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Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4545
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Scott [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2010-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: 
Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2010 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish in the Department of Agriculture the Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives, to be headed by the Under Secretary for Rural Broadband Initiatives.
 
States that the Under Secretary shall: (1) administer all rural broadband-related grant and loan programs previously administered by the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service, including the rural broadband access loan and loan guarantee program and the community connect grant program; (2) conduct rural outreach; (3) foster development of a comprehensive rural broadband strategic vision; (4) assess relevant technologies; (5) serve as a single information source for all federal rural broadband programs and services; and (6) provide technical assistance to state, regional, and local governments to develop broadband deployment strategies.
 
Directs the Under Secretary to submit: (1) a comprehensive rural broadband strategy report to the President and to Congress; and (2) a plan for a Rural Broadband Advisory Panel to Congress.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the National Rural Broadband Innovation Fund.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Tuition Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4546
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2010-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: 
Truth in Tuition Act of 2010 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) to provide each admitted student considering an undergraduate or graduate program: (1) a multi-year tuition and fee schedule; or (2) a single-year tuition and fee schedule, and a nonbinding, multi-year estimate of net costs after all financial aid is awarded.
 
Requires IHEs that choose the second option to include with each multi-year estimate the average deviation, in percentage terms, between previous year estimates and actual net costs for their students.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to waive the application of these requirements to IHEs for which the requirements are not practicable due to events that cause them severe economic distress, a dramatic reduction in state or federal aid, or any other circumstance the Secretary deems valid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for American Students Act

Bill: 111-hr-4548
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2010-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: 
Fairness for American Students Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make illegal aliens ineligible for any postsecondary education benefit that results from their residence within a state or political subdivision unless every citizen and national of this country is entitled to such benefit regardless of their place of residence or the location of the school from which they graduated.
 
Allows any U.S. citizen or national that is enrolled in a postsecondary school to commence a civil action against a school or state education official to enforce their compliance with this Act's requirement and obtain appropriate relief, including the in-state tuition rate.
 
Prohibits federal agencies from providing financial assistance to postsecondary schools that provide benefits to illegal aliens in contravention of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Innovation to Job Creation Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4549
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2010-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: 
Small Business Innovation to Job Creation Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants to small businesses to assist in the commercialization of research developed by such businesses with funds received under the second phase of the Small Business Innovation Research Program (a program under which a portion of a federal agency's research and development effort is reserved for award to small businesses).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to House Science and Technology
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to House Small Business
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology .
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in House
No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4550
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2010-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political advertising
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: 
No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act of 2010 - Prohibits: (1) the use of federal funds received by any entity, other than a natural person, to advocate the election or defeat of a political candidate or to engage in any lobbying activity; or (2) the donation of such funds to any other entity for such purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act

Bill: 111-hr-4551
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2010-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: 
Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to provide Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage to the following eligible beneficiaries: (1) a member or former member of the Armed Forces entitled to military retired or retainer pay; (2) an unremarried former spouse who was married to a member for at least 20 years, during which such member performed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable military service; (3) a dependent of a deceased qualifying member or former member; (4) a dependent of a living member or former member; and (5) a family member.
 
Directs the Secretary to reimburse such eligible persons for pharmacy benefits received from a pharmacy that is not a TRICARE (Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care plan) network pharmacy in the same manner as the Secretary would reimburse such person for such benefits received from a TRICARE network pharmacy. Requires such persons, in order to receive such reimbursement, to submit a certification from their physician stating that the person does not have access to a TRICARE network pharmacy due to physical or medical constraints.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2010-01-27
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Benefit Card Fairness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4552
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2010-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer affairs
Financial services and investments
Poverty and welfare assistance
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-29
text: 
Benefit Card Fairness Act of 2010 - Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) to extend its coverage to any account directly or indirectly established through a government agency to which electronic fund transfers (EFTs) are made by or on behalf of a government agency on a recurring basis (government payment account).
 
Repeals the exemption from EFTA disclosure, protection, responsibility, and remedy requirements of electronic benefit transfer systems established by a federal, state, or local government agency for distributing needs-tested benefits, such as through automated teller machines (ATMs) or point-of-sale terminals.
 
Requires a financial institution to offer a government payment account in compliance with this Act and with the requirements of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for the provision of insurance to the consumer.
 
 
Prescribes requirements for consumer choice in making an EFT to a government payment account, as well as for access to account balance and transaction history.
 
Prohibits the assessment of specified fees on a government payment account, except certain transaction fees, a nominal fee of up to $1 for written periodic statements, and other permissible fees for specific services beyond ordinary use of the account.
 
Requires a financial institution to make certain disclosures including: (1) the means to obtain account balance; (2) written account history; (3) fee information; and (4) error resolution.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-29
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Buy American Act

Bill: 111-hr-4553
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government information and archives
Manufacturing
Mining
Public contracts and procurement
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
21st Century Buy American Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to establish and carry out a program to award grants to any entity that is a manufacturer in the United States, is a firm certified as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974, and is an entity that either: (1) mines, produces, or manufactures a nonavailable item; (2) is the last remaining manufacturer of an item in the United States and can prove hardship because of foreign competition; or (3) is the last remaining manufacturer of an item in the United States that is considered to be vital for national security purposes. Permits a recipient to use such a grant to: (1) increase its ability to compete for a government contract for, and to produce, a nonavailable item; (2) increase its capacity to produce items that are vital to national security and to create or retain jobs; (3) modernize or renovate manufacturing facilities using domestically made equipment; and (4) cover costs associated with obtaining access to adjustment assistance.
 
Defines a &quot;nonavailable item&quot; as an article that: (1) a federal agency has determined is not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of a satisfactory quality; (2) has been subject to a waiver of buy American provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; or (3) is on the list of nonavailable articles under the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
 
 
Amends the Buy America Act to: (1) make buy American requirements for articles for public use applicable without regard to whether the articles are for use outside the United States, if they are not needed on an urgent basis or are acquired on a regular basis; (2) require an analysis of the difference in the cost of such articles manufactured inside compared to outside the United States before a contract for such articles is entered; and (3) require an agency, before granting a public interest waiver or a waiver for use outside the United States, to consider the effect on domestic employment.
 
Requires: (1) each agency that applies an exception to the Buy American Act to notify the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who shall post the notification on a publicly accessible website; and (2) the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the amount of articles purchased by each agency each fiscal year from entities that manufacture them outside the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Energy Assistance for American Families Act

Bill: 111-hr-4554
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy assistance for the poor and aged

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
Energy Assistance for American Families Act - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to authorize appropriations for FY2011-FY2014. 
 
Permits a state to use any allotment from such appropriations to assist households whose income does not exceed 75% of the state median income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2010-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2010-02-02
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: 2010-02-02
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E122)
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Janey Ensminger Act

Bill: 111-hr-4555
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military facilities and property
North Carolina
Veterans' medical care
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
Janey Ensminger Act - Makes any veteran who was stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during a period in which the water there was contaminated by volatile organic compounds, including known and probable human carcinogens, eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for any illness, notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the illness is attributable to such contamination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Bill: 111-hr-4556
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Jurisdiction and venue
Military law
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
Prohibits any funds appropriated or made available to the Department of Justice (DOJ) from being used to commence or continue a prosecution in an Article III court of any individual suspected of involvement in the attacks on the United States and its citizens on September 11, 2001, who is not a citizen of the United States and is subject to the jurisdiction of a military commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Physical Education to Create a Healthier Nation Act

Bill: 111-hr-4557
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
Physical Education to Create a Healthier Nation Act - Amends part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states and local educational agencies that receive school improvement funds under such part to ensure that their schools provide: (1) 150 minutes of physical education per week for elementary school students; (2) 225 minutes of physical education per week for middle and secondary school students; and (3) disabled students with such physical education as is determined appropriate under their individualized education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act

Bill: 111-hr-4558
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes
Michigan
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act - Designates specified lands and inland waters within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Wilderness. 
 
Sets forth requirements for the administration of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Wilderness, including with respect to road maintenance, hunting, fish and wildlife, watercraft, and buffer zones. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To establish a commission to review benefits provided by each State to disabled veterans.

Bill: 111-hr-4559
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2010-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Disability assistance
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: 
Establishes the State Veterans' Benefits Commission to evaluate the total amount of benefits provided by each state to resident veterans with a total and permanent disability rating, as well as the method in which each state establishes the amount of such benefits based on such disability rating. Requires the Commission to report evaluation results to the congressional veterans committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Introduced in House