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Bill 111-HR-4531 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

Public Corruption Elimination Act of 2010 - Denies federal retirement benefits to an individual (or his or her survivor or beneficiary) who has been convicted of a felony under federal or state law that involves bribery, graft, misappropriation of public funds or property, or conflicts of interest, that occurred in connection with the individual's service as an employee, and that occurs after this Act's enactment. Prohibits an individual who is under indictment for such offense from being paid an annuity or retired pay if the individual willfully remains outside the United States for more than one year with knowledge of the indictment or charges. Prohibits the computation and inclusion of interest on a refund of such an individual's retirement contributions for the period after the conviction. Authorizes restoration of annuity or retired pay if an individual who was convicted of an offense against state law under this Act is pardoned by the governor.
Bill 111-HR-4535 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Education

Diploma and Accreditation Integrity Protection Act of 2009 - Prohibits any accreditor from being considered a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training offered by degree-granting institutions for any purpose related to immigration, federal employment, or any other federal activity, unless the accreditor is recognized by the Secretary of Education. Considers only a degree from a degree-granting institution that is accredited by such an accreditor to be acceptable in situations when a degree from an institution of higher education (IHE) is required or taken into consideration for the purpose of appointing, promoting, or improving the pay of a federal employee. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to define as an unfair and deceptive act or practice: (1) certain offerings of academic, professional, or occupational degrees by entities that are not IHEs or are not accredited by an accreditor recognized by the Secretary of Education, any other appropriate federal agency, or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation; or (2) the issuing of any accreditation to a degree-granting institution by an accreditor that lacks such recognition.
Bill 111-HR-4720 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Congress

Taking Responsibility For Congressional Pay Act - Reduces the rate of basic pay for each Member of Congress by 5%, rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or, if midway between multiples of $100, to the next higher multiple of $100). Declares that such adjustment shall be in lieu of any adjustment which (but for this Act) might otherwise take effect in 2011.
Bill 111-HR-4735 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

Amends federal civil service law to make an individual who has a seriously delinquent tax debt ineligible to be appointed, or to continue serving, as a federal employee.
Bill 111-HR-4761 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Congress

Congressional Belt-Tightening Act of 2010 - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to: (1) reduce the annual salary of Members of Congress to 95% of the mandatory rate determined for such positions; and (2) eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress. Amends the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to limit the aggregate amount of all Members' Representational Allowances established for FY2011-FY2012 to an amount equal to 95% of the aggregate amount of all such Allowances established for FY2010.
Bill 111-HR-4832 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

One America, Many Voices Act - Entitles an employee in a position requiring the use of one or more languages besides English to premium pay amounting to 5% of the employee's rate of basic pay. Declares that this requirement does not apply to an employee in a position the classification of which takes into account such language requirement, except: (1) to the extent that the rates of basic pay for the position are not at least 5% greater than the rates that would otherwise apply in the absence of the language requirement; and (2) in other circumstances as the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) may prescribe.
Bill 111-HR-4865 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

Federal Employees and Uniformed Services Retirement Equity Act of 2010 - Authorizes a federal employee or Member of Congress, under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System, to contribute to the Thrift Savings Fund: (1) any amount of such employee's or Member's basic pay for a pay period; and (2) any part of any payment that the employee or Member receives for accumulated and accrued annual or vacation leave. Includes within the definition of employee an employee of the United States Postal Service (USPS) or of the Postal Regulatory Commission. Authorizes a member of the uniformed services making contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund out of basic pay or inactive-duty training compensation to also contribute all or part of any payment such member receives for unused accrued leave. Authorizes the Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to promulgate regulations to implement this Act and to permit a federal employee or member of the uniformed services who is not authorized under this Act to contribute a payment for accumulated and accrued annual or vacation leave to the Thrift Savings Fund to make such contribution if the employee or member is covered by an equivalent federal employee retirement system and is authorized under law to receive such a payment and to contribute to the Fund.
Bill 111-HR-4979 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

Amends federal civil service law to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities, including survivor annuities, under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) and for individuals becoming subject to FERS by election.Terminates the entitlement of a survivor who remarries before age 55 (currently, who remarries at any age) to an annuity based on the service of a deferred annuitant who dies before establishing a valid claim for a CSRS annuity.
Bill 111-HR-4982 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Congress

Close the Congressional Health Care Loophole Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to expand the definition of "congressional staff" for purposes of determining coverage under a state health care Exchange to include all full-time and part-time employees of the federal government whose pay is disbursed under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for the fiscal year involved.
Bill 111-HR-5066 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Taxation

Keep Out the IRS Act of 2010 - Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from filling any position, by transfer or any other appointment taking effect on or after the enactment of this Act, if the duties and responsibilities of such position include the implementation, administration, or enforcement of any provision of, or amendment made by, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Bill 111-HR-5112 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010 - Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to: (1) identify, annually, the core competencies necessary for federal personnel performing building operations and maintenance, energy management, safety, and design functions to comply with requirements under federal law, including competencies relating to sustainability, water efficiency, electrical safety, and building performance measures; and (2) identify a course, certification, degree, license, or registration to demonstrate, and for ongoing training in, each core competency for the appropriate category of personnel. Requires individuals in each category to demonstrate each core competency identified for the category within one year. Directs the Administrator: (1) to develop or identify comprehensive continuing education courses to ensure the operation of federal buildings in accordance with industry best practices and standards; and (2) and the Secretary of Energy to develop, annually, a recommended curriculum relating to facility management and the operation of high-performance buildings.Makes training requirements under this Act applicable to non-federal personnel performing building operations and maintenance, energy management, safety, and design functions under contract with a federal agency. Requires a contractor to provide training to, and certify the demonstration of core competencies for, non-federal personnel in a manner that is approved by the Administrator.
Bill 111-HR-5200 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

FEHBP Dependent Coverage Extension Act - 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).
Bill 111-HR-5348 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 2010 - Prohibits the head of an executive agency from appointing any individual to a position in the agency in any fiscal year for which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) projects a federal budget deficit. Makes an exception if: (1) there is a position available in the federal workforce hiring pool (to be established by the President); and (2) the President approves an agency head's request for the allocation of a position in the pool to the agency. Sets the number of positions in the hiring pool at zero as of the first day of FY2011, after which the number shall: (1) increase by .50 for each full time-equivalent position in any agency which subsequently becomes vacant; and (2) decrease by 1.0 for each request for a full time-equivalent position that is approved by the President. Authorizes the President to waive this limitation upon determining that such waiver is required by the existence of a state of war, other national security concern, or an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, safety, or property. Exempts the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Bill 111-HR-5367 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

D.C. Courts and Public Defender Service Act of 2010 - Amends the District of Columbia Official Code to require the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to: (1) call biennial or, as under current law, annual judicial conferences; and (2) summon active magistrate judges to such conferences. Authorizes the chief judges of the District Superior Court and of the District Court of Appeals to toll or delay judicial proceedings in certain natural disaster or other emergency situations. Authorizes the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts to enter into agreements to provide the Mayor of the District with equipment, supplies, and services and credit reimbursements received from the Mayor for them to the appropriation of the District of Columbia courts against which they were charged. Amends the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 to require the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, to the extent its Director considers appropriate, to provide representation for and hold harmless, or provide liability insurance for, any employee, member of the Board of Trustees, or officer of the Service for money damages arising out of any claim, proceeding, or case at law relating to the furnishing of representational, management, or related services while acting within the scope of that person's office or employment, including employment actions, injury, loss of liberty, property damage, loss of property, personal injury, or death arising from the officer's or employee's malpractice or negligence. Amends the District of Columbia Official Code to reduce from five years to three years the term for a judge of the Family Court of the Superior Court.
Bill 111-HR-5382 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

Fixes the rate of salary or basic pay for any office or position within the civil service for service performed during FY2011 and the first quarter of FY2012 at the rate payable for such position as of September 30, 2010. Deems the salary or basic pay rate for any position not in existence on that date to be the rate payable to individuals in comparable positions on such date. Exempts positions within the uniformed services.
Bill 111-HR-5522 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

Federal Supervisor Training Act of 2010 - Revises provisions relating to specific training programs for federal agency supervisors. Requires the head of each federal agency to establish: (1) a program to provide training to supervisors on developing and discussing relevant goals and objectives with the employee, communicating and discussing progress on performance goals and objectives and conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and motivating employees and improving employee performance and productivity, fostering a work environment characterized by fairness, respect, equal opportunity, and attention paid to the merit of the work of employees, effectively managing employees with unacceptable performance, and addressing reports of a hostile work environment, reprisal, or harassment; (2) a program to provide training to supervisors on prohibited personnel practices, employee collective bargaining and union participation rights, and processes to enforce employee rights; and (3) a program under which experienced supervisors mentor new supervisors. Requires: (1) an individual to complete all such programs within one year after being appointed as a supervisor; (2) supervisors to complete one of the first two programs every three years; (3) the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to regulate an appropriate schedule for an individual who cannot complete such programs within the established deadlines due to unforeseen circumstances; and (4) OPM to consult with the Small Agency Council regarding establishment of a supervisor training program for a small agency. Requires the Director of OPM to issue guidance to federal agencies on competencies supervisors are expected to possess in order to effectively manage, and be accountable for managing, the performance of employees. Requires each agency to: (1) assess the overall capacity of the supervisors in the agency, based on OPM's competency model; (2) develop and implement a supervisor training program to strengthen issues identified during such assessment; and (3) measure the effectiveness of that program in improving supervisor competence.
Bill 111-HR-5543 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Armed forces and national security

Prohibits collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions concerning rates of basic pay (under current law, concerning compensation) of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). (Permits collective bargaining concerning compensation, other than basic rates of pay, with respect to such employees.)
Bill 111-HR-5637 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

American Jobs Matter Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require an executive agency to state in a solicitation for competitive proposals that an offeror may submit information on the effects awarding the contract to the offeror would have on employment within the United States (jobs impact statement). Allows such statement to include a guarantee that jobs created or retained in the United States will not be moved outside the United States after award of the contract. Authorizes the contracting officer to consider such statement in evaluating the offer and to request further information to verify its accuracy. Requires the head of each agency to submit to Congress an annual report on the frequency of use within the agency of such statements in evaluating competitive proposals. Sets forth analogous provisions for defense contracts.
Bill 111-HR-5746 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

United States Postal Service's CSRS Obligation Modification Act of 2010 - Prescribes the "average pay" and the appropriate percentage thereof to be used in determining annuities for civilian employment with the United States Postal Service (USPS) for purposes of provisions relating to future benefits attributable to such employment in order to calculate the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System. Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM): (1) within six months after enactment of this Act, to determine (or, if applicable, redetermine) the amount of such surplus or liability as of the close of the most recently ending fiscal year using the methodology required under this Act; and (2) if the result is a surplus, to transfer the surplus amount to the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.
Bill 111-HR-5927 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Congress

Share the Financial Burden Act - Prohibits the aggregate amount which may be appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year for allowances and expenses (including salaries) of any congressional office from exceeding 95% of the aggregate amount for FY2010. Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce to 95% of the FY2010 rate the annual salary of a Member of Congress, Delegate or Resident Commissioner, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Majority Leaders and Minority Leaders of both chambers, and the Speaker of the House, until otherwise provided by enactment of other law.
Bill 111-HR-5957 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Congress

Congressional Foreign Travel Reform Act of 2010 - Authorizes the House of Representatives and the Senate to obtain local currencies of foreign nations to provide a per diem allowance to a Member, officer, or employee of each chamber on official foreign travel, if the individual obtains an authorization to receive such an allowance from the appropriate specified congressional officer or committee chairman. Limits such local currency to up to the equivalent of $75 per day per person, or the authorized maximum per diem allowance for federal employees while traveling in a foreign country, whichever is greater, exclusive of the actual cost of transportation. Prohibits any Member or employee of the House from undertaking any official foreign travel unless, within 14 days before and within 14 days after such travel, the individual prepares and makes available for public inspection a specified statement containing certain travel-related information. Prohibits a vacation stopover for annual leave at any point during official foreign travel. Specifies restrictions on official foreign travel by Member and House committee employees, except travel to a military installation or to a theater of operations of the Armed Forces. Requires Members of the House and employees who undertake official foreign travel to: (1) take necessary actions to reduce travel costs; and (2) return any per diem remaining unexpended at conclusion of the travel.
Bill 111-HR-6065 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

United States Secret Service Retirement Act of 2010 - Authorizes an individual who was hired as a member of the United States Secret Service Division or the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division from January 1, 1984, through December 31, 1986, who has actively performed duties other than clerical for 10 or more years directly related to the Secret Service's protection mission, who is serving as a member of the Secret Service Division or the Secret Service Uniformed Division and participating in the Federal Employees' Retirement System on the date of enactment of this Act, and who has an amount in his or her Thrift Savings Fund account that exceeds that individual's transition cost and that is available for withdrawal immediately before filing an election, to file an election to transition to the District of Columbia Police and Firefighters Retirement and Disability System (DCPFRDS). Directs the Secret Service to notify Secret Service employees regarding: (1) their eligibility to file such an election; (2) transition costs; and (3) requirements to complete withdrawal forms and to provide for the transfer of such costs from the employee's Thrift Savings Fund account. Requires the Office of Pay and Retirement Services of the District of Columbia to transmit to the Secret Service determinations regarding such transition costs. Requires: (1) the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations to provide for transition of covered employees from the Federal Employees' Retirement System to the Civil Service Retirement System; and (2) the District of Columbia government to provide for coverage of such employees in the DCPFRDS. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the transfer of Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund funds of a covered employee to the Contributions for Annuity Benefits, United States Secret Service appropriations account of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); and (2) the forfeiture of of a covered employee's Social Security contributions upon conversion.
Bill 111-HR-6134 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Government operations and politics

Requires a 10% reduction in the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress. Requires the President by regulation to subject employees in the executive branch, during FY2011, to: (1) a total of two weeks of mandatory unpaid leave; or (2) the pro rata equivalent in the case of employees serving for less than the entire fiscal year. Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, by regulation, to apply such requirements to employees in the judicial branch. Allows such regulations to make exceptions for: (1) national security reasons; (2) reasons relating to the public health or safety, including effective law enforcement; or (3) such other reasons as the President considers necessary or appropriate. Limits the aggregate amount which may be appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year for allowances and expenses (including salaries) of any legislative branch office, except the U.S. Capitol Police, to 96% of the aggregate amount appropriated or otherwise made available for FY2010 for such allowances and expenses.
Bill 111-HR-6145 — Government Operations / Employees
Subject: Congress

Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of Congress to include in their annual financial disclosure reports the amount of any delinquent tax liability owed to the United States or any state or local government entity. Requires the appropriate congressional ethics committee to open an inquiry immediately into the tax delinquency of that Member to determine: (1) his or her total delinquent tax liability and reason for such delinquency; (2) whether the Member has a plan to eliminate it; and (3) whether it has reflected poorly on Congress. Requires such Member to arrange with the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to have his or her salary reduced by an amount appropriate to pay the taxes owed to the United States within a reasonable time period.