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A bill to eliminate the preferences and special rules for Alaska Native Corporations under the program under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act.

Bill: 111-s-3959
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2010-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Business records
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: 
Amends the Small Business Act to exclude from the definition of &quot;Indian tribe&quot; any Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) or Alaska Native Village (ANV).
 
Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that, for purposes of eligibility for procurement contracts provided through the Small Business Administration (SBA), whether an ANC or ANV is socially or economically disadvantaged shall be determined by the SBA Administrator according to eligibility standards for SBA 8(a) general small business loans. Makes members of socially and economically disadvantaged ANCs or ANVs eligible for such loans.
 
Directs the Administrator to apply to small businesses owned by an ANC or ANV the competitive thresholds for awarding SBA sole source contracts that are applicable to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
 
Prohibits the Administrator from extending or waiving, for small businesses owned by an ANC or ANV, the time limitations applicable to participants in the small business capital ownership development program. Outlines annual report requirements for program participants who are ANCs or ANVs.
 
Requires the Administrator to amend SBA regulations to incorporate amendments made by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3960
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Disability and health-based discrimination
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education
Racial and ethnic relations
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: 
Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2010 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in a title IV program (except foreign schools) to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding harassment that includes: (1) a prohibition of harassment of students by other students, faculty, and staff; (2) a description of its programs to prevent harassment; (3) a description of the procedures that students should follow if harassment occurs; and (4) a description of the procedures it will follow once an incident of harassment has been reported.
 
Defines &quot;harassment&quot; to include certain conduct undertaken through technological means that limits a student's ability to benefit from the IHE's programs, or creates a hostile or abusive educational environment at the school.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to IHEs to initiate, expand, or improve programs to: (1) prevent the harassment of students; (2) provide counseling or redress services to students who have been harassed or accused of subjecting other students to harassment; and (3) train students, faculty, or staff to prevent harassment or address harassment if it occurs.
 
Directs the Secretary to publish a report of best practices for combating harassment at IHEs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
DREAM Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3962
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2010-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Department of Homeland Security
Education programs funding
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: 
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 35 on the date of this Act's enactment.
 
Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. 
 
Sets forth conditions for maintaining such status and having its conditional basis removed.
 
Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to adjust the status of an alien who has met such conditions prior to enactment of this Act to conditional permanent resident status; and (2) such alien to petition the Secretary for permanent resident status at the end of the conditional residence period.
 
Provides for: (1) exclusive jurisdiction; (2) penalties for false application statements; (3) confidentiality; (4) higher education assistance; and (5) a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report respecting the number of aliens adjusted under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7974-7976)
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
DREAM Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3963
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2010-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Department of Homeland Security
Education programs funding
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: 
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional permanent resident status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school or equivalent diploma; (5) from the age of 16 and older, has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal; and (6) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment.
 
Requires aliens to apply for such adjustment of status within one year of being admitted to an IHE or earning a high school or equivalent diploma. 
 
Sets forth conditions for maintaining such status and having its conditional basis removed.
 
Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to adjust the status of an alien who has met such conditions prior to enactment of this Act to conditional permanent resident status; and (2) such alien to petition the Secretary for permanent resident status at the end of the conditional residence period.
 
Provides for: (1) exclusive jurisdiction; (2) penalties for false application statements; (3) confidentiality; (4) higher education assistance; and (5) a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report respecting the number of aliens adjusted under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 645.
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7976-7978)
action_date: 2010-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Faster Action Safety Team Emergency Response Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3964
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Oil and gas
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Faster Action Safety Team Emergency Response Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to promulgate regulations relating to response teams. Defines a &quot;response team&quot; as a team of individuals established by an operator on an onshore oil or gas well, who: (1) are familiar with the well operations and equipment; (2) participate in response training at least annually; (3) are trained in basic first aid and CPR; and (4) will be available with respect to the well involved by ground transportation not later than three hours after requested. 
 
Sets forth requirements for such regulations. Provides that such regulations shall: (1) not be construed to waive operator training requirements applicable to existing response teams; and (2) require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to establish and update (every five years) criteria to certify the qualifications of response teams. 
 
Requires such regulations to: (1) require the operator of a well to have an employee knowledgeable in responding to emergency situations present at the well at all times during the exploration or drilling phase or before the completion phase and to make available a certified response team during such phases and the production phase; and (2) ensure to make available to such an operator to comply with such requirement a well response team, a multi-employer composite response team, a commercial response team provided through contract or by another operator, or a state-sponsored response team.
 
Requires such regulations to require that a well operator: (1) contact local first responders within 30 minutes of the commencement of an emergency situation; (2) contact OSHA, the appropriate state environmental agency, and the National Response Center within one hour of such commencement; and (3) provide communication technology within a reasonable distance of the well that enables the operator to comply with regulations promulgated by the Secretary.
 
Requires such regulations to require an operator to: (1) provide annual training to local first responders on well hazards and proper emergency response techniques; and (2) file a report annually with OSHA that provides detailed information on the response team assigned to each of the operator's wells and affirmatively states that the operator is in compliance with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Seniors' Access to Doctors Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3965
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Protecting Seniors' Access to Doctors Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to set at 1% from December 1, 2010, through December 31, 2011, the update to the single conversion factor in the formula for determining the physician fee payment schedule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Gestational Diabetes Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3966
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Gestational Diabetes Act of 2010 or the GEDI Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a multisite gestational diabetes research project within the diabetes program of the CDC to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes. Requires such research project to address: (1) procedures to establish accurate and efficient systems for the collection of gestational diabetes data; (2) the progress of collaborative activities with the National Vital Statistics System, the National Center for Health Statistics, and state health departments to improve surveillance of gestational diabetes; (3) postpartum methods of tracking women with gestational diabetes after delivery and targeted interventions to lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes in such women; (4) variations in the distribution of diagnosed and undiagnosed gestational diabetes; and (5) factors and culturally sensitive interventions that influence risks and reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and related complications during childbirth. 
 
Requires the Secretary to expand and intensify public health research on gestational diabetes, including; (1) developing and testing novel approaches for improving postpartum testing or screening and for preventing type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes; and (2) conducting research to further understanding of the factors and health systems that influence the risk of gestational diabetes and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes. 
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to: (1) award grants for demonstration projects that implement evidence-based interventions to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes, the recurrence of such disease in subsequent pregnancies, and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes; and (2) work with state and Indian tribal-based diabetes prevention and control programs assisted by the CDC to encourage postpartum follow-up after gestational diabetes to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and its recurrence, the development of type 2 diabetes in at-risk women, and related complications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Children's Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3968
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Dental care
Elementary and secondary education
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax credits
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Preschool education
Violent crime
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Children's Act of 2010 - Establishes the National Council on Children to: (1) study and report to the President and Congress on the health, safety, and learning needs of children; (2) examine systems for children's programs and assess ways to increase spending in preventive services for children and youth in order to improve outcomes; (3) build upon the evaluations of other entities and avoid unnecessary duplication; and (4) make recommendations to improve children's well-being.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically-engineered fish.

Bill: 111-s-3969
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food supply, safety, and labeling
Genetics
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food to be misbranded if it contains genetically-engineered fish unless the food bears a label stating that fact.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Sustainable States Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3970
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Public-private cooperation
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Sustainable States Act of 2010 - Establishes a program under which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall provide grants to sustainable state consortia (partnerships consisting of local governments, states, public universities, and other municipal organizations, businesses, or nonprofit organizations) to establish and carry out municipal sustainability certification programs. Defines &quot;municipal sustainability certification program&quot; as a program that: (1) determines a set of state-specific benchmarks for use in evaluating sustainability; and (2) certifies a municipality as sustainable based on achievement of those benchmarks. 
 
Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish flexible guidelines that reflect regional differences for use by such consortia in establishing such programs; (2) annually compile data from such consortia and report to Congress on municipal actions undertaken to obtain municipal sustainability certification; (3) encourage such consortia to establish certification standards beyond the guidelines established by the Administrator, adapt the administration of the program to meet regional or local needs, and plan for public-private partnership agreements that will sustain the operation of the certification program of a state beyond the term of the grant; (4) establish a national leaders program under which certified municipalities may seek additional recognition for demonstrated performance in meeting sustainability challenges; and (5) establish a website that permits interactive dialogue and collaboration among community leaders and citizens engaged in municipal sustainability certification. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the approval of genetically-engineered fish.

Bill: 111-s-3971
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food supply, safety, and labeling
Genetics
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem genetically-engineered fish to be unsafe under provisions related to new animal drugs and adulterated food. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
National Blue Alert Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-3972
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Criminal justice information and records
Emergency communications systems
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
National Blue Alert Act of 2010 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a national Blue Alert communications network within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty; and (2) assign a DOJ officer to act as the national coordinator of the Blue Alert communications network. Sets forth the duties of the national coordinator, including encouraging states and local governments to develop additional Blue Alert plans, establishing voluntary guidelines for states and local governments to use in developing such plans, developing protocols for efforts to apprehend suspects, and establishing an advisory group to assist states, local governments, law enforcement agencies, and other entities in initiating, facilitating, and promoting Blue Alert plans. 
 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to require the use of public safety and community policing grants to assist states in developing and enhancing a Blue Alert plan and communications network. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8064)
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act

Bill: 111-s-3974
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2010-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
International law and treaties
Protest and dissent
Sanctions
Vietnam
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: 
Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to: (1) impose financial and immigration/entry sanctions on listed nationals of Vietnam who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Vietnam; and (2) submit to Congress a publicly available list of individuals determined to be complicit in such human rights abuses.
 
Authorizes the President to waive sanctions: (1) to comply with international agreements; and (2) if in the U.S. national interest.
 
Terminates sanctions if the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has: (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased its practices of violence, detention, and abuse of citizens of Vietnam engaging in peaceful political activity; and (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the killings, arrest, and abuse of such political activists and prosecuted those responsible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate