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Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6482
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and extend funding for a grant program for reducing diesel emissions. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) provide contracts and rebates to eligible entities to achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions; and (2) support rebate programs administered by states that are designed to achieve such reductions. 
 
Includes among entities eligible to receive funding for reducing diesel emissions any private individual or entity that is the owner of a diesel vehicle or fleet operated pursuant to a contract, license, or lease with a federal, regional, state, local, or tribal agency or port authority with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality and that meets such requirements as the Administrator may establish for vehicle use and for notice to and approval by the agency with respect to a contract, license, or lease.
 
Includes Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands within the meaning of &quot;state&quot; under such Act. 
 
Revises provisions concerning the distribution and use of, and applications for, funds.
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
TIFIA Expansion Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6483
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Government lending and loan guarantees
Public transit
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
TIFIA Expansion Act of 2010 - Revises Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program requirements to make eligible for TIFIA funding any projects that: (1) are for the design, acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of one or more transportation projects that reduce emissions of greenhouse gases or have a positive impact on traffic congestion; and (2) receive not more than 30% of their funding for capital costs from federal public transportation grant funds.
 
Defines &quot;master credit agreement&quot; as one entered into between the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) and an obligor for such projects that: (1) makes contingent commitments of one or more secured loans or other federal credit instruments at future dates; (2) establishes the amounts and general terms and conditions of such loans or other instruments as well as identifies dedicated revenue sources that will secure their repayment; and (3) provides for the obligation of funds for the loans or other instruments after certain federal requirements have been met. 
 
Requires such projects to meet certain planning and programming requirements (as under current law) at the time that loan proceeds are disbursed or other credit assistance is provided pursuant to the master credit agreement.
 
Makes projects with eligible costs reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $1 billion (mega transportation projects) eligible for federal transportation infrastructure funding.
 
Revises terms of secured loans and lines of credit used to finance certain transportation infrastructure projects to increase the maximum loan amount for such projects from the lesser of 33% to the lesser of 49% of the reasonably anticipated eligible project costs or (as under current law), if the loan does not receive an investment grade rating, the amount of the senior project obligations.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015 for such projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Public Employee Pension Transparency Act

Bill: 111-hr-6484
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
Public Employee Pension Transparency Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny tax benefits relating to bonds issed by a state or political subdivision during any period in which such state or political subdivision is noncompliant with specified reporting requirements for state or local government employee pension benefit plans. 
 
Requires plan sponsors of a state or local government employee pension benefit plan to file with the Secretary of the Treasury an annual report setting forth: (1) a schedule of the funding status of the plan; (2) a schedule of contributions by the plan sponsor for the plan year; (3) alternative projections for each of the next 20 plan years relating to the amount of annual conotributions, the fair market value of plan assets, current liability, the funding percentage, and other matters specified by the Secretary; (4) a statement of the actuarial assumptions used for the plan year; (5) a statement of the number of plan participants who are retired or separated from service and are either receiving benefits or are entitled to future benefits and those who are active under the plan; (6) a statement of the plan's investment returns; (7) a statement of the degree to which unfunded liabilities are expected to be eliminated; and (8) a statement of the amount of pension obligation bonds outstanding.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop model reporting statements and create and maintain a public website, with searchable capabilities, for purposes of posting plan information required by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
State Sovereignty Wildlife Management Act

Bill: 111-hr-6485
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Mammals

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
State Sovereignty Wildlife Management Act - Provides that the inclusion of the gray wolf (Canis lupus), including any gray wolf designated as &quot;nonessential experimental,&quot; on any list of endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 shall have no force or effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
State of Utah Wildlife Management Sovereignty Act

Bill: 111-hr-6486
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Mammals
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
State of Utah Wildlife Management Sovereignty Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that the inclusion of the gray wolf, or any distinct population segment of gray wolf, in Utah on any list of endangered or threatened species shall have no force or effect.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Foreign Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6487
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
International law and treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
Preserving Foreign Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act of 2010 - Amends federal forfeiture law regarding the enforcement of a foreign judgment to allow the U.S. government to apply for, and a U.S. district court to issue, a restraining order to preserve the availability of property located in the United States that is subject to civil or criminal forfeiture under foreign law, at any time before or after the initiation of forfeiture proceedings by a foreign nation. (Current law allows a restraining order before or after the United States files an application on behalf of a foreign nation seeking to enforce a foreign forfeiture or confiscation judgment.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to coordinate the reduction in the American Opportunity Tax Credit with Federal Pell Grants, to the extent such grants are attributable to expenses not eligible for such credit.

Bill: 111-hr-6488
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the American Opportunity Tax Credit, to provide that any credit amount which is attributable to a federal Pell Grant under the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall be reduced by the amount of expenses (other than qualified tuition and related expenses) which are taken into account in determining the cost of attendance at an institution of higher education for the academic period for which the credit amount is being determined. Modifies the definition of "qualified scholarship," for purposes of the tax exclusion for such scholarships, to eliminate the requirement that such scholarships be used for qualified tuition and related expenses and to include a federal Pell Grant as a qualified scholarship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Native Hawaiian Medicaid Coverage Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6489
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Hawaii
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
Native Hawaiian Medicaid Coverage Act of 2010 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide full reimbursement (100% of the federal medical assistance percentage or FMAP) for medical assistance given to a Native Hawaiian through a federally-qualified health center or a Native Hawaiian health care system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2052)
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 to extend the reduced royalty rate for soda ash.

Bill: 111-hr-6490
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Mining
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
Amends the Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 to extend from October 12, 2011, through October 12, 2016, the reduced (2%) royalty rate for soda ash. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Human Trafficking Fraud Enforcement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6491
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Sex offenses
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
Human Trafficking Fraud Enforcement Act of 2010 - Authorizes appropriations in FY2011 to establish an office within the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to investigate and prosecute violations of internal revenue laws by persons that appear to be engaged in sex trafficking of children, transportation and coercion of individuals and minors for the purpose of prostitution, racketeering, forced labor and trafficking in slavery, and importation of aliens for prostitution. Makes victims of sex trafficking eligible for whistleblower awards. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase criminal penalties and fines for: (1) attempts to evade or defeat tax attributable to human trafficking and commercial sex acts; (2) willful failure to file returns for tax attributable to income derived from human trafficking and commercial sex acts; and (3) fraud and false statements with respect to tax attributable to human trafficking and commercial sex acts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Voter Integrity Act

Bill: 111-hr-6492
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
Voter Integrity Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a grant under the Act to any state that does not certify that its laws prohibit an alien from voting in local or state elections. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Curecanti National Recreation Area Boundary Establishment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6493
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
Curecanti National Recreation Area Boundary Establishment Act of 2010 - Establishes a boundary for the Curecanti National Recreation Area in Colorado and designates it as a unit of the National Park System. 
 
Establishes a conservation opportunity area within the Recreation Area. 
 
Withdraws all federal lands within the Recreation Area from specified public land, mining, and mineral and geothermal leasing laws. 
 
Requires the National Park Service (NPS) to develop a general management plan for the Recreation Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2010-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to improve the Littoral Combat Ship program of the Navy.

Bill: 111-hr-6494
Sponsor: Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-4]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
Amends provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 relating to the Navy's littoral combat ship program to: (1) increase from 10 to 20 the number of such ships authorized to be procured, including any ship control and weapons systems that the Secretary of the Navy determines necessary for such ships; (2) allow one or more contracts to be entered into for such procurement; and (3) require the government to be permitted to conduct a competition for an additional shipyard for ship construction, to be built to a design specification for that ship.

action_date: 2010-12-15
text: 
Amends provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 relating to the Navy's littoral combat ship program to: (1) increase from 10 to 20 the number of such ships authorized to be procured, including any ship control and weapons systems that the Secretary of the Navy determines necessary for such ships; (2) allow one or more contracts to be entered into for such procurement; and (3) require the government to be permitted to conduct a competition for an additional shipyard for ship construction, to build a design specification for that ship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-12-16
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8359)
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8359)
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6494.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8359-8362)
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Mr. Taylor moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2010-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
To require reports on the management of Arlington National Cemetery.

Bill: 111-hr-6496
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2010-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to submit to specified congressional committees: (1) a one-time report on the management and oversight of contracts at Arlington National Cemetery, requiring, among other things, certain information concerning burial operations and errors in burials; and (2) biennial reports on the execution of and compliance with Army Directive 2010-04, Enhancing the Operations and Oversight of the Army National Cemeteries Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Children Across State Lines Act

Bill: 111-hr-6498
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2010-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: 
Protecting Children Across State Lines Act - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the continuing interdisciplinary program of research of the Secretary of Heatlh and Human Services (HHS) to focus on the extent to which reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect involving a potential combination of jurisdictions (intrastate, interstate, federal-state, and state-tribal) are being screened out solely on the basis of cross-jurisdictional complications.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to award grants to public or private organizations to develop best practices for the handling of reports of suspected or known child abuse or neglect related fatalities involving a potential combination of jurisdictions.
 
Requires each state receiving a grant for child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs to include in its annual report the number of children reported during the year as abused or neglected who were screened out because of cross-jurisdictional complications. 
 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to make grants to assist states in developing, establishing, and operating programs designed to improve the handling of reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect, including reports involving a potential combination of jurisdictions, in a manner that ensures appropriate action is taken to protect children. 
 
Requires the state multidisciplinary task force on children's justice to review comprehensively every three years the handling of reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect involving a potential combination of jurisdictions, including efforts to coordinate and ensure appropriate action is taken.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Celina Hernandez.

Bill: 111-hr-6499
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2010-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Provides for the relief of Celina Hernandez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Introduced in House