Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to carry out an expedited program to examine and determine the validity of each unpatented mining claim (including each claim for which a patent application has been filed) within specified mining townsites (federally owned real property in the Gold Point and Ione townsites within Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada, on which improvements were constructed based on the belief that: (1) the property had been or would be acquired from the federal government by the entity that operated the mine; or (2) the individual or entity that made the improvement had a valid claim for acquiring the property from the federal government).
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, after completing the validity review, to convey to the appropriate county, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any such mining townsites (including improvements) which are not subject to valid mining claims. Requires the Secretary to reserve the mineral rights in each parcel of land subject to a valid mining claim, but convey, without consideration, the remaining U.S. right, title, and interest.
 
Requires the county receiving such a site, if one or more individuals (occupants, for instance) prove a valid interest under Nevada law, to reconvey the property to such individual or individuals. 
 
Withdraws the mining townsites from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
 
Requires withdrawal and conveyance to the owner of the surface rights of any mining claim determined valid which is abandoned, invalidated, or otherwise returned to the BLM.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Introduced in House
William Shemin Jewish World War I Veterans Act

Bill: 111-hr-5371
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2010-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Religion
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: 
William Shemin Jewish World War I Veterans Act - Directs the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy to: (1) review the service records of certain Jewish-American World War I veterans to determine whether that veteran should be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor; and (2) upon a positive determination, submit a recommendation to the President that the President make such award.
 
Makes eligible for such review and award each Jewish-American World War I veteran: (1) who was previously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or other military decoration for service during World War I; or (2) whose name is submitted to either Secretary by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America within one year after the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat any business credit attributable to wind, solar, or biomass electricity production and investment in solar energy property as refundable to the extent the taxpayer makes new wind, solar, and other renewable energy investments.

Bill: 111-hr-5372
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2010-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an election to treat business-related tax credits for the production of electricity from wind, solar, or biomass facilities and for investment in solar energy property as refundable in taxable years beginning in 2010 or 2011. Provides that credit amounts shall not exceed the basis of renewable energy facilities placed in service in the subsequent taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Allan Bolar Kelley.

Bill: 111-hr-5373
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2010-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Provides for the relief of Allan Bolar Kelley.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the reimbursement of attorney fees incurred by a member of the Armed Forces who retains private counsel in response to certain charges brought against the member under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and is acquitted or has the charges dismissed or withdrawn.

Bill: 111-hr-5374
Sponsor: Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Military law
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to state that an accused may retain private counsel before a general court-martial or special court-martial and will be reimbursed for such counsel if the accused is acquitted or the charges are dismissed or withdrawn with respect to cases involving the treatment of an insurgent, enemy combatant, detainee, or suspected or known terrorist, including cases in which charges were brought after September 11, 2001.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3752-3753)
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Customs De Minimis Adjustment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5375
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Free trade and trade barriers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Customs De Minimis Adjustment Act of 2010 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase from $200 to $1,000 the value of articles that may be imported duty-free into the United States by one person on one day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Youth Corps Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5376
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Indian social and development programs
Land use and conservation
National and community service
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Youth Corps Act of 2010 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to eligible public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out Youth Corps programs that utilize the Youth Corps model to provide eligible youth age 16 through 24 with education and work readiness training to enable them to find employment in the economy of the 21st century, and instill in them a sense of civic engagement and environmental stewardship.
 
Defines &quot;Youth Corps model&quot; as a youth education and training program for which an eligible entity provides eligible youth, among other things, with stipended or paid work experience and basic and technical skills training leading to: (1) enrollment in postsecondary education or training; (2) attainment of an industry-recognized certification or credential; (3) meaningful employment in the economy of the 21st century; or (4) military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To require Amtrak to discontinue passenger rail service on certain long distance routes that operate at a loss.

Bill: 111-hr-5377
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Directs Amtrak to discontinue passenger rail service on any long distance route that operates at a loss (where the total direct service costs are more than twice as great as total revenues for the first full fiscal year after enactment of this Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
United Arab Emirates Human Rights Accountability Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5378
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Human rights
Middle East
United Arab Emirates
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
United Arab Emirates Human Rights Accountability Act of 2010 - Makes an alien who is a member of the royal families of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and who is an officer or employee of the UAE government ineligible to receive a U.S. entry visa and ineligible for U.S. admission until the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that: (1) the government of the UAE has established an independent governmental entity to investigate any such individual; and (2) Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan has been tried in accordance with international legal norms and human rights standards for specified offenses. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition for reasons of national interest. 
 
Describes such offense as any offense under UAE law: (1) that was committed in connection with the assault on Mohammed Shah Poor; and (2) for which Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan has not been tried.
 
Directs the Secretary to revoke the nonimmigrant visa or other documentation of any alien who is rendered ineligible for such visa or documentation under the terms of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Polar Bear Delisting Act

Bill: 111-hr-5379
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Mammals

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Polar Bear Delisting Act - Provides that the determination by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the threatened status of the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and the listing of such species as threatened shall have no force or effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5380
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Hawaii
Land transfers
Property rights
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2010 - Expands the authorized boundaries of the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge to include all or a part of the lands or interests identified in the map entitled &quot;Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Area&quot; (May 2010). Permits the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange such land and interests. 
 
Requires acquired lands and interests to become part of the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge. 
 
 Prohibits all acquisitions of lands and interests under this Act from being the result of forced takings. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E928-929)
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a temporary freeze on the pay of civilian employees of the Federal Government.

Bill: 111-hr-5382
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Fixes the rate of salary or basic pay for any office or position within the civil service for service performed during FY2011 and the first quarter of FY2012 at the rate payable for such position as of September 30, 2010. Deems the salary or basic pay rate for any position not in existence on that date to be the rate payable to individuals in comparable positions on such date. 
 
Exempts positions within the uniformed services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks Partnership Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5383
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Pacific Ocean
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks Partnership Act of 2010 - Amends the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Designation Act to add lands along the lower Columbia River in the state of Washington associated with the arrival of the Lewis and Clark Expedition at the Pacific Ocean in 1805 and identified as Fort Columbia to the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5384
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs
Motor carriers
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2010 - Requires air carriers to refund passenger baggage fees within 30 days after the arrival of any passenger flight in which a piece of baggage is lost, delayed, or damaged.
 
Makes it an unfair or deceptive practice for a domestic air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent to sell a ticket for air transportation but fail, before sale of the ticket, to: (1) ask the ticket purchaser if he or she has one or more pieces of baggage to check; and (2) inform him or her of the cost of checking each piece of baggage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Student Veteran Counseling Improvement Act

Bill: 111-hr-5385
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime victims
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Higher education
Medical education
Mental health
Neurological disorders
Sex offenses
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Student Veteran Counseling Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a toll-free telephone number to provide mental and behavioral health professionals with information related to the treatment and counseling of a veteran reporting symptoms of: (1) post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); (2) traumatic brain injury; (3) anxiety; (4) depression; (5) sexual assault; (6) sexual trauma; (7) readjustment disorder; or (8) other service-connected mental health conditions. Requires that a licensed mental health counselor employed by the VA operate the hotline and provide such information.
 
Directs the Secretary to notify each institution of higher learning of the hotline and provide hotline information on the VA's Internet website. Requires the Secretary to provide mental and behavioral health professionals at each institution of higher learning with training on such information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House