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Healthy Food Financing Initiative

Bill: 111-hr-6462
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2010-11-30 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Department of Agriculture
Economic development
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Fruit and vegetables
Government lending and loan guarantees
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Retail and wholesale trades
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: 
Healthy Food Financing Initiative - Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide assistance in order to: (1) improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas; (2) create and preserve quality jobs; and (3) revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to eligible food retailers to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved, urban, suburban, and rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-11-30
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Kids Safe Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6463
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2010-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Consumer affairs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: 
Keeping Kids Safe Act of 2010 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations requiring warning labels on baby monitors to alert users that video and audio from such devices may be intercepted and viewed or heard by potential intruders outside their home. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Firefighter Safety Enhancement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6464
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2010-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Building construction
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Fires

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: 
Firefighter Safety Enhancement Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the use of firefighter assistance grant funds to repair, construct, and reconstruct fire stations, fire training facilities, and other facilities to protect the health and safety of firefighting personnel.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to require a fire department or organization that applies for such a grant to comply with standards applicable to recipients of financial contributions for emergency preparedness purposes under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2014 and requires up to a specified amount to be available to modify, repair, construct, and reconstruct fire stations, fire training facilities, and other facilities.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2018)
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to clarify the role of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma with regard to the maintenance of the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam in Oklahoma.

Bill: 111-hr-6465
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2010-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Licensing and registrations
Oklahoma

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to modify provisions authorizing the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma to design and construct hydroelectric generating facilities at the W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma.
 
Authorizes such Nation to market the electricity generated from any such facility. Requires such Nation to obtain any permit required by federal or state law before the date on which construction begins on such facilities, except that the Nation shall be exempt from any licensing requirements under the Federal Power Act related to the construction, operation, and maintenance of hydroelectric generating facilities. 
 
Authorizes: (1) such Nation to initiate design and construction only after the Secretary of the Army reviews and approves the plans and specifications; and (2) the Secretary to accept and use funds offered by such Nation to carry out the design and construction. Requires such Nation to: (1) bear all costs associated with the design and construction; and (2) provide any funds necessary for such design and construction to the Secretary prior to the Secretary initiating related activities.
 
Provides that such Nation shall hold all title to any hydroelectric generating facility constructed under this Act and may assign such title to a third party, subject to the Secretary's approval. Requires such Nation to: (1) be solely responsible for the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation of, and the marketing of the electricity generated by, any such facility; and (2) release and indemnify the United States from all liabilities that may arise out of any activity undertaken to carry out this Act.
 
Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to provide any technical and construction management assistance that is requested by such Nation relating to such design and construction; and (2) such Nation to enter into agreements necessary to carry out this Act with the Secretary or a third party.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Dependent Care Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6466
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2010-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Domestic violence and child abuse
Family relationships
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: 
Dependent Care Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide health care for the physical and mental injuries suffered by a spouse, child, or dependent parent victim of abuse by a veteran who is enrolled in the VA patient enrollment system and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury, as long as such victim is not eligible for medical coverage under a federal or state program or otherwise covered by a private medical insurance policy.
 
Requires a report from the Secretary to the congressional veterans committees addressing any VA challenges or concerns in verifying psychological abuse in such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6467
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2010-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Small business
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: 
Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Makes the general terminating date of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2010 (EGTRRA) (i.e., December 31, 2010) inapplicable to provisions of that Act relating to individual income tax rate reductions, tax benefits related to children and adoption, marriage penalty relief, and education. Repeals the terminating date of the Jobs Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that applies to reductions in the tax rate for capital gains and dividend income, subject to the income thresholds set forth by this Act..
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish permanent reductions in income tax rates for individual taxpayers whose adjusted gross income is $200,000 or less ($250,000 for married couples filing joint tax returns); (2) allow a permanent exemption from limitations on itemized tax deductions and personal exemptions for individual taxpayers whose adjusted gross income is $200,000 or less ($250,000 for married couples filing joint tax returns); (3) allow a 15% tax rate on capital gains and dividend income for individual taxpayers whose adjusted gross income is $200,000 or less ($250,000 for married couples filing joint tax returns); (4) allow a permanent increase in the refundable portion of the child tax credit; (5) make permanent the increased earned income tax credit and the modifications to such credit enacted by EGTRRA; (6) make permanent the increased ($125,000) expensing allowance for depreciable business and investment property; and (7) extend through 2011 the increased alternative minimum tax (AMT) exemption amounts and the offset against the AMT for certain nonrefundable personal tax credits. 
 
Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2010-12-01
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Rental Housing Revitalization Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6468
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2010-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public contracts and procurement
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: 
Rental Housing Revitalization Act of 2010 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to allocate amounts to public housing agencies (PHAs) and other owners of eligible properties for the voluntary conversion of specified existing project-based rental housing assistance contracts through the execution of long-term, property-based assistance contracts or of project-based voucher rental assistance contracts for additional units of assistance under project-based voucher contracts with public and private owners of properties assisted under certain other federal rental supplement, rental assistance, or affordable housing programs.
 
Establishes the Rental Assistance Conversion Trust Fund in the Treasury.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish procedures to implement a residence choice option for housing opportunities for families in dwelling units with converted rental assistance.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to establish uniform policies and procedures to streamline rental assistance programs for such properties.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into property-based housing assistance payment contracts for converted or replacement properties; and (2) provide funds for a PHA to administer or assist in their administration. Limits the term of a property-based contract between the Secretary and: (1) the owner of a property assisted, before conversion, to at least 20 years; and (2) the owner of any other property to the existing term remaining on the contract being converted or, as the Secretary determines, a term of up to 20 years. Allows contract renewals and extensions.
 
Revises the limitation on the percentage of dwelling units in a project that may be assisted with PHA project-based assistance to allow up to an additional 5% of dwelling units housing homeless individuals and families to receive such assistance. Allows a PHA administering project-based assistance pursuant to a conversion to attach it to up to 40% of dwelling units.
 
Makes conforming amendments to the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act and the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of the peoples of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik, and of other affected citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Bill: 111-hr-6470
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government liability
Marshall Islands
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Provides for the relief of the peoples of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik, and of other citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
EMP Weapons Accountability Assessment Act

Bill: 111-hr-6471
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2010-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: 
EMP Weapons Accountability Assessment Act - Requires the Director of National Intelligence to report to the congressional intelligence and defense committees on the research, development, testing, and deployment programs of foreign countries relating to electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons and associated delivery systems and platforms. Directs that such report identify each country pursuing an EMP weapons program and describe the scope of each such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-6472
Sponsor: Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11]
Introduced: 2010-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Department of Homeland Security
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: 
Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that: (1) by not later than two years after enactment of this Act, all applicants for law enforcement positions with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) receive polygraph examinations before being hired for law enforcement positions; and (2) by not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, CBP initiates all periodic background reinvestigations for all of its law enforcement personnel. Requires the Secretary to make periodic progress reports to Congress on CBP compliance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Army to cease construction of a temporary causeway in connection with the project for the Renard Island Confined Disposal Facility, Green Bay Harbor, Wisconsin, until certain conditions are met, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-6474
Sponsor: Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
Solid waste and recycling
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to cease construction of a temporary causeway in connection with the project for the Renard Island Confined Disposal Facility, Green Bay Harbor, Wisconsin, until the Secretary: (1) conducts a review of all bids submitted for construction of the Renard Island Temporary Causeway, Final Cover and Grading element of such project; and (2) submits to specified congressional committees a report on the results of that review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain work footwear for men.

Bill: 111-hr-6475
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain work footwear for men.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain work footwear for women.

Bill: 111-hr-6476
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain work footwear for women.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain work footwear for women covering the ankle.

Bill: 111-hr-6477
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain work footwear for women covering the ankle.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain work footwear for men covering the ankle.

Bill: 111-hr-6478
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain work footwear for men covering the ankle.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain work boots for men.

Bill: 111-hr-6479
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain work boots for men.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain work boots for women.

Bill: 111-hr-6480
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain work boots for women.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Disability Integration and Coordination Improvement Act

Bill: 111-hr-6481
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2010-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Disability and paralysis
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: 
Disability Integration and Coordination Improvement Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) establish an Office of Disability Integration and Coordination; (2) use such Office to implement strategies and activities in support of the responsibilities of the Disability Coordinator, who shall serve as the Director of the Office. and (3) establish specific, measurable, achievable, and relevant performance measures for the Office, including to ensure the integration of people with disabilities into emergency, preparedness, protection, mitigation, evacuation, sheltering, transition, resiliency, and recovery plans.
 
Directs the Administrator to contract with the National Academy of Public Administration to: (1) conduct an assessment of the efficacy of state, local, and tribal governments' and nonprofits' registries of people with disabilities to guide planning and preparedness during local, state, and national disasters or emergencies resulting from a natural disaster, an act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster; and (2) provide recommendations for establishing a federal disabilities registry. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to House Homeland Security
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2010-12-02
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-02
text: Introduced in House