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Financial Education in the Classroom Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5165
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: 
Financial Education in the Classroom Act of 2010 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) that partner with certain nonprofit, educational, community-based, or business entities to develop and carry out financial education programs to assist students in kindergarten through grade 12 achieve financial literacy.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award a competitive grant to a national nonprofit educational organization to improve the quality of financial education programs directly and through subgrants to states, LEAs, and state or local economic, personal finance, or entrepreneurial education organizations. Requires such grant or subgrant funds to be used for: (1) teacher training regarding economics, personal finance, and entrepreneurship; (2) evaluations of the impact economic and financial literacy education has on students; (3) incorporating economics and personal finance into school curricula; (4) economic and financial literacy education research; and (5) the development and dissemination of appropriate materials and best practices to promote economic and financial literacy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Revoking Citizenship for Terrorists Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5166
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2010-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration status and procedures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: 
Revoking Citizenship for Terrorists Act of 2010 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the loss of U.S. nationality, whether by birth or naturalization, by being an unprivileged enemy belligerent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
School Meals Stigma Reduction Act

Bill: 111-hr-5167
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2010-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: 
School Meals Stigma Reduction Act - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow local educational agencies (LEAs) to revise previously submitted meal claims to approve children retroactively for up to 90 days for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch program.
 
Requires children who are eligible for free meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs to be provided the meal that is provided on any given day, regardless of unpaid fees.
 
Requires children who are eligible for reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs to be provided the meal that is provided on any given day, as long as the child pays the reduced-price meal fee that day, regardless of unpaid fees.
 
Directs LEAs that wish to implement a substitute meal policy for children with unpaid school meal fees to ensure that it doesn't stigmatize the children.
 
Requires LEAs to directly certify children who owe at least a week of meal fees as eligible for free meals or provide their households with the materials and encouragement to apply for such meals.
 
Prohibits LEAs attempting to collect unpaid school meal fees from a household from taking any action directed at the household's child or using a debt collector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit through December 31, 2010, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5168
Sponsor: Rep. Ellsworth, Brad [D-IN-8]
Introduced: 2010-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit through December 31, 2010; (2) extend eligibility for such credit through February 28, 2011, for taxpayers who enter into a binding contract for the purchase of a principal residence by December 31, 2010; and (3) extend eligibility for such credit through February 28, 2012, for military personnel and members of the Foreign Service and the intelligence community on qualified official extended duty outside the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Event Data Recorder Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-hr-5169
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2010-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: 
Event Data Recorder Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to modify certain federal motor vehicle safety standards to require that passenger automobiles (except trailers) be equipped with: (1) an event data recorder (EDR) meeting certain requirements; and (2) a standardized port for accessing and retrieving data stored in any EDR regardless of the manufacturer or model of the motor vehicle.
 
Requires manufacturers of passenger automobiles to include EDRs in: (1) at least 25% of their fleet beginning in model 2013; (2) at least 65% of their fleet beginning in model year 2014; and (3) 100% of their fleet beginning in model year 2015.
 
Requires the owner's manual of new motor vehicles sold or leased in the United States to indicate clearly the presence of EDRs.
 
Prohibits the retrieval of information recorded or transmitted by an EDR by any other person than the owner of the motor vehicle in which such device is installed unless: (1) authorized by court order, the owner consents, or the information is retrieved by a government motor vehicle safety agency; and (2) the personally identifiable information of the owner or driver of the vehicle or vehicle identification number (VIN) is not disclosed in the retrieval of information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Individual Ready Reserve Suicide Prevention Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5170
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2010-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional oversight
Iraq
Mental health
Middle East
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: 
Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Individual Ready Reserve Suicide Prevention Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that each of the following individuals receive, at least once every 90 days, a telephone call from properly-trained DOD personnel to determine their emotional, psychological, medical, and career needs and concerns: (1) members of the Individual Ready Reserve who deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq in support of a contingency operation; or (2) a member of a reserve component who the Secretary determines is an individual mobilization augmentee who has so deployed.
 
Requires the person making the call to refer a member identified as being at-risk of self-caused harm to the nearest military medical treatment facility or accredited TRICARE (a DOD managed health care program) provider for immediate evaluation and necessary treatment.
 
Requires annual reports from the Secretary to Congress on the number of members so referred, as well as their health and career status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Partnership With America' Rapid Rebuilding of Haiti Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5171
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2010-04-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Employment and training programs
Foreign aid and international relief
Haiti
Infrastructure development
Latin America
Reconstruction and stabilization

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: 
Partnership With America Rapid Rebuilding of Haiti Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, with the government of Haiti, to implement a three-year &quot;Partnership With America&quot; program under which unemployed or underemployed U.S. construction and reconstruction experts and workers shall begin work in Haiti to help Haitians rebuild Haiti's infrastructure, including roads, airports, energy facilities, schools, hospitals, housing, and other services fundamental to economic development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Instructional Leadership Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-5172
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2010-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
School administration
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: 
Instructional Leadership Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states, local educational agencies (LEAs), nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, or partnerships or consortia which include at least one of those entities to develop and implement innovative programs and sites (such as leadership development schools) to train school principals in instructional leadership skills.
 
Requires the Secretary to award additional competitive grants to states or partnerships or consortia which include states for pilot programs that evaluate and promote the incorporation of instructional leadership standards into state principal certification or licensure.
 
 Directs the Secretary to establish a definition of &quot;highly-qualified principal&quot; that is based on reports from this Act's grantees and emphasizes instructional leadership standards. 
 
Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to states and high-need LEAs or partnerships between such LEAs and certain educational entities to develop state-of-the-art principal induction programs that provide new principals a minimum of three years of extensive, high-quality, comprehensive induction into the field of school administration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E700)
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Secure the Border Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5173
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2010-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Canada
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Latin America
Mexico
New Mexico
Smuggling and trafficking
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: 
Secure the Border Act of 2010 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) construct two layers of reinforced fencing along the entire international land border between the United States and Mexico; (2) provide for the installation of additional physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors along the entire length of the international border between the United States and Mexico and the United States and Canada; and (3) complete such work within two years.
 
Increases the FY2011 budget of the Tunnel Task Force (a joint Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE], Customs and Border Patrol [CBP], and Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA] force tasked to pinpoint smuggling tunnels) by 100% above the FY2007 budget.
 
Directs the Secretary to implement a program to fully integrate and utilize aerial surveillance technologies, including unmanned aerial vehicles, to enhance the security of the international borders between the United States and Mexico and the United States and Canada.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Cell Industrial Vehicle Jobs Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5174
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2010-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Motor carriers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: 
Fuel Cell Industrial Vehicle Jobs Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) continue the maximum dollar amount (i.e., $8,000) of the tax credit for new qualified fuel cell motor vehicles after 2009; and (2) allow such credit for a vehicle which is manufactured primarily to carry or tow loads or materials for commercial or industrial purposes (off-highway vehicles). Increases the amount of such credit for off-highway vehicles that achieve a specified level of electricity generation efficiency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Family and Independent Business Protection Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5176
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2010-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: 
Family and Independent Business Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that no state or territory may define or classify any person as a state or territorial employee, for purposes of state or territorial employment, labor relations, or collective bargaining laws or regulations, by reason of such person's receipt of or eligibility for any payment or subsidy funded by the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To delay the implementation of certain final rules of the Environmental Protection Agency in States until accreditation classes are held in the States for a period of at least 1 year.

Bill: 111-hr-5177
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child care and development
Child health
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to delay the implementation of the final rules entitled &quot;Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program; Lead Hazard Information Pamphlet; Notice of Availability; Final Rule&quot; (published on April 22, 2008) and &quot;Lead; Amendment to the Opt-out and Recordkeeping Provisions in the Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program&quot; (signed by the Administrator on April 22, 2010) in each state until accredited certified renovator classes to train contractors in practices necessary for compliance with such rules have been held in such state for at least a year.
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) monitor each state to determine when such classes are offered; and (2) notify each Member of Congress about the location and time of each such class held in their state and the date on which the classes have been held for one year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3130)
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5178
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2010-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government trust funds
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
Smuggling and trafficking
Tariffs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: 
Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2010 or the STOP Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restrict the sale, lease, importation, or delivery of tobacco production machines to persons lawfully engaged in: (1) the sale, lease, or delivery of such machines; (2) the manufacture or processing of tobacco products, including for personal use; or (3) the application of unique identification markings onto tobacco product packages. Defines &quot;tobacco production machine&quot; as a machine used to manufacture, process, or package tobacco products or to apply unique identification markings to packages of tobacco products. Requires any person leasing, importing, exporting, or delivering a tobacco production machine to keep records relating to any transfers or deliveries of such machines. 
 
Requires manufacturers and importers of tobacco products to affix a unique identification marking to each package of tobacco products prior to sale or distribution of such products. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to design a system of unique identification markings that does not interfere with state and local tax stamps and markings.
 
Requires wholesalers of tobacco products to obtain permits for selling or exporting tobacco products.
 
Establishes new criminal offenses relating to the distribution of tobacco products. Increases the civil penalty for tobacco-related infractions from $1,000 to $10,000. 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Anti-Contraband Tobacco Trafficking Fund to finance the enforcement provisions of this Act and other laws relating to contraband or illegal tobacco products using the increased civil and criminal fines provided by this Act. 
 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose a civil penalty for the importation of tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes by fraudulent means. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make clear that family coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program remains available with respect to an otherwise eligible child of a Federal employee or annuitant until that child attains 26 years of age, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-5179
Sponsor: Rep. Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. [D-PA-3]
Introduced: 2010-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: 
 Extends eligibility for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to a federal employee's, annuitant's, or former spouse's dependent child (currently, unmarried dependent child) who is under age 26 (currently, under age 22) or incapable of self-support because of mental or physical disability which existed before age 26 (currently, before age 22).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in House
National Marine Fisheries Service Ombudsman Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5180
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2010-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: 
National Marine Fisheries Service Ombudsman Act of 2010 - Establishes an Office of the Ombudsman in the National Marine Fisheries Service which shall be under the direction of the Ombudsman of the National Marine Fisheries Service, who shall be appointed by the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
 
Requires the Ombudsman to maintain a regional Ombudsman in each of the regions for which a Regional Fishery Management Council.
 
Requires the Ombudsman to report solely to, and be under the general supervision of, the Administrator and allows the removal of the Ombudsman only by the Administrator for neglect of duty, misconduct, or inability to perform the duties of the office of the Ombudsman.
 
Sets forth the duties of the Ombudsman, including: (1) to act as a neutral third party who conducts informal, impartial fact finding and investigations; (2) to identify points of conflict or contention (and to mitigate such points of conflict or contention) between the fishing industry and the National Marine Fisheries Service with respect to the implementation and enforcement of regulations; (3) through each regional ombudsman, to serve as a point of contact for local fishermen and businesses that are regulated by the National Marine Fisheries Service; and (4) to maintain a public Internet site that includes contact information for each regional office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Introduced in House