niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct a study to: (1) determine the incidence and prevalence of traumatic brain injury; (2) report national trends in traumatic brain injury; (3) identify common therapeutic interventions which are used for the rehabilitation of individuals with such injuries; and (4) develop practice guidelines for such rehabilitation.

Allows the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), to make grants to states and American Indian consortia (currently, only states) to improve access to rehabilitation (currently, health) and other services regarding traumatic brain injury.

Requires the Administration and the Commissioner of the Administration on Developmental Disabilities to coordinate the collection of data regarding protection and advocacy services. Directs the Administrator to make a grant for training and technical assistance to protection and advocacy systems, if funds permit.
Output: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion and improvement of traumatic brain injury programs, and for other purposes.
Declares that nothing precludes certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives from teaching or supervising an intern or resident-in-training.
Output: Certified Nurse Midwifery Medicare Services Act of 1999
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow affiliated life and non-life insurance companies to file consolidated tax returns.

Allows: (1) a phasein, between 2007 and 2013, of the full application of losses of affiliated non-life insurance companies against the taxable income of an affiliated life insurance company; and (2) an automatic waiver of the five-year waiting period applicable to affiliated non-life insurance companies for offset of their losses against life insurance company income.
Output: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies.
Smithsonian Institution Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue five-dollar gold coins and one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the scientific, educational, and cultural significance of the Smithsonian Institution.  Authorizes the Secretary to issue five-dollar platinum coins in lieu of the gold coins. 
Mandates that:  (1) 85 percent of surcharges received from coin sales be paid by the Secretary to the Smithsonian Institution for such purposes as its Board of Regents determines to be appropriate; and (2) 15 percent of such surcharges be dedicated to supporting the operation and activities of the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History.
Output: Smithsonian Institution Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act of 1995
Establishes a United States Design Council as an advisory committee within the Department of Commerce to promote excellence and innovation in the design of U.S. products and systems in order to enhance U.S. competitiveness, trade, and economic opportunities.
Output: To establish a United States Design Council as an advisory committee within the Department of Commerce to promote understanding of the importance of design in the development of products and systems, and for other purposes.
.   Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2015 or the POWER Act  (Sec. 3) This bill requires the U.S. Attorney for a judicial district to lead at least one public event that promotes pro bono legal services as a critical way to: (1) empower survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and (2) engage citizens in assisting those survivors. A special but similar rule applies to districts containing Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Each U.S. Attorney shall: (1) have discretion on the design, organization, and implementation of such public events; and (2) seek to maximize an event's local impact and the access of such survivors to high-quality pro bono legal services. (Sec. 5) The Department of Justice shall use existing funds to carry out this Act.
Output: POWER Act
Federal Land Freedom Act of 2017 This bill authorizes a state with an established oil and gas leasing program to take responsibility from the federal government for leasing and regulating the exploration and development of oil, gas, and other forms of energy on federal land in the state. Any state actions to lease, permit, or regulate oil and gas exploration and development shall not be subject to federal action under certain laws, including the Administrative Procedure Act, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. State-issued leases or permits shall provide for the collection and deposit of federal royalties and revenues. A state may collect and retain lease or permit application processing fees.
Output: Federal Land Freedom Act of 2017
Directs the Secretary to require that the District and cooperating non-Federal agencies or organizations pay: (1) 25 percent of project construction costs; and (2) 100 percent of project operation, maintenance, and replacement and rehabilitation costs. Permits funds made available under this Act to: (1) be used to fund all costs incurred for planning, design, and environmental compliance activities by the District or by local agencies; and (2) be made available only to a District or a local agency that enters into a binding agreement with the Secretary that provides that the District or local agency shall pay the non-Federal share of construction costs and that governs the funding of planning, design, and compliance activities costs.
Authorizes appropriations.
Output: Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management Act
Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill specifies that a&nbsp;federal banking agency may not request or order a depository institution to terminate a customer account unless: (1) the agency has a valid reason for doing so, and (2) that reason is not based solely on reputation risk. Valid reasons for terminating an account include threats to national security and involvement in terrorist financing, including state sponsorship of terrorism. A federal banking agency requesting a termination must provide the depository institution with notification and justification. 
Output: Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017
Small Business Opportunity and Growth Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the tax imposed on the recognition of built-in gain by an S corporation shall not apply to the extent such gain is reinvested in the business.
Output: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the tax on recognized built-in gain of an S corporation shall not apply to amounts reinvested in the business.
Congressional Pension Reform Act of 1995 - Provides for the deduction and withholding of seven percent (currently, eight and seven and one-half percent, respectively) of the basic pay of a Member of Congress or congressional employee under the Civil Service Retirement System, thus making such deduction and withholding equivalent to that of a Federal employee. 
Makes provisions regarding immediate retirement, entitlement to annuities, and deferred retirement for Federal employees applicable to Members.  Removes specified provisions regarding annuities, reduced annuities, and deferred retirement for Members.  Removes a provision that entitles a Member to an annuity if he or she serves in nine Congresses.  Continues the applicability of existing provisions regarding immediate Member annuities and deferred retirement with respect to Members serving on or after this Act's effective date who, as of the day before such effective date, satisfy the existing age and service requirements for entitlement to immediate annuities or deferred retirement. 
Revises the formula for computing annuities of Members and congressional employees with at least five years of service to restrict creditable service to service performed before this Act's enactment date.  Makes similar amendments with respect to the computation of Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) annuities for Members and congressional employees. 
Makes the reduction in annuity for Federal employees retiring before age 55 applicable to Members as well.  Repeals provisions that provide for a different reduction formula for Members. 
Repeals provisions concerning:  (1) annuities for surviving spouses of Members entitled to deferred annuities; (2) the treatment of annuities during periods of reemployment; and (3) eligibility for annuities of Members or survivors. 
Makes deductions and withholding and the formula for Government contributions under FERS for Members and congressional employees conform to those of Federal employees.
Output: Congressional Pension Reform Act of 1995
Offshore Fairness Act - Amends the Submerged Lands Act to extend the seaward boundaries of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia to a line three marine leagues (currently, three geographic miles) distant from the coast line.  Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) notify such states of the right to request a conveyance of the applicable interest of the United States in and to the expanded submerged land; and (2) at such a state's request, convey to the applicable state the interest of the United States in and to such land.  Prohibits states conveyed such land from imposing: (1) burdens or requirements on an interest owner that would be stricter than any federal burdens or requirements, and (2) administrative or judicial penalties or sanctions on an interest owner that are more severe than any federal administrative or judicial penalty or sanction.  Declares submerged land within the seaward boundaries of such states to be subject to federal oil and gas mineral rights and to be considered part of the federal outer continental shelf for purposes of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, and other laws applicable to the leasing of the oil and gas resources.  Prohibits this Act from affecting any federal oil and gas lease in effect on the date of the land conveyance. Excludes from specified requirements and prohibitions any interest in the expanded submerged land that is granted by the state after the date on which the land is conveyed.  Authorizes such states to exercise their sovereign taxation powers within the entire extent of the extended seaward boundaries. Prohibits this Act from affecting a state's authority to tax any federal oil and gas lease in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.  Directs the Secretary of Commerce to grant such states exclusive fishery management authority over: (1) reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean in the expanded submerged land, (2) red snapper fish in designated areas until the state's governor certifies that the stock assessments of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are accurate and based on sound science. 
Output: Offshore Fairness Act
National Ocean Exploration Program Act - (Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) a coordinated national ocean exploration program.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Administrator of NOAA, in carrying out the program, to: (1) conduct interdisciplinary exploration voyages; (2) give priority attention to deep ocean regions, with a focus on surveying deep water marine systems; (3) promote development of oceanographic research, communication, and data collections systems; (4) conduct public education and outreach activities that improve public understanding of ocean science; and (5) establish an ocean exploration forum.

(Sec. 5) Requires NOAA to convene an ocean technology and infrastructure task force to develop and implement a strategy to: (1) facilitate the transfer of new exploration technology to the program; (2) improve the availability of communications infrastructure (including satellite) to the program; (3) develop a data management information processing system for information obtained under the program; and (4) encourage cost-sharing partnerships with governmental and non-governmental entities to assist in transferring exploration technology and technical expertise to the program.

(Sec. 6) Authorizes NOAA, the National Science Foundation, and other Federal agencies involved in the program to participate in interagency financing in carrying out program activities.

(Sec. 7) Authorizes appropriations from FY 2005 through 2016.
Output: A bill to establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Prohibits a credit allowance for less than the full tax year, except in the case of a taxpayer's death.
Output: Long-Term Caregivers Assistance Act of 2000
21st Century Election Rules and Technology Act - Establishes the Federal Elections Review Commission to study the nature and consequences of the Federal electoral process and make recommendations to the President, the Federal Election Commission, and Congress to ensure the integrity of, and public confidence in, Federal elections.
Output: To establish the Federal Elections Review Commission to study the nature and consequences of the Federal electoral process and make recommendations to ensure the integrity of, and public confidence in, Federal elections.
Mississippi Valley National Historical Park Act of 2001 - Establishes the Mississippi Valley National Historical Park on the former Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville, Arkansas.Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer, without reimbursement, to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior certain archaeological sites (including improvements) located at the former base, including an additional parcel of real property for the development of visitor, administrative, museum, curatorial, and maintenance facilities.Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) acquire for inclusion in the historical park, by donation or exchange, the archaeological site known as the Chickasawba Mound, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984; and (2) enter into cooperative agreements with interested entities and individuals to provide for the preservation, development, interpretation, and use of the park.
Output: To preserve and protect archaeological sites and historical resources of the central Mississippi Valley through the establishment of the Mississippi Valley National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System on former Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville, Arkansas.
Home Healthcare Nurse Promotion Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) define "visiting nurse association" for purposes of the Act; (2) authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to visiting nurse associations to provide training in home health care to nurses who are hired to provide such care and have no recent nursing work experience in home health care; (3) direct the Secretary to establish a pilot program to make grants to accredited schools of nursing to develop and implement curricula on home health care and report to Congress on such pilot program; and (4) extend the nursing workforce development loan repayment and scholarship program to nurses who work for a visiting nurse association.
Output: To increase home healthcare services, particularly for underserved and at-risk populations, by assisting visiting nurse associations and other non-profit home health agencies to improve training and workforce development for home healthcare nurses, promoting and facilitating academic-practice collaborations, and enhancing recruitment and retention of home healthcare nurses.
Bison Management Improvement Act of 1995 - Establishes the Yellowstone Brucellosis Free Management Area in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. 
Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to develop joint bison and elk management plans with the States. 
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to:  (1) develop plans and protocols that will allow quarantine of surplus bison and following quarantine transportation of such bison to tribal lands; and (2) develop and implement plans in cooperation with such States for the elimination of Brucella abortus from the wildlife populations of the Area. 
Allows the Secretaries to use the Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee or its subcommittees to develop the plans and recommendations necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act. 
Directs the Secretary to undertake a program of research through the Agricultural Research Service to understand the etiology of Brucella abortus in wild ungulate populations and brucellosis transmission from wild ungulates to domestic livestock, and to develop safe, effective vaccine and delivery systems that will prevent the transmission of the disease between ungulate species and ultimately eliminate the organism from the Area. 
Authorizes the Secretaries to make grants or provide financial assistance to Federal or State agencies, public or private institutions, or other persons undertaking research in subjects which are relevant to the management and elimination of Brucellosis from the Area. 
Directs the Secretaries to work with the States and Indian tribes in the management and disposition of bison determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be surplus.  Authorizes the Secretaries to construct temporary or permanent handling, capture, quarantine, or testing facilities on, or adjacent to, Federal lands that are subject to full compliance under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and applicable State laws. Outlines provisions concerning:  (1)  donation, sale, or disposal of bison; and (2) use and acquisition of lands within the Area to carry out this Act. 
Prohibits the Secretary from taking action to downgrade the Class-Free Brucellosis Status of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho under the rules of the National Brucellosis Eradication Program as long as the Interim Bison Management Plan currently in effect and bison and elk management plans currently under development continue to provide adequate temporary and spatial separation between bison, elk, and livestock. 
Bans a State from imposing requirements on livestock originating from such States that it does not impose on other States that have been designated Brucellosis Class-Free as long as the Department of Agriculture brucellosis-free designation remains in place. 
Authorizes appropriations.
Output: Bison Management Improvement Act of 1995
Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2017 This bill amends the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2008 to prohibit assistance from being provided to, or licenses for direct commercial sales of military equipment issued to, the government of a country whose police or other security forces recruit and use child soldiers. The Department of State shall include such countries in its annual trafficking in persons report. Specified other reporting requirements are revised.
Output: Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2017
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 28, 2015.  Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to consider the expedited hiring of qualified candidates who have the ability to perform the essential functions of the position of a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer and who are eligible for a veterans recruitment appointment. (Sec. 4) Requires DHS to enhance DHS efforts to recruit members of the Armed Forces who are separating from military service to serve as CBP officers. Requires such enhanced recruiting efforts to:  include CBP officer opportunities in relevant job assistance efforts under the Transition Assistance Program;  place CBP officials or other relevant DHS officials at recruiting events and jobs fairs involving separating members of the Armed Forces;   provide opportunities for local CBP field offices to partner with military bases in the region;   include outreach efforts to educate members of the Armed Forces with qualifications that are transferable to CBP officer requirements;   identify shared activities and opportunities for reciprocity related to steps in hiring CBP officers with the goal of minimizing the time required to hire qualified applicants;  ensure the streamlined interagency transfer of relevant background investigations and security clearances; and   include other elements to ensure that separating members of the Armed Forces are aware of opportunities to fill vacant CBP officer positions.  (Sec. 5) Directs DHS to report to Congress on DHS efforts to hire members of the Armed Forces who are separating from military service as CBP officers.
Output: Border Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015
Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to exclude from the definition of "owner or operator," for purposes of limiting liability for releases of hazardous substances, a person who, without participating in the management of a vessel or facility, holds indicia of ownership primarily to protect a security interest in such vessel or facility. Defines "indicia of ownership" as an interest in property acquired:  (1) for securing payment of a loan or indebtedness or the performance of an obligation; (2) evidencing ownership under a lease financing transaction where the lessor does not initially select or ordinarily control the daily operation or maintenance of the property; or (3) in the course of protecting a security interest or right of reimbursement or subrogation under a guaranty. 
Makes liable for any release or threatened release of a hazardous substance attributable to their activities:  (1) a holder of a security interest who takes certain actions concerning transfer, protection, or abandonment of property; and (2) a fiduciary or trustee who acquires ownership or control of a property. 
Makes conforming amendments to the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
Output: To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act to limit the liabilities under these Acts of both fiduciaries and lending institutions, including finance lessors, guarantors, and others directly or indirectly holding indicia of ownership primarily to protect a security interest in property which is subject to either Act.
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Amendments Act of 2005 - Amends the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to make member landowners eligible for the additional financial compensation provided to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for the acquisition by the federal government of 104,492 acres of land of the Tribe and member landowners for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir project. Defines member landowner as a member of the Tribe (or an heir of such a member) that owned land on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation that was acquired by the United States for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit into the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Recovery Trust Fund an amount equal to 25% of the amount deposited into the Treasury from the power program during the preceding fiscal year for the period between October 1, 2004, and the last date of the fiscal year during which the total amount deposited into the Treasury from the power program equals a specified amount.

Authorizes the plan prepared for the use of payments to the Tribe to provide for payment of additional compensation to member landowners.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to assist the Tribe in claims processing by providing any record requested to identify the heirs of member landowners within 60 days after receiving a request.
Output: To amend the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to provide compensation to members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for damage resulting from the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project, and for other purposes.
Trust Fund Restoration Act of 1995 - Prohibits the receipts and disbursements of the Highway Trust Fund, the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, and the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund from being:  (1) included in the totals of either the President's budget or in the congressional budget; (2) considered as any category of discretionary appropriations as defined under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) or subject to discretionary spending limits under such Act; (3) subject to sequestration under such Act; and (4) exempt from any general budget limitation imposed by statute on expenditures and net lending (budget outlays). Makes any such disbursements subject to appropriations.  Directs, with respect to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, that estimates of unfunded aviation authorizations and net aviation receipts be made annually and that adjustments be made if unfunded authorizations exceed receipts.  Sets forth similar provisions for both the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.
Output: Trust Fund Restoration Act of 1995
Computer Software Privacy and Control Act of 2004 - Makes it unlawful for any person to transmit to a protected computer owned and operated by another person, or to transmit to such computer prior to its first retail sale, any computer software, or component thereof, that: (1) collects personal information about an owner or operator and transfers the information to any person other than such owner or operator; (2) monitors or analyzes the content of the Internet web pages accessed by a computer owner or operator and transfers that information to any person other than the owner or operator; or (3) modifies default computer settings selected by the owner or operator that affect the Web page first displayed, the Internet connection settings, or the actions or operations of any Internet search service offered by a provider of such services, unless, before any of actions above, notice is provided to, and consent is received from, such owner or operator, and such software or component includes a removal utility.

Makes it unlawful for a person to transmit to a protected computer any software that includes a function to deliver or display advertisements, unless notice is provided to, and consent is received from, the owner or operator.

Provides for enforcement of such prohibitions through: (1) the Federal Trade Commission; (2) criminal proceedings; or (3) State actions on behalf of its residents.

Requires semiannual reports from the Attorney General to the congressional judiciary committees concerning actions on warrants or other orders applied for by law enforcement agencies whose implementation involved the transmission or execution of computer software on a protected computer to record computer activity or to intercept any wire, oral, or electronic communications.
Output: To prevent deceptive software transmission practices in order to safeguard computer privacy, maintain computer control, and protect Internet commerce.
Expansion of National Security Agency Oversight Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligene Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to include the House Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations (in addition to the intelligence and judiciary committees) as congressional committees to which the Attorney General is required to report under FISA with respect to physical searches, pen register and trap and trace devices, access to certain business records for intelligence purposes, semiannual FISA reviews, and targeting of persons outside the United States to obtain intelligence information.
Output: Expansion of National Security Agency Oversight Act
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Requires the John. H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission to update the Cultural Heritage and Land Management Plan for the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor.

Terminates the Commission ten years after this Act's enactment.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites and associated landscape features within the boundaries of the Corridor that contribute to the understanding of the Corridor as the birthplace of the industrial revolution in the United States, and evaluate the possibility of: (1) designating one or more site or landscape feature as a unit of the National Park System; and (2) coordinating and complementing actions by the Commission, local governments, and state and federal agencies in the preservation and interpretation of significant resources within the Corridor.
Output: To provide for the update of the Cultural Heritage and Land Management Plan for the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, to extend the authority of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, to authorize a special resources study to evaluate the suitability and feasibility of a national park unit within the Corridor, and for other purposes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 
     Title I:  International Development Association 
     Title II:  African Development Bank 
     Title III:  Interest Subsidy Account of the Successor (ESAF 
          II) to the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility of 
               the International Monetary Fund 
     Title IV:  Middle East Development Bank 
Title I:  International Development Association
 - Amends the International Development Association Act to authorize specified appropriations, without fiscal year limitation, for the U.S. contribution to the tenth replenishment of the resources of the International Development Association. 
Title II:  African Development Bank
 - Amends the African Development Bank Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the African Development Bank to subscribe on behalf of the United States to unspecified additional shares of the capital stock of the Bank. Authorizes appropriations without fiscal year limitation. 
Title III:  Interest Subsidy Account of the Successor (ESAF II) to the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility of the International Monetary Fund
 - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to contribute on behalf of the United States a specified amount to the Interest Subsidy Account of the Successor (ESAF II) to the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility of the IMF.  Authorizes specified appropriations without fiscal year limitation. 
Title IV:  Middle East Development Bank
 - Bank for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and North Africa Act - Authorizes the President to accept membership for the United States in the Bank for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and North Africa provided for in the establishing agreement. 
Provides for appointment of U.S. Governor and Alternate Governor, and for the applicability of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act.  Allows Federal Reserve Banks to act as depositories or fiscal agents for such Bank.  Authorizes U.S. subscription and appropriations.  Exempts certain Bank securities from specified Federal securities laws, subject to suspension of such exemption by the Securities and Exchange Commission at any time.
Output: Bank for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and North Africa Act
Homeland Security Technology Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to include, as an element of the program to encourage technological innovation in facilitating the mission of the Department of Homeland Security, the establishment of a multi-agency homeland security technology, equipment, and information transfer program to allow for the transfer of technology, equipment, and information to State and local law enforcement agencies. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, in developing such program, to: (1) in close cooperation with the Office for Domestic Preparedness, conduct research and development of new technologies, surveys and reviews of available appropriate technologies, and tests, evaluations, and demonstrations of new and available technologies that significantly improve the capability of law enforcement agencies in countering terrorist threats; (2) in support of such activities, consult with State and local law enforcement agencies and others, work with the National Institute for Standards and Technology and any other office or agency, and enter into agreements and coordinate with other Federal agencies to maximize the effectiveness of the technologies, equipment, and information; and (3) provide a comprehensive list of available technologies, equipment, and information to the Office of Domestic Preparedness, which shall administer the technology transfer program.

 Requires the Director of the Office for Domestic Preparedness, in coordination with the Under Secretary, to: (1) make counterterrorism technology, equipment, and information available to State and local law enforcement agencies based on the list of available technologies, equipment, and information and the needs identified by the technology transfer advisory committee established by this Act; (2) consult with State and local law enforcement agencies; (3) accept applications from State and local law enforcement agencies that wish to acquire such technologies, equipment, and information to improve their homeland security capabilities and review such applications with the advisory committee; and (4) transfer the approved technology, equipment, and information and provide training to the State or local law enforcement agencies to implement such technology equipment, and information.



Allows the Director, upon approval of the Secretary, to expand the program to first responders other than law enforcement agencies and to revise the advisory committee accordingly.

Limits expenditures for administrative costs to ten percent of the program budget.

Authorizes appropriations.
Output: A bill to establish a technology, equipment, and information transfer within the Department of Homeland Security.
Hydraulic Fracturing Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) study the effects on underground drinking water sources of hydraulic fracturing to determine whether regulation of such practice is necessary to protect such sources; and (2) promulgate such regulations as are determined to be necessary. Provides that a determination that regulation is unnecessary will relieve States from any further obligation to regulate hydraulic fracturing as an underground injection. Defines "hydraulic fracturing" as the process of creating a fracture in a reservoir rock, and injecting fluids and propping agents, for the purposes of reservoir stimulation related to oil and gas production activities.
Output: A bill to provide for a study of the effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground drinking water sources.
Homeowner Disaster Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt any qualified natural disaster distribution from the 10% penalty on premature distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans. Defines "qualified natural diasaster distribution" as a distribution from a retirement plan to an individual if: (1) such individual sustained an economic loss due to a federally-declared disaster, (2) the principal place of abode of such individual on the&nbsp;disaster declaration date is in the disaster area, and (3) such distribution is made during the one-year period beginning on the disaster declaration date. &nbsp;
Output: Homeowner Disaster Relief Act of 2014
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to continue an individual's entitlement to benefits through the month of his or her death with benefits for that month disregarded for purposes of determining maximum family benefits.
Output: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual's entitlement to benefits thereunder shall continue through the month of his or her death (without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month), in order to provide such individual's family with assistance in meeting the extra death-related expenses.
Amends Federal laws concerning civilian and military health care to require any health benefits plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program or TRICARE (a Department of Defense managed health care program) that provides obstetrical benefits to also provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility, including nonexperimental assisted reproductive technology procedures.
Output: To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to provide that any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits shall be required also to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Amendments of 1998 - Amends the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (the Act) to expand the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's authority to accept and administer private gifts within the Departments of Commerce and the Interior. 
(Sec. 3) Increases the Foundation's Board of Directors from 15 to 25 members, including the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. 
(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Foundation to have its principal offices in Washington, D.C. (as currently provided), or in the bordering counties of Maryland and Virginia. 
Sets forth conditions for the Foundation to:  (1) acquire and convey property, including agency approval; and (2) invest and deposit Federal funds. 
Revises provisions relating to agency approval of acquisitions of property and of conveyances and grants.  Sets forth limitations relating to the Foundation's:  (1) reconveyance of real property; and (2) expenditures for printing services or capital equipment. 
Repeals an exemption from State or local government condemnation for Foundation lands, water, and interests valuable for fish and wildlife conservation or management. 
Amends the Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992 to repeal specified grant and audit provisions with respect to the Foundation. 
(Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations through FY 2003 for the Departments of Commerce and the Interior to carry out activities under the Act.  Authorizes the Foundation to accept funds from a Federal agency under any other Federal law to further its conservation activities.  Sets forth matching fund requirements. 
Prohibits Foundation grants from being used for litigation expenses or for lobbying the Congress. 
(Sec. 6) Declares that nothing in the Act authorizes the Foundation to perform any function for which authority is provided to the National Park Foundation by specified Federal law.
Output: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Amendments of 1998
Skilled Trades Second Responders Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish a national program for the training, certification, registration, tracking, and integration of skilled construction workers to assist first responders in responding to disasters, including natural and manmade disasters and terrorist attacks.

Requires the Director to coordinate and consult with the Department of Homeland Security, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), other relevant agencies, and private organizations, including construction industry contractors, joint labor-management training funds, and building trade unions, that are experienced in providing rescue and recovery assistance to first responders and in the cleanup, demolition, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of disaster sites after recovery operations.
Output: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a comprehensive national system for skilled construction workers to assist first responders in disasters.
Domestic Workforce Protection Act - Renames the Department of Commerce as the Department of Trade and Commerce. Redesignates the Secretary of Commerce or any other official of the Department as the Secretary or official, as appropriate, of Trade and Commerce.

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to transfer the Office of the U.S. Trade Representatives from the Executive Office of the President to the Department of Trade and Commerce.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise tax rules for determining amounts included in the gross income of U.S. shareholders of controlled foreign corporations.

Disallows a tax deduction for certain royalty payments made by a corporation to an affiliated entity organized and operated outside the United States.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to deny tax benefits for corporations that attempt to avoid U.S. taxation through the use of tax havens.

Requires the Attorney General to appoint an Assistant Attorney General for Trade.

Provides for employment of additional customs inspectors to detect and prevent illegal transshipments of textiles.

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to develop and implement a program to encourage and support increased domestic production of goods and products essential or critical to national security in order to decrease U.S. dependence upon such imports.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should appropriate the full amount authorized by law to carry out the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology program under the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act and the Advanced Technology Program authorized by that Act.

Abolishes the U.S. International Trade Commission and transfers its functions to the Department of Commerce to be performed by the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration.
Output: A bill to rename the Department of Commerce as the Department of Trade and Commerce and transfer the Office of the United States Trade Representative into the Department, to consolidate and enhance statutory authority to protect American jobs from unfair international competition, and for other purposes.
Preventing Stillbirth and SUID Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop: (1) a standard definition of stillbirth; and (2) a standard protocol for stillbirth data collection and surveillance, including enhancing the National Vital Statistics System for the reporting of stillbirths.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish: (1) a national registry that can facilitate the understanding of root causes, rates, and trends of stillbirth; (2) public education and prevention programs aimed at reducing the occurrence of stillbirth; and (3) a population-based sudden, unexpected infant deaths (SUID) case registry that can facilitate the understanding of the root causes, rates, and trends of SUID.
Output: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance public health activities related to stillbirth and sudden unexpected infant death.
Mentoring for Success Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to establish and support mentoring programs and activities designed to link children with greatest need with responsible adults and to achieve specified goals.Makes eligible for such grants: (1) local educational agencies; (2) nonprofit community-based organizations; or (3) partnerships between such an agency and such an organization. Requires selection of at least one grant recipient in each State for which there is a qualified applicant.Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Secretary and to Congress on successful school-based mentoring programs.
Output: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support local mentoring programs for children in need, and for other purposes.
Helping Families Afford Tuition Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with an income-based tax credit for 50% of qualified tuition and related expenses, up to $10,000, for attendance at an institution of higher education. Repeals the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.
Output: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a higher education tuition credit in place of existing education tax incentives.
Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2005 - Directs the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish: (1) voluntary guidelines, based on the best available scientific knowledge, for the remediation of former methamphetamine laboratories, including guidelines regarding preliminary site assessment and the remediation of residual contaminants; and (2) a program of research to support the development and revision of such guidelines.

Directs the Assistant Administrator: (1) every three years, to convene a conference of appropriate state agencies, individuals, and organizations involved in research and other activities directly related to the environmental or biological impacts of former methamphetamine laboratories to be a forum for exchanging information relating to such guidelines; and (2) to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for a study of the status and quality of research on the residual effects of methamphetamine laboratories.

Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support a research program to develop: (1) new methamphetamine detection technologies, with an emphasis on field test kits and site detection; and (2) appropriate standard reference materials and validation procedures for methamphetamine detection testing.
Output: A bill to provide for a research program for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories, and for other purposes.