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To ban the sale, manufacture, distribution, and use in public facilities of drop-side cribs in the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5386
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Bans as a hazardous product any drop-side crib that is sold, offered for sale, manufactured for sale, distributed in commerce, used in public facilities such as hotels or day care centers, or imported into the United States. 
 
Defines &quot;drop-side crib&quot; as any infant crib that has at least one side that moves up and down but does not include a drop-gate crib or any other crib that has immovable sides with a portion of one side capable of being folded down.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5387
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Contracts and agency
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prohibit debt settlement providers from providing a debt settlement service or receiving a fee from a consumer without a signed written contract meeting specified requirements. 
 
Prohibits debt settlement providers from engaging in certain acts or practices, including: (1) making loans or offering credit or soliciting or accepting any note, mortgage, or negotiable instrument other than a check signed by the consumer and dated no later than the date of signature; (2) taking a confession of judgment or power of attorney to confess judgment against the consumer or appearing as the consumer or on the consumer's behalf in any judicial or non-judicial proceedings; (3) taking any release or waiver of an obligation to be performed on the part of the debt settlement provider or any right of the consumer; (4) receiving any third-party compensation for providing the consumer with a debt settlement service; or (5) purchasing debts or engaging in debt collection.
 
Permits debt settlement providers to charge enrollment and settlement fees, but no others.
 
Requires a debt settlement provider who receives funds from a consumer to hold them for a consumer settlement account in a properly designated trust account in a federally insured depository institution not affiliated with the provider. 
 
Permits a consumer to cancel a contract with a debt settlement provider at any time, in accordance with specified requirements and procedures.
 
Declares void and unenforceable: (1) a consumer's waiver of any consumer protection or right provided under this Act; and (2) any contract for a debt settlement service that does not comply with this Act.
 
Prohibits a debt settlement provider from engaging in certain advertising, marketing, or other communication practices except in accordance with specified requirements.
 
Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe rules governing advertising and marketing practices, record retention, and provision of accountings to consumers, as well as debt relief service rules.
 
Subjects a debt settlement provider to civil liability (including punitive damages) for noncompliance with this Act.
 
Empowers the FTC to enforce this Act. Authorizes a state to bring a civil action in federal court on behalf of its residents for noncompliance with this Act.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To expand the boundaries of the Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico.

Bill: 111-hr-5388
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
New Mexico
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Expands the boundaries of the Cibola National Forest in New Mexico to include the Crest of Montezuma and the Manzano Wilderness Study Area. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer, without reimbursement, administrative jurisdiction over any such land under the Secretary's jurisdiction to the Chief of the Forest Service.
 
Requires the Manzano Wilderness Study Area to be designated as wilderness and added to the Manzano Mountain Wilderness.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to grant access to Las Placitas Acequia Association and San Antonio de Las Huertas Acequia Association for the maintenance of those acquias located within the Cibola National Forest that were in use prior to the addition of such land to the National Forest System. 

action_date: 2010-09-16
text: 
Expands the boundaries of the Cibola National Forest in New Mexico to include the Manzano Wilderness Study Area. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over any such land under the Secretary's jurisdiction to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and makes such land subject to the laws and regulations that pertain to the National Forest System. 
 
Requires the Manzano Wilderness Study Area to be designated as wilderness and added to the Manzano Mountain Wilderness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 346.
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-601.
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-601.
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2010-06-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3749)
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5389
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
 Medicare Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of clinical pharmacist practitioner services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-05-25
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: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Federal Housing Finance Oversight Board Increased Transparency Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5391
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional committees
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
House Committee on Financial Services
Housing finance and home ownership
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Federal Housing Finance Oversight Board Increased Transparency Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to require the Federal Housing Finance Oversight (FHFO) Board to testify at least annually before the House Committee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (currently, before Congress).
 
Provides that, if at any time either the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises or GSEs) receives funds from the Treasury under the Amended and Restated Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (dated September 26, 2008, amended May 6, 2009, and further amended December 24, 2009) between the Treasury and each GSE, the FHFO Board shall testify before each such Committee before the end of the calendar quarter during which such GSE received such funds regarding specified matters and the receipt of such funds. Considers any such testimony during a year to satisfy the requirement that the Board testify at least annually before such Committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Council on Integration of Health Care Education Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5392
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Mental health
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Council on Integration of Health Care Education Act of 2010 - Establishes the Council on Integration of Health Care Education in the Office of the Secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop recommendations for the purpose of strengthening the capacity of health care professionals and behavioral health providers to deliver integrated, comprehensive health care. Requires such recommendations to identify: (1) the core competencies to be required of each type of health care professional and behavioral health provider with respect to mental health and substance use prevention and treatment services; and (2) the appropriate methods for incorporating such competencies into the curricula of institutions of higher education and of continuing education, the licensure and certification requirements for health care professionals and behavioral health providers, and the accreditation process for institutions of higher education providing terminal education for health care professionals and behavioral health providers. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to public or private nonprofit entities for the purpose of implementing the recommendations of the Council on continuing education for health care professionals and behavioral health providers.
 
Requires the Secretary to make grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to public or nonprofit private institutions of higher education for the purpose of implementing the recommendations of the Council on education curricula for health care professionals and behavioral health providers.


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 House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Haiti Private Sector Development Act

Bill: 111-hr-5394
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Haiti
Latin America
Natural disasters
Public-private cooperation
Reconstruction and stabilization
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Haiti Private Sector Development Act - Authorizes the President, after congressional consultation, to designate one private, nonprofit organization as the American Enterprise Fund for Haiti to receive funds and support under this Act to promote: (1) Haitian private sector development, including microbusinesses and small businesses, the agriculture, finance, energy, construction, garment, and tourism industries, and U.S.-Haitian joint ventures; and (2) policies and practices conducive to Haitian private sector development through loans, equity investments, feasibility studies, grants, technical assistance, training, insurance, and guarantees.
 
Authorizes the Fund to establish the America for Haitian Private Sector Development Foundation which shall develop programs to recruit qualified individuals from the United States, including the Haitian diaspora in the United States, to provide technical expertise to the Haitian government to support public functions and to fill capacity gaps in the Haitian government, especially at ministries that oversee the private sector and were disrupted by the January 12, 2010, earthquake.
 
Requires the President to submit an annual report to Congress, through 2016, summarizing all reports available to the President that were prepared for the purpose of providing oversight and evaluation of earthquake recovery and redevelopment activities conducted by U.S. government agencies during the preceding year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Green Energy Efficient Roofs and Job Creation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5396
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Building construction
Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Green Energy Efficient Roofs and Job Creation Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify as 20-year property for depreciation purposes a roof replacement on a commercial building during 2010 or 2011 with a roof assembly which has the new insulation installed entirely above the roof deck and which meets or exceeds the minimum R-value for the appropriate climate zone as specified in the International Energy Conservation Code. 


Legislative actions:
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
Help Disaster Victims Buy a New Home Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5398
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Natural disasters
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Help Disaster Victims Buy a New Home Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat individual taxpayers who purchase a principal residence to replace a principal residence damaged or destroyed by a federally declared disaster as first-time homebuyers for purposes of the tax credit allowed to such homebuyers; (2) allow taxpayers who do not itemize their tax deductions a deduction from gross income for net casualty losses due to a federally declared disaster and permit a carryover of such losses for five years; and (3) exclude from gross income unemployment compensation paid to workers in a federally declared disaster area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E935-936)
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To establish a National Remote Teacher Corps, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5399
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Guam
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish the National Remote Teacher Corps of elementary and secondary school teachers to fill vacancies, reduce class sizes, and improve educational quality in certain remote areas in the U.S. territories.
 
Requires Corps applicants to have at least a bachelor's degree from an institution of higher education (IHE), but gives priority to individuals who: (1) have at least a master's degree in education, science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; or (2) are highly qualified teachers with at least ten years of experience teaching elementary or secondary school students, or equivalent qualifications.
 
Directs the Secretary to place Corps teachers with local educational agencies or charter schools that have been designated as Corps sites.
 
Requires Corps teachers to agree to obtain certification or licensing as an elementary or secondary school teacher within such time as the Secretary may require and accept an offer to serve as a full-time teacher for at least three years at a Corps site.
 
Requires Corps sites to compensate Corps teachers as they would compensate other teachers having similar qualifications. Authorizes the Secretary to compensate Corps teachers for certain travel costs and award them annual or one-time cash bonuses.
 
Directs the Secretary and each Corps site to develop jointly and implement a high-quality alternative certification route for Corps teachers who are not certified teachers, unless the Corps site has an existing alternative certification program that is acceptable to the Secretary.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a professional development and distance-learning certificate or degree program to assist individuals located in remote territorial areas in becoming highly qualified teachers; and (2) award grants to IHEs to implement such program and cover the program's tuition for teachers at Corps sites. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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
Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5400
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Income tax credits
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: 
Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the definition of &quot;qualified veteran&quot; for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit to mean recently discharged veterans and disadvantaged veterans. 
 
Defines &quot;recently discharged veteran&quot; to mean: (1) any individual who has served on active duty (other than active duty for training) in the Armed Forces for more than 180 total days (whether consecutive or not); (2) any individual who has been discharged or released from active duty for a service-connected disability; and (3) any member of the National Guard who has served for more than 180 total days (whether consecutive or not) in active duty, full-time National Guard duty, or duty in state status. 
 
Defines &quot;disadvantaged veteran&quot; as any veteran who is certified as being a member of a family receiving assistance under a supplemental nutrition assistance program and is entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability.
 
Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Guard to inform military personnel who are discharged or released from active duty of the work opportunity tax credit and provide them with documentation relating to eligibility for and use of such credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Allan Bolor Kelley.

Bill: 111-hr-5401
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2010-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Provides for the relief of Allan Bolor Kelley.

Legislative actions:
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