niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
Microcredit for Self-Reliance Act of 1997 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to set forth congressional findings and policy, including that:  (1) the development of micro- and small enterprise, including cooperatives, is a vital factor in the growth of developing countries and in the development of a free, open, and equitable international economic system; and (2) programs that provide credit, training, and technical assistance to private institutions can serve as a valuable complement to grant assistance provided for the purpose of benefiting micro- and small private enterprise. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to increase the availability of credit to micro- and small enterprises lacking full access to credit through:  (1) loans and guarantees to credit institutions; and (2) training programs for lenders and micro- and small entrepreneurs.  Sets forth assistance eligibility criteria. Authorizes the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) to provide grant assistance for programs of credit and other assistance for microenterprises in developing countries.  Directs the Administrator, in order to maximize the sustainable development impact of such assistance, to establish a monitoring system that sets certain performance goals for it. Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) AID, in carrying out the goals of this Act, shall seek to cooperate with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in order to complement and expand IFAD activities, especially with respect to institutional development; and (2) the United States should continue to support and contribute to IFAD activities, especially those related to microenterprises and microfinance (including the Microfinance Capacity Building Grant Initiative). Expresses the sense of the Congress that:  (1) the Microstart Program established by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) represents an important new initiative; and (2) the President should instruct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to use the U.S. vote to support the Program.
Output: Microcredit for Self-Reliance Act of 1997
Montana Mineral Conveyance Act - (Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership (the Great Northern Properties) conveys to the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe all its mineral interests underlying specified aggregate tracts of land in Montana within the Tribe's reservation (the Cheyenne tracts), to convey to Great Northern Properties all interest of the United States in and to the coal underlying specified unleased federal tracts in Montana outside of the Tribe's reservation.

Prohibits the mineral interests underlying the Cheyenne tracts conveyed to the Tribe from being subject to taxation by the state of Montana.

(Sec. 5) Requires the Northern Cheyenne Tribe to waive all legal claims arising from the continuing failure of the United States to acquire for the Tribe the mineral rights underlying the Cheyenne tracts as part of the Tribe's reservation as directed by Congress in 1900.

Instructs the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and Great Northern Properties to jointly notify the Secretary in writing when they have agreed on a formula for the sharing of revenue from the coal produced from the federal tracts. Requires, after such condition is satisfied and within 90 days of the Secretary receiving such written notification, the completion of the mineral conveyances under this Act in a single transaction.

Allows the Secretary or Great Northern Properties, if any part of such conveyances is invalidated by a federal district court and the court's judgment is not vacated or reversed on appeal, to rescind each such conveyance. Requires, if such a rescission is carried out, the Tribe's waiver to be considered as being rescinded.

(Sec. 6) Specifies this Act's effect on the eligibility of the Tribe or its members to receive other federal benefits or services.
Output: To authorize the conveyance of mineral rights by the Secretary of the Interior in the State of Montana, and for other purposes.
Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to provide that no U.S. funds may be made available to the World Bank Group: (1) if a determination is made that the use of any part of the funds will have a significant adverse environmental impact, or will violate an environmental or social policy of the World Bank Group; (2) if there is significant involuntary resettlement (with an exception); or (3) if a 'pay-for-performance policy' (requiring pay reduction or termination of employees involved in projects violating environmental or social policies) has not been implemented.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct U.S. executive directors in the World Bank Group to use their influence to achieve funding conditions.
Provides for enforcement through payment reductions. Calls for public release of information on non- complying projects.
Describes the scope of World Bank Group environmental and social policies to include, among other matters, environmental assessment, pest management, safety of dams, cultural property and indigenous peoples.
Output: Ecosystem and Indigenous Peoples Protection Act
Sets forth provisions relating to persons who have separated from Government service.
Output: FERS Buyback Act of 1999
Thrift Charter Conversion Tax Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the reserve method of accounting for determining deductions for bad debts by thrift institutions, effective for taxable years beginning after 1995.  Repeals, with respect to thrift institutions to which such accounting method applied, provisions relating to:  (1) the denial of a portion of certain tax credits to a thrift institution; (2) special rules regarding the foreclosure of property securing loans of a thrift institution; (3) the reduction in the dividends received reduction of a thrift institution; and (4) the ability of a thrift institution to use a net operating loss to offset its income from a residential interest in a real estate mortgage investment conduit.  Provides rules to implement the change in the method of accounting required by the repeal. 
Defines "applicable excess reserves."  Sets forth provisions for thrifts which become small banks. 
Provides for the suspension of recapture if the taxpayer meets the "residential loan requirement."  Defines the term residential loan requirement.    Allows in cases where the taxpayer is not a large bank, for the purposes of determining the net amounts of adjustments, that only the excess of the reserve for bad debts as of the close of the last taxable year before the disqualification year over the balance of reserves shall be taken into account.  Provides for the treatment of reserves for bad debts under the elective cut-off method.  Prohibits the inclusion of a portion of reserve in gross income under the elective cut-off method.  Provides for continued application of provisions respecting distributions to stockholders, but the amount of the reserve accounted for by the taxpayer shall be only the balance of the amount of the applicable excess reserves.  Provides for the treatment of the balance of the applicable excess reserves and the balance of reserves accounted for by a taxpayer as carryovers in certain corporate acquisitions. 
Allows the amount allowed as a deduction under provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, to include the amount paid during 1996 as a special assessment to the Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF) under Federal law as amended by the Federal Thrift Charter Conversion Act of 1995 as contained in 
H.R. 2491
 as passed by the House of Representatives.
Output: Thrift Charter Conversion Tax Act of 1995
Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to exclude as a small business, for purposes of meeting federal agency contracting goals with small businesses, any small business (or subsidiary thereof) that is publicly traded, or any business (or subsidiary thereof) with more than 50% non-U.S. citizen ownership. Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to notify the head of each federal department or agency regarding this Act and its amendments, and the department or agency head to then notify its contractors.

Directs the Administrator to: (1) publish a report regarding federal prime contracts awarded to businesses identified as small businesses for purposes of achieving small business contracting goals; and (2) establish procedures to ensure that the Central Contractor Registration database provides an adequate warning regarding criminal penalties for misrepresenting the status of a small business or person in order to obtain federal contracts.

Provides for enforcement of complaints about the classification of a business for such purposes.
Output: To amend the Small Business Act to ensure fairness and transparency in contracting with small business concerns.
Indentured Servitude Abolition Act of 2005 - Requires foreign labor contractors (recruiters) and employers to inform foreign workers accurately of specified terms and conditions of their employment at the time they are recruited. Requires such information to be provided in written form in English or, as necessary and reasonable, in the language of the worker being recruited.

Prohibits charging fees to workers for recruitment.

Requires employers to pay such a worker's transportation costs, including subsistence costs during the period of travel: (1) from the place of recruitment to the place of employment; and (2) from the place of employment to the worker's place of permanent residence.

Prohibits discrimination in employment by an employer or a recruiter against an individual because of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion, age, or disability.

 Requires employers to notify the Secretary of Labor of the identity of: (1) any recruiter involved in any foreign labor contractor activity for or on behalf of the employer; and (2) any such recruiter whose activities do not comply with this Act. Subjects employers to the civil remedies of this Act for violations committed by such recruiters to the same extent as if the employers had committed the violations.

Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
Output: To provide for labor recruiter accountability, and for other purposes.
Keeping Families in their Home Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to authorize any depository institution (or affiliate) to lease, including lease with an option to purchase or a right of first refusal, to any individual for up to five years an interest in residential property which: (1) was or is security for an extension of credit by such depository institution (or affiliate), and (2) came under the institution's or affiliate's ownership or control through foreclosure (or a deed in lieu of foreclosure) on the extension of credit.

Preempts any federal or state law that would: (1) restrict the time during which a depository institution or its affiliate may hold or lease property, or (2) prohibit a depository institution or its affiliate from leasing property.

Directs the federal banking agencies to prescribe specified joint safety and soundness regulations, including minimum capital requirements for such institutions or affiliates.

Permits extension of such a lease beyond five years if any federal or state law, including the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, so permits.

Applies this Act only to leases entered into during the three-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Declares it is the intent of Congress that: (1) no permanent change in policy on leasing foreclosed property is being established with respect to depository institutions and depository institution holding companies, and (2) bank leasing of foreclosed property authorized under this Act should not apply to leases entered into after such three-year period.

Authorizes a government-sponsored enterprise (the Federal National Mortgage Association [Fannie Mae] or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation [Freddie Mac]) to market for rental, before sale, any of its real estate owned properties and assets as the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) determines appropriate. Restricts lease agreements to five years.
Output: A bill to authorize depository institutions, depository institution holding companies, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac to lease foreclosed property held by such entities for up to 5 years, and for other purposes.
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act  This bill amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook in Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.  The Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic Committee, in coordination with the Department of the Interior, shall lead and coordinate the implementation of the management plan for the designated river segments according to the amendments to the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Management Plan, dated June 2011, as determined to be consistent with this bill.   The designation made by this bill shall not be construed to: (1) prohibit, pre-empt, or abridge future licensing or re-licensing of the Rainbow Dam and Reservoir by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as a federally licensed hydroelectric generation project; or (2) affect the operation of, or impose any flow or release requirements on, the unlicensed hydroelectric facility at the dam and reservoir.   The Lower Farmington River shall not be administered as part of the National Park System (NPS) or be subject to NPS regulations.  The National Park Service may not administratively change the extent of the protection afforded to the river segments designated by this bill.  The bill also revises the description of a specified designated segment of the Farmington River in Connecticut.
Output: Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act
Pipeline Safety Enhancement Act of 1995 - Amends Federal pipeline safety law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe minimum standards:  (1) for toughness for new pipes installed in gas and hazardous liquid pipeline facilities (with particular attention to new pipes in high-density population areas); (2) that require the marking of pipelines in class three and four locations to identify hazardous liquid pipeline facilities and high-pressure pipelines; and (3) that require operators of gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facilities to conduct periodic inspections or tests for identifying damage caused by corrosion and other time-dependent damage that may be detrimental to the safe operation of the pipeline and necessitate remedial action, in order to determine the adequacy of such pipeline to operate at established maximum allowable operating pressure. 
Requires the Secretary to conduct biennial assessments of the aforementioned safety programs. 
Requires the Secretary to expedite the study by the Research and Special Programs Administration of the Department of Transportation concerning the methods to reduce public safety risks in the siting of pipeline facilities.
Output: Pipeline Safety Enhancement Act of 1995
Authorizes the National Science Foundation to make grants to States to develop electronic libraries.
Output: A bill to establish a system of State-based electronic libraries, and for other purposes.
Empowering Our Local Communities Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a minimum mandatory prison term of five years and a maximum term of 40 years on any illegal alien who commits manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose criminal penalties on individuals present in the United States in violation of immigration laws.

Requires the Department of Homeland Security to continue to operate and implement the Institutional Removal Program for the identification and removal from the United States of criminal aliens. Requires such program to be extended to all states. Authorizes states to detain criminal aliens after the completion of their prison sentences to effectuate their transfer to federal custody.

Authorizes appropriations for the training of state and local government officers or employees to perform certain functions of a federal immigration officer.
Output: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide Federal penalties for certain killings by illegal aliens, and for other purposes.
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend (and reduce on a sliding scale) milk price supports through 1999.  Terminates the milk price support program after December 31, 1999. 
Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to terminate milk marketing orders.
Output: To terminate marketing orders regulating the price of milk at the end of 1995 and to provide for the gradual reduction and eventual elimination of the price support program for milk.
Parental Empowerment Act of 2005 - Prohibits any state from receiving federal education funds unless the state has policies and procedures that require: (1) each local educational agency to maintain a parent review and empowerment council to provide input and recommendations regarding purchase or acquisition of library and classroom-based reference, instructional, and other print materials for use in elementary schools; or (2) the state educational agency to maintain such a council, if the state purchases most of such materials.
Output: To prohibit a State from receiving Federal education funds unless the State has certain policies and procedures regarding the purchase or acquisition of library and classroom-based reference, instructional, and other print materials for use in elementary schools, and for other purposes.
District of Columbia Retirement Reform Technical Corrections Act of 1998 - Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, with respect to provisions regarding District of Columbia retirement funds, to include Federal agencies within the definition of "person" under such provisions. 
Permits the District of Columbia Federal Pension Liability Trust Fund to be used to cover administrative expenses. 
Authorizes the Trustee of the Trust Fund, with the Secretary of the Treasury's approval, to enter into subcontracts with the District government or any person to provide services to the Trustee in connection with the contract to administer the Trust Fund. 
Revises provisions regarding reimbursement of the District government for interim administration of retirement benefits. 
Makes nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia courts transferred to the Federal Employees' Retirement System eligible for Medicare and Social Security benefits. 
Requires, for purposes of vesting pursuant to the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, creditable service with the District for employees whose participation in the District Defined Contribution Plan ceases as a result of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to include:  (1) continuous service by nonjudicial employees of the District courts after September 30, 1997; and (2) service performed for a successor employer that provides services previously performed by the District government. 
Requires this Act to take effect as if included in the enactment of title XI (the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
Output: District of Columbia Retirement Reform Technical Corrections Act of 1998
Federal Land Restoration, Enhancement, Public Education, and Information Resources Act or Federal Land REPAIR Act - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Park Service Organic Act, the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, and federal law relating to National Forest System lands to make available for certain restoration and public informational activities on federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture any amounts received from fines or any amounts received from collateral payments in lieu of appearance for violations of rules and regulations applicable to such land. Transfers any excess funds to the Crime Victims Fund established under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.
Output: A bill to provide a source of funds to carry out restoration activities on Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Music Licensing Reform Act of 1996 - Exempts from copyright infringement the communication of a performance of nondramatic musical works on the premises of small commercial establishments, unless a charge is made to see or hear the transmission or the transmission received is further transmitted to the public.  Directs the Register of Copyrights to define the term "small commercial establishment" for purposes of this Act using specific, verifiable criteria. 
Directs the Register to promulgate regulations to establish a code of conduct for the licensing negotiations and practices between a proprietor and a performing rights society (PRS).  Allows either party to enforce such code of conduct through a civil action in district court. 
Directs the Register to ensure that a PRS provides reasonable access to its repertoire so that a person engaged in the public performance of a nondramatic musical work may determine whether the public performance of a particular work may be licensed by a particular licensor.  Provides for civil enforcement of such access.  Provides restrictions for a PRS not in compliance. 
Directs the Register to report to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees on the administration by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York of the consent decree of March 14, 1950, in United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers and the consent decree of December 29, 1966, in United States v. Broadcast Music, Inc. 
Preempts any State copyright licensing law made inconsistent by this Act.
Output: Music Licensing Reform Act of 1996
Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility Act of 2002 - Provides that the simplified acquisition threshold to be applied for any FY 2002 or 2003 executive agency procurement of property or services that is to be used to facilitate the defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack and that is carried out in support of a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation or a contingency operation shall be: (1) $250,000 for a contract to be awarded and performed, or a purchase to be made, inside the United States; or (2) $500,000 for a contract to be awarded and performed, or a purchase to be made, outside of the United States.Authorizes the head of each agency to designate certain employees to make such procurements below a micro-purchase threshold of $15,000 (currently, $2,500) under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act.Permits executive agencies to apply to any such procurement specified provisions of law relating to the procurement of commercial items, without regard to whether the property and services are commercial items. Deems the $5 million limitation on the use of special simplified acquisition procedures to be $10 million.Requires executive agencies to use specified streamlined acquisition authorities and procedures for such procurements.Allows executive agencies who engage in necessary basic, applied, and advanced research and development projects that have the potential to facilitate defense against or recovery from terrorism or a terrorist attack to exercise specified authority accorded the Secretary of Defense for research project transactions other than contracts and grants and to carry out prototype projects.Directs executive agencies to conduct market research to identify the capabilities available in the marketplace in furtherance of defense against or recovery from terrorism or a terrorist attack.
Output: To provide for flexibility in making emergency Federal procurements, and for other purposes.
Agriculture Data Act of 2018  This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to collect, review, analyze, and disseminate certain data on the impact of conservation practices on farm and ranch profitability, including the effect on crop yields, soil health, and other risk-reducing factors.  The bill also requires USDA to establish a conservation and farm productivity data warehouse to make the results of the data collection and analysis available to academic institutions and researchers.  USDA must also provide technical assistance, including through internet-based tools, based on the analysis conducted and other relevant data, to assist producers in improving sustainable production practices that increase yields and enhance environmental outcomes. 
Output: Agriculture Data Act of 2018
Commodity Speculation Reform Act of 2008 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from issuing a no action letter to any foreign board of trade that lists a contract whose price settles on the price of a contract traded on an exchange regulated by the CFTC, unless the foreign board provides the CFTC with information and data accessibility comparable to those provided the CFTC by entities under its jurisdiction.

Directs the CFTC to: (1) promulgate regulations to establish and enforce speculative position limits for qualifying commodities, a methodology for aggregating specified positions, and information reporting rules to facilitate monitoring and enforcement of speculative position limits and over-the-counter commodity derivatives; and (2) appoint at least 100 additional full-time employees to assist in carrying out such requirements.

Prohibits a person from holding or controlling a position, separately or in combination, net long or net short, for the purchase or sale of a commodity for future delivery or, on a futures-equivalent basis, any option, or an over-the-counter commodity derivative that exceeds CFTC speculative position limits.

Instructs the CFTC to study and report to certain congressional committees regarding: (1) trends in speculative activity relating to metals; and (2) possible extension of CFTC authority to cover trading of metals.
Output: A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to clarify the treatment of purchases of certain commodity futures contracts and financial instruments with respect to limits established by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission relating to excessive speculation, and for other purposes.
Economic Growth and Development Act - Directs the President to establish an interagency mechanism to improve coordination of U.S. development programs with private sector investment activities.

Directs the President and Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to: (1) direct their respective policy and country teams to include private sector consultation in all country, sector, and global development strategies; and (2) ensure that independent analyses of constraints to growth are conducted as a component of all appropriate country, sector, and global development strategies.
Output: A bill to direct the President to establish an interagency mechanism to coordinate United States development programs and private sector investment activities, and for other purpose.
Restoring Important Voter Eligibility Requirements to States Act of 2013 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require an applicant for voter registration for federal elections to state affirmatively in the application form provided along with an application for a motor vehicle driver's license (as well as in other voter registration forms) that the applicant meets the eligibility requirements for voting in such elections as a condition of the application's acceptance. Requires all such forms to include a statement specifying the penalty for perjury in an application for voter registration. Prohibits states from registering an individual to vote in federal elections unless they verify that the information provided in the individual's application is correct. Requires the head of an office of the federal government, upon request, to enter into an agreement with the chief state election official to enable the official to verify the eligibility of such an applicant.
Output: Restoring Important Voter Eligibility Requirements to States Act of 2013
Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 - (Sec. 3) Authorizes the President to support primarily indigenous Belarusian groups that are committed to the support of democratic processes in various activities that may include: (1) observation of elections and the promotion of free and fair electoral processes, including the development of democratic political parties; (2) development of independent media supported by nonstate-controlled printing facilities; (3) support of human rights; and (4) establishment of international exchanges and advanced professional training programs for leaders and members of democratic forces that foster the growth of civil society. Authorizes FY 2005 and 2006 appropriations for such activities.

(Sec. 4) Authorizes FY 2005 and 2006 appropriations for indigenous-language radio broadcasting to Belarus.

 (Sec. 5) Expresses the sense of Congress that specified U.S. and multilateral loan and financial sanctions (with humanitarian, agricultural, or medical exceptions) should apply to Belarus until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Belarus has made significant progress in meeting the following conditions: (1) release of individuals who have been jailed for political or religious beliefs; (2) withdrawal of politically motivated legal charges against all opposition figures and independent journalists; (3) accounting of the disappearances of opposition leaders and journalists, including Victor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovsky, Yuri Zakharenka, and Dmitry Zavadsky, and the prosecution of responsible individuals; (4) cessation of harassment and repression against the independent media, independent trade unions, nongovernmental organizations, religious organizations, and the political opposition; and (5) implementation of free and fair presidential and parliamentary elections.

(Sec. 6) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should seek a multilateral strategy, particularly with the countries of Europe, to further the purposes of this Act.

(Sec. 7) Directs the President to report with respect to: (1) weapons-related activities by Belarus; and (2) the personal wealth of Aleksander Lukashenka and other senior leadership.

(Sec. 8) Declares congressional policy: (1) respecting the persecution and disappearance of journalists and political opponents in Belarus; and (2) commending the democratic opposition in Belarus.

(Sec. 9) Defines specified terms.
Output: To provide for the promotion of democracy, human rights, and rule of law in the Republic of Belarus and for the consolidation and strengthening of Belarus sovereignty and independence.
Social Security Protection and Tax Relief Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a 12 percent tax on an individual's "social security taxable income." Defines such income.  Decreases the old age, survivors, and disability income (social security taxes) tax rates.
Output: Social Security Protection and Tax Relief Act of 1999
Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the reduction in the marriage penalty applicable to the earned income tax credit; (2) increase the rate of such credit for families with three or more children and for individuals without children; (3) modify earned income tax credit requirements relating to abandoned spouses and qualifying children; and (4) repeal provisions denying such credit for individuals with excessive investment income.
Output: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strengthen the earned income tax credit.
Federal Protective Service Improvement and Accountability Act of 2015  Directs the Federal Protective Service (FPS) to maintain not fewer than 1,870 full-time equivalent positions, with at least 1,350 of such positions designated for fully trained federal law enforcement officers.  Authorizes positions in the FPS inspector force to be designated as: (1) Federal Facility Security Officers responsible for performing security assessments at facilities protected by FPS, making security countermeasure recommendations for such facilities, participating in security training and disseminating homeland security information to occupants and security guards of such facilities, and assessing the security of such facilities and the extent to which security countermeasure recommendations have been implemented; or (2) law enforcement officers responsible for patrolling and on-site monitoring of the physical security of FPS-protected facilities, conducting investigations at such facilities, and providing physical law enforcement at such facilities in the event of a terrorist attack, security incident, or other incident.  Directs FPS to: (1) establish the FPS contract oversight force responsible for overseeing contract guards, (2) establish uniform minimum training and certification standards for security guard services at FPS-protected facilities, (3) establish a process to verify the accuracy of training and certification data maintained by FPS, and (4) provide training to individuals in guard positions who have not successfully completed training on the effective utilization of screening equipment and active shooter scenario-based training. Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) develop and implement a strategy for using covert-testing data and data on prohibited items to improve screening at facilities protected by FPS, and (2) submit an assessment of the degree to which the standards specified in the "The Risk Management Process: An Interagency Security Committee Standard" are utilized by all non-military federal facilities and of any barriers to utilizing such standards.  Requires FPS to: (1) commence a one-year pilot program to research the advantages of converting guard positions at the highest-risk federal facilities protected by FPS from contract guard positions to positions held by federal employees; and (2) establish, and hire individuals for, a federal facility security guard position.
Output: Federal Protective Service Improvement and Accountability Act of 2015
District of Columbia District Attorney Establishment Act of 2006 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to establish the Office of the District Attorney for the District of Columbia (DA).



Specifies the qualifications for the DA, including residence and domicile in the District. Prohibits the DA from engaging directly or indirectly in private practice.

Requires the DA to be elected to a four-year term on a partisan basis. Requires the Mayor to appoint the first DA, to serve until succeeded by an elected one.

States that nothing in this Act shall affect the authority of the Attorney General or the U.S. Attorney for the District to exercise jurisdiction concerning violations of federal laws.
Output: To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to establish the Office of the District Attorney for the District of Columbia, headed by a locally elected and independent District Attorney, and for other purposes.
Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2001 - Requires each participating manufacturer of a covered outpatient drug to make available for purchase by each pharmacy a covered outpatient drug: (1) in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the covered outpatient drug sold or distributed by the pharmacy to Medicare beneficiaries (including the amount sold or distributed to Medicare beneficiaries in a hospice program); and (2) at a price equal to the lower of either the lowest price paid for the drug by the Federal Government or the manufacturer's best price for the drug.
Output: To provide for substantial reductions in the price of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries and for women diagnosed with breast cancer.
Mathematics and Science Education Excellence Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF Director) to make grants for a mathematics and science partnership program in accordance with certain provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Includes: (1) competitive grants to eligible partnerships; and (2) formula grants to State educational agencies. Requires the NSF Director and the Secretary of Education to prepare a plan for joint administration of such program.Establishes a program of research on mathematics and science learning and improvement. Requires the NSF Director to award competitive grants for such program to institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, or consortia. Requires coordination of such program by the NSF Director with the Secretary and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP Director).Requires the NSF Director to remedy any duplication of programs authorized under this Act by current or subsequent NSF education programs. Requires the OSTP Director to review NSF education programs to ensure such compliance.
Output: A bill to promote mathematics and science education through a mathematics and science partnership and through the establishment of a grant program to increase student academic achievement in mathematics and science, and for other purposes.
Domestic Violence Community Response Team Act of 1994 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to encourage eligible entities to develop community response teams to combat domestic violence.  Directs that grants be awarded in a manner that ensure geographic and demographic diversity. 
Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) grant amounts and duration; (2) eligibile entities; (3) the role of community response teams; and (4) applications and other requirements. 
Authorizes the Secretary to award a contract to an eligible entity to serve as a technical assistance center under this Act. 
Authorizes appropriations.
Output: Domestic Violence Community Response Team Act of 1994
Natural Resource Management on Military Lands Act of 1994 - Amends the Act of September 15, 1960 (commonly referred to as the Sikes Act) to direct (current law authorizes) the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program of wildlife, fish, and game conservation on each U.S. military installation.  Requires an integrated natural resource management plan (plan) to be included in each program.  Requires the plan to address the needs for fish and wildlife management, land management, forest management, and wildlife-oriented recreation. Requires an opportunity for public comment on each plan prepared. Requires the:  (1) Secretaries of each military department to review and report to the Secretary on military installations under their jurisdiction which would be appropriate for a plan; and (2) Secretary to report to the Congress on such reviews.  Provides a deadline for the establishment of such plans. 
Directs the Secretary to annually review the extent to which plans were prepared or in effect and implemented during the preceding year. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to specified congressional committees on funds expended on conservation activities conducted pursuant to such plans. 
Provides for the enforcement on military installations of all Federal laws relating to natural resources conservation on Federal lands.  Requires the Secretary of each military department to ensure that sufficient numbers of trained natural resource management and law enforcement personnel are available and assigned to perform tasks necessary to ensure plan compliance. 
Entitles the Act of September 15, 1960, as the Sikes Act. 
Extends through FY 1997 the authorization of appropriations for natural resources conservation programs on military installations, as well as equivalent programs on other public lands.
Output: Natural Resource Management on Military Lands Act of 1994
Maritime and Energy Workforce Technical Training Enhancement Act This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to award grants to enable eligible community colleges and other public postsecondary institutions of higher education that are located near marine or port facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, or Great Lakes to expand upon existing programs in maritime and energy workforce technical training, including by admitting more students, training faculty, expanding facilities, creating new maritime career pathways from an associate degree to a baccalaureate degree, awarding credit for prior learning experience, and increasing cooperation with an appropriate federal agency or the National Science Foundation.  DOE shall give priority to institutions that have entered into a partnership with an appropriate federal agency. Recipients shall use grant amounts for:  training related to maritime or energy transportation, logistics, and supply chain management or to shipbuilding and ship repair; enhancement of academic and workforce training programs for maritime and energy employment; salary supplementation for faculty in maritime or energy training and education; operation and maintenance of maritime or energy related equipment and technology for use in instructional programs; acquisition of marine vessels and other assets and equipment for use in maritime or energy related training and education; renovation or construction of buildings to house maritime or energy training and education programs; or tuition reimbursement for successful completion of a maritime or energy course, program, or certification.   DOE may also award a grant to an eligible nonprofit organization (one with at least 10 years of expertise in working with community colleges on developing workforce development programs) to provide assistance in carrying out this Act.  DOE shall award a grant to to enable up to 10 eligible institutions that offer accredited programs in academic areas relevant to maritime or energy-related workforce training to: (1) establish Centers of Excellence in Maritime and Energy Workforce Technical Training; and (2) improve and expand maritime and energy workforce training opportunities through such Centers for veterans, members of the Armed Forces, federal employees, and civilians by implementing new training programs and providing job placement services in maritime and energy employment fields. 
Output: Maritime and Energy Workforce Technical Training Enhancement Act
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, upon determining on the basis of comments submitted in rulemaking under this Act that interest among manufacturers is sufficient to warrant the establishment of a three-year toll free number pilot program and manufacturers will provide fees so that the program will operate without cost to the Federal Government, to:  (1) establish such program solely to help inform consumers whether a product is made in America or the equivalent thereof; and (2) publish the toll-free number in the Federal Register. 
Requires:  (1) the Secretary to contract for the establishment and operation of such pilot program and the registration of products; and (2) such number to be used solely to inform consumers as to whether products are American made.  Requires consumers to be informed that such registration does not mean that:  (1) the product is endorsed or approved by the Government; (2) the Secretary has conducted any investigation to confirm that the product meets the definition of American made; or (3) the product contains 100 percent U.S. content. 
(Sec. 2)  Directs the Secretary to propose regulations to:  (1) establish a procedure under which the manufacturer of a product may voluntarily register such product as complying with such definition and have such product included in the information available through the toll free number; (2) establish, assess, and collect a fee to cover all costs of registering products and including registered products in information provided under the number; (3) establish the pilot program; and (4) solicit views from the private sector concerning the level of interest of manufacturers in registering products.  Requires the Secretary to promulgate such regulations if the pilot program and product registration is determined to be warranted. 
Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) registration fees; and (2) penalties for manufacturers who knowingly register a product which is not American made.
Output: To establish a toll free number in the Department of Commerce to assist consumers in determining if products are American-made.
Handgun Registration Act of 1995 - Requires the Attorney General to establish a Federal handgun registration system.   Makes such system applicable, within two years of the enactment of this Act, in all States failing to establish a State handgun registration system that substantially complies with Federal requirements mandating that States:  (1) set registration requirements; (2) impose specified penalties for serious and non-serious registration violations; (3) define "serious violation" based on the number and caliber of unregistered handguns, previous felony or firearms offense convictions, and accessibility of such handguns; and (4) maintain an easily retrievable record of individuals within the State with handguns and of such handguns. 
Imposes penalties (including mandatory imprisonment for not less than 15 years) upon any person possessing handguns in violation of the registration requirement. 
Terminates certain Federal assistance under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to States which do not establish registration systems.
Output: Handgun Registration Act of 1995
Church Plan Parity and Entanglement Prevention Act of 1999 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for the preemption of State law in certain cases relating to specified types of church plans.
Output: Church Plan Parity and Entanglement Prevention Act of 1999
Towing Vessel Safety Act of 1996 - Amends Federal marine safety law to require the Secretary of Transportation, in prescribing regulations for towing vessels, to:  (1) consider the characteristics and nature of the service of towing vessels; (2) consult with the Towing Safety Advisory Committee; and (3) require the installation of certain navigational safety equipment on each towing vessel (other than one used only for towing disabled vessels). 
Revises the marine casualty reporting deadline to require that marine casualties be reported as soon as practicable, but in no case later than within five days (currently, within five days).  Increases from $1,000 to up to $25,000 the civil penalty for vessel owners and operators for failing to report marine casualties. 
Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the feasibility of establishing a differential global positioning satellite navigation system and creating electronic charts for U.S.  inland waterways. 
Revises antidiscrimination provisions to prohibit a vessel owner or operator from temporarily removing a seaman because he or she refuses in good faith to violate marine safety regulations. 
Requires towing vessels to be:  (1) manned by a licensed master; and (2) operated by a licensed individual.  Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations which establish licenses for masters and mates of such vessels, subject to specified conditions. 
Subjects towing vessels to Federal inspection laws, with specified exceptions. 
Increases civil penalties for violations of licensing (from $5,000 to $25,000) and manning (from $1,000 to up to $25,000) requirements committed by owners and operators of uninspected towing vessels.
Output: Towing Vessel Safety Act of 1996