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Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to Congress on the extent to which such allowance is being paid to regular and reserve personnel, its effect on morale and retention rates, and the feasibility of establishing a reduced eligibility threshold for members of National Guard and reserve units serving on active duty of more than 30 days. Authorizes the Secretary, after such study, to reduce the threshold below 251 days (requiring congressional notification of any such change).
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the possibility of tax credits or small business loan incentives for businesses that employ National Guard and reserve personnel.
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the feasibility and desirability of expanding the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps of each military department, the Civil Air Patrol, the Naval Sea Cadet Corps, and the Young Marines.
Output: Recruiting, Retention, and Reservist Promotion Act of 2000
Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 to revise research, management, and program provisions of the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

 States that the Director of the Office shall be responsible for the administration and operation of the Office and implementation of such Act.

Requires the Director to: (1) implement the program activities of the Chesapeake Executive Council; (2) ensure that projects have scientific and technical merit and have undergone appropriate peer review; (3) consult with the Council; and (4) report biennially to Congress and to the Secretary of Commerce regarding activities to protect the Chesapeake Bay.

Authorizes the Director to: (1) collaborate with scientific and academic institutions, state and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other constituents to support an integrated observations system for the Chesapeake Bay; (2) support the establishment and implementation of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail; (3) incorporate the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System into the Integrated Ocean Observing System regional network of observatories; (4) establish a Chesapeake Bay watershed education and training program (authorizes related grants); (5) establish a Chesapeake Bay coastal living resources management and habitat program to support management of priority Chesapeake Bay habitats and living resources, including oysters, blue crabs, and submerged aquatic vegetation; and (6) accept donations of funds, property, and services. 

 Authorizes FY2011- FY2014 appropriations for the Office and related activities.
Output: To reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.
National Digital School Districts Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) make one-year grants to State educational agencies to make competitive subgrants to local educational agencies to create national digital school districts by acquiring technology, providing teacher mentoring, and other related efforts; (2) make competitive grants to institutions of higher education to conduct research on the effectiveness of the technology used in national digital school districts; and (3) evaluate and report on best practices in implementing technology in education.
Output: A bill to provide for national digital school districts.
Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act of 2017 or the CARERS Act of 2017 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that the Act's regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties do not apply to a person who produces, possesses, distributes, dispenses, administers, tests, recommends, or delivers medical marijuana in compliance with state law. The bill also:  excludes &quot;cannabidiol&quot; (CBD) from the definition of &quot;marijuana&quot;;  limits the concentration of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in CBD to 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis; and  deems marijuana grown or processed to make CBD, in accordance with state law, to comply with the THC concentration limit unless the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) determines state law to be unreasonable.   The bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to terminate the Public Health Service's interdisciplinary review process that is used to evaluate applications for medical marijuana research. The DEA must license manufacturers and distributors of marijuana for medical research; HHS must register practitioners to conduct research; and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must authorize VA health care providers to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in their states' marijuana programs.
Output: Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act of 2017
Pediatric Research Initiative Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate establishment, in the National Institutes of Health, of a Pediatric Research Initiative.  Authorizes appropriations. 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available within the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development enhanced support for extramural activities relating to the training and career development of pediatric researchers.  Authorizes appropriations.
Output: Pediatric Research Initiative Act of 1999
Eliminate the Magnet for Illegal Immigration Act of 1995 - Authorizes additional appropriations for increases in:  (1) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) investigators to enforce employer sanctions; (2) Department of Labor investigators to enforce labor standards; and (3) Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (Department of Justice) investigators to enforce antidiscrimination provisions. 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to grant specified subpoena authority to designated immigration officers and to the Secretary of Labor. 
Increases specified penalties for:  (1) document fraud; (2) hiring, recruiting, and referral violations; (3) labor standards violations; and (4) unfair immigration-related employment practices. 
Provides for joint INS-Department of Labor efforts to investigate violations of employer sanctions and labor standards.  Directs the Attorney General to conduct:  (1) a national employer education program; and (2) a study of immigration-related discrimination.
Output: Eliminate the Magnet for Illegal Immigration Act of 1995
Ombudsman Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reestablish the Office of the Ombudsman within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Specifies the Ombudsman's duties and authorities. Requires the Ombudsman to appoint a Deputy Ombudsman for each EPA region.

Provides employee protections for persons complying with this Act.
Output: To provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman of the Environmental Protection Agency.
International Financial Institution Reexamination and Review Commission Act of 1998 - Establishes the International Financial Institution Reexamination and Review Commission to advise and report to the Congress on specified aspects of the future role and responsibilities of the international financial institutions of the World Trade Organization and the Bank for International Settlements. 
Directs the President to report to certain congressional committees on:  (1) the desirability and feasibility of implementing the Commission's recommendations; and (2) the steps taken through international institutions and fora to implement such recommendations.
Output: International Financial Institution Reexamination and Review Commission Act of 1998
Animal Experimentation Right to Know Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to require annual reports from research facilities concerning animal experimentation and testing to include information regarding:  (1) where animals used were obtained; (2) an accurate count of all animals of all species used in experiments; and (3) the general purposes of the animal experimentation program of the facility.  Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a system for release to the public of information regarding where animals used for experimentation were obtained. 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the Congress an annual report on the animal experimentation programs of the Department of Defense, including in-depth profiles of animal research conducted at each Department facility.  Requires the initiation of alternative research methods which would phase out and reduce the use of animals in Department research.  Directs the Secretary to appoint an ombudsman for animal issues at each Department research facility.  Requires an annual report to the Secretary of Agriculture. 
Directs the President to appoint a panel of biomedical and animal care experts to investigate the animal use and care programs of the Department.
Output: Animal Experimentation Right To Know Act
Social Security Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide that, if an OASDI recipient dies during the first 15 days of a month, the last payment of the monthly benefit for that month shall be half the usual benefit amount; and (2) provide for an increase in lump-sum death payments.
Output: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly insurance benefit thereunder shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month, and to increase the lump sum death payment to reflect changes in the cost of living.
Mother's Day Centennial Commemorative Coin Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 400,000 $1 coins emblematic of the 100th anniversary of President Wilson's proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.

Authorizes the Secretary to issue such coins beginning January 1, 2014, except that the Secretary may initiate sales of such coins, without issuance, before such date.

Terminates such minting authority after December 31, 2014.

Requires coin sales to include a $10 surcharge per coin, with distribution of such surcharges to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Osteoporosis Foundation for the purpose of furthering research.

Prohibits any surcharge if the coin's issuance would cause the number of commemorative coin programs issued during the year to exceed the annual two commemorative coin program issuance limitation.
Output: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of Mother's Day.
MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate regulations relating to MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), including regulations that provide a list of best practices for preventing MRSA infections and such other antibiotic resistant pathogens as the Secretary determines appropriate.

Requires each acute care hospital to screen each patient entering an intensive care unit or other high-risk hospital department. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a process and a timetable for extending the screening requirements to patients admitted to all hospitals by January 1, 2014; and (2) report to Congress on whether payment adjustments should be made under Medicare to assist certain hospitals in defraying the cost of screening for, and the subsequent treatment of, MRSA or other infections.

Requires all hospitals to: (1) comply with specified MRSA best practices, including contact precautions and patient notification; and (2) report hospital-acquired MRSA and other infections that occur in the facility.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish systems for identifying infected transferred patients and for promptly informing any facility that has transferred an infected patient; and (2) publish the names of providers who fail to take steps to reduce the incidence of MRSA infections.

Permits a hospital to apply to the Secretary for a one-year increase in the amount of the capital-related costs payment made to the hospital under the prospective payment system to provide for the rapid implementation of MRSA screening programs and initiatives.

Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award a grant for a pilot program to develop a rapid, cost-effective method for testing for MRSA using a molecular testing method. .
Output: A bill to prevent health care facility-acquired infections.
Free Speech About Science Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to set forth conditions under which a food or dietary supplement label may characterize the relationship of a nutrient in the food or supplement to a disease or health-related claim. Permits such a label on food if the claim: (1) is based on legitimate scientific research; (2) is in compliance with other FFDCA provisions; (3) is an accurate, balanced summary of such research; (4) enables the public to comprehend the information provided in the claim and the relative significance of such information in the context of a total daily diet; and (5) identifies each party that funded research to support the claim.

Permits such a label on a dietary supplement that claims to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent a specific disease or class of diseases if: (1) the claim is based on legitimate scientific research; (2) the manufacturer has substantiation that such statement is truthful and not misleading; (3) the statement includes a disclaimer that it has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and (4) the claim includes a citation to the research supporting such claim and identifies each party that funded such research.

Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from restricting the distribution of information that is not false or misleading and that is based on legitimate scientific research in connection with the sale of food.

Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to exempt the dissemination of legitimate scientific research in connection with the sale or distribution of a food or dietary supplement to consumers from being determined to be false advertising by virtue of the fact that the research does not directly correlate to such food or dietary supplement if the dissemination discloses that information. Places the burden of proof on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish that the literature being disseminated is not legitimate scientific research.
Output: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act concerning the distribution of information on legitimate scientific research in connection with foods and dietary supplements, and for other purposes.
Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to reduce the matching funds requirement for participants in the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (providing services to small and mid-sized manufacturers) from not less than 50% of the costs incurred for the first three years and an increasing share for each of the last three years to no more than 50% of the costs incurred by a participating Regional Center for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish criteria to determine a Center's cost share.
Output: To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to reduce the matching requirement for participants in the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.
Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendments of 1997 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to:  (1) authorize appropriations for FY 1998 to implement the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; (2) extend all authorities governing domestic supply availability to September 30, 1998; and (3) declare that the requirements of the Act shall be the sole procedures applicable to international emergency response provisions. 
Revises prescriptions governing the international energy program and attendant international voluntary agreements. 
Redefines international emergency response provisions to include: (1) international energy program provisions relating to international allocation of petroleum products and to the information system provided in the program; and (2) certain emergency response measures adopted by the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency. 
Cites circumstances under which certain antitrust defenses shall extend to the international allocation of petroleum products during an international energy supply emergency. 
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 for the international energy program. 
Extends all standby energy authorities to September 30, 1998. 
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 for:  (1) State energy conservation programs; (2) energy conservation projects for schools and hospitals; and (3) the alternative fuels truck commercial application program. 
Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1998 for its weatherization assistance program for low-income persons.
Output: Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendments of 1997
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require furnishing of pension benefits statements:  (1) annually by plans other than defined benefit plans; (2) triennially by defined benefit plans; and (3) upon written request by any plan. 
Requires a plan administrator to disclose certain information relating to calculation of pension benefits upon the request of any participant or beneficiary entitled to a benefit distribution under an employee pension benefit plan. 
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to assess civil penalties for plan administrators' failures to disclose certain information to participants and beneficiaries. 
Directs the Secretary to:  (1) establish a model alternative dispute resolution procedure to be adopted by any plan at its discretion for appeals of plan benefits claims denials to which certain ERISA provisions apply; and (2) maintain a roster of employee benefit experts who may be called upon to serve as neutral experts in such procedure.  Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) assess fees to cover the costs of experts called; and (2) reduce or waive such a fee on the basis of inability to pay.
Output: A bill to provide employees with more access to information concerning their pension plans and with additional mechanisms to enforce their rights under such plans.
Small Business Research and Experimentation Simplification Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small business employers with an average of 500 or fewer employees in a calendar year a partially refundable tax credit for 20% of their research expenditures. Terminates such credit after 2015.

Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress by June 30, 2015, on an analysis of the usefulness and effectiveness of any recommended changes in the research tax credit allowed by this Act.
Output: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a simplified research tax credit for small businesses.
Commission on Missing-in-Action and Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia Act - Establishes the Commission on Missing-in-Action and Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia to:  (1) conduct a comprehensive study of efforts made by the government of Vietnam to account for any U.S. personnel who remain unaccounted for as a result of military or Federal Government service in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era; and (2) report to the Congress on the study's findings and recommendations.  Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of such report. 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the appropriate congressional committees should:  (1) initiate hearings to consider the findings and recommendations of the report; and (2) consider whether to adopt a resolution stating the sense of the Congress on whether diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam should be maintained.
Output: Commission on Missing-in-Action and Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia Act
Small Business Lending Stimulus Act of 2008 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reduce in 2008 the rate of certain loan fees imposed under the Small Business Act and debenture fees under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2008: (1) to cover such rate reductions; and (2) for direct loans and assistance under the SBA Microloan Program.

Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize the SBA to refinance certain existing debt of small businesses that received prior loans for plant acquisition, construction, conversion, or expansion.
Output: A bill to provide economic stimulus for small business concerns.
Older Worker Opportunity Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers who provide health and retirement benefits to their employees a tax credit for 25% of the first $6,000 of wages paid to individuals age 62 or older participating in a flexible work program. Terminates such credit after 2012.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Federal Task Force on Older Workers to promote the hiring and retention of older workers. Requires the Task Force to organize a Conference on the Aging Workforce, which shall include the participation of senior, business, labor, and other interested organizations.
Output: To promote labor force participation of older Americans, with the goals of increasing retirement security, reducing the projected shortage of experienced workers, maintaining future economic growth, and improving the Nation's fiscal outlook.
Protecting Consumer Information Act of 2018  This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission to review protections of customer information against cyber threats. The bill includes provisions related to investigations, enforcement, and regulations that apply to consumer reporting agencies. 
Output: Protecting Consumer Information Act of 2018
Emergency Contraception Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop and disseminate to the public information on emergency contraception.Requires that the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to develop and disseminate to health care providers information on emergency contraception.Requires that the information disseminated to health care providers include at a minimum: (1) information describing the use, safety, efficacy, and availability of emergency contraception; (2) a recommendation regarding its use in appropriate cases; and (3) information explaining how to obtain copies of information from the CDC.
Output: A bill to establish a public education awareness program relating to emergency contraception.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for the production and use of biodiesel fuel. Specifies the required mixture rate for biodiesel fuel eligible for the credit. Requires, for purposes of the credit: (1) certification from the producer identifying the product; (2) sale of the fuel for use in a trade or business; and (3) sale of the fuel for use in a vehicle that is not registered for highway use. Imposes a tax for biodiesel mixture which is not used as fuel, but for which a credit was taken.
Output: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives to encourage the use of biodiesel as fuel.
Otay Mountain Wilderness Act of 1998 - Designates specified public lands in the California Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management as the Otay Mountain Wilderness. 
Recognizes that, because of the Wilderness Area's proximity to the U.S.-Mexican international border, drug interdiction, border operations, and wildland fire management operations need to continue so long as they are conducted in accordance with the Wilderness Act and any conditions the Secretary of the Interior considers appropriate. 
Declares that such designation is not intended to lead to the creation of protective buffer zones around the Wilderness.
Output: Otay Mountain Wilderness Act of 1999
Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to discontinue its licensing and regulatory authority over certain new, small (power production capacity of 5,000 kilowatts or less) qualifying hydroelectric project works in Alaska effective upon FERC certification that Alaska has a regulatory program in place for water-power development that: (1) protects certain public and environmental interests to the same extent provided by FERC and specified Federal law; (2) gives equal consideration to energy conservation, fish and wildlife protection, recreational opportunities, environmental quality, the interests of Alaska Natives, and beneficial public uses; and (3) has licensing requirements for construction, operation and maintenance of lights, signals, and fishways by a licensee at its own expense, operation of navigation facilities subject to Secretary of the Army regulations, and fish and wildlife protection and enhancement based upon Federal and State agency recommendations. 
Authorizes the licensee of a project works licensed before enactment of this Act to elect to subject such works to licensing and regulation by Alaska in accordance with this Act. 
Declares that, with respect to project works on an Indian reservation, a conservation system unit, or Federal public lands, a State license or exemption from license shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary having jurisdiction over such lands, and such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. 
Requires FERC to consult with the Secretaries of the Interior, of Agriculture, and of Commerce before certifying Alaska's regulatory program. 
Requires the State of Alaska to notify FERC within 30 days after making any significant modification to its regulatory program.  Requires FERC to reassert its regulatory and licensing authority if Alaska has not complied with one or more requirements of this Act. Prescribes FERC compliance review procedures.
Output: A bill to provide for Alaska state jurisdiction over small hydroelectric projects.
Authorizes appropriations for certain population planning activities.
Prohibits the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in determining eligibility of nongovernmental and multilateral organizations for population planning assistance or other population assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, from applying requirements to such organizations more restrictive than requirements applicable to foreign governments for such assistance.
Output: Saving Women's Lives through International Family Planning Act of 2000
Environmentally Responsible Windpower Act of 2005 - States that an onshore and above-water wind turbine project must file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) its Local Approval Authorization (a resolution of approval or denial from the local governing body and local senior executive) prior to FERC issuance of its Exempt-Wholesale Generator Status, Market-Based Rate Authority, or Qualified Facility rate schedule. Prohibits FERC from issuing any of them to a wind project if the local authorities deny the siting of the project.
Output: A bill to provide for local control for the siting of windmills.
Comprehensive Problem Gambling Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to establish and implement programs for the identification, prevention, and treatment of problem and pathological gambling.

Requires the Secretary to carry out a national campaign to increase knowledge and raise awareness of problem gambling.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) administer and coordinate the voluntary donation of resources to assist in implementing new programs and augmenting existing national campaigns to provide national strategies for dissemination of information intended to address problem gambling; (2) encourage media outlets to provide information aimed at preventing problem gambling; and (3) target radio and television audiences of, but not limited to, sporting events and gambling.

Requires the President to: (1) establish and implement a national program of research on problem gambling; (2) appoint an advisory commission to coordinate federal research; and (3) consider the National Gambling Impact Study Commission's recommendations.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to states, local, and tribal governments, and nonprofit agencies to provide comprehensive services with respect to treatment and prevention of, and education about, problem gambling.

Directs the President, acting through the Administrator, to develop a Treatment Improvement Protocol for problem gambling

Expresses the sense of Congress that every state should contribute a percentage of its revenue from gambling towards prevention and treatment of, and services and education about, problem gambling.
Output: To amend the Public Health Service Act to specifically include problem and pathological gambling in programs of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and to establish a national program to address the harmful consequences of problem gambling.
Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005 - Title I: Corrections to the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005 - (Sec. 101) Amends the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 2005 (SRBA) to make October 1, 2005, the effective date of such Act in its entirety, not just its amendments to the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act.

Preserves until the end of FY2005, as though unamended, certain provisions of law otherwise amended by SRBA.

(Sec. 102) Increases the authorization of appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) to the Secretary of Transportation for payment of expenses of the Coast Guard for personnel and activities directly related to coordinating and carrying out the national recreational boating safety program. Decreases the amount of authorized appropriations available to the Secretary for activities to ensure compliance with safety standards for recreational vessels.

(Sec. 103) Revises requirements for the apportionment of the remaining balance in the Boat Safety Account for FY2006-FY2010.

Title II: Extension of Recreational Boating Funding Through the End of Fiscal Year 2005 - (Sec. 201) Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend through FY2005 the authorization of appropriations from the HTF for: (1) the national outreach and communications program; and (2) qualified projects under the Clean Vessel Act of 1992.

(Sec. 203) Conforms the authorization of appropriations to the Coast Guard for the national recreational boating safety program with the increase under title I of this Act.

Title III: Extension of Authorization For Use of Funds In Boat Safety Account - (Sec. 301) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through FY2005 the authorization of expenditures from the Boat Safety Account to carry out state recreational boating safety programs.

(Sec. 302) Declares that the obligation authority for funds made available under the Transportation, Treasury, Independent Agencies, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2005 (the Act) for expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary of Transportation with respect to traffic and highway safety shall be available in an amount equal to the funds provided. Requires the additional obligation authority needed to meet such requirement to be withdrawn from the obligation authority previously distributed to other surface transportation programs, projects, and activities funded from an amount (of up to 4.1%) deducted from various transportation programs under the Act.
Output: To ensure funding for sportfishing and boating safety programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund through the end of fiscal year 2005, and for other purposes.
Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2016 This bill allows a beneficiary of a Holocaust-era life, dowry, education, annuity, property, or other insurance policy to bring a civil action in a U.S. district court against the insurer for the covered policy to recover proceeds due or, otherwise, to enforce any rights under the policy.   The bill covers any policy that was: (1) in effect at any time from January 31, 1933, to December 31, 1945; and (2) issued to a policy holder domiciled in any area that was occupied or controlled by Nazi Germany, an ally or friendly government, or the territorial jurisdiction of Switzerland.  The bill requires the award: (1) to a prevailing beneficiary of the amount of the proceeds due under the policy, plus prejudgment interest at 6% per year, compounded annually, calculated from the date the amount was originally due; and (2) of treble damages against any insurer that acted in bad faith.   A civil action under this bill must be filed within 10 years after enactment of this bill.  A prior judgment or release entered for any claim arising under a covered policy in any civil action in a federal or state court shall not impair a claim brought under this bill. Any executive agreement between the United States and a foreign government or any executive foreign policy of the U.S. government shall not supercede or preempt any state law or compromise, settle, extinguish, waive, preclude, bar, or foreclose any claim brought under this bill.  A claim brought under state law within 10 years after enactment of this bill shall not be deemed untimely on the basis of any state or federal statute of limitations or on the basis of any other legal or equitable rule or doctrine governing timeliness.  
Output: Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2016
Vietnam Education Foundation Amendments Act of 2008 - Amends the Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 to establish the Vietnam Education Foundation within the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State. (Current law establishes the Foundation as an independent establishment in the executive branch.) Transfers all functions and assets of the Foundation to the Bureau.

Replaces the existing Board of Directors with a Vietnam Education Foundation Advisory Committee.

Revises fellowship provisions to provide: (1) fellowships for post-secondary studies at U.S. institutions of higher education (current law provides fellowships for graduate and postgraduate levels); and (2) fellowship priority for students studying the basic sciences.

Authorizes the Secretary of State, through the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, to award grants to institutions of higher education for a partnership with the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to establish an American Research College in Vietnam for undergraduate studies.
Output: A bill to amend the Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000.
Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make technical corrections to the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 concerning: (1) the special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired after September 10, 2001 and before September 11, 2004; (2) the application of the temporary suspension of the 90 percent alternative minimum taxable income limit on certain carrybacks of net operating losses; (3) certain tax benefits for areas of New York City which sustained damage from the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001; (4) the interest rate range for certain additional funding requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA); and (5) a technical correction to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.Makes technical corrections to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 concerning: (1) modifications to educational individual retirement accounts (IRAs); (2) an increase in benefit and contribution limits for defined benefit plans; and (3) a waiver of tax for nondeductible contributions to domestic and similar workers.Makes technical corrections to the Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001 concerning the disclosure of tax information in terrorism and national security investigations.Makes technical corrections to the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 concerning the tax treatment of securities futures contracts.Makes technical corrects to the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 concerning constructive sales treatment for appreciated financial positions and the extension and modification of taxes funding the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.Redefines valid taxpayer identification number for the earned income credit.
Output: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.
13th Regional Corporation Land Entitlement Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide land selection rights to the 13th Regional Corporation.



Revises requirements for timber and subsurface estate revenue sharing among the Regional Corporations of Alaska.
Output: To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide an equitable distribution of land to the 13th Alaska Native Regional Corporation.
.  Senior Executive Service Accountability Act  (Sec. 2) This bill revises personnel requirements for employees in the Senior Executive Service (SES) to:   require each federal agency to include in its biennial report to the Office of Personnel Management a justification for certain SES positions and the specific result expected from each position, including the impact of such result on the agency mission;  extend the probationary period for SES employees from one year to two years;  eliminate the authority for allowing an SES employee removed for a less than fully successful executive performance to retain an SES pay grade level if appointed to a civil service position;  require a written description of employee performance requirements to be provided to SES employees by 30 calendar days before each rating period;  make SES employees subject to the same 14-day (or less) suspension period, without duties and pay, as is applicable to other federal employees;  expand the grounds for suspension or termination of an SES employee to include such cause as would promote the efficiency of the SES;  allow an agency to place an SES employee on mandatory leave for misconduct, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or such cause as would promote the efficiency of the SES;  provide for expedited removal of SES employees for performance or misconduct and for an expedited appeals process for removals; and  require mandatory reassignments of SES employees at least once every five years. 
Output: Senior Executive Service Accountability Act
Requires the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) to: (1) establish and maintain a list of individuals and organizations that are known or suspected to be international terrorists or terrorist organizations; and (2) ensure that pertinent information on such list is shared with such Federal, State, and local departments and such agencies and entities of foreign governments and international organizations as the DCI considers appropriate. Designates such list as the Terrorist Identification Classification System. Requires the DCI to: (1) review and update the System; (2) report to the congressional intelligence committees on the criteria used to determine which System information is shared; and (3) ensure the interoperability of the System with relevant information systems of appropriate departments, agencies, and foreign and international governments and organizations.Requires the Director of Homeland Security, in consultation with the DCI, to report to the intelligence committees on the status of the System, together with specified certifications.
Output: A bill to provide for a terrorist identification classification system, and for other purposes.
National Nurse Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of the National Nurse within the Office of Public Health and Science to: (1) encourage individuals to enter the nursing profession; (2) encourage nurses to become educators in schools of nursing; and (3) promote the public health.

Requires the National Nurse to: (1) designate four methods of achieving better health that will be given priority; and (2) make grants to nonprofit private entities to carry out projects for the purpose of educating the public on the annual health priorities.
Output: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of the National Nurse.
Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act Amends the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary of State to report to Congress on conditions in Hong Kong that are of U.S. interest by March 31, 2015, and annually thereafter for 10 years or until the Secretary certifies that Hong Kong has held free and fair elections for 2 consecutive Chief Executive and 2 consecutive Legislative Council periods.   Directs the Secretary to certify to Congress annually whether Hong Kong is sufficiently autonomous to justify separate treatment different from that accorded to China in any new laws, agreements, treaties, or arrangements entered into between the United States and Hong Kong.  Authorizes the President to waive this certification requirement if: (1) waiver is in the U.S. national interest, and (2) Congress is given a justification of the waiver on or before the date it takes effect.
Output: Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
National Voter Opportunity To Inform Congress Effectively on a Flat Tax and a Cap on Tax Increases Act of 1997 (National VOICE on a Flat Tax and Cap on Tax Increases Act of 1997) - Places on the 1998 general election ballot in each congressional district the advisory questions of whether the Congress should:  (1) adopt a simple flat tax rate on income; and (2) approve a constitutional amendment to require a majority vote of the American people to raise taxes.  Provides for cost reimbursement to the States from the franking accounts of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Output: National Voter Opportunity To Inform Congress Effectively on a Flat Tax and a Cap on Tax Increases Act of 1997 (National VOICE on a Flat Tax and Cap on Tax Increases Act of 1997)
California Compact Protection Act This bill amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from allowing certain gaming on California land for which a proposed gaming compact was not ratified by the state or for which the electorate rejected a gaming compact.
Output: California Compact Protection Act
Veterans Combat Stress Healthcare Improvement Act - Revises the veterans' health professionals educational assistance program to provide a selection priority under various program components for those seeking to obtain the specialized training necessary to treat combat stress. Provides a similar priority for individuals who have completed the degree requirements necessary for qualification as a licensed mental health professional, are employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in positions related to the treatment of combat stress, and owe any principal or interest on loans used to pay costs related to earning the degree.

Reauthorizes the program's scholarship program for FY2009-FY2011.
Output: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use the Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of licensed mental health professionals in the Department of Veterans Affairs available to assist veterans suffering from the effects of combat stress, and for other purposes.
Classroom Safety Act of 2001 - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to authorize school personnel to discipline (including expel or suspend), in the same manner in which such personnel may discipline a child without a disability, any child with a disability who commits specified school-related weapon or drug offenses. (Thus provides an exception to current IDEA procedural safeguards that require placement in an alternative educational setting.)Authorizes such personnel to modify the disciplinary action on a case-by-case basis. Permits assertion of a defense that the offense was committed unintentionally or innocently.Allows the local educational agency (LEA) responsible for providing educational services to a child with a disability who is expelled or suspended under this Act to choose to continue to provide educational services to such child; but specifies that an LEA that so chooses to continue to provide services: (1) is not required by IDEA to provide such child with a free appropriate public education, or any particular level of service; and (2) has discretion as to the location where it provides the services.
Output: To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide increased authority for school personnel to discipline children with disabilities who engage in certain dangerous behavior.
Musconetcong Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Musconetcong River, New Jersey, as scenic and recreational rivers.

 Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage those segments: (1) in accordance with the Musconetcong River Management Plan (dated April 2002), which establishes goals and actions to ensure long-term protection of the outstanding values of the river segments and compatible management of land and water resources associated with such segments; and (2) in cooperation with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local agencies.

Considers the management plan as satisfying the requirements for a comprehensive management plan for those river segments. Directs the Secretary, in determining whether a proposed water resources project would have a direct and adverse effect on the values for which a river segment is designated as part of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to consider the extent to which the project is consistent with the management plan.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide planning, financial, and technical assistance to local municipalities and nonprofit organizations to assist in the implementation of actions to protect the natural and historic resources of the river segments.

Provides for the designation of additional river segments if there is adequate local support.
Output: To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate portions of the Musconetcong River in the State of New Jersey as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
English Language Unity Act of 2009 - Makes English the official language of the United States.

Requires, subject to exceptions and rules of construction, that: (1) official functions of the United States be conducted in English; and (2) all naturalization ceremonies be conducted in English. Establishes a uniform English language rule for naturalization.

Makes English language requirements and workplace policies, whether in the public or private sector, presumptively consistent with the laws of the United States. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue for public notice and comment a proposed rule for uniform testing of English language ability of candidates for naturalization based upon the principles that: (1) all citizens should be able to read and understand generally the English language text of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the laws of the United States; and (2) any exceptions to this standard should be limited to extraordinary circumstances, such as asylum.
Output: To declare English as the official language of the United States, to establish a uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general welfare of the United States and to establish a uniform rule of naturalization under article I, section 8, of the Constitution.