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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Post Office Community Partnership
Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE PROPOSED CLOSING, CONSOLIDATION,
RELOCATION, OR CONSTRUCTION OF A POST OFFICE.
... | Post Office Community Partnership Act of 2001 - Modifies Federal postal law to revise requirements for the closing or consolidation of a post office and apply them, as well, to its proposed closing, consolidation, relocation, or construction. Requires a 60-day notice, under certain conditions, to persons (including loc... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. CRITICAL ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) Findings.--
(1) The critical electric infrastructure of the United
States and Canada has more than $1 trillion in asset value,
more than 200,000 miles of transm... | Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, working with other national security and intelligence agencies, to conduct research and determine if the security of federally owned programmable electronic devices and communication networks (including hardware, software, and data) essential to the operation of critical elec... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. DECONTAMINATION AND USE OF FORMER BOMBARDMENT AREA ON ISLAND
OF CULEBRA.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, is located approximately
17 mile... | Amends the Military Construction Act, 1974 to repeal the prohibition against use of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra (Puerto Rico) for any purpose that would require decontamination of the area at U.S. expense. | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief
Act of 1998''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) During World War II, 6,000,000 victims of the Holocaust... | Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Commerce jointly to establish a central public registry containing records and information relating to insurance policies of living and deceased victims of the Holocaust, to be known as th... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Chlorine Zero Discharge Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. ZERO DISCHARGE OF TOXIC PERSISTENT AND BIOACCUMULATIVE
SUBSTANCES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
... | Chlorine Zero Discharge Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require pulp and paper manufacturing facilities to achieve zero discharge into water of organochlorine compounds, byproducts, or metabolites formulated as a result of the use of chlorine or any other chlorinated oxidizing agent in t... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Community AIDS and Hepatitis
Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds as follows:
(1) Each year, approximately 12,000 Americans contract HIV/
AIDS ... | Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act - Provides that nothing shall prohibit the use of federal funds to establish or carry out a program of distributing sterile syringes to reduce the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and viral hepatitis. | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``El Camino Real de los Tejas National
Historic Trail Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a))
... | El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 2003 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino Real de los Tejas as a National Historic Trail. Authorizes establishment of such trail on portions of the trail on: (1) publicly owned lands; and (2) privately owned lands only with the consent... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Future United States
Capability to Project Power Globally Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Long-range strike is... | Preserving Future United States Capability to Project Power Globally Act of 2009 - States that it is the policy of the United States to: (1) pursue a development program for the next generation bomber during FY2010, in accordance with guidance established in the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review, including full authoriza... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Integrated Risk Information System
Authorization Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of
... | Integrated Risk Information System Authorization Act - Requires the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain a publicly accessible database of scientific information on the toxicity of chemicals, including hazard identification, dose res... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Label and Transport Tissues Safely
Act of 2014'' or as the ``LATTS Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. IN GENERAL.
(a) Non-Transplant Tissue Bank License.--
(1) Prohibition.--No ... | Label and Transport Tissues Safely Act of 2014 or the LATTS Act of 2014 - Sets forth guidelines for handling human tissue specimens. Prohibits sale of human tissue for research or education unless the seller has a non-transplant tissue bank license and each package of tissue is labeled with specified information. Direc... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Families Home Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. DEED-FOR-LEASE PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--Each servicer shall establish a deed-for-
lease pro... | Keeping Families Home Act of 2014 - Directs each mortgage servicer to establish a deed-for-lease program which shall permit an eligible mortgagor to: enter into a deed in lieu of foreclosure agreement; continue to occupy and lease the property that is the subject of the agreement for one year; and have a right of firs... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Executive Amnesty Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.
(a) In General.--No funds, resources, or fees made available to the
Secretary of Homeland Security, or t... | Executive Amnesty Prevention Act This bill prohibits the use of funds to implement specified memoranda from the President, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), or other related memoranda. No deposit in the Immigration Examinations Fee Account may be used t... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Voluntary Grazing Permit Buyout
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Commercial livestock grazing on Federal lands is
increasingly dif... | Voluntary Grazing Permit Buyout Act - Establishes a voluntary grazing permit and lease buyout program for commercial livestock operators on Federal land. Sets forth land priorities if funds are insufficient to meet all buyouts.
Provides for the permanent retirement of grazing allotments which have no valid grazing per... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and
Settlements Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the terms ``agency'' and ``agency action'' have the
me... | Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 This bill establishes public notice and comment procedures and motion to intervene standards for civil actions seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action, and for consent decr... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) interstate public offerings of debt securities by
corporations and other entities that are registered under
Federal securities laws are required to be covered... | Amends the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 to prohibit certain corporate mergers, consolidations, conveyances, or transfer transactions by the issuer of federally registered debt securities in which the assets available to the issuer are reduced, unless the successor entity expressly assumes, by a supplement to the origina... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Air Piracy Reprisal and Capture Act
of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) That the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 were
... | Air Piracy Reprisal and Capture Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal criminal code to expand provisions regarding: (1) piracy on the high seas to cover piracy in the skies and on land and, if death results, to authorize imposition of the death sentence; (2) arming or serving on privateers to increase penalties; (3) assault... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Department of Energy Nanoscale Science
and Engineering Research Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The emerging fields of nanoscience and nan... | Department of Energy Nanoscale Science and Engineering Research Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy, through the Office of Science of the Department of Energy, to support a program of research and development (R&D) in nanoscience and nanoengineering, including efforts to further the understanding of the chemistry, ph... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Natural Resources Institute Act of
1998''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) Environmental sciences.--The term ``environmental
sciences'' means ... | Natural Resources Institute Act of 1998 - Establishes the Natural Resources Institute at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory to provide a neutral forum to develop scientific solutions that improve the economic and environmental viability of the Intermountain West region of the United States. Def... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safety, Accountability, and Funding
Efficiency for Transportation Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) to ensure that taxpayers receive safe, h... | Safety, Accountability, and Funding Efficiency for Transportation Act of 2007 - Requires government agencies to prepare cost benefit analyses before entering any private contract of $100,000 or more to procure private sector architectural, engineering, and related services for a surface transportation project.
Provide... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency
Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO TITLE 18.
Title 18 of the United States Code is amended--
(1) in section 2703--
... | Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) allow any court of competent jurisdiction, as defined by this Act, to require the disclosure of stored wire or electronic communications for criminal investigations (currently, only a court with jurisdiction over the offense unde... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``EPA Science Advisory Board Reform
Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD.
(a) Membership.--Section 8(b) of the Environmental Research,
Development, and Demonstration Aut... | EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2012 - Amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to revise the process of selecting members of the Science Advisory Board, guidelines for participation in Board advisory activities, and terms of office. (The Board provides scient... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Department of Energy University Nuclear
Science and Engineering Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) U.S. university nuclear science and engine... | Department of Energy University Nuclear Science and Engineering Act - Instructs the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, to support a program to maintain the nation's human resource investment and infrastructure in nuclear sciences and engineering.Directs the Secreta... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Franchise Data and Public
Information Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Franchise business relationship... | Federal Franchise Data and Public Information Act - Requires all persons, partnerships, or corporations selling or offering for sale any franchise or any relationship represented either orally or in writing to be a franchise to file with the Department of Commerce a franchise disclosure document or circular which lists... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The National Park Service administers Federal parks,
monuments, and reservations, to conserve the scenery, the
natural and historic objects, and wildl... | Requires the Director of the National Park Service (NPS) to: (1) identify areas where low-flying aircraft may constitute an adverse impact on resources and convey specific information, including annotated maps, which indicates designated flight-free areas and primary visitor use areas, to the Federal Aviation Administ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``NAFTA Trucking Safety Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. OPERATIONS OF MEXICO-DOMICILED MOTOR CARRIERS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
(a) Terms and Conditions.--No Mexico-domiciled mot... | NAFTA Trucking Safety Act of 2007 - Prohibits a Mexico-domiciled motor carrier from being granted authority to operate beyond U.S. municipalities and commercial zones on the U.S.-Mexico border until one or more of the following officials as specified (the Secretaries of Transportation and of Homeland Security and the D... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cellulosic Ethanol Incentive Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. RENEWABLE FUEL PROGRAM.
Section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (2... | Cellulosic Ethanol Incentive Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) increase the volume of renewable fuel required to be in gasoline for 2012; (2) prescribe such volumes applicable for 2013 through 2030; (3) apply existing requirements (with a revised ratio) for determining volumes for years not specified to ca... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``EPS Service Parts Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. EXEMPT SUPPLIES.
Section 325(u) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.
6295(u)) is amended by adding at the end the follow... | EPS Service Parts Act of 2014 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exempt external power supplies (EPS) for four years from energy conservation standards established by the Department of Energy in 2014. (EPS convert household electric current into direct current or lower-voltage alternating current to ope... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This legislation may be cited as the ``Puerto Rico Admission Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The territory of Puerto Rico has a population of more
than 3.4 m... | Puerto Rico Admission Act This bill expresses U.S. policy that the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico may choose whether Puerto Rico will become a state or a nation through a plebiscite pursuant to provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. If the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico reaffirm the territory's choice of... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Arab League's trade boycott of the State of Israel
is inconsistent with World Trade Organization's (WTO) principle
of nondiscrimination.
(... | Reaffirms congressional opposition to trade boycotts of Israel and calls on the President to take stronger steps to end all trade boycotts of Israel.
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the United States Trade Representative to include in: (1) the annual trade barrier report a list of each country (and specified bo... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Airline Predatory Pricing Prevention
Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS.
(a) In General.--Section 411 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958
(49 App... | Airline Predatory Pricing Prevention Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to investigate allegations that an air carrier has engaged in predatory pricing in the provision of air transportation in a city-pair market and to order, in the significant ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Battle of Midway National Memorial
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) September 2, 1995, marks the 50th anniversary of the
... | Battle of Midway National Memorial Act - Establishes the Battle of Midway National Memorial. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to lease to the International Midway Memorial Foundation, Inc. for use as such Memorial, Federal lands and waters of the Midway Islands that are within the Secretary's jurisdiction and design... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Fraud Detection and
Disclosure Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
(a) Amendments to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.--The
Securities Exc... | Financial Fraud Detection and Disclosure Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to include within statutorily mandated audit requirements specified fraud detection and disclosure procedures to be followed by an independent public accountant.
Authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission to impose civil p... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``School Safety Enhancement Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) While our Nation's schools are still relatively safe,
... | School Safety Enhancement Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) and the Attorney General jointly to: (1) establish a National Center for School and Youth Safety; and (2) appoint a Director to oversee the Center's operation.
Allows the Center to be established at an existing facility with a h... | null | null |
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SECTION. 1. EXTENSIONS OF DEADLINES FOR HYDRO-POWER PROJECTS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding the time limitations of section 13
of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, upon the request of the... | Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon the request of certain licensees, to extend the time required for commencement of construction of specified hydropower projects for a maximum of two years. Terminates such authorization three years after enactment of this Act.
Authorizes FERC to reinsta... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Fishery Mitigation
Coordination Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The operation of dams and other water diversion
projects... | National Fishery Mitigation Coordination Act - Directs a sponsor agency (the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, or the Tennessee Valley Authority) to enter into an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to pay the mitigation fishery cost that specified mitigation fishery facilities loca... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rejection of Social Security
Privatization Act of 2002.''
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) President Bush promised to partially privatize Soci... | Rejection of Social Security Privatization Act of 2002-States that Congress hereby commits: (1) to preserve the guaranteed, lifelong, inflation-protected benefits provided under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to retirees, disabled workers and their famili... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO STATUTORY LICENSE FOR SATELLITE
CARRIERS.
Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Subsection (a)(2)(C) is amended--
(A) in cla... | Makes technical corrections to satellite distant signal compulsory copyright license provisions (copyright law regarding secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations for private home viewing). | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Telecommunications Merger Review Act
of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) A stated intent of the Congress in enacting the
Tele... | Amends the Communications Act of 1934 (the Act) to mandate that the FCC has no authority to review a merger or other transaction (merger), or to impose any term or condition on the assignment or transfer of any license or other authorization (license) issued under the Act that is proposed to be assigned or transferred ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Against Corporations Organizing to
Rip-off the Nation Act'' or the ``ACORN Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
(1) According to the Corporate Fraud Task Force Report to
th... | Against Corporations Organizing to Rip-off the Nation Act or the ACORN Act - Prohibits the federal government from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote, any corporation or company that has been found guilty of a felony criminal ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tar Creek Restoration Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Tar Creek Superfund Site (the ``Site'') is a former
lead and zinc mining... | Tar Creek Restoration Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide relocation assistance to specified communities, including Picher and Cardin, on the Tar Creek Superfund site, Oklahoma. | null | null |
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That this Act may be
cited as the ``Social Security Administration Services Preservation
Act''.
findings and purposes
Sec. 2. (a) The Congress finds that--
(1) the service philosophy of the Social Se... | Social Security Administration Services Preservation Act - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to require the Social Security Administration (SSA) to provide advance public notice of a determination to close, consolidate, or recategorize an SSA office. Requires the SSA, when making such determ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF COAST GUARD STATION SCITUATE TO THE NATIONAL
OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Authority to Transfer.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator of the General Services
Adminis... | Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to convey: (1) the Coast Guard LORAN Station in Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the town of Nantucket; and (2) the Plum Island Boathouse and Lighthouse, Massachusetts, to the city of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Provides a reversionary interest under each such conveyances if the p... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Daniel Keysar Memorial and Childhood
Consumer Product Safety Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) On May 12, 1998, Chicago resident... | Directs the Commission to: (1) establish a pilot program to work with manufacturers and retailers to obtain the identity of consumers who purchase specified children's products so that such consumers can be notified in the event of a product recall; and (2) report to Congress annually on the effectiveness of recalls fo... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Naturalization Improvements Act of
1995''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the Immigration and Naturalization
... | Naturalization Improvements Act of 1995 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that in order to reduce naturalization backlogs the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) should increasingly privatize administration of the oral English and written civics exam.
Authorizes appropriations for INS naturalization proce... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bindu Philips and Devon Davenport
International Child Abduction Return Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) In 2016, 629 American child... | Bindu Philips and Devon Davenport International Child Abduction Return Act of 2017 This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to prohibit the President from designating a country as a beneficiary developing country if the country has a pattern of noncompliance under the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION RULES TO LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH EMPLOYEES.
(a) In General.--Part A of title II of the Congressional
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) is amended--
... | Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to apply whistleblower rights and protections to legislative branch employees, including those of the Government Accountability Office or the Library of Congress.
Prescribes for violation of this Act the same remedy as would be appropriate if awarded with respect to ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. ACQUISITION OF PROJECTS AND REMOVAL OF DAMS.
(a) In General.--The Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries
Restoration Act (106 Stat. 3173) is amended by striking section 3 and
inserting the following:
``SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF PRO... | Amends the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as sums are appropriated, to acquire the Elwha and Glines Canyon Projects (Clallam County, Washington, hydroelectric power projects) for a purchase price of $29.5 million. Conditions such acquisition on a re... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Communications Opportunity Act of
1994''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Section 309(j)(3) of the Communications Act of 1934
requir... | Communications Opportunity Act of 1994 - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ensure the participation of small businesses, rural telephone companies, and businesses owned by minorities and women ("designated entities") in the provision of spectrum-based services, particularly through licenses.
Dire... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. JUDICIAL STRUCTURE OF GUAM.
(a) Judicial Authority; Courts.--Section 22(a) of the Organic Act
of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1424(a)) is amended to read as follows:
``(a)(1) The judicial authority of Guam shall be vested in a court
es... | Amends the Organic Act of Guam to revise the local judicial structure of Guam to vest judicial authority, not only in the District Court of Guam (as currently), but also in a unified judicial system composed of: (1) an appellate court designated as the "Supreme Court of Guam"; (2) a trial court designated as the "Super... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Carbon Neutral Government Act of
2009''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE OFFSETS AND CREDITS.
(a) Federal Authorities.--Subject to the requirements of this Act,
each executiv... | Carbon Neutral Government Act of 2009 - Authorizes federal agencies and legislative branch offices to purchase qualified tradeable: (1) greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets; and (2) renewable energy credits.
Requires the Secretary of Energy to promulgate rules regarding approved open market transactions involving such offsets... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and
Settlements Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the terms ``agency'' and ``agency action'' have the
me... | Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 - Defines a "covered civil action" as a civil action seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action relating to a regulatory action that would affect: (1) the rights of private pe... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Honest Opportunity Probation with
Enforcement (HOPE) Initiative Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Crime continues to inflict a sever... | Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) Initiative Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants for probation demonstration programs that reduce drug use, crime, and recidivism by requiring swift, predictable, and graduated sanctions for noncompliance with conditions of probation. Requires... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Fisheries Mitigation
Coordination Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The operation of dams and other water diversion
projec... | National Fisheries Mitigation Coordination Act - Directs a sponsor agency (the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, or the Tennessee Valley Authority) to pay to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mitigation fishery costs associated with carrying out the fishery mitigation plan for a water developmen... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Tiahrt Amendments severely limit the authority of
the Bureau of Al... | Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act This bill amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws. Specifically, the bill removes provisions that: limit the use of f... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Credit Monitoring Enhancement Act of
2006''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION RELATING TO CREDIT MONITORING.
(a) In General.--Section 403 of the Credit Repair Organizations Act
(15 U.S.C.... | Credit Monitoring Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Credit Repair Organizations Act to cite conditions under which provision to a consumer of credit reports, credit score analysis, and assistance with identity theft shall not be treated as an activity to improve a consumer's credit status, which is subject to regula... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Insurance Policy Transfer Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to prohibit the transfer and novation
of a contract of insurance without the prior informed writt... | Insurance Policy Transfer Act - Requires an insurer to notify a policyholder before the insurer enters into a transfer agreement or transfers the policyholder's insurance contract to another insurer, provided that such requirement shall not apply to: (1) a transfer agreement or transaction in which the transferring in... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO PREMIUM ASSISTANCE
UNDER MEDICAID.
(a) In General.--Section 1906 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396e) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking `... | This bill allows the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to waive specified requirements for a state Medicaid program to provide certain premium assistance if the CMS determines that such waivers are cost-effective. | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Vegetable Oil Use Promotion Act''.
SEC. 2. PROMOTION OF INCREASED DEMAND FOR AND USE OF VEGETABLE OILS
DERIVED FROM CERTAIN OILSEEDS.
(a) Vegetable Oil Industrial ... | Vegetable Oil Use Promotion Act - Establishes in the Commodity Credit Corporation the Vegetable Oil Industrial Products Fund to promote industrial products containing vegetable oils from specified oilseeds.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) make annual estimates of vegetable oil stocks; and (2) engage in a... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fairness
and International Standards Conforming Act''.
SEC. 2. LABELING OF WOOL AND CASHMERE PRODUCTS TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE
AND PROTECT CO... | Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fairness and International Standards Conforming Act - Amends the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to declare that specified wool products, including cashmere, are misbranded if their average diameter of wool fiber does not meet certain standards of fineness.
Authorizes the Federal Trade Com... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM FOR EXPANDING TAX REFUND REDUCTION PROVISION
TO INCLUDE CERTAIN LOCAL TAX DEBT.
(a) Pilot Program.--Section 3720A of title 31, United States Code
(relating to reduction of tax refund by amount of de... | Amends federal monetary law relating to reduction of a tax refund by the amount of a tax debt to establish a pilot program during 2009 and 2010 for the collection of past-due legally enforceable local government tax obligations.
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury, upon receiving notice from any eligible state on ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and
Settlements Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the terms ``agency'' and ``agency action'' have the
me... | Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013 - Defines a "covered civil action" as a civil action seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action relating to a regulatory action that would affect: (1) the rights of ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Pet Turtle Market Access
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Pet turtles less than 10.2 centimeters in diameter have... | Domestic Pet Turtle Market Access Act of 2007 - Prohibits the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from restricting the sale by a turtle farmer or other commercial retail seller of a turtle that is less than 10.2 centimeters in diameter as a pet if: (1) the turtle is raised, shipped, and sold using methods proven to keep... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sensible Military Spending Act of
1996''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN MILITARY SPENDING.
The amount spent by the Federal Government for activities within
budget function 050--
... | Sensible Military Spending Act of 1996 - Limits the fiscal year budget for activities within budget function 050 (military spending) to $245 billion for FY 1997, with annual $10 billion reductions in such amounts through FY 2000. Limits such budget to $210 billion in FY 2001.
Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, begin... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Profiting from Access to Computer
Technology (PACT) Act'' or the ``Child PACT Act''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF EDUCATIONALLY USEFUL FEDERAL EQUIPMENT.
Each Federal agency shall, to ... | Profiting from Access to Computer Technology (PACT) Act - Child PACT Act - Directs each Federal agency to: (1) safeguard and identify educationally useful Federal equipment that it no longer needs or that has been declared surplus; (2) transfer such equipment, either directly or through the General Services Administrat... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fort Hood Families Benefits
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WHO WERE KILLED OR W... | Fort Hood Families Benefits Protection Act - Treats members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD) who were killed or wounded in the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, as members killed or wounded in a combat zone or civilian employees killed or wounded in a terrorist attack or while ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO EXPAND AND EXTEND MEDICARE SUBVENTION
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR MILITARY RETIREES; INFORMATION
REGARDING MEDICARE+CHOICE AND MEDIGAP PROTECTIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 1896 of the So... | Amends the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Defense (administering Secretaries) to expand and extend the Medicare subvention demonstration project for military retirees (a project providing reimbursement to the Secretary of Defense for Medicare health care services furni... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SURVIVOR ANNUITY FOR CERTAIN EX-SPOUSES OF CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY EMPLOYEES.
(a) Survivor Annuity.--
(1) Entitlement of former wife or husband.--Any person who
was divorced on or before D... | Entitles to a survivor annuity a former spouse who was divorced on or before December 4, 1991, from a participant in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System (CIARDS) and who was married to that participant for not less than ten years during such participant's creditable service, at least five y... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Parental Consent Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The United States Preventive Services Task Force
(USPSTF) issued finding... | Parental Consent Act of 2007 - Prohibits federal funds from being used to establish or implement any universal or mandatory mental health, psychiatric, or socioemotional screening program.
Prohibits federal education funds from being used to pay any local educational agency or other instrument of government that uses ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Neighborhood Preservation Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Depository institutions and affiliates of depository
instituti... | Neighborhood Preservation Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to authorize any depository institution (or affiliate) to lease, including lease with an option to purchase, to any individual for up to five years an interest in residential property which: (1) was or is security for an extension of credi... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON DISCRIMINATORY TAXATION OF NATURAL GAS
PIPELINE PROPERTY.
(a) Definitions.--As used in this Act, the following definitions
apply:
(1) Assessment.--The term ``assessment'' means valuation... | Describes the following as acts that unreasonably burden and discriminate against interstate commerce, and prohibits States, political subdivisions, and any other taxing authority from: (1) assessing natural gas pipeline property at a value that has a higher ratio to its true market value than the ratio used to assess ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Fraud Detection and
Disclosure Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. FINANCIAL FRAUD DETECTION AND DISCLOSURE.
(a) Amendments to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.--The
Securities... | Financial Fraud Detection and Disclosure Act of 1995 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to include specified fraud detection and disclosure procedures within the requirements for audits of public companies by an independent public accountant.
Authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission to impose civil ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that:
(1) By Interstate Compact (Chapter 170 of the Laws of 1937
of the State of New York; Chapter 148 of the Laws of 1937 of
the State of New Jersey) and by Resolution ... | Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior to be transferred to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission to be used to acquire an undeveloped, open space tract of land presently owned by the Sterling Forest Corporation to protect the watershed, outdoor recreational, wildlife habitat, and Appalachian Tra... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Servicemember and Citizen
Protection Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) In December 1997, the General Assembly of the Un... | American Servicemember and Citizen Protection Act of 2003 - Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the establishment or operation of the International Criminal Court.Declares that any action taken by or on behalf of the Court: (1) against any member of the U.S. armed forces shall be considered an act of aggression... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Treat Emergency Victims Fairly Act
of 2005''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Price gouging in emergencies, including natural
disasters ... | Treat Emergency Victims Fairly Act of 2005 - Declares it is unlawful for any seller of goods or services of any type (including food, transportation, housing, and energy supplies) to engage in price gouging, that is, the charging of an unreasonable and unconscionable price for such a good or service immediately before,... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Everyone Deserves Unconditional
Access to Education (EDUCATE) Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO IDEA.
Section 611(i) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 141... | Everyone Deserves Unconditional Access to Education (EDUCATE) Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize part B programs of education of all children with disabilities.
Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for part B for FY2008-FY2016 and thereafter, according to a cer... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF DUTIES ON CERTAIN WRIST WATCHES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 91 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States is amended--
(1) by striking subheadings 9102.11.10 and 9102.11.25 and
ins... | Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the duty treatment of certain wrist watches.
Applies to such watches the same staged rate reductions accorded certain other watches. | null | null |
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OF ASSENT.
(a) Conditions Prerequisite to Transfer.--To satisfy the conditions
necessary for transfer of the Railroad Grant Lands, Wagon Road Grant
Lands, interspersed federally owned timberlands managed by the Bureau
of Land Management... | O&C Forest Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, subject to a qualifying legislative resolution of assent from the State of Oregon filed on or before December 31, 1999, to transfer to Oregon specified real property constituting the Oregon and California (O&C) Railroad Grant Lands, the Coos Bay Military... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Security Through
Utilizing Right-Sized End-Strength Act of 2016'' or the ``POSTURE
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The fir... | Protecting Our Security Through Utilizing Right-Sized End-Strength Act of 2016 or the POSTURE Act This bill expresses the sense of Congress that given the uncertain world and the need for trained and ready U.S. land force, the planned drawdown of land forces should be stopped. The bill sets forth: FY2016 Army, Marine ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Omnibus Nuclear Power Safety and
Security Enhancement Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Section 206 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.
5846) is... | Omnibus Nuclear Power Safety and Security Enhancement Act of 1993 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to require certain persons (including owners and operators) with information about a defect or safety violation at nuclear facilities regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), including those lea... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation
Mitigation Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. PRIORITY PROJECTS; PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.
The Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 20... | Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2006 - Amends the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to make the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Program a pass-through program. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlif... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that:
(1) Adak Island is an isolated island located 1,200 miles
southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, between the Pacific Ocean and
the Bering Sea. The Island, with its unique phy... | Ratifies the "Agreement Concerning Transfer of Lands at Adak Naval Complex" executed by the Aleut Corporation, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of the Navy. Removes such lands from the National Wildlife Refuge System. | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Pilot Small Business Technology
Transfer Program Extension Act of 1996''.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM EXTENSION.
Section 9(n) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(n)) is
amended--
... | Pilot Small Business Technology Transfer Program Extension Act of 1996 - Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) extend through FY 2000 the Small Business Technology Transfer (SBTT) Program under which specified portions of each Federal agency's research and development (R&D) budget are reserved for small business coope... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. AWARD OF RANGER TAB FOR CERTAIN SERVICE IN VIETNAM.
(a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Army may award the Ranger Tab
to any person who is eligible for the award under subsection (b) and
for whom an application for the award ... | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to award a Ranger Tab to certain individuals assigned to specified Army units and performing active duty for specified periods in the Republic of Vietnam between 1960 and 1974. Requires written application for such award. | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Broadcast Licensing in the Public
Interest Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The broadcast airwaves are an extremely vital and
... | Broadcast Licensing in the Public Interest Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require, as a part of broadcast station license renewal, that a station demonstrate it's dedication to civic affairs, local news, local programming, elections, and educational programming for children.
Decreases the term of new a... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``File Once FAFSA Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. FAFSA SIMPLIFICATION.
(a) One-Time FAFSA Filing for Dependent Students.--Section 483(a)
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 109... | File Once FAFSA Act of 2016 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the Free Application for Federal Student Aid process for low-income students applying for Federal Pell Grants. Specifically, the bill allows dependent students to apply for aid once. Thus, students who receive Pell Grants need not a... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Detaining Terrorists to Secure
America Act of 2011''
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following finding:
(1) The United States and its international partners are... | Detaining Terrorists to Secure America Act of 2011 - Reaffirms that the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Guantanamo), is and shall be a location for the detention of individuals in the custody or control of the Department of Defense (DOD) who have engaged in or supported hostilities against the United States o... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Idaho Efficient Vehicle
Demonstration Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) States including Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming
have be... | Idaho Efficient Vehicle Demonstration Act of 2008 - Prohibits any reduction of the apportionment of federal-aid highway funds to Idaho if: (1) it permits a commercial combination vehicle weighing up to 129,000 pounds to operate on specified routes of the Interstate System within the state; (2) such vehicle does not exc... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF LIGHTHOUSES.
(a) Authority To Transfer.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may convey by any
appropriate means to the Washington State Parks and Recreation
Commission all right, title, and... | Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to convey to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission property comprising one or more of the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, North Head Lighthouse, and Point Wilson Lighthouse.
Reverts such conveyed property to the United States ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Level of Effort Clean Water Bonus
Fund Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. LEVEL OF EFFORT CAPITALIZATION GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Section 604 of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33... | Level of Effort Clean Water Bonus Fund Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to reserve 20 percent of the amounts made available for capitalization grants for State water pollution control revolving funds for making level of effo... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Workforce Democracy and Fairness
Act''.
SEC. 2. TIMING OF ELECTIONS.
Section 9 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b... | Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to revise requirements for determination by the National Labor Relation Board (NLRB) of an appropriate bargaining unit before an election of collective bargaining representation. (In effect reverses the NLRB's August 26, 2011, decisio... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Free Flow of Information Act of
2007''.
SEC. 2. COMPELLED DISCLOSURE FROM COVERED PERSONS.
(a) Conditions for Compelled Disclosure.--In any proceeding or in
connection with any... | Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 - Prohibits a federal entity (an entity or employee of the judicial or executive branch or an administrative agency) from compelling a covered person (a person engaged in journalism, including their supervisor, employer, parent, subsidiary, or affiliate) to testify or produce any do... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act shall be known as the ``Internet Gambling Study Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Gambling is regulated primarily by State and tribal
... | Internet Gambling Study Act - Requires the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study of Internet gambling, including the existing legal framework that governs such activities and transactions and the impact of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act on Interne... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Patent Act of 2000''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the strength and quality of United States patents are
recognized througho... | Requires the Director of the Office to establish a trust fund for each GSP country with which the United States has an agreement in order to assist such country in establishing or enhancing the patent system in that country. Requires the United States to make available computer search facilities containing the patent d... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans and Survivors Behavioral
Health Awareness Act''.
SEC. 2. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CARE SPECIALISTS FOR VET CENTERS.... | Veterans and Survivors Behavioral Health Awareness Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide scholarships to individuals pursuing education or training in behavioral health care specialties that are critical to the operations of Vet Centers (centers for readjustment counseling and related mental h... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. POLICY TOWARD THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) if the transformation of the totalitarian Soviet Union
to independent states does not result in the creation of free
... | Competitive Consumer Electronics Availability Act of 1995 - Requires the Federal Communications Commission to adopt regulations to assure competitive availability, to consumers of telecommunication services, of converter boxes, interactive communications devices, and other customer premises equipment from manufacturers... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Imported Fire Ant Control,
Management, and Eradication Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) imported fire ants infest at least 13 southern and ... | Imported Fire Ant Control, Management, and Eradication Act of 1997 - Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a National Advisory and Implementation Board on Imported Fire Ant Control, Management, and Eradication. Directs ... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. GREATER ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDING CODES.
(a) In General.--Section 304 of the Energy Conservation and
Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6833) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 304. UPDATING STATE BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY CODE... | Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to revise provisions that require states to update their building energy efficient codes. Modifies the duties of the Secretary of Energy under such Act relating to: (1) updating the national model building energy codes and standards for residential and commercial buildi... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY
WATERFOWL AND HABITAT.
The first section of Public Law 87-383 (16 U.S.C. 715k-3),
popularly known as the Wetlands Loan Act, is amended--
(1) by str... | Amends the Wetland Loan Act to extend funding for conservation of migratory waterfowl and habitat.
Amends the Duck Stamp Act (the Act) to increase the price of federal migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamps, and to revise procedures for disposing of unsold stamps.
Provides that nothing in the Act shall be con... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agricultural Terrorism Prevention
and Response Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED SECURITY FOR UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND
FOOD SUPPLY SYSTEM.
(a) Find... | Agricultural Terrorism Prevention Response Act of 2001 - Directs the President to establish an Interagency Agricultural Terrorism Committee to coordinate the counterterrorism effort to protect the U.S. agricultural production and food supply system.Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) continue and strengthen co... | null | null |
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act
of 2007''.
SEC. 2. REVISED STANDARDS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN SCREENING AND
EVALUATION OF GYNECOLOGIC CYTOLOGY PREPARATIONS.
... | Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise national quality assurance standards to assure consistent performance by laboratories of valid and reliable cytology services, to include requirements that each clinical la... | null | null |
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