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To extend credits related to the production of electricity from offshore wind, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5521
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits through 2019 for investment in an offshore facility using wind to produce electricity. Defines &quot;offshore facility&quot; to mean any facility located in the inland navigable waters of the United States, including the Great Lakes, or in the coastal waters of the United States, including the territorial seas, exclusive economic zone, and the outer Continental Shelf of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Federal Supervisor Training Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5522
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2010-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-14
text: 
Federal Supervisor Training Act of 2010 - Revises provisions relating to specific training programs for federal agency supervisors. Requires the head of each federal agency to establish: (1) a program to provide training to supervisors on developing and discussing relevant goals and objectives with the employee, communicating and discussing progress on performance goals and objectives and conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and motivating employees and improving employee performance and productivity, fostering a work environment characterized by fairness, respect, equal opportunity, and attention paid to the merit of the work of employees, effectively managing employees with unacceptable performance, and addressing reports of a hostile work environment, reprisal, or harassment; (2) a program to provide training to supervisors on prohibited personnel practices, employee collective bargaining and union participation rights, and processes to enforce employee rights; and (3) a program under which experienced supervisors mentor new supervisors.
 
 Requires: (1) an individual to complete all such programs within one year after being appointed as a supervisor; (2) supervisors to complete one of the first two programs every three years; (3) the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to regulate an appropriate schedule for an individual who cannot complete such programs within the established deadlines due to unforeseen circumstances; and (4) OPM to consult with the Small Agency Council regarding establishment of a supervisor training program for a small agency. 
 
Requires the Director of OPM to issue guidance to federal agencies on competencies supervisors are expected to possess in order to effectively manage, and be accountable for managing, the performance of employees. Requires each agency to: (1) assess the overall capacity of the supervisors in the agency, based on OPM's competency model; (2) develop and implement a supervisor training program to strengthen issues identified during such assessment; and (3) measure the effectiveness of that program in improving supervisor competence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1089-1090)
action_date: 2010-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Firearms Freedom on Federal Lands Act

Bill: 111-hr-5523
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Forests, forestry, trees
Intergovernmental relations
Parks, recreation areas, trails
State and local government operations
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: 
Firearms Freedom on Federal Lands Act - Prohibits the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior from promulgating or enforcing any regulation or executive order, including presidential declarations authorized by the Antiquities Act of 1906, that prohibit an individual from possessing firearms in any unit administered by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), if such individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing firearms and the possession of such firearms complies with the law of the state in which the unit of the USFS or BLM is located. 
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of states to manage, control, or regulate fish and resident wildlife or as limiting access for hunting, fishing, trapping, or recreational shooting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the importation into the United States of plastinated human remains from the People's Republic of China.

Bill: 111-hr-5524
Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2010-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
China
Medical ethics
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make it unlawful for a person to import plastinated human remains into the United States from the People's Republic of China. Imposes civil penalties, including forfeiture of the remains, for violation of such prohibition. Requires enforcement by the Secretary of Homeland Security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling issued by the Secretary of the Interior.

Bill: 111-hr-5525
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2010-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: 
Declares without force or effect: (1) the moratorium on deepwater drilling issued by the Secretary of the Interior set forth in the Minerals Management Service Notice to Lessees No. 2010-N04, dated May 30, 2010; and (2) any suspension of deepwater drilling operations issued in connection with such moratorium.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Chetco River Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-5526
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2010-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: 
Chetco River Protection Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon, including revising segment lengths.
 
Withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of a certain segment of the Chetco River from all forms of: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5527
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2010-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: 
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), to require each Medicare participating hospital to implement a hospital-wide staffing plan for nursing services furnished in the hospital.
 
Requires the plan to require that an appropriate number of registered nurses provide direct patient care in each unit and on each shift of the hospital to ensure staffing levels that: (1) address the unique characteristics of the patients and hospital units; and (2) result in the delivery of safe, quality patient care consistent with specified requirements.
 
Requires each participating hospital to establish a hospital nurse staffing committee which shall implement and oversee such plan.
 
Specifies civil monetary and other penalties for violation of the requirements of this Act.
 
Sets forth whistleblower protections against discrimination and retaliation involving patients or employees of the hospital for their grievances, complaints, or involvement in investigations relating to such plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To enhance the integrity of the United States against the threat of terrorism.

Bill: 111-hr-5528
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2010-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local finance
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: 
Authorizes appropriations for enhancing the integrity of the United States against the threat of terrorism.
 
Requires such funds to be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to reimburse a state or political subdivision for expenses incurred when law enforcement officers or employees of such state or subdivision receive training to perform border security and immigration enforcement functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to House Homeland Security
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Children of Fallen Warriors AMT Relief Act

Bill: 111-hr-5529
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2010-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-15
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: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that the flags of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States encircle the Washington Monument.

Bill: 111-hr-5530
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
National symbols
Presidential administrations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service (NPS), to ensure that the flags of the states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, encircle the Washington Monument in the District of Columbia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1106)
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Species Rescue Act

Bill: 111-hr-5531
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2010-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Floods and storm protection
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: 
Species Rescue Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for expedited consultation and conferencing (within 60 days of the date on which initiated) with respect to impacts on endangered or threatened species of federal agency flood control actions. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior or of Commerce, as appropriate, acting through the Fish and Wildlife Service, any other federal land management agency, the National Marine Fisheries Service, or a state conservation agency, to relocate from the flood control levee: (1) any threatened or endangered species of plant or animal that would be taken in the course of the agency action; and (2) any plant or other natural material that the Secretary considers to be suitable habitat, or a component of suitable habitat, for such species and that the Secretary determines would be damaged, destroyed, or removed in the course of the action. Bars the Secretary from requiring a non-federal person (other than a state conservation agency) to carry out any measures to minimize or mitigate impacts of agency flood control actions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Science, Engineering, Math, and Aerospace Academy Program in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Bill: 111-hr-5534
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2010-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Minority education
Science and engineering education
Space flight and exploration

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: 
Authorizes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to carry out and enhance the Science, Engineering, Math, and Aerospace Academy Program for the purpose of promoting the interest of historically underrepresented youth in academic subjects and professional development relevant to careers in NASA. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To establish a pilot program for the expedited disposal of Federal real property.

Bill: 111-hr-5535
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2010-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) conduct a Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Program for the expedited disposal of real property that is not meeting federal government needs; and (2) identify criteria for identifying such property.
 
Requires the Director, for FY2010-FY2019, to dispose of real property generating proceeds of not less than $19 billion under the Program. Prohibits the Director from including any parcel of real property, building, or other structure located on real property that is to be closed or realigned under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. 
 
Requires agencies to recommend candidate disposition properties to the Director, who shall select properties for participation in the Program and notify the recommending agency. Prohibits real property from being sold under the program: (1) for less than fair market value; (2) if it will not generate monetary proceeds to the federal government exceeding disposal costs; or (3) in a non-cash transaction.
 
Requires participating agencies to receive reimbursement for associated administrative expenses and 20% of the balance of the remaining proceeds.
 
Terminates the program on September 30, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Debt Buy-Down Act

Bill: 111-hr-5536
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2010-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Government trust funds
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: 
Debt Buy-Down Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to designate up to 10% of their adjusted income tax liability for the reduction of the public debt.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Public Debt Reduction Trust Fund to hold tax revenues generated by this Act for the reduction of the public debt. 
 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require a sequestration of federal spending equivalent to the estimated aggregate amount designated by taxpayers under this Act to reduce the public debt. Prohibits any reduction in social security retirement benefits, veterans benefits, or interest payments on federal debt as a result of any such sequestration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Firefighter Fairness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5537
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2010-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment taxes
Fires
Health personnel
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: 
Volunteer Firefighter Fairness Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat qualified emergency service volunteers as independent contractors, not employees, for tax purposes. Defines &quot;qualified emergency service volunteers&quot; to include volunteers performing fire fighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, and ambulance services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1118)
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit Federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after fiscal year 2012.

Bill: 111-hr-5538
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2010-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Appropriations
Corporate finance and management
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
News media and reporting

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after FY2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5539
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2010-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Freedom of information
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: 
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to provide that, during any period in which either the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) is under conservatorship or receivership, it shall be considered an agency subject to the public information disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-16
text: Introduced in House