117 S1252 IS: Regulations Endanger Democracy Act of 2021
U.S. Senate
2021-04-20
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II117th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 1252IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESApril 20, 2021Mr. Sullivan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsA BILLTo require each agency to repeal or amend 2 or more rules before issuing or amending a rule.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Regulations Endanger Democracy Act of 2021 or the RED Tape Act of 2021.2.Repeal of rules required before issuing or amending rule(a)DefinitionsIn this section—(1)the term agency has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code;(2)the term covered rule means a rule of an agency that causes a new financial or administrative burden on businesses in the United States or on the people of the United States, as determined by the head of the agency;(3)the term rule—(A)has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code; and(B)includes—(i)any rule issued by an agency pursuant to an Executive order or Presidential memorandum; and(ii)any rule issued by an agency due to the issuance of a memorandum, guidance document, bulletin, or press release issued by an agency; and(4)the term Unified Agenda means the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.(b)Prohibition on issuance of certain rules(1)In generalAn agency may not—(A)issue a covered rule that does not amend or modify an existing rule of the agency, unless—(i)the agency has repealed 2 or more existing covered rules of the agency; and(ii)the cost of the covered rule to be issued is less than or equal to the cost of the covered rules repealed under clause (i), as determined and certified by the head of the agency; or(B)issue a covered rule that amends or modifies an existing rule of the agency, unless—(i)the agency has repealed or amended 2 or more existing covered rules of the agency; and(ii)the cost of the covered rule to be issued is less than or equal to the cost of the covered rules repealed or amended under clause (i), as determined and certified by the head of the agency.(2)ApplicationParagraph (1) shall not apply to the issuance of a covered rule by an agency that—(A)relates to the internal policy or practice of the agency or procurement by the agency; or(B)is being revised to be less burdensome to decrease requirements imposed by the covered rule or the cost of compliance with the covered rule.(c)Considerations for repealing rulesIn determining whether to repeal a covered rule under subparagraph (A)(i) or (B)(i) of subsection (b)(1), the head of the agency that issued the covered rule shall consider—(1)whether the covered rule achieved, or has been ineffective in achieving, the original purpose of the covered rule;(2)any adverse effects that could materialize if the covered rule is repealed, in particular if those adverse effects are the reason the covered rule was originally issued;(3)whether the costs of the covered rule outweigh any benefits of the covered rule to the United States;(4)whether the covered rule has become obsolete due to changes in technology, economic conditions, market practices, or any other factors; and(5)whether the covered rule overlaps with a covered rule to be issued by the agency.(d)Publication of covered rules in Unified Agenda(1)RequirementsEach agency shall, on a semiannual basis, submit jointly and without delay to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for publication in the Unified Agenda a list containing—(A)each covered rule that the agency intends to issue during the 6-month period following the date of submission;(B)each covered rule that the agency intends to repeal or amend in accordance with subsection (b) during the 6-month period following the date of submission; and(C)the cost of each covered rule described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).(2)ProhibitionAn agency may not issue a covered rule unless the agency complies with the requirements under paragraph (1).


113 HR 4787 IH: Regional Financial Relief Act of 2014
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-05-30
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		I
		113th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		H. R. 4787
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			May 30, 2014
			Mr. Duffy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

		A BILL
		To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to reduce compliance burdens on certain banking
			 entities.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Regional Financial Relief Act of 2014.
		2.Distinct and less burdensome requirements for certain banking entitiesParagraph (1) of section 13(e) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1851(e)(1)) is
			 amended by adding at the end the following: Such regulations shall include distinct requirements for banking entities with less than
			 $50,000,000,000 in trading assets and liabilities that are less burdensome
			 than the requirements for banking entities with $50,000,000,000 or more in
			 trading assets and liabilities.


		II
		110th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		S. 3143
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			June 17, 2008
			Mr. Durbin (for himself
			 and Mrs. Dole) introduced the following
			 bill; which was read twice and referred to the
			 Committee on the
			 Judiciary

		A BILL
		To assist law enforcement agencies in locating,
		  arresting, and prosecuting fugitives from justice.

		1.Short
			 titleThis Act may be cited as
			 the Capture Arrest and Transport
			 Charged Fugitives Act of 2008.
		2.FindingsCongress finds the following:
			(1)Nationwide, there
			 are an estimated 2,800,000 to 3,200,000 active Federal, State, and local
			 warrants for the arrest of persons charged with felony crimes.
			(2)State and local
			 law enforcement authorities have insufficient resources to devote to searching
			 for and apprehending fugitives. As a result, large numbers of fugitives evade
			 arrest. State and local law enforcement authorities also lack resources for
			 extraditing fugitives who have been arrested in other States. As a result, such
			 fugitives frequently escape prosecution.
			(3)Increasing the
			 resources available for conducting fugitive investigations and transporting
			 fugitives between States would increase the number of fugitives who are
			 arrested and prosecuted.
			(4)The United States
			 Marshals Service (referred to in this Act as the USMS) plays an
			 integral role in the apprehension of fugitives in the United States, and has a
			 long history of providing assistance and expertise to other law enforcement
			 agencies in support of fugitive investigations.
			(5)(A)Pursuant to the
			 Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000, the USMS created the Regional
			 Fugitive Task Force (referred to in this Act as the RFTF)
			 program. Through the RFTFs, the USMS combines the efforts and resources of
			 Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities for the purpose of
			 locating and apprehending fugitives.
				(B)Between 2002 and 2006, the USMS
			 established 6 RFTFs—
					(i)the New York/New Jersey RFTF, based
			 in New York, NY;
					(ii)the Pacific Southwest RFTF, based
			 in Los Angeles, CA;
					(iii)the Great Lakes RFTF, based in
			 Chicago, IL;
					(iv)the Southeast RFTF, based in
			 Atlanta, GA;
					(v)the Capital Area RFTF, based in
			 Washington, DC; and
					(vi)the Gulf Coast RFTF, based in
			 Birmingham, AL.
					(6)More than 230
			 Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies have partnered with the 6
			 RFTFs, creating a force multiplier that significantly expands
			 the capacity of each agency to locate and apprehend fugitives. Since their
			 inception, these 6 RFTFs have arrested approximately 90,000 Federal and State
			 felony fugitive arrests. However, the USMS has not received significant
			 resources for developing additional RFTFs since 2006.
			(7)(A)The USMS believes that
			 the following geographic areas of the United States would benefit from the
			 creation of an RFTF:
					(i)The Carolinas.
					(ii)The Caribbean.
					(iii)Texas.
					(iv)New England.
					(v)Florida.
					(vi)Northern California.
					(vii)The Heartland.
					(viii)Michigan and Ohio.
					(ix)Pacific Northwest.
					(x)Mountain.
					(xi)Mid-Atlantic.
					(xii)Southwest.
					(B)The establishment of RFTFs in each of
			 these additional regions would enable the USMS to provide effective fugitive
			 location and apprehension assistance to every state and territory in the United
			 States.
				(8)The USMS utilizes
			 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation Service (referred to in this Act
			 as the JPATS) to transport Federal detainees and prisoners. It
			 also makes JPATS available to a very limited number of State and local law
			 enforcement agencies on a reimbursable, space-available basis for the purpose
			 of transporting a fugitive from the place where the fugitive was arrested to
			 the jurisdiction that issued the warrant for the fugitive’s arrest. Through
			 JPATS, these agencies are able to reduce the cost of extradition
			 significantly.
			(9)Expanding JPATS
			 so that the USMS can make it available to all State and local law enforcement
			 agencies that participate in a RFTF would lower the cost of transporting
			 fugitives for extradition and lead to the prosecution of a greater number of
			 fugitives.
			(10)Since 1967, the
			 Federal Bureau of Investigation has operated the National Crime Information
			 Center (referred to in this Act as the NCIC), which administers
			 a nationwide database containing criminal history information from the Federal
			 Government and the States, including outstanding arrest warrants. The NCIC
			 database allows a law enforcement officer who stops a person in one State to
			 obtain information about a warrant for that person issued in another State. It
			 contains approximately 1,300,000 felony and misdemeanor warrants. It is missing
			 over half of the country’s 2,800,000 to 3,200,000 felony warrants, including
			 warrants for hundreds of thousands of violent crimes.
			(11)A State’s
			 failure to enter a warrant into the NCIC database enables a fugitive to escape
			 arrest even when the fugitive is stopped by a law enforcement officer in
			 another State, because such officer did not have accurate information about the
			 warrant. Many such fugitives go on to commit additional crimes. In addition,
			 they pose a danger to officers who encounter them but have no knowledge of
			 their pending charges or record of fleeing law enforcement authorities.
			(12)Improving the
			 completeness of the warrant records in the NCIC database would enable law
			 enforcement officers to identify and arrest a larger number of fugitives and
			 would improve the safety of these officers.
			3.DefinitionsAs used in this Act, the following
			 definitions shall apply:
			(1)Active
			 warrantThe term active warrant means a warrant that
			 has not been cleared.
			(2)Clear a
			 warrantThe term clear a warrant means the execution
			 of a warrant by arrest or a determination by a law enforcement agency that a
			 warrant has already been executed or that the subject of a warrant is
			 incarcerated or deceased.
			(3)Felony
			 warrantThe term felony warrant means a warrant for
			 a crime that is punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 1 year, whether
			 or not the jurisdiction that issued the warrant anticipates extradition.
			(4)Serious
			 misdemeanor warrantThe term serious misdemeanor
			 warrant means a warrant for a crime that is punishable by a term of
			 imprisonment for 1 year or less but that involves domestic violence, as
			 described in section 921(a)(33)(A)(ii) of title 18, United States Code, or
			 child pornography as defined in section 2256 of title 18, United States Code,
			 whether or not the jurisdiction that issued the warrant anticipates
			 extradition.
			(5)StateThe
			 term State means any State of the United States, the District of
			 Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa,
			 Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any Indian Tribe that performs law
			 enforcement functions, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.
			(6)Unit of local
			 governmentThe term unit of local government
			 means—
				(A)any city, county,
			 township, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political
			 subdivision of a State; or
				(B)any law
			 enforcement district or judicial enforcement district that is established under
			 applicable State law and has the authority to, in a manner independent of other
			 State entities, establish a budget and impose taxes.
				IExpansion of the
			 United States marshal service fugitive apprehension program
			101.Authorization
			 of funding for additional United States marshal service regional fugitive task
			 forcesSection 6(b) of the
			 Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000 (28 U.S.C. 566 note; Public Law
			 106–544) is amended by striking and $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years
			 2008 through 2012 and inserting “$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
			 $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012 and $25,000,000 for each
			 of fiscal years 2013 through 2015 for—

					(1)hiring
				senior-level criminal investigator deputy marshals and administrative analysts
				to increase the staffing of the 6 existing Regional Fugitive Task
				Forces;
					(2)establishing new
				Regional Fugitive Task Forces in the areas of the country not currently served
				by existing Regional Fugitive Task Forces;
					(3)hiring
				senior-level criminal investigator deputy marshals and administrative analysts
				to staff each new Regional Fugitive Task Force established under this
				section;
					(4)hiring
				senior-level criminal investigator deputy marshals to increase the staffing of
				the United States Marshals Service Technical Operations Group, which provides
				electronic and air surveillance in support of fugitive investigations;
					(5)providing
				training facilities and enhancing training opportunities for Federal, State,
				and local task force officers from agencies that participate in the Regional
				Fugitive Task Forces; and
					(6)other activities
				related to those described in paragraphs (1) through (5).
					Any funds
				made available under this subsection shall remain available until
				expended..
			102.Authorization
			 of funding for fugitive extraditions
				(a)AuthorizationThe
			 Attorney General shall assist States and units of local government that
			 participate in a Regional Fugitive Task Force by securing transportation
			 services for the extradition of fugitives via the United States Marshal Service
			 Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation Service.
				(b)FundingThere
			 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each
			 of fiscal years 2009 through 2015. Any funds made available under this section
			 shall remain available until expended.
				IIExtradition
			 assistance and transmittal of warrants to the NCIC
			201.Extradition
			 assistance to States
				(a)Grant
			 assistance
					(1)Authorization
			 of grant assistance
						(A)In
			 generalThe Attorney General shall, subject to subsection (b)(2),
			 make grants to States for periods of 1 year per grant which shall be used by
			 the States and units of local government to extradite a person from another
			 State for prosecution.
						(B)Set
			 asideUp to 5 percent of the grant funding available under this
			 section may be reserved for Indian tribal governments, including tribal
			 judicial systems.
						(2)Matching
			 fundsThe Federal share of a grant received under this section
			 may not exceed 80 percent of the costs of a program or proposal funded under
			 this title unless the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the
			 requirements of this paragraph in the event of extraordinary
			 circumstances.
					(3)Conditions
						(A)First
			 periodDuring the 2-year period beginning 3 years after the date
			 of enactment of this Act—
							(i)a
			 State shall not be eligible to receive a grant under this section if it
			 provides less than 50 percent of the records required to be provided under this
			 section, as determined for the State by the Attorney General under subsection
			 (d), or fails to provide an estimate of the total number of active felony and
			 serious misdemeanor warrants issued by the State and units of local government
			 within the State, as required by subsection (b); and
							(ii)a
			 State shall not provide any portion of a grant received under this section to a
			 unit of local government that provides to the NCIC less than 50 percent of the
			 total number of serious misdemeanor and felony warrants that it has issued, as
			 determined by the State and consistent with the method determined by the
			 Attorney General in subsection (d).
							(B)Second
			 periodDuring the 2-year period beginning 5 years after the date
			 of enactment of this Act—
							(i)a
			 State shall not be eligible to receive a grant under this section if it
			 provides less than 70 percent of the records required to be provided under this
			 section, as determined for the State by the Attorney General under subsection
			 (d), or fails to provide an estimate of the total number of active felony and
			 serious misdemeanor warrants issued by the State and units of local government
			 within the State, as required by subsection (b); and
							(ii)a
			 State shall not provide any portion of a grant received under this section to a
			 unit of local government that provides to the NCIC less than 70 percent of the
			 total number of serious misdemeanor and felony warrants that it has issued, as
			 determined by the State and consistent with the method determined by the
			 Attorney General in subsection (d).
							(C)Third
			 periodAfter the expiration of the period referred to in
			 subparagraph (B)—
							(i)a
			 State shall not be eligible to receive a grant under this section if it
			 provides less than 90 percent of the records required to be provided under this
			 section, as determined for the State by the Attorney General under subsection
			 (d), or fails to provide an estimate of the total number of active felony and
			 serious misdemeanor warrants issued by the State and units of local government
			 within the State, as required by subsection (b); and
							(ii)a
			 State shall not provide any portion of a grant received under this section to a
			 unit of local government that provides to the NCIC less than 90 percent of the
			 total number of serious misdemeanor and felony warrants that it has issued, as
			 determined by the State and consistent with the method determined by the
			 Attorney General in subsection (d).
							(D)Minimum
			 requirementA unit of local government may not be eligible to
			 receive a portion of a grant received by the State under this section unless,
			 during the 1 year period covered by the grant, the unit of local government has
			 already extradited a number of persons from other States for prosecution that
			 is equal to or greater than the average of the number of persons extradited
			 during the 3 year period immediately preceding the date of enactment of this
			 Act.
						(E)OversightAs
			 a condition of receiving a grant under this section, a State shall—
							(i)specify the
			 project or projects for which grant amounts will be used;
							(ii)use such amounts
			 only as specified; and
							(iii)maintain and
			 report such data, records and information (programmatic and financial) as the
			 Attorney General may require.
							(F)AuditThe
			 Attorney General or the Inspector General of the Department of Justice may
			 conduct an audit of a State or unit of local government to ensure compliance
			 with the provisions of this subsection concerning the conditions for receiving
			 grant money and subsection (b)(1) concerning the use of the Attorney General’s
			 methodology to estimate the number of warrants. A State or unit of local
			 government that violates this subsection shall be liable to the Attorney
			 General for the full amount of the grant received under this section or any
			 portion of the grant found to be appropriate given the findings of the audit or
			 the nature of the violation.
						(4)Authorization
			 of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to
			 carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through
			 2015.
					(b)State
			 estimates
					(1)In
			 generalTo assist the Attorney General in making a determination
			 under subsection (a) concerning eligibility to receive a grant and section
			 202(d)(2) concerning the allocation of grants, and not later than 180 days
			 after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter on a date
			 designated by the Attorney General, each State shall provide the Attorney
			 General with a reasonable estimate, as calculated by a method determined by the
			 Attorney General, of the total number of active felony and serious misdemeanor
			 warrants issued by the State and by local jurisdictions within the State,
			 regardless of the age of the warrants.
					(2)Failure to
			 provideA State that fails to provide an estimate described in
			 paragraph (1) by the date required under such paragraph shall be ineligible to
			 receive any funds under subsection (a), until such date as it provides such
			 estimate to the Attorney General.
					(c)Transmittal of
			 warrants to the NCIC
					(1)AvailabilityEach
			 State shall make electronically available to the NCIC all serious misdemeanor
			 and felony warrants issued by the State and by local jurisdictions within the
			 State.
					(2)State
			 updateEach State, on being made aware that an active serious
			 misdemeanor or felony warrant has been cleared, shall, as soon as practicable,
			 provide an update to the NCIC consistent with the NCIC’s rules and
			 policies.
					(3)NCIC
			 updateUpon receiving an update under paragraph (2), the NCIC
			 shall ensure that the records in the NCIC database are updated within 15 days
			 of receipt.
					(d)Determination
			 of transmittal performanceThe Attorney General, for the purposes
			 set forth in this section and section 202, shall determine the percentage of
			 the total number of serious misdemeanor and felony warrants provided by a State
			 to the NCIC and the method to be used by the States for determining the
			 percentage of the total number of such warrants provided by a unit of local
			 government to the NCIC.
				(e)Attorney
			 general report
					(1)In
			 generalNot later than January 31 of each year, the Attorney
			 General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the
			 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report—
						(A)containing the
			 estimates submitted by the States under subsection (b);
						(B)describing the
			 progress of States in making warrants electronically available to the NCIC
			 pursuant to the requirements of subsection (c); and
						(C)describing the
			 practices of the States regarding the collection, maintenance, automation, and
			 transmittal of serious misdemeanor and felony warrants to the NCIC, that the
			 Attorney General considers to be best practices.
						(2)Best
			 practicesNot later than January 31 of each year, the Attorney
			 General shall also provide the information regarding best practices, referred
			 to in paragraph (1)(C), to each State submitting information to the
			 NCIC.
					202.Implementation
			 assistance to States
				(a)Authorization
			 of grant assistance
					(1)In
			 generalThe Attorney General shall make grants to States in a
			 manner consistent with the National Criminal History Improvement Program, which
			 shall be used by the States to establish or upgrade information and
			 identification technologies for serious misdemeanor and felony warrants,
			 including technologies used by local governments and State and local
			 courts.
					(2)Set
			 asideUp to 5 percent of the grant funding available under this
			 section may be reserved for Indian tribal governments, including tribal
			 judicial systems.
					(b)Use of grant
			 amountsGrants awarded to States or Indian tribes under this
			 section may only be used to—
					(1)carry out, as
			 necessary, assessments of the capabilities of the courts and law enforcement
			 agencies of a State to automate and transmit serious misdemeanor and felony
			 warrants to the NCIC;
					(2)implement
			 policies, systems, and procedures for the automation and transmission of
			 serious misdemeanor and felony warrants to the NCIC;
					(3)create electronic
			 systems which provide accurate and up-to-date information on serious
			 misdemeanor and felony warrants to the NCIC;
					(4)supply accurate
			 and timely information to the NCIC concerning serious misdemeanor and felony
			 warrants; and
					(5)collect and
			 analyze data needed to demonstrate levels of State compliance with this
			 Act.
					(c)Condition
					(1)In
			 generalAs a condition of receiving a grant under this section, a
			 State shall specify the projects for which grant amounts will be used, and
			 shall use such amounts only as specified.
					(2)ViolationA
			 State that violates this subsection shall be liable to the Attorney General for
			 the full amount of the grant received under this section.
					(d)Authorization
			 of appropriations
					(1)In
			 generalThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
			 section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.
					(2)Allocations
						(A)In
			 generalFor fiscal years 2009 and 2010, the Attorney General
			 shall endeavor to allocate at least 50 percent of the authorized appropriations
			 to those States providing to the NCIC more than 50 percent of their total
			 serious misdemeanor and felony warrants, as determined for each State by the
			 Attorney General under section 201(d). For fiscal years 2011, 2012, and 2013,
			 the Attorney General shall endeavor to allocate at least 50 percent of the
			 authorized appropriations to those States providing to the NCIC more than 70
			 percent of their total serious misdemeanor and felony warrants, as determined
			 for each State by the Attorney General under section 201(d).
						(B)AdjustmentsThe
			 allocations in this paragraph shall be subject to the discretion of the
			 Attorney General, who shall have the authority to make adjustments to the
			 distribution of the authorized appropriations as necessary to maximize
			 incentives for State compliance with section 201(c).


113 HR 5063 IH: American Space Technology for Exploring Resource Opportunities In Deep Space Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-07-10
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		I
		113th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		H. R. 5063
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			July 10, 2014
			Mr. Posey (for himself and Mr. Kilmer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

		A BILL
		To promote the development of a commercial asteroid resources industry for outer space in the
			 United States and to increase the exploration and utilization of asteroid
			 resources in outer space.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the American Space Technology for Exploring Resource Opportunities In Deep Space Act or the ASTEROIDS Act.
		2.Title 51 amendment
			(a)In generalSubtitle V of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
			 chapter:

					513Asteroid resource exploration and utilization

							Sec.
							51301. Commercialization of asteroid resource exploration and utilization in outer space.
							51302. Legal framework.
							51303. Definitions.

						51301.Commercialization of asteroid resource exploration and utilization in outer spaceThe President, through the Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, and other
			 appropriate Federal agencies, shall—
							(1)facilitate the commercial exploration and utilization of asteroid resources to meet national needs;
							(2)discourage government barriers to the development of economically viable, safe, and stable
			 industries for the exploration and utilization of asteroid resources in
			 outer space in manners consistent with the existing international
			 obligations of the United States;
							(3)promote the right of United States commercial entities to explore and utilize resources from
			 asteroids in outer space, in accordance with the existing international
			 obligations of the United States, free from harmful interference, and to
			 transfer or sell such resources; and
							(4)develop the frameworks necessary to meet the international obligations of the United States.
							51302.Legal framework
							(a)Property rightsAny resources obtained in outer space from an asteroid are the property of the entity that obtained
			 such resources, which shall be entitled to all property rights thereto,
			 consistent with applicable provisions of Federal law.
							(b)Freedom from harmful interferenceAs between any entities over which the United States can exercise jurisdiction, any assertion of
			 superior right to execute specific commercial asteroid resource
			 utilization activities in outer space shall prevail if it is found to be
			 first in time, derived upon a reasonable basis, and in accordance with all
			 existing international obligations of the United States.
							(c)Safety of operationsA United States commercial asteroid resource utilization entity shall avoid harmful interference to
			 other spacecraft.
							(d)Relief from harmful interferenceA United States commercial asteroid resource utilization entity may bring an action for appropriate
			 legal or equitable relief, or both, under this chapter for any action, by
			 another private entity, compromising the right to conduct its operations
			 free of harmful interference.
							(e)Exclusive jurisdictionThe district courts of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction of an action under this
			 chapter without regard to the amount in controversy.
							51303.DefinitionsFor the purposes of this chapter:
							(1)StateThe term State means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
			 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
			 Mariana Islands, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of
			 the United States.
							(2)United states commercial asteroid resource utilization entityThe term United States commercial asteroid resource utilization entity means a person or company providing asteroid exploration or utilization services, the control of
			 which is held by persons other than a Federal, State, local, or foreign
			 government, that is—
								(A)duly organized under the laws of a State;
								(B)subject to the subject matter and personal jurisdiction of the courts of the United States; or
								(C)a foreign entity that has voluntarily submitted to the subject matter and personal jurisdiction of
			 the courts of the United States..
			(b)Clerical amendmentThe table of chapters for title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of the
			 items for subtitle V the following:

						513.Asteroid resource exploration and utilization51301.


116 S2573 IS: Airport Classification Retention Act
U.S. Senate
2021-07-30
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II117th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 2573IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJuly 30, 2021Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationA BILLTo amend title 49, United States Code, to maintain the classification of certain airports for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Airport Classification Retention Act.2.Maintenance of classification of certain airports for fiscal years 2022 and 2023(a)In generalSection 47114(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:(K)Special Rule on classification for fiscal years 2022 and 2023Notwithstanding section 47102 and subparagraph (A), and subject to subparagraph (J), for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the Secretary shall classify an airport as a primary nonhub airport if that airport was a primary nonhub airport for fiscal year 2021..(b)Effective dateThe amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260).


114 HRES 838 IH: Expressing support for designation of April 11 as “National Pet Adoption Day” and the month of April as “National Pet Adoption Month” to highlight the important role pets play in the lives of United States citizens.
U.S. House of Representatives
2016-07-14
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IV114th CONGRESS2d SessionH. RES. 838IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 14, 2016Mr. Williams submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government ReformRESOLUTIONExpressing support for designation of April 11 as National Pet Adoption Day and the month of April as National Pet Adoption Month to highlight the important role pets play in the lives of United States citizens.

 Whereas April 11 would be an appropriate date to designate as National Pet Adoption Day; and Whereas the month of April would be an appropriate month to designate as National Pet Adoption Month: Now, therefore, be it

 That the House of Representatives— (1)supports the designation of National Pet Adoption Day and National Pet Adoption Month to highlight the important role pets play in the lives of United States citizens;
 (2)requests that the President issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe National Pet Adoption Day and National Pet Adoption Month with appropriate ceremonies and activities; and
 (3)encourages the people of the United States to adopt pets from local animal shelters and rescues.


109 HR 1013 IH: Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2005
U.S. House of Representatives
2005-03-01
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109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1013
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 1, 2005
Mr. Moran of Virginia (for himself and Mr. McGovern) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a rule that requires manufacturers of certain consumer products to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls of such products to consumers who first purchase such a product.

1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2005.
2.Findings and purposes
(a)FindingsThe Congress finds the following:
(1)The Consumer Product Safety Commission conducts approximately 300 recalls of hazardous, dangerous, and defective consumer products each year.
(2)In developing comprehensive corrective action plans with recalling companies, the Consumer Product Safety Commission staff greatly relies upon the media and retailers to alert consumers to the dangers of unsafe consumer products, because the manufacturers do not generally possess contact information regarding the purchasing consumers. Based upon information received from companies maintaining customer registration lists, such contact information is known for generally less than 7 percent of the total consumer products produced and distributed.
(3)The Consumer Product Safety Commission has found that the consumers of the other 93 percent of consumer products produced and distributed do not return purchaser identification cards because of requests for marketing and personal information in the cards, and the likelihood of receiving unsolicited marketing materials.
(4)The Consumer Product Safety Commission has conducted research demonstrating that direct consumer contact is one of the most effective ways of motivating consumer response to a consumer product recall.
(5)Companies that maintain consumer product purchase data, such as product registration cards, warranty cards, and rebate cards, are able to effectively notify consumers of a consumer product recall.
(6)The Consumer Product Safety Commission staff has found that a consumer product safety owner card, without marketing questions or requests for personal information, that accompanied products such as small household appliances and juvenile products would increase consumer participation and information necessary for direct notification in consumer product recalls.
(7)The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has, since March 1993, required similar simplified, marketing-free product registration cards on child safety seats used in motor vehicles, and has found that this has been successful in increasing recall compliance rates.
(b)PurposeThe purpose of this Act is to reduce the number of deaths and injuries from defective and hazardous consumer products through improved recall effectiveness, by—
(1)requiring the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a rule to require manufacturers of juvenile products, small household appliances, and certain other consumer products, to include a simplified product safety owner card with those consumer products at the time of original purchase by consumers, or develop effective electronic registration of the first purchasers of such products, to develop a customer database for the purpose of notifying consumers about recalls of those products; and
(2)encouraging manufacturers, private labelers, retailers, and others to use creativity and innovation to create and maintain effective methods of notifying consumers in the event of a consumer product recall.
3.DefinitionsFor purposes of this Act:
(1)Terms defined in Consumer Product Safety ActThe definitions set forth in section 3 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052) shall apply to this Act.
(2)Covered consumer productThe term covered consumer product means—
(A)a juvenile product;
(B)a small household appliance; and
(C)such other consumer product as the Commission considers appropriate for achieving the purpose of this Act.
(3)Juvenile productThe term juvenile product—
(A)means a durable consumer product intended for use, or that may be reasonably expected to be used, by children under the age of 5 years; and
(B)includes, but is not limited to—
(i)full-size cribs and nonfull-size cribs;
(ii)toddler beds;
(iii)high chairs, booster chairs, and hook-on chairs;
(iv)bath seats;
(v)gates and other enclosures for confining a child;
(vi)playpens;
(vii)stationary activity centers;
(viii)strollers;
(ix)walkers;
(x)swings;
(xi)child carriers;
(xii)bassinets and cradles; and
(xiii)children’s toys.
(4)Product safety owner cardThe term product safety owner card means a standardized product identification card supplied with a consumer product by the manufacturer of the product, at the time of original purchase by the first purchaser of such product for purposes other than resale, that only requests that the consumer of such product provide to the manufacturer a minimal level of personal information needed to enable the manufacturer to contact the consumer in the event of a recall of the product.
(5)Small household applianceThe term small household appliance means a consumer product that is a toaster, toaster oven, blender, food processor, coffee maker, or other similar small appliances.
4.Rule requiring system to provide notice of recalls of certain consumer products
(a)In generalThe Commission shall promulgate a rule under section 16(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2065(b)) that requires that the manufacturer of a covered consumer product shall establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls of such product to consumers of such product.
(b)Requirement to create database
(1)In generalThe rule shall require that the system include use of product safety owner cards, Internet registration, or an alternative method specified by the rule, to create a database of information regarding consumers of covered consumer products, for the sole purpose of notifying such consumers of recalls of such products.
(2)Use of technologyAlternative methods specified in the rule may include use of on-line product registration and consumer notification, consumer information data bases, electronic tagging and bar codes, embedded computer chips in consumer products, or other electronic and design strategies to notify consumers about product recalls, that the Commission determines will increase the effectiveness of recalls of covered consumer products.
(c)Use of Commission staff proposalThe rule shall be substantially the same as the Commission staff draft entitled Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled Purchaser Owner Card Program, dated June 19, 2001.
(d)DeadlinesThe Commission—
(1)shall issue a proposed rule under this section by not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2)shall promulgate a final rule under this section by not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.


109 HR 1014 IH: Senior Citizens’ Tax Relief Act of 2005
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2005-03-01
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109th CONGRESS 1st Session
H. R. 1014
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 1, 2005
Mrs. Musgrave introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits, and for other purposes.

1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Senior Citizens’ Tax Relief Act of 2005.
2.Repeal of 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits
(a)Restoration of prior law formulaSubsection (a) of section 86 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:

(a)In generalGross income for the taxable year of any taxpayer described in subsection (b) (notwithstanding section 207 of the Social Security Act) includes Social Security benefits in an amount equal to the lesser of—
(1)one-half of the Social Security benefits received during the taxable year, or
(2)one-half of the excess described in subsection (b)(1)..
(b)Repeal of adjusted base amountSubsection (c) of section 86 of such Code is amended to read as follows:

(c)Base amountFor purposes of this section, the term base amount means—
(1)except as otherwise provided in this subsection, $34,000,
(2)$44,000 in the case of a joint return, and
(3)zero in the case of a taxpayer who—
(A)is married as of the close of the taxable year (within the meaning of section 7703) but does not file a joint return for such year, and
(B)does not live apart from his spouse at all times during the taxable year..
(c)Conforming amendments
(1)Subparagraph (A) of section 871(a)(3) of such Code is amended by striking 85 percent and inserting 50 percent.
(2)
(A)Subparagraph (A) of section 121(e)(1) of the Social Security Amendments of 1983 (Public Law 98–21) is amended—
(i)by striking (A) There and inserting There;
(ii)by striking (i) immediately following amounts equivalent to; and
(iii)by striking , less (ii) and all that follows and inserting a period.
(B)Paragraph (1) of section 121(e) of such Act is amended by striking subparagraph (B).
(C)Paragraph (3) of section 121(e) of such Act is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).
(D)Paragraph (2) of section 121(e) of such Act is amended in the first sentence by striking paragraph (1)(A) and inserting paragraph (1).
(d)Effective date
(1)In generalExcept as otherwise provided in this subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.
(2)Subsection (c)(1)The amendment made by subsection (c)(1) shall apply to benefits paid after December 31, 2004.
(3)Subsection (c)(2)The amendments made by subsection (c)(2) shall apply to tax liabilities for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.
3.Maintenance of transfers to Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
(a)In generalThere are hereby appropriated to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund established under section 1817 of the Social Security Act amounts equal to the reduction in revenues to the Treasury by reason of the enactment of this Act. Amounts appropriated by the preceding sentence shall be transferred from the general fund at such times and in such manner as to replicate to the extent possible the transfers which would have occurred to such Trust Fund had this Act not been enacted.
(b)ReportsThe Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s delegate shall annually report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate the amounts and timing of the transfers under this section.


		II
		109th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		S. 4112
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			December 8, 2006
			Mrs. Feinstein (for
			 herself, Mrs. Boxer, and
			 Mr. Craig) introduced the following bill;
			 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

		A BILL
		To treat payments by charitable organizations with
		  respect to certain firefighters as exempt payments.

		1.Short
			 titleThis Act may be cited as
			 the Fallen Firefighters Assistance Tax
			 Clarification Act of 2006.
		2.Payments by
			 charitable organizations with respect to certain firefighters treated as exempt
			 payments and excluded from gross income of the recipients
			(a)In
			 generalFor purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986—
				(1)payments made by
			 an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of such Code by reason of the
			 death, injury, wounding, or illness of any firefighter incurred as the result
			 of the October 2006 Esperanza Incident fire in southern California, and before
			 June 1, 2007, shall be treated as related to the purpose or function
			 constituting the basis for such organization's exemption under section 501 of
			 such Code if such payments are made in good faith using a reasonable and
			 objective formula which is consistently applied;
				(2)in the case of a
			 private foundation (as defined in section 509 of such Code), any payment
			 described in paragraph (1) shall not be treated as made to a disqualified
			 person for purposes of section 4941 of such Code; and
				(3)the receipt of
			 any payment described in paragraphs (1) or (2), or any payment from any
			 Federal, State, or local government, or agency or instrumentality thereof, by
			 reason of the death, injury, wounding, or illness of any firefighter incurred
			 as the result of the October 2006 Esperanza Incident fire in southern
			 California, shall not be treated as gross income under such Code.
				(b)Effective
			 dateThis section shall apply to payments made on or after
			 October 26, 2006.