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111-s-4052 111 s 4052 A bill to require the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to fully insure Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts. Finance and Financial Sector 2010-12-22 2010-12-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] OR D M001176 3 Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to treat as a noninterest-bearing transaction account fully insurable by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) any Interest on Lawyers Trust Account (or functionally equivalent account) established by an attorney or law firm on behalf of a client. 2023-01-11T13:21:06Z  
111-s-4053 111 s 4053 SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2010 Commerce 2010-12-22 2010-12-22 Held at the desk. Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 1 SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Title I: Reauthorization of the SBIR and STTR Programs - (Sec. 101) Amends the Small Business Act (the Act) to reauthorize through FY2018 the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA). (Sec. 102) Directs the SBA to maintain an Office of Technology to carry out oversight, reporting, and public database responsibilities as assigned by the SBA Administrator. (Sec. 103) Increases by 0.1% per year, from FY2011-FY2021, the percentage of participating federal agencies' extramural research budget to be set aside for SBIR program activities. Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) to use the increased amounts for activities in their departments that further the readiness levels of technologies developed under Phase II SBIR awards. (Sec. 104) Increases the set-aside allocation under the STTR from 0.3% to 0.6% by increasing such percentage by 0.1% every two years from FY2012-FY2016. (Sec. 105) Increases, for both the SBIR and STTR programs, the individual small business award levels from: (1) $100,000 to $150,000, for participation at the Phase I level; and (2) $750,000 to $1 million, for participation at the Phase II level. Changes from every five years to annually the required SBA inflation adjustment of such awards. Prohibits an agency from issuing an SBIR or STTR award if the award size exceeds established guidelines by more than 50%, and requires participating agencies to maintain specified information on awards exceeding such guidelines. (Sec. 106) Allows a small business that receives an: (1) SBIR award from one agency to receive an award for a subsequent phase from another agency, as long as the head of each agency determines that the topics of the relevant awards are the same; and (2) award under either the SBIR or STTR program to receive an award for a subsequent phase under either program. (Sec. 107) Requires federal agencies to conduct solicitat… 2023-01-11T13:21:06Z  
111-s-4054 111 s 4054 Notice Pleading Restoration Act of 2010 Law 2010-12-22 2010-12-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] PA D S000709 0 Notice Pleading Restoration Act of 2010 - States that the law governing a dismissal or striking of all or any part of a pleading containing a claim for failure to state a claim, indefiniteness, or insufficiency or a judgment on the pleadings shall be in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as interpreted by the Supreme Court in decisions issued before May 20, 2007, except as provided expressly by an Act of Congress enacted before, on, or after enactment of this Act, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. (Thus finds Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, decided on May 21, 2007, and Ashcroft v. Iqbal to be inconsistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and finds further that the appropriate procedure for disposing of factually unmeritorious claims is summary judgment as the Supreme Court held in Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A. and Leatherman v. Tarrant County.) 2023-01-11T13:21:06Z  
111-s-4055 111 s 4055 Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2010 Foreign Trade and International Finance 2010-12-22 2010-12-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] OH D B000944 4 Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 to extend trade adjustment assistance (TAA) programs through June 30, 2012. Extends TAA for firms and farmers through June 30, 2013. Extends the single transition deadline for implementing certain merit-based personnel staffing requirements for state administration of TAA to a date not earlier than June 30, 2012. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to extend through June 30, 2012, the 80% tax credit for health insurance costs (including advance payments) for TAA (as well as Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation [PBGC] pension) recipients. Makes TAA recipients who are in a break in training under a training program, or who are receiving unemployment compensation, eligible for such tax credit for the period through June 30, 2012. Amends the IRC, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to extend through June 30, 2012, the TAA pre-certification period rule disregarding any 63-day lapse in creditable health care coverage for TAA workers. Extends the continued eligibility for the credit for qualifying family members and certain qualified TAA-eligible individuals and PBGC pension recipients for COBRA premium assistance through June 30, 2012. Extends through June 30, 2012, coverage under an employee benefit plan funded by a voluntary employees' beneficiary association established pursuant to an order of a bankruptcy court, or by agreement with an authorized representative. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to expand the TAA grant program for community college and career training to include individuals who are, or are likely to become, eligible for unemployment compensation or who remain unemployed after exhausting their unemployment benefits. Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) to extend certain customs users fees for the processing of merchandise entered into the United States through March 31, 2020, and… 2023-01-11T13:21:06Z  
111-s-4056 111 s 4056 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the disclosure of certain tax return information for the purposes of missing or exploited children investigations. Taxation 2010-12-22 2010-12-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] PA D C001070 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the disclosure of tax return information to officers and employees of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies who are involved in investigations of missing and exploited child cases. 2023-01-11T13:21:06Z  
111-s-4057 111 s 4057 State Leadership in Health Care Act Health 2010-12-22 2010-12-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] VT I S000033 1 State Leadership in Health Care Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to allow states to apply for a waiver of specified requirements under PPACA with respect to health insurance coverage within that state due to implementation of a state plan that provides comparable coverage for plan years beginning in 2014 (currently, 2017).. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) or the Secretary of the Treasury to deny waivers only if: (1) the state plan does not meet requirements for granting a waiver; (2) the Secretary of HHS or Treasury notifies the state in writing of the requirements that the state plan did not meet and provides the state with information used in making such a determination; and (3) the state is given an opportunity to appeal. Requires the Secretary of HHS or Treasury to reconsider the determination in the event of an appeal. 2023-01-11T13:21:06Z  
111-s-4058 111 s 4058 Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010 Armed Forces and National Security 2010-12-22 2010-12-29 Became Public Law No: 111-346. Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 0 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010 - Amends the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 to extend through December 31, 2012, a specified protection for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosure, maintaining through such date the stay of proceedings period of 9 months (instead of 90 days, as under previous law). 2023-03-22T18:07:29Z  
111-s-4059 111 s 4059 Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2010 Housing and Community Development 2010-12-22 2010-12-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] NJ D M000639 0 Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make competitive grants to local governments, public housing agencies (PHAs), community development corporations, assisted housing owners, and other for-profit and nonprofit entities to implement transformational programs in eligible neighborhoods with a concentration of extreme poverty, severely distressed housing, and a potential for long-term viability, once certain key problems are addressed. Requires such programs to include neighborhoods with characteristics such as proximity to educational institutions, medical centers, central business districts, major employers, effective transportation alternatives (including public transit, walking, and bicycling), and low poverty neighborhoods. Prohibits the use of such grants for construction or rehabilitation of a K-12 school building or a higher educational institution. Limits the use of grants for certain non-housing activities and supportive services. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such limitations. Exempts from specified requirements of the United States Housing Act of 1937 the demolition and disposition of severely distressed public and assisted housing pursuant to a transformation plan. 2023-01-11T13:21:06Z  
111-s-4051 111 s 4051 Espionage Statutes Modernization Act of 2010 Crime and Law Enforcement 2010-12-21 2010-12-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10931-10932) Senate Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] MD D C000141 0 Espionage Statutes Modernization Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to five years on a covered individual who intentionally discloses, delivers, communicates, or transmits classified information, without authorization, knowing or having reason to know that such action is a violation of the terms of the classified information nondisclosure agreement entered into by such individual.  Defines "covered individual" as an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of a federal agency who agrees to be legally bound by the terms of a classified information nondisclosure agreement.  Exempts from such prohibition disclosures made in accordance with a federal whistleblower protection statute or regulation. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to a person convicted of an offense under this Act. 2023-01-11T13:21:06Z  
111-s-4050 111 s 4050 Classified Information Procedures Reform and Improvement Act of 2010 Crime and Law Enforcement 2010-12-20 2010-12-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10816-10817) Senate Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] MD D C000141 0 Classified Information Procedures Reform and Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the Classified Information Procedures Act, with respect to the use and disclosure of classified information in legal proceedings, to: (1) allow ex parte pretrial conferences to protect national security; (2) expand protective orders to limit the use of or access to classified information; (3) expand discovery rules to restrict access to classified information, other than documents; (4) expand a defendant's notice requirement to include intent to use classified information; (5) establish additional standards for the admissibility, use, and disclosure of classified information at trial; (6) expand the interlocutory appeal rights of the United States; and (7) allow a court to fashion alternative procedures to prevent unnecessary disclosures of classified information at trial. 2023-01-11T13:21:06Z  
111-s-4049 111 s 4049 Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2010 Public Lands and Natural Resources 2010-12-18 2010-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] MT D T000464 0 Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2010 - Establishes the Montana Forest Jobs and Restoration Pilot Initiative under which the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall implement authorized forest and watershed restoration projects and other land management projects on certain eligible lands within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge and Kootenai National Forests in Montana to achieve the specified purposes of the Initiative and specified performance requirements within such forests. Permits the inclusion of the Seeley Ranger District of the Lolo National Forest within the Initiative. Requires the identification of one or more collaborative groups or resource advisory committees for each national forest within the Initiative. Requires the Secretary to provide annual summaries to Congress on the Initiative's progress, and every five years, reports assessing such progress. Requires the Secretary to: (1) annually implement one or more authorized forest and watershed restoration projects on the eligible lands; and (2) implement in, one or more certain watershed areas, those projects that provide landscape-scale work in order to minimize entries into the watershed or watersheds; and (3) enter into stewardship contracts or agreements to carry out authorized forest and watershed restoration projects. Designates specified lands administered by the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Montana as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). Releases: (1) certain BLM wilderness study areas from further study for designation as wilderness; and (2) the Sapphire and West Pioneer Wilderness Study Areas from further study for inclusion as components of the NWPS. Designates specified federal lands in Montana as special management or recreation management areas. Requires a specified all-terrain vehicle study and report. 2023-01-11T13:21:06Z  
111-s-4040 111 s 4040 A bill to preserve Medicare beneficiary choice by restoring and expanding the Medicare open enrollment and disenrollment opportunities repealed by section 3204(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Health 2010-12-17 2010-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] PA D C001070 0 Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to repeal the allowance for disenrollment, between January 1 and March 15 of each year, only from an MedicareAdvantage plan to elect enrollment in the original Medicare fee-for-service program. Restores the option under previous law to elect to change from a MedicareAdvantage to the original Medicare fee-for-service plan, or from the original Medicare fee-for-service to a MedicareAdvantage plan, once a year during the first three months. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4041 111 s 4041 Prepaid Card Consumer Protection Act of 2010 Finance and Financial Sector 2010-12-17 2010-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] NJ D M000639 2 Prepaid Card Consumer Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to extend its coverage to spending card accounts (prepaid cards) established by a consumer (or on a consumer's behalf): (1) to which recurring electronic fund transfers may be made, at the consumer's direction, and (2) from which payments may be made, at the consumer's direction, through the use of a card, code, or device. Treats as a spending card account any similar asset account operated or managed by a financial institution, or any other person, whose funds: (1) are pooled with the funds of a person other than the one who established the account, or (2) are held in a name other than that of the person who established the account. Excludes from the meaning of spending card account: (1) any nonreloadable general-use prepaid card in an amount under $250; and (2) any general-use prepaid card solely associated with a certain kind of health plan, a qualified transportation fringe, a health savings account or any other healthcare benefit account, a gift certificate, a store gift card, an electronic promise, plastic card, or payment code, or device, a nonreloadable card labeled as a gift card and marketed solely as such, or a nonreloadable loyalty, rebate, or promotional card. Requires a financial institution to offer electronic fund transfer services in connection with a spending card account only if the account is insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and complies with its pass-through deposit insurance requirements. Requires any person that accepts funds in connection with an electronic fund transfer to a spending card account to: (1) transfer them, within 24 hours after accepting them, to an account at an insured depository institution; or (2) credit the spending card account an amount equal to the amount of such funds. Waives the requirement for providing a consumer with a periodic statement if a financial institution, among other things, provides the consumer with access to the account balance through a readily avai… 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4042 111 s 4042 Access to Information About Missing Children Act of 2010 Crime and Law Enforcement 2010-12-17 2010-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] MN D K000367 2 Access to Information About Missing Children Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to allow, upon ex parte application to a federal judge or magistrate, the disclosure of any information held by any federal agency to federal officers or employees who are personally and directly engaged in an investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, or federal grand jury proceeding relating to the case of a missing or exploited child.  Prohibits the disclosure of information that would identify a confidential informant or seriously impair a civil or cirminal investigation. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4043 111 s 4043 Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2010 Health 2010-12-17 2010-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 3 Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and revise a research, training, and technical assistance resource center to prevent suicides. Expands the program's focus from youth suicides to suicides among all ages, particularly among groups that are at high risk for suicide. Reauthorizes a program of grants for the development of state or tribal youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies. Reauthorizes and revises a grant program to enhance services for students with mental health or substance use disorders at institutions of higher education. Requires (current law authorizes) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, to award grants to enhance such services and to develop best practices for the delivery of such services. Permits grant funds to be used for the provision of such services to students and to employ appropriately trained staff. Requires the Secretary to give special consideration to applications for grants that describe programs that demonstrate the greatest need for new or additional mental and substance use disorder services and the greatest potential for replication. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to convene an interagency, public-private sector working group to plan, establish, and begin coordinating and evaluating a targeted public education campaign that is designed to focus on mental health and substance use disorders on college campuses. Requires the Secretary to establish a College Campus Task Force to discuss mental health and substance use disorder concerns on college and university campuses. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4044 111 s 4044 Combating Autism Reauthorization Act of 2010 Health 2010-12-17 2010-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 1 Combating Autism Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Institute of Autism Spectrum Disorders for 10 years to conduct and support research, training, the dissemination of health information, and other programs with respect to autism spectrum disorders.  Sets forth the duties of the Director of the Institute, which include making recommendations regarding the consolidation of programs of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Transfers NIH activities on autism spectrum disorders to the Institute.  Expands such activities to include translational research.  Authorizes the Director of NIH to transfer personnel, permit use of facilities, and obtain administrative support for the Institute. Extends grants and programs for autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities. Extends and revises provisions related to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee. Requires the Comptroller General to study federal progress on autism spectrum disorders and autism services, interventions, and treatments. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish grant programs related to autism spectrum disorders, including to: (1) provide services to children, transitioning youth, and adults with autism spectrum disorders; (2) carry out multimedia campaigns; and (3) establish and maintain a national technical assistance center. Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 to require the Secretary to make grants to enable protection and advocacy systems to address the needs of individuals with autism spectrum disorders. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4045 111 s 4045 Armed Career Criminal Sentencing Act of 2010 Crime and Law Enforcement 2010-12-17 2010-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] PA D S000709 0 Armed Career Criminal Sentencing Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise provisions relating to the sentencing of repeat offenders who commit a serious drug offense or a violent crime using a firearm that is punishable by imprisonment for a term of more than one year.  Requires the United States Attorney prosecuting a repeat offender to file a written notice of the previous convictions being relied upon to obtain an increased sentence against such offender. Directs the United States Sentencing Commmission to review and amend federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements to reflect the amendments made by this Act. 2023-01-11T13:21:06Z  
111-s-4046 111 s 4046 Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2010 Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 2010-12-17 2010-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10518) Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 0 Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2010 - Amends provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 related to equal employment opportunities to include in the term "religion" all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief, unless an employer demonstrates that the employer is unable, after initiating and engaging in an affirmative and bona fide effort to reasonably accommodate to an employee's or prospective employee's religious observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business. (Current law makes no reference to an employer's affirmative and bona fide effort.) Provides that an employer's accommodation of an employee's practice of wearing religious clothing or a religious hairstyle, or of taking time off for a religious reason, imposes an undue hardship on the conduct of an employer's business in accommodating such practice only if the accommodation imposes a significant difficulty or expense on the conduct of the employer's business when considered in light of specified factors set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, including: (1) the nature and cost of the accommodation needed; (2) the financial resources and size of the business; and (3) the type of operation of the business. Requires an employer's accomodation, before it may be considered a reasonable accomodation, to remove the conflict between employment requirements and the employee's religious practice. Prohibits an accomodation from being a reasonable accomodation if it requires an employee to be segregated from customers or the general public. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4047 111 s 4047 FAST Deployment Act of 2010 Science, Technology, Communications 2010-12-17 2010-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senate Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] UT R B000382 0 Federal Acceleration of State Technologies Deployment Act of 2009 or the FAST Deployment Act of 2010 - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development to establish a Federal Acceleration of State Technologies (FAST) Deployment Program to distribute matching federal funds to qualifying states. Requires each qualified state to use FAST grant funds exclusively for making assistance grants to small manufacturing enterprises for approved technology development projects. Establishes a national manufacturing technology database to disseminate to U.S. manufacturers information related to new U.S. manufacturing technologies. Requires an annual assessment of small manufacturing technology needs and information from such assessment to be incorporated into the database. 2023-01-11T13:21:06Z  
111-s-4048 111 s 4048 FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2010 Crime and Law Enforcement 2010-12-17 2010-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] CA D F000062 1 FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to extend through December 31, 2013, a provision granting roving electronic surveillance authority. Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend until December 31, 2013, a provision revising the definition of an "agent of a foreign power" to include any non-U.S. person who engages in international terrorism or preparatory activities ("lone wolf" provision). Amends the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend through December 31, 2013, certain additional procedures concerning the electronic surveillance of certain persons outside the United States for foreign intelligence information purposes. 2023-01-11T13:21:06Z  
111-s-4034 111 s 4034 SMART Act Transportation and Public Works 2010-12-16 2010-12-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senate Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] OH D B000944 1 Strengthening Manufacturing and Rebuilding Transit Act of 2010 or SMART Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to give preference to the award of discretionary or competitive grants, loans, loan guarantees, and lines of credit to transportation infrastructure projects, including the purchase of transit vehicle rolling stock, rail, and supporting equipment, in which manufactured goods to be purchased have a domestic content percentage that: (1) exceeds applicable federal requirements; and (2) in the case of rolling stock, is consistent with industry-recognized standards, if available. Directs the Secretary to establish a centralized website that provides rules and guidance, waiver notices, and agency actions of the domestic content standards (Buy America) for DOT federal-aid programs. Requires a federal agency head to subject to public notice and comment any request for waiver, and to publication in the Federal Register and notification to Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of any waiver, of Buy America requirements involving: (1) federal-aid highway and public transportation projects, (2) AMTRAK acquisition and maintenance of equipment and facilities, and (3) intercity passenger rail service corridor capital assistance projects. Directs the DOT Inspector General to report annually to Congress on acquisitions funded by federal transportation infrastructure investments that do not comply with Buy American requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to work with the Hollings Manufacturing Partnership Program and other manufacturing-related local intermediaries to develop a multi-agency comprehensive plan to expand domestic manufacturer rail and transit vehicle supply chains. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4035 111 s 4035 Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act Health 2010-12-16 2010-12-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10411-10412) Senate Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] RI D R000122 1 Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to eligible entities for the construction or modernization of facilities to provide mental health and substance abuse services to individuals. Defines an "eligible entity" as: (1) a state that is the recipient of a Community Mental Health Services Block Grant and a Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant under such Act; or (2) an Indian tribe or a tribal organization. Includes among grant application requirements assurances that facilities will be used for not less than 10 years for community-based mental health or substance abuse services for those who cannot pay for such services. Permits a grant recipient to request permission to transfer such 10-year obligation to another facility.Authorizes a state that receives a grant to award a subgrant to a qualified community program for activities such as: (1) the construction, expansion, and modernization of mental health and substance abuse facilities; (2) the construction and structural modification of facilities to permit the integrated delivery of behavioral health and primary care of specialty medical services to individuals with co-occurring mental illnesses and chronic medical or surgical diseases at a single service site; and (3) acquiring information technology required to accommodate the clinical needs of primary and specialty care professionals. Requires a grant recipient to agree to make available nonfederal contributions matching federal funds provided. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4036 111 s 4036 A bill to clarify the National Credit Union Administration authority to make stabilization fund expenditures without borrowing from the Treasury. Finance and Financial Sector 2010-12-16 2011-01-04 Became Public Law No: 111-382. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 0 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Amends the Federal Credit Union Act regarding repayment to the Treasury of advances to the Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund (Stabilization Fund) for payments connected to the conservatorship, liquidation, or threatened conservatorship or liquidation, of a corporate credit union. Revises requirements for assessments on federally insured credit unions by the National Credit Union Administration Board to ensure that the Stabilization Fund will have sufficient funds to make scheduled repayments to the Treasury. Authorizes the Board to assess a special premium on each insured credit union in an aggregate amount reasonably calculated to make any pending or future expenditure from the Stabilization Fund. Makes the premium due and payable by 60 days after the assessment date. Requires the Board, in setting the amount of any such assessment, to take into consideration any potential impact on credit union earnings that such an assessment may have. Requires calculation of the equity ratio of the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (Insurance Fund), for timing and assessment of premium charges, to use the financial statements of the Insurance Fund alone, without any consolidation or combination with the financial statements of any other fund or entity. Revises the definition of net worth with respect to any insured credit union to include, at Board discretion, and subject to Board rules and regulations, special assistance to an insured credit union to avoid liquidation that is provided to facilitate a least-cost resolution consistent with the best interests of the credit union system. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress and the Financial Stability Oversight Council on the supervision of corporate credit unions and implementation of prompt corrective action by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). Requires the Council to report to Con… 2023-03-22T18:07:29Z  
111-s-4037 111 s 4037 Security Screening Confidential Data Privacy Act Crime and Law Enforcement 2010-12-16 2010-12-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] NY D S000148 9 Security Screening Confidential Data Privacy Act - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to one year on any individual who: (1) photographs or otherwise records an image produced using advanced imaging technology during the screening of an individual at an airport or upon entry into any building owned or operated by the federal government without express authorization pursuant to a federal law or regulation; or (2) distributes such image to any individual who is not authorized pursuant to a federal law or regulation to receive it.  Exempts: (1) individuals who record or distribute an image soley to be used in a criminal investigation or prosecution; and (2) journalists who publish an image in good faith that the image was not recorded or distributed in violation of such prohibition. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4038 111 s 4038 Excellence in Mental Health Act Health 2010-12-16 2010-12-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] MI D S000770 1 Excellence in Mental Health Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to set forth criteria for the certification of federally-qualified community behavioral health centers. Amends the PHSA and titles XIX (Medicaid) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make such centers eligible for certain federal programs, including: (1) payments for services under Medicaid; (2) incentives for the adoption of health information technology; and (3) payments for the provision of telehealth services. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award matching grants to states or Indian tribes to expend funds for the construction or modernization of facilities used to provide mental health and substance abuse services to individuals. Expands the 340B drug discount program (a program limiting the cost of covered outpatient drugs to certain federal grantees) to allow participation by entities providing community mental health services or providing treatment services for substance abuse. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4039 111 s 4039 Campus SaVE Act Education 2010-12-16 2010-12-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] PA D C001070 1 Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act or Campus SaVE Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in a title IV program (except foreign schools) to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding its sexual assault and other intimate partner violence programs and the procedures it follows when such an offense occurs. Requires such procedures to include the provision, in writing, to students or employees that report to the IHE that they have been the victim of such an offense: (1) an explanation of their right to notify proper law enforcement authorities and their option to be assisted by campus authorities in doing so; (2) an explanation of their right to obtain protective orders or enforce protective orders that are already in existence, which the IHE must honor; and (3) contact information for victim services on-campus and in the locality. Requires an IHE's policy regarding sexual assault and other intimate partner violence to include: (1) education that promotes awareness of the offenses; (2) possible sanctions imposed following disciplinary action; (3) procedures victims should follow after such an offense occurs; (4) on-campus disciplinary procedures; and (5) the notification of victims regarding their options for, and assistance in, changing academic, living, transportation, and working situations. Directs the Secretary of Education to seek the Attorney General's counsel regarding the development, and dissemination to IHEs, of best practices for preventing and responding to sex offenses and other intimate partner violence. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4027 111 s 4027 STOP Act Health 2010-12-15 2010-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 3 Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and expand the program to reduce underage drinking by: (1) expressing the sense of Congress that the National Minimum Drinking Age Law has been an effective public health and safety policy and has reduced drinking and driving traffic fatalities; (2) expanding the national media campaign to prevent underage drinking; (3) authorizing the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in coordination with the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, to make supplemental grants to eligible entities to enhance collaboration between communities and institutions of higher education to prevent and reduce underage alcohol use; (4) requiring the Administrator to make grants to professional pediatric provider organizations to increase effective practices, including the screening of children and adolescents for alcohol use, to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use among individuals under the age of 21, including college students; (5) expanding data collection and research activites with respect to underage drinking; and (6) requiring the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a review of the research on the influence of drinking alcohol on adolescent brain development and the public policy implications of such research. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4028 111 s 4028 Erin's Law Social Welfare 2010-12-15 2010-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] NY D S000148 0 Erin's Law - Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award Erin Maxwell memorial grants to eligible Indian tribes or tribal organizations for hiring child protective services workers. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4029 111 s 4029 Preventing Sex Offenders Access to Children in Our Communities Act of 2010 Crime and Law Enforcement 2010-12-15 2010-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] NY D S000148 2 Preventing Sex Offenders Access to Children in Our Communities Act of 2010 - Amends the Sex Offender Notification and Registration Act to require jurisdictions subject to such Act (i.e., states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and certain Indian tribes) to prohibit registered sex offenders from: (1) accepting a position of employment, including a volunteer position, which by the inherent nature of the position places such sex offender in direct and substantial contact with minors; or (2) obtaining a permit or permission to carry out an activity or performance that would present direct and substantial contact with minors. Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants and enter into contracts with public agencies or nonprofit private organizations to establish a community accessible sex offender tips and support program to provide for anonymous or confidential tips regarding sex offenders who are not complying with registration or other applicable requirements. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) coordinate with the head of each executive agency to determine which government publications could be made available on government web sites and no longer printed; (2) devise a strategy to reduce overall government printing costs by not less than $15 million over a five-year period beginning with FY2011; and (3) ensure that essential printed documents continue to be made available to Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries and individuals living in areas with limited Internet access or use. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4030 111 s 4030 A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to establish a community-supported agriculture promotion program. Agriculture and Food 2010-12-15 2010-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] VT I S000033 0 Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out a program, to be known as the Community-Supported Agriculture Promotion Program, to promote community-supported agriculture (CSA). Defines the term "CSA" to mean a farm operated in a manner consistent with community-supported agriculture, as defined by the Secretary. States that the purposes of the program are to: (1) increase domestic consumption of agricultural commodities by improving and expanding, or assisting in the improvement or expansion of, domestic CSA programs; (2) aid in the development of new CSA programs; and (3) increase participation in CSA in low-income areas or food deserts. Makes nonprofit corporations, agricultural cooperatives, producer networks, local governments, and public benefit corporations eligible to receive grants under the program. Directs the Secretary to establish criteria and guidelines for the submission, evaluation, and funding of proposed projects under the program. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4031 111 s 4031 RESTART Act Energy 2010-12-15 2010-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] IN D B001233 1 Rare Earths Supply-Chain Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 2010 or RESTART Act - Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to the reestablishment of a rare earth materials supply chain in the United States and its allies. Establishes within the Department of the Interior the Rare Earth Policy Task Force to monitor and assist federal agencies in expediting the review and approval of permits to accelerate the completion of projects that will increase investment in, exploration for, and development of domestic rare earth elements. Directs the Secretaries of Commerce, of Defense, of Energy, of the Interior, and the Secretary of State to establish jointly an interagency working group for the purposes of reestablishing the production of, and a competitive supply chain for, rare earth materials in the United States. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy to report jointly to Congress on: (1) the vulnerability of the supply chain for rare earth materials in the United States; (2) rare earth elements critical to clean energy technologies and the domestic and economic security; and (3) the establishment of a rare earth stockpile. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to implement a temporary loan guarantee program for the commercial application of rare earth materials revitalization. Establishes in DOE a program to ensure the long-term, secure, and sustainable supply of rare earth materials in quantities sufficient to satisfy the U.S. national security, economic well-being, and industrial production needs. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the capability to produce rare earth materials is the backbone of both the defense and energy supply chains; (2) the United States lacks sufficient capability to produce rare earth materials; (3) there is an urgent need to reestablish a supply chain in the United States for processing rare earth oxides into metals and rare earth magnets; and (4) that urgency warrants the exercise of the President's autho… 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4032 111 s 4032 Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2010 Crime and Law Enforcement 2010-12-15 2010-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] PA D S000709 0 Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2010 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to:  (1) expand the list of substances defined as "anabolic steroids"; (2) authorize the Attorney General to issue a temporary order adding a drug or other substance to the list of anabolic steroids; (3) impose enhanced criminal and civil penalties for possessing or trafficking in any anabolic steroid, or product containing an anabolic steroid, unless it bears a label clearly identifying the anabolic steroid by the nomenclature used by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; and (4) authorize the Attorney General to collect data and analyze products to determine whether they contain anabolic steroids and are properly labeled. Directs: (1) the United States Sentencing Commission to review and amend federal sentencing guidelines with respect to offenses involving anabolic steroids; and (2) the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to report to Congress every two years on what anabolic steroids have been scheduled on a temporary basis under this Act. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4033 111 s 4033 Restoration of Legal Rights for Claimants under Holocaust-Era Insurance Policies Act of 2010 Law 2010-12-15 2010-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] PA D S000709 0 Restoration of Legal Rights for Claimants under Holocaust-Era Insurance Policies Act of 2010 - Allows a beneficiary (including an heir, assignee, or legal representative of a named insured or beneficiary) of a Holocaust-era life, dowry, education, annuity, property, or other insurance policy to bring a civil action in a U.S. district court against the insurer for the covered policy (or a related company of the insurer) to recover proceeds due or otherwise to enforce any rights under the policy. Covers any such policy issued to a policyholder domiciled in any area that was occupied or controlled by Nazi Germany (or by an ally or friendly government) or the territorial jurisdiction of Switzerland. Requires the award to a prevailing beneficiary of the amount of the proceeds due under the policy, plus prejudgment interest at 6% per year, compounded annually, calculated from the date the amount was originally due. Requires the award of treble damages against any insurer or related company that acted in bad faith. Sets a 10-year statute of limitations for claims filed under this Act. Declares that any prior judgment or release entered for any claim arising under a covered policy in any civil action in a federal or state court shall not preclude, foreclose, bar, release, waive, acquit, discharge, or otherwise impair any claim brought under this Act by any person. Declares that any executive agreement between the United States and a foreign government entered into, or any executive foreign policy of the U.S. government established, before, on, or after the enactment of this Act, shall not supercede or preempt any state law or compromise, settle, extinguish, waive, preclude, bar, or foreclose any claim brought under this Act. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4025 111 s 4025 A bill to require contractors to notify small business concerns that have been included in offers relating to contractors let by Federal agencies, and for other purposes. Commerce 2010-12-14 2010-12-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Senate Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] PA D C001070 0 Amends the Small Business Act to require an offeror with respect to a contract let by a federal agency that is to be awarded pursuant to the negotiated method of procurement that intends to identify a small business as a potential subcontractor: (1) notify the small business that the offeror intends to identify it as a potential subcontractor; and (2) include with the offer a written acknowledgment by the small business that it has received such notice. Provides penalties against offerors failing to provide such notification. Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a reporting mechanism that allows subcontractors to report fraudulent activity by a contractor with respect to a federal small business subcontracting plan. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4026 111 s 4026 Minority Business Development Improvements Act of 2010 Commerce 2010-12-14 2010-12-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] PA D C001070 0 Minority Business Development Improvements Act of 2010 - Requires the Director of the Minority Business Development Agency to establish the Minority Business Development Program to provide qualified minority businesses with technical assistance and contract procurement assistance. Outlines minority business qualification requirements for the Program, including that: (1) not less than 51% of the entity be directly and unconditionally owned or controlled by historically disadvantaged individuals; and (2) each officer or other individual exercising control over regular operations is a historically disadvantaged individual. Outlines specific types of technical assistance authorized under the Program. Authorizes the Director to enter into agreements for the fulfillment of federal procurement contracts by, and contracting opportunities for, qualified minority businesses. Provides contract limits. Allows the Director to terminate a qualified minority business from the Program under specified circumstances. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4023 111 s 4023 Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 Armed Forces and National Security 2010-12-10 2010-12-13 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 688. Senate Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] CT ID L000304 49 Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 - Provides for repeal of the current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, to be effective 60 days after the Secretary of Defense has received DOD's comprehensive review on the implementation of such repeal, and the President, Secretary, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) certify to the congressional defense committees that they have considered the report and proposed plan of action, that DOD has prepared the necessary policies and regulations to exercise the discretion provided by such repeal, and that implementation of such policies and regulations is consistent with the standards of military readiness and effectiveness, unit cohesion, and military recruiting and retention. Provides that, until such time as the above conditions are met, the current policy shall remain in effect. 2017-12-13T22:32:05Z  
111-s-4024 111 s 4024 Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act of 2010 Health 2010-12-10 2010-12-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] OR D W000779 1 Medicare Enhancements for Needed Drugs Act of 2010 - Directs the Comptroller General to review and report to Congress on the retail cost of prescription drugs in the United States during 2004 through 2010, with an emphasis on the prescription drugs most utilized for individuals age 65 or older. Requires the Comptroller General to conduct an ongoing study that compares the average retail cost in the United States for each of the 20 most utilized prescription drugs for individuals age 65 or older with: (1) the average prices at which private health plans, the Department of Defense (DOD) under the Defense Health Program, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) acquire each such drug; and (2) the average negotiated price for each such drug that eligible beneficiaries have access to under a Medicare prescription drug plan providing only basic prescription drug coverage. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to include in the comparative plan information for beneficiaries under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) a comparison of average aggregate prescription drug plan beneficiary costs and savings with such costs for a beneficiary with no prescription drug plan. Repeals the prohibition against interference by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors. Authorizes the Secretary instead, like other federal entities that purchase prescription drugs in bulk, to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs. Requires the use of the resulting savings to the Medicare Prescription Drug Account to strengthen the part D program and to reduce the federal deficit. Requires the Secretary to ensure that each part D eligible individual has: (1) a choice of enrollment in a comprehensive prescription drug plan in the area in which the individual resides; or (2) in any case in which such a plan is not available, the opportunity to enroll in a comprehensive fal… 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4018 111 s 4018 Life Sciences Jobs and Investment Act of 2010 Taxation 2010-12-09 2010-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] PA D C001070 0 Life Sciences Jobs and Investment Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an increased research tax credit for qualified initial life sciences research expenses; and (2) certain corporations a tax deduction for dividends received which are reinvested in the United States to hire scientists and researchers engaged in life science research, fund life science research at research consortia, eligible small businesses, universities, and federal laboratories, or build or lease new facilities to be used primarily for qualified life sciences research. Terminates such tax incentives after 2015. Defines "qualified initial life sciences research expenses" as amounts, up to $150 million, attributable to the study of biology, biochemistry, biophysics, bioengineering, microbiology, genetics, or physiology, but excluding sociology or psychology. Directs the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to take necessary steps to ensure full compliance with the provisions of this Act and to report to Congress on the status of such compliance and related enforcement. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4019 111 s 4019 Congressional Made in America Promise Act of 2010 Congress 2010-12-09 2010-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] PA D C001070 0 Congressional Made in America Promise Act of 2010 - Amends the Buy American Act to apply Buy American requirements to articles, materials, and supplies acquired for the use of any legislative branch office, including the House of Representatives and the Senate, in the same manner as the Act applies with respect to articles, materials, and supplies acquired for the use of a department or independent establishment. Prescribes a special rule in the case of any product which bears a congressional official insignia (including a mark resembling an official seal) that is acquired for the use of a legislative branch office. Prohibits the head of such office from making a determination under the Act that: (1) it is inconsistent with the public interest to enter into a contract in accordance with the Act; or (2) an article, material, or supply is not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of satisfactory quality. Applies this prohibition to otherwise exempted manufactured articles, materials, or supplies procured under any contract the award value of which is less than or equal to the micro-purchase threshold. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4020 111 s 4020 Restoring the 10th Amendment Act Law 2010-12-09 2010-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] MS R W000437 30 Restoring the 10th Amendment Act - Authorizes a designated state official to file with the head of a federal agency proposing a rule, during the period when the proposed rule is required to be open for public comment, a legal brief challenging the constitutionality of the rule under the Tenth Amendment. Directs the agency head: (1) to notify the designated official of each state within 15 days after such a brief is filed; (2) to post prominently on the agency's primary Web page a link to the brief; and (3) within 15 days after posting such link, to certify in writing that such rulemaking does not violate the Tenth Amendment and post the certification prominently on the front page of the agency's website, unless the agency determines it will not put the proposed rule into effect. Authorizes a state official who decides to challenge a federal rule on the grounds that it violates the Tenth Amendment to elect to file a legal action in U.S. district court for the district in which the official's place of business is located. Directs the relevant U.S. Court of Appeals, at the request of a designated state official, to grant expedited review of a decision by a district court in such a case. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4021 111 s 4021 Internet and Cybersecurity Safety Standards Act Science, Technology, Communications 2010-12-09 2010-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8714) Senate Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] MD D C000141 1 Internet and Cybersecurity Safety Standards Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct an analysis to determine the costs and benefits of requiring Internet service providers, communications service providers, electronic messaging providers, electronic mail providers, and other persons who provide a service or capability to enable computers to connect to the Internet to develop and enforce minimum Internet and cybersecurity safety standards for users of computers to prevent terrorists, criminals, spies, and other malicious actors from compromising, disrupting, damaging, or destroying computer networks, critical infrastructure, and key resources. Directs the Secretary to consider the effect that such standards may have on homeland security, the global economy, innovation, individual liberty, and privacy. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4022 111 s 4022 Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 Armed Forces and National Security 2010-12-09 2010-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Senate Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] CT ID L000304 3 Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 - Provides for repeal of the current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, to be effective 60 days after the Secretary of Defense has received DOD's comprehensive review on the implementation of such repeal, and the President, Secretary, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) certify to the congressional defense committees that they have considered the report and proposed plan of action, that DOD has prepared the necessary policies and regulations to exercise the discretion provided by such repeal, and that implementation of such policies and regulations is consistent with the standards of military readiness and effectiveness, unit cohesion, and military recruiting and retention. Provides that, until such time as the above conditions are met, the current policy shall remain in effect. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4015 111 s 4015 Public Access to Historical Records Act Science, Technology, Communications 2010-12-08 2010-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senate Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] LA R V000127 1 Public Access to Historical Records Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish an official dataset on the historical temperature record. Requires NASA to utilize the raw data related to temperature that is collected by applicable stations and vessels and to quantify the statistical uncertainty of each temperature observation and any subsequent products based on that observation. Requires the gaps that exist in temperature station and temperature reading data to be clearly and fully identified. Creates a panel to assist the Administrator in the establishment of the dataset. Requires the Administrator of NASA, at least once every three years, to contract with an appropriate independent entity to perform a verification and validation of the dataset and requires the publication of any algorithms utilized, and any determinations made, in verifying and validating the dataset. Requires persons and entities engaged in global climate research funded by the federal government to utilize the dataset as a source of data on the historical temperature record. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to provide for the immediate release of: (1) all raw temperature station data from cooperative observers and automated stations collected by the National Climatic Data Center; and (2) an analysis of the differences between raw and final temperature datasets collected by the Center. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-4016 111 s 4016 Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2010 Environmental Protection 2010-12-08 2010-12-08 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 681. Senate Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] CA D B000711 0 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Columbia Basin Restoration Program to: (1) build on the work and collaborative structure of the existing Columbia River Toxics Reduction Working Group to develop a collaborative toxic contamination reduction approach for the Columbia River Basin; and (2) build on the work and collaborative structure of the Estuary Partnership in the Lower Columbia River Basin and Estuary. Sets forth the Administrator's duties with respect to such Program. Requires the Administrator to establish a Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Working Group to: (1) assess trends in water quality and toxic contamination or toxics reduction; (2) collect, characterize, and assess data on toxics and water quality to identify possible causes of environmental problems; (3) develop periodic updates to the Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Action Plan and the Estuary Plan; (4) submit to the Administrator annually a prioritized list of projects that would implement such Plans for consideration for funding; and (5) monitor the effectiveness of actions taken. Requires the Estuary Partnership to function as the Working Group in the Lower Columbia River Estuary for such time as the Estuary Partnership is the management conference for the Lower Columbia River National Estuary Program. Authorizes a state to: (1) elect to not participate in the Working Group; and (2) provide comments to the Administrator on the prioritized list of projects. Transboundary Flathead River Basin Protection Act of 2010 - Requires the President to preserve and protect the unique, pristine area of the transboundary Flathead River, with a particular focus on the River's North Fork. Authorizes the President to: (1) engage in ne… 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4017 111 s 4017 A bill to amend the CDBG service cap. Housing and Community Development 2010-12-08 2010-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. LeMieux, George S. [R-FL] FL R L000572 0 Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 with respect to the use of community development block grant (CDBG) funds to provide public services, including those concerned with employment, crime prevention, child care, health, drug abuse, education, energy conservation, welfare, or recreation needs. Increases from 15% to 25% for FY2011 and FY2012 the limit on the amount of CDBG assistance that may be used for such public services by a unit of general local government. Increase from 15% to 25%, also, for such fiscal years the statewide limit on the use of CDGB assistance by nonentitled communities. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4011 111 s 4011 Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act of 2010 International Affairs 2010-12-07 2010-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] NJ D M000639 2 Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act of 2010 - Establishes the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission, which shall: (1) review the effectiveness of U.S. policies and programs regarding illicit drug supply reduction and interdiction with an emphasis on the countries of the Western Hemisphere, as well as foreign and domestic demand reduction policies and programs; and (2) recommend a multi-year interagency counternarcotics strategy for the Western Hemisphere describing the diplomatic, criminal justice, civil society, economic development, demand reduction, military, and other assistance required to achieve regional counternarcotics goals. Terminates the Commission 60 days after submission of the report required under this Act. 2023-01-11T13:21:07Z  
111-s-4012 111 s 4012 Incentives for Older Workers Act Labor and Employment 2010-12-07 2010-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] WI D K000305 0 Incentives for Older Workers Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to prohibit a reduction in benefits for an employee under a defined benefit pension plan who has begun a phased retirement and was employed on a substantially full-time basis during the previous 12-month period before phased retirement. Defines "phased retirement" as the period when an employee is employed on substantially less than a full-time basis or with substantially reduced responsibilities after reaching age 50 or completing 30 years of creditable service under the plan. Amends the Social Security Act to raise from 70 to 72 the age up to which inidividuals are allowed to earn delayed retirement credits for purposes of the calculation of increased old-age insurance benefit payments. Revises federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits requirements to eliminate the 50% reduction in such benefits due to an individual who claims benefits before reaching 66 years old and who continues to work. (Retains the 33 1/3% offset.) Directs the Secretary of Labor to award a grant to establish a National Resource Center on Aging and the Workforce to act as a national information clearinghouse on workforce issues, challenges, and solutions for older workers. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise the composition of state and local workforce investment boards to include representatives of older individuals. Sets aside 5% of WIA funds allocated to local areas for certain adult employment and training activities for activities for older workers. Amends the IRC to expand eligibility for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit to qualified older workers (age 55 or older whose income does not exceed 125% of the poverty line). Allows certain defined benefit pension plans to define normal retirement age as the earlier of the attainment of: (1) a specified allowed age; or (2) at least 30 years of service. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-4013 111 s 4013 A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a rule to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment that may be operated on a public road. Transportation and Public Works 2010-12-07 2010-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senate Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] MN D K000367 2 Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a rule: (1) to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment operating on public roads; and (2) that establishes minimum lighting and marking standards for such equipment. Requires the Secretary to review and revise such standards at least once every five years to reflect the latest revision of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Standard 279 entitled "Lighting and Marking of Agricultural Equipment on Highways". 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-4014 111 s 4014 A bill to provide for the replacement or rebuilding of a vessel for the Non-American Fisheries Act trawl catcher processors that comprise the Amendment 80 fleet. Transportation and Public Works 2010-12-07 2010-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8600) Senate Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] WA D C000127 3 Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations that allow for the replacement or rebuilding of a vessel qualified under specified sections of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 related to: (1) the non-American Fisheries Act trawl catcher processor subsector; and (2) the catcher processor sector of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area non-pollock groundfish fishery. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-4010 111 s 4010 A bill for the relief of Shigeru Yamada. Private Legislation 2010-12-06 2010-12-22 Became Private Law No: 111-1. Senate Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] CA D F000062 0 Provides for the relief of Shigeru Yamada. 2023-03-22T18:07:29Z  
111-s-4009 111 s 4009 Fairness for Texas Schools Act of 2010 Education 2010-12-04 2010-12-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] TX R H001016 1 Fairness for Texas Schools Act of 2010 - Allows the Secretary of Education to allocate funds from the Education Jobs Fund to entities in Texas other than the state government if the Secretary cannot provide such funds to the state government because of its failure to provide certain assurances regarding the distribution of such funds and the level of state support for elementary and secondary education. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-4006 111 s 4006 ACCESS ADAP Act Health 2010-12-03 2010-12-04 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 672. Senate Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] NC R B001135 1 Addressing Cost Containment Measures To Ensure the Sustainability and Success of ADAP Act or the ACCESS ADAP Act - Requires specified funds to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from discretionary amounts appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that remain unobligated, to be obligated during the FY2010 grant period under the AIDS Drug Assistance Program to provide assistance in reducing waiting lists and to address other cost containment measures that state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs implement after January 1, 2009. Requires amounts transferred under this Act to be used by states in a manner consistent with their state programs. Requires the Secretary, in allocating such funds, to: (1) give special consideration to the total scope and the basis of a state's needs, including the total number of patients on a waiting list, eligibility requirements, and other cost containment measures; and (2) ensure that funds be used only to provide treatments to individuals who were eligible to participate in the state program on the date of enactment of this Act or who would have been eligible to participate in the state program  but were not so eligible because of the implementation of cost-containment measures after January 1, 2009. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-4007 111 s 4007 Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act of 2010 Agriculture and Food 2010-12-03 2010-12-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D A000069 0 Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act of 2010 - States that it is U.S. policy that all nonambulatory livestock in interstate and foreign commerce be immediately and humanely euthanized when such livestock become nonambulatory. Amends the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to promulgate regulations providing for the humane treatment, handling, and disposition of nonambulatory livestock by a covered entity, including a requirement that nonambulatory livestock be humanely euthanized. Requires an entity to: (1) humanely euthanize nonambulatory livestock (while not limiting the Secretary's ability to test nonambulatory livestock for disease, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy); and (2) not move nonambulatory livestock while such livestock is conscious, and ensure that such livestock remains unconscious until death. Prohibits an inspector at an establishment covered by the Federal Meat Inspection Act to pass nonambulatory livestock, carcass, or carcass parts through inspection. Requires an inspector or other employee at such establishment to label such material as "inspected and condemned." 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-4008 111 s 4008 Stop Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program Act of 2010 Foreign Trade and International Finance 2010-12-03 2010-12-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] PA D C001070 1 Stop Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program Act of 2010 - Amends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to provide for the imposition of three or more sanctions with respect to a person who knowingly: (1) enters into an agreement relating to the purchase of petroleum resources from, or delivery of petroleum resources to, Iran; or (2) purchases, subscribes to, or facilitates the issuance of Iranian sovereign debt. Imposes sanctions with respect to facilitating the extraction or milling of uranium ore in Iran. Subjects a parent entity, with specified exceptions, to penalties for violations of certain sanctions regarding Iran committed by a subsidiary outside of the United States that would be subject to prohibitions if committed inside the United States or by a U.S. person. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the amortization of geological and geophysical expenditure tax incentives if certain sanctions regarding the development of Iranian petroleum resources are imposed on any member of an expanded affiliated group whose common parent is a foreign corporation. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make inadmissible certain aliens who engage in activities with Iran for which there are sanctions. Imposes sanctions on affiliates of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and excludes any such affiliates from the United States. Requires additional measures (including foreign assistance, arms, import, and export restrictions) to be taken against a foreign government so identified. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to promote the divestment of investments in Iran by permitting the deferral of tax on gain from the sale of securities in any business that is engaged in certain discouraged activities in Iran if the holder of such securities purchases replacement securities from a business not engaged in such discouraged activities. Expands the the prohibition on U.S. government contracts for persons conducting business with Iran to include contracts that provide: (1) for the export of sensitive technology (any technology d… 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-4000 111 s 4000 U.S. Postal Service Improvements Act of 2010 Government Operations and Politics 2010-12-02 2010-12-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] ME R C001035 0 U.S. Postal Service Improvements Act of 2010 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to make a determination or redetermination of postal surplus or supplemental liability consistent with the report submitted by the Postal Regulatory Commission to the United States Postal Service (USPS) and Congress on June 29, 2010. Requires OPM to redetermine the postal surplus or supplemental liability as of the close of FY2010 and for each year thereafter through FY2043. Provides that if the result for a fiscal year is a surplus, that amount shall remain in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund until distribution is authorized as follows:(1) if there is a surplus as of the close of FY2010-FY2016, such amount or any part of it may be transferred to the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund; (2) if there is a surplus as of the close of FY2017 and each year thereafter, such amount or any part of it may be transferred to such Fund to pay any liability of such Fund; and (3) if all liability to such Fund is paid, amounts may be transferred to the Employees' Compensation Fund or to USPS for repayment of any obligation issued by it. Provides procedures for the transfer of such amounts. Authorizes arbitration boards to consider the financial condition of USPS in rendering decisions. Directs: (1) USPS and the Commission to coordinate actions to identify ways to increase the use of negotiated service agreements for market dominant products by USPS; (2) the Postmaster General to submit a comprehensive strategic plan for guiding area and district field office structure decisions and a plan on the co-location of post offices at retail facilities; and (3) the Commission to submit annual reports on the fiscal stability of the U.S. mailing industry. Establishes in USPS and the Commission an advocate for competition, who shall be responsible for promoting full and open competition, promoting the acquisition of commercial items, and challenging barriers to such acquisition. Directs USPS and the Commission: (1) to is… 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-4001 111 s 4001 Marine Corps Aviation Centennial Commemorative Coin Act Finance and Financial Sector 2010-12-02 2010-12-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] VA D W000803 2 Marine Corps Aviation Centennial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2013, to mint and issue up to 100,000 $10 coins emblematic of the warrior ethos of the U.S. Marine Corps. Requires all coin sales to include a $35 surcharge, and all surcharges received to be paid promptly to the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation for construction of the Marine Corps Heritage Center. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-4002 111 s 4002 A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to issue expeditiously special use permits regarding the use of houseboats on Laurel Lake in the Daniel Boone National Forest in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 2010-12-02 2010-12-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] KY R B001066 0 Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to approve and issue a special use permit to a covered owner of a houseboat on Laurel Lake in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky that provides authorization to use a houseboat of a covered owner as a landing pad for one or more approved helicopters that are owned by an approved medical evacuation company or the covered owner. Defines a "covered owner" as an owner of a houseboat located on such lake and on which is attached a helicopter landing pad that meets each applicable helicopter manufacturer requirement. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-4003 111 s 4003 Duty Suspension Facilitation Act of 2010 Foreign Trade and International Finance 2010-12-02 2010-12-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] SC R D000595 1 Duty Suspension Facilitation Act of 2010 - Directs the International Trade Commission (ITC) to propose to Congress temporary duty suspensions or duty reductions under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). Prohibits the ITC from recommending any suspension or reduction in duty if: (1) an interested federal agency determines it is not in the U.S. interest and that determination is included in the agency public hearing record; (2) a domestic producer objects to the suspension or reduction, demonstrating that there is domestic production of the article concerned in commercially available quantities; (3) the loss in revenue to the United States from the duty suspension or reduction exceeds $500,000 annually (adjusted for inflation); or (4) the duty suspension or reduction is for more than three years. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-4004 111 s 4004 SHIELD Act Crime and Law Enforcement 2010-12-02 2010-12-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] NV R E000194 2 Securing Human Intelligence and Enforcing Lawful Dissemination Act or the SHIELD Act - Amends the federal criminal code to expand the prohibition against disclosure of classified information to include: (1) disclosures of classified information that benefit a transnational threat; and (2) any classified information concerning the human intelligence activities of the United States or any foreign government or concerning the identity of a classified source or informant of an element of the U.S. intelligence community. Defines "transnational threat" as: (1) any activity, including international terrorism, narcotics trafficking, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the delivery systems for such weapons, or organized crime, that threatens the national security of the United States; or (2) any individual or group that engages such activity. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-4005 111 s 4005 Preserving Foreign Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act of 2010 Law 2010-12-02 2010-12-22 Became Public Law No: 111-342. Senate Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] RI D W000802 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Preserving Foreign Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act of 2010 - Amends federal forfeiture law regarding the enforcement of a foreign judgment to allow the U.S. government to apply for, and a U.S. district court to issue, a restraining order to preserve the availability of property located in the United States that is subject to civil or criminal forfeiture under foreign law, at any time before or after the initiation of forfeiture proceedings by a foreign nation. (Current law allows a restraining order before or after the United States files an application on behalf of a foreign nation seeking to enforce a foreign forfeiture or confiscation judgment.) 2023-03-22T18:07:29Z  
111-s-3993 111 s 3993 Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2010 Public Lands and Natural Resources 2010-12-01 2010-12-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8349-8350) Senate Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] OR D W000779 3 Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2010 - Amends competitive lease provisions of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to allow an area of qualified federal land (land that is otherwise available for leasing under that Act) that adjoins other land for which a qualified lessee holds a legal right to develop geothermal resources to be available for a noncompetitive lease to such lessee at fair market value per acre if: (1) the area of qualified federal land consists of not less than one acre and not more than 640 acres and is not already leased or nominated to be leased; (2) the qualified lessee has not previously received a noncompetitive lease in connection with the valid discovery for which data has been submitted; and (3) sufficient technical data prepared by a qualified geothermal professional has been submitted by the qualified lessee to the applicable federal land management agency that would lead individuals who are experienced in the subject matter to believe that there is a valid discovery of geothermal resources on the land and that such thermal feature extends into the adjoining areas. Defines "fair market value per acre" as a dollar amount per acre that shall be: (1) equal to the market value per acre as determined by the Secretary of the Interior within 90 days after the Secretary receives an application for a lease, and (2) not less than the greater of 4 times the median amount paid per acre for all land leased under such Act during the preceding year or $50. Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish a notice of any request for such a lease; (2) determine fair market value in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary; (3) provide to a qualified lessee and publish any proposed determination of the fair market value of the area the qualified lessee seeks to lease; and (4) provide the lessee and the public an opportunity to appeal a proposed determination during the 30-day period after the determination is provided or published, respectively. Prohibits the Secretary from accepting any nominatio… 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-3994 111 s 3994 Flood Insurance Affordability and Risk Notification Act Emergency Management 2010-12-01 2010-12-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] IL D D000563 1 Flood Insurance Affordability and Risk Notification Act - Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to delay, for a five-year period, the effective date for the mandatory purchase of flood insurance for certain new flood hazard areas not previously designated as having special flood hazards (with "100-year floodplains"). Limits such delay to geographic areas whose state or local governments have developed an evacuation plan and implemented an outreach and communication plan to advise occupants of flood risks and evacuation routes. Makes the preferred risk rate method premium available for flood insurance coverage for properties located in such areas during such five-year time period. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to set forth a five-year phase-in of flood insurance rates for newly mapped areas not previously designated as having special flood hazards. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) work to enhance communication and outreach to states, local communities, and property owners about the effects of any potential changes or updates to National Flood Insurance Program rate maps, including their effects on flood insurance purchase requirements; (2) engage with local communities to enhance communication and outreach to their residents; and (3) make certain information available to the public on the FEMA website, including information on the availability and cost of flood insurance. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-3995 111 s 3995 Federal Wi-Net Act Government Operations and Politics 2010-12-01 2010-12-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] ME R S000663 1 Federal Wi-Net Act - Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to: (1) install or retrofit wireless Internet connections in federal buildings; and (2) allow eligible carriers, upon request, to install wireless neutral host systems in all publicly accessible federal buildings. Authorizes the executive agency controlling a federal government building to grant an easement or rights-of-way, for the installation, construction, and maintenance of wireless transmitters and backhaul transmission, to an executive agency, state, or individual applicant. Requires the Administrator to establish a fee for awarding such easement or rights-of-way that is based on fair market prices, subject to certain exceptions. Requires any fees collected to be used by the relevant agency for construction and maintenance of Wi-Fi hotspots and wireless neutral host systems. Directs the Administrator to develop one or more master contracts to govern the placement of wireless transmitters on federal government buildings. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-3996 111 s 3996 Christopher's Law Finance and Financial Sector 2010-12-01 2010-12-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] NJ D L000123 0 Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act or Christopher's Law - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) that provide student loan counseling to new borrowers and cosigners at the time of any student loan application, origination, or consolidation, or at the time the cosigner assumes responsibility for repayment, to include information on creating a durable power of attorney for financial decision-making. Requires private educational lenders to provide borrowers and cosigners of student loans with that information at the time of loan application. Requires lenders of private educational loans for which cosigners are held jointly liable to describe clearly and conspicuously, in writing, the cosigners' obligations regarding such loans, including the effect a borrower's or cosigner's death, disability, or inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity would have on such obligations. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to publish model forms for the information this Act requires to be provided regarding: (1) the creation of a durable power of attorney; and (2) a cosigner's obligation. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require IHEs to provide borrowers of federal educational loans information at their entrance counseling regarding: (1) the effect their death, disability, or inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity would have on their federal and private educational loans; and (2) their state's model form, published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, for creating a durable power of attorney. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-3997 111 s 3997 A bill to authorize appropriations for certain Native American programs. Native Americans 2010-12-01 2010-12-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Senate Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] ND D D000432 2 Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize appropriations, through FY2016, for programs that: (1) promote the economic and social self-sufficiency of Native Americans; (2) improve the capability of their governing bodies to regulate environmental quality pursuant to federal and tribal environmental laws; and (3) assist Native Americans in ensuring the survival and continuing vitality of their languages. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-3998 111 s 3998 Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2010 Crime and Law Enforcement 2010-12-01 2010-12-22 Became Public Law No: 111-341. Senate Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] NY D S000148 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the PROTECT Act to extend from a 92-month program to the 104-month program the Child Safety Pilot Program (allowing certain volunteer organizations to obtain national and state criminal history background checks on their volunteers). 2023-03-22T18:07:29Z  
111-s-3999 111 s 3999 A bill to provide for reductions in the number of employees in Federal departments and agencies, freeze Federal employee compensation, reduce funding to the White House and Congress, and for other purposes. Government Operations and Politics 2010-12-01 2010-12-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] LA R V000127 0 Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine the number of full-time employees in each executive agency with the cooperation of each agency head. Excludes the Department of Defense (DOD) from the definition of "agency" for purpose of this Act. Requires each agency head to take such actions as necessary to reduce the number of full-time employees as determined by OMB by 20% within one year of this Act's enactment. Provides for two 180-day extensions if an agency submits a justification and a plan for completing the reductions. Requires each agency head, in making such reductions, to: (1) minimize the duplication of functions by employees within the agency; (2) restructure employee responsibilities to carry out all essential agency tasks; and (3) report to Congress on actions taken, the restructuring, and resulting savings to the government. Prohibits any adjustment in rates of basic pay or in comparability payments with respect to any employee during FY2011-FY2013. Limits bonuses and cash awards paid by an agency during each such fiscal year to the amount paid during FY2010. Limits the total amount of funds appropriated for FY2011: (1) to the White House and Congress to 85% of the total amount of funds appropriated to them during FY2010; and (2) for acquisition and maintenance of all motor vehicles owned or operated by all agencies to 80% of the total appropriated for that purpose during FY2010. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-3986 111 s 3986 Healthy Food Financing Initiative Agriculture and Food 2010-11-30 2010-11-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] NY D G000555 9 Healthy Food Financing Initiative - Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide assistance in order to: (1) improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas; (2) create and preserve quality jobs; and (3) revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to eligible food retailers to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved, urban, suburban, and rural areas. 2023-01-11T13:21:15Z  
111-s-3987 111 s 3987 Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010 Finance and Financial Sector 2010-11-30 2010-12-18 Became Public Law No: 111-319. Senate Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] SD R T000250 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act, with respect to federal agency (red flag) guidelines regarding identity theft and the users of consumer reports, to define creditor to mean one that regularly and in the ordinary course of business: (1) obtains or uses consumer reports, directly or indirectly, in connection with a credit transaction; (2) furnishes information to certain consumer reporting agencies in connection with a credit transaction; or (3) advances funds to or on behalf of a person, based on the person's obligation to repay the funds or on repayment from specific property pledged by or on the person's behalf. Includes in the definition any other type of creditor as the federal agency (banking agency, National Credit Union Administration, or the Federal Trade Commission [FTC]) having authority over that creditor may determine appropriate, if the creditor offers or maintains accounts subject to a reasonably foreseeable risk of identity theft. Excludes from the definition of creditor, however, any creditor that advances funds on behalf of a person for expenses incidental to a service the creditor provides to that person. 2023-03-22T18:07:29Z  
111-s-3988 111 s 3988 Spending Control Act of 2010 Government Operations and Politics 2010-11-30 2010-11-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] IL R K000360 0 Spending Control Act of 2010 - Establishes the Grace Commission II to conduct a review of cost control in the federal government every two years with respect to improving management and reducing costs. Directs the Commission to conduct in-depth studies to evaluate potential improvements in the operations of executive agencies and to develop recommendations regarding: (1) opportunities for increased efficiency and reduced costs that can be realized by executive action or legislation; (2) areas where managerial accountability can be enhanced and administrative control can be improved; (3) opportunities for managerial improvements over the short and long terms; (4) specific areas where further study can be justified by potential savings; and (5) ways to reduce governmental expenditures and indebtedness and improve personnel management. Requires the Commission to submit final reports within 18 months after enactment of this Act and every two years thereafter until it submits its third final report. Requires such reports to contain the Commission's findings, conclusions, and recommendations for legislative and administrative actions and proposed legislation to carry out those recommendations. Sets forth congressional procedures for considering such legislation. 2023-01-11T13:21:15Z  
111-s-3989 111 s 3989 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past-due. Taxation 2010-11-30 2010-11-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] OR D W000779 4 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the chief justice of the highest court of any state that wishes to collect past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debts to designate a single state entity to communicate judicial debt information to the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Secretary, upon receiving notice from such an entity that a named person owes a past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debt, to pay such debt from any tax refund due to such person. Defines "state judicial debt" to include court costs, fees, fines, assessments, restitution to victims of crime, and other monies resulting from a judgment or sentence rendered by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction handling criminal or traffic cases in the state. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3990 111 s 3990 Emergency Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2010 Labor and Employment 2010-11-30 2010-11-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] MA R B001268 4 Emergency Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through January 3, 2012. Postpones the termination of the program until June 9, 2012. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 4, 2012, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 10, 2012, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Act, with specified substitutions, for determining an extended unemployment compensation period. Requires the state's "on" and "off" indicators to be based on its rate of insured unemployment and rate of total unemployment for the period between enactment of this Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to state law), and ending on or before December 31, 2011. Rescinds permanently, out of all available unobligated federal funds, $95 billion in appropriated discretionary funds. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to identify and report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress on which appropr… 2023-01-11T13:21:15Z  
111-s-3991 111 s 3991 Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2010 Labor and Employment 2010-11-30 2010-12-08 Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 43. Record Vote Number: 266. (consideration: CR S8626-8627; text: CR S8626) Senate Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] NV D R000146 0 Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2010 - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments. Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether a state substantially provides for specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management, supervisory, and confidential employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization. Requires the FLRA to issue, in accordance with the public safety employee rights and responsibilities, regulations establishing collective bargaining procedures for public safety employers and employees in states that do not substantially provide for such rights and responsibilities. Directs the FLRA, in such cases, to: (1) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (2) supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a voting majority of the employees in an appropriate unit; (3) resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith; (4) conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices; and (5) resolve exceptions to arbitrators' awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of FLRA regulations and orders through appropriate state courts. Prohibits public safety employers, employees, and labor organizations from engaging in lockouts, sickouts, work slowdowns, or strikes. Waives federal preemption of state law governing strikes by public safety officers. Provides that existing collective bargaining units and agreements shall not be invalidated by this Act. 2017-12-13T22:31:43Z  
111-s-3992 111 s 3992 DREAM Act of 2010 Immigration 2010-11-30 2010-12-09 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill rendered moot in Senate. (consideration: CR S8668) Senate Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] IL D D000563 1 Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010 or DREAM Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to cancel the removal of, and adjust to conditional nonimmigrant status, an alien who: (1) entered the United States before his or her 16th birthday and has been present in the United States for at least five years immediately preceding this Act's enactment; (2) is a person of good moral character; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable under specified grounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (4) has not participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; (5) has not been convicted of certain offenses under federal or state law; (6) has been admitted to an institution of higher education (IHE) or has earned a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; (7) has never been under a final order of exclusion, deportation, or removal unless the alien has remained in the United States under color of law after such order's issuance, or received the order before attaining the age of 16; and (8) was under age 30 on the date of this Act's enactment. Authorizes the Secretary to waive specified grounds of inadmissibility or deportability for humanitarian, family unity, or public interest purposes. Requires an alien to apply for cancellation of removal and conditional nonimmigrant status within one year after the later of: (1) being admitted to an IHE; (2) earning a high school diploma or general education development certificate in the United States; or (3) enactment of this Act. Requires prior to cancellation of removal or granting of conditional nonimmigrant status: (1) an alien to submit biometric and biographic data; and (2) completion of security and law enforcement background checks. Requires an alien applying for relief to: (1) register under the Military Selective Service Act if so required; and (2) undergo a medical examination. Pro… 2022-02-03T06:07:19Z  
111-s-3979 111 s 3979 Aiding Those Facing Foreclosure Act of 2010 Housing and Community Development 2010-11-29 2010-11-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] OH D B000944 7 Aiding Those Facing Foreclosure Act of 2010 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to use any amounts obligated under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to enable nonprofit counseling intermediaries and nonprofit legal organizations to provide legal assistance to homeowners of owner-occupied homes consisting of from one to four dwelling units whose mortgages are in default or delinquency, in danger of default or delinquency, or subject to or at risk of foreclosure (including any deed in lieu of foreclosure or short sale). 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3980 111 s 3980 Churchill County Land Transfer Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 2010-11-29 2010-11-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] NV R E000194 0 Churchill County Land Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy, without consideration, approximately 400 acres of federal land that is adjacent to Naval Air Station Fallon in Churchill County, Nevada, and that was withdrawn under a specified public land order. Grants the Secretary of the Navy full jurisdiction, custody, and control of such land upon its transfer. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3981 111 s 3981 Unemployment Insurance Stabilization Act of 2010 Labor and Employment 2010-11-29 2010-12-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8343) Senate Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MT D B000243 23 Unemployment Insurance Stabilization Act of 2010 or USA Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through January 3, 2012. Postpones the termination of the program until June 9, 2012. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 4, 2012, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 10, 2012, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Act, with specified substitutions, for determining an extended unemployment compensation period. Requires the state's "on" and "off" indicators to be based on its rate of insured unemployment and rate of total unemployment for the period between enactment of this Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to state law), and ending on or before December 31, 2011. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3982 111 s 3982 A bill to amend the limitation on liability for certain passenger rail accidents or incidents under section 28103 of title 49, United States Code, and for other purposes. Transportation and Public Works 2010-11-29 2010-11-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8246) Senate Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] CA D F000062 1 Increases from $200 million to $500 million the aggregate allowable amount that can be awarded (liability cap) for a single passenger rail accident or incident that was proximately caused by gross negligence or willful misconduct of a defendant. (Current law limits to $200 million the aggregate allowable award to all rail passengers, against all defendants, for all claims, including claims for punitive damages, arising from a single accident or incident.) Increases from $200 million to $500 million per accident or incident the mandatory total minimum insurance or self-insurance liability coverage Amtrak must maintain. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3983 111 s 3983 A bill to authorize the State of Ohio to reprogram grant funds received for intercity passenger rail service pursuant to title XII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for other transportation projects. Transportation and Public Works 2010-11-29 2010-11-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senate Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] OH R V000126 0 Authorizes the state of Ohio to use (reprogram) grant funds received from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for intercity passenger rail service capital projects, pursuant to appropriations under title XII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, for any other transportation projects. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3984 111 s 3984 Museum and Library Services Act of 2010 Arts, Culture, Religion 2010-11-29 2010-12-22 Became Public Law No: 111-340. Senate Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] RI D R000122 6 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.) Museum and Library Services Act of 2010 - Title I: General Provisions - (Sec. 102) Amends the Museum and Library Services Act (the Act) to give the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services primary responsibility to develop and implement a policy to ensure the availability of museum, library, and information services that are adequate in meeting the essential information, education, research, economic, cultural, and civic needs of the people of the United States. Requires the Director to: (1) advise the President, Congress, and other federal agencies and offices on museum, library, and information services so as to ensure the creation, preservation, organization, and dissemination of knowledge; (2) engage governmental agencies and private entities in assessing the museum, library, and information services needs of the people of the United States; (3) carry out programs of research and development, data collection, and financial assistance in order to extend and improve such services; and (4) ensure that those services are fully integrated into the nation's information and education infrastructures. Authorizes the Director to: (1) enter into interagency agreements to promote or assist with the museum, library, and information services-related activities of other federal agencies; and (2) use funds under this Act for the costs of such activities. Revises requirements for the coordination of policies and activities of the Institute with those of other federal agencies and offices to add requirements ensuring that such policies and activities are coordinated with: (1) programs and activities under the Head Start Act; (2) activities under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; and (3) federal programs and activities that increase the capacity of libraries and museums to act as partners in economic and community development, education and research, improvement of digital liter… 2023-03-22T18:07:29Z  
111-s-3985 111 s 3985 Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010 Social Welfare 2010-11-29 2010-12-08 Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 267. (consideration: CR S8627-8628; text: CR S8627) Senate Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] VT I S000033 11 Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, title II of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, to extend: (1) through 2011 the $250 economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (title XVI of the Social Security Act), railroad retirement benefits, and veterans disability compensation or pension benefits; and (2) through 2011 the special tax credit for certain government retirees. Makes additional appropriations through FY2013 to cover such payments. 2017-12-13T22:31:39Z  
111-s-3976 111 s 3976 Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010 Social Welfare 2010-11-19 2010-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] VT I S000033 10 Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, title II of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, to extend: (1) through 2011 the $250 economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (title XVI of the Social Security Act), railroad retirement benefits, and veterans disability compensation or pension benefits; and (2) through 2011 the special tax credit for certain government retirees. Makes additional appropriations through FY2013 to cover such payments. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3977 111 s 3977 A bill for the relief of Shing Ma "Steve" Li. Private Legislation 2010-11-19 2010-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8129) Senate Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] CA D F000062 0 Provides for the relief of Shing Ma "Steve" Li. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3978 111 s 3978 Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2010 Health 2010-11-19 2010-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] SD D J000177 1 Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2010 - Permits a home health agency to determine the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for an individual who: (1) is eligible for home health services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; but (2) does not require skilled nursing care as long as that skilled service is included as part of the plan of care for such services. Permits an occupational therapist to make the initial assessment visit in such a case if occupational therapy is included in such plan in the initial physician referral in conjunction with physical therapy or speech language pathology services. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3964 111 s 3964 Faster Action Safety Team Emergency Response Act of 2010 Labor and Employment 2010-11-18 2010-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] PA D C001070 0 Faster Action Safety Team Emergency Response Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to promulgate regulations relating to response teams. Defines a "response team" as a team of individuals established by an operator on an onshore oil or gas well, who: (1) are familiar with the well operations and equipment; (2) participate in response training at least annually; (3) are trained in basic first aid and CPR; and (4) will be available with respect to the well involved by ground transportation not later than three hours after requested. Sets forth requirements for such regulations. Provides that such regulations shall: (1) not be construed to waive operator training requirements applicable to existing response teams; and (2) require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to establish and update (every five years) criteria to certify the qualifications of response teams. Requires such regulations to: (1) require the operator of a well to have an employee knowledgeable in responding to emergency situations present at the well at all times during the exploration or drilling phase or before the completion phase and to make available a certified response team during such phases and the production phase; and (2) ensure to make available to such an operator to comply with such requirement a well response team, a multi-employer composite response team, a commercial response team provided through contract or by another operator, or a state-sponsored response team. Requires such regulations to require that a well operator: (1) contact local first responders within 30 minutes of the commencement of an emergency situation; (2) contact OSHA, the appropriate state environmental agency, and the National Response Center within one hour of such commencement; and (3) provide communication technology within a reasonable distance of the well that enables the operator to comply with regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Requires such regulations to require an operator to: (1) provide annual training… 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3965 111 s 3965 Protecting Seniors' Access to Doctors Act of 2010 Health 2010-11-18 2010-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] MI D S000770 1 Protecting Seniors' Access to Doctors Act of 2010 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to set at 1% from December 1, 2010, through December 31, 2011, the update to the single conversion factor in the formula for determining the physician fee payment schedule. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3966 111 s 3966 Gestational Diabetes Act of 2010 Health 2010-11-18 2010-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] NH D S001181 1 Gestational Diabetes Act of 2010 or the GEDI Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a multisite gestational diabetes research project within the diabetes program of the CDC to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes.  Requires such research project to address: (1) procedures to establish accurate and efficient systems for the collection of gestational diabetes data; (2) the progress of collaborative activities with the National Vital Statistics System, the National Center for Health Statistics, and state health departments to improve surveillance of gestational diabetes; (3) postpartum methods of tracking women with gestational diabetes after delivery and targeted interventions to lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes in such women; (4) variations in the distribution of diagnosed and undiagnosed gestational diabetes; and (5) factors and culturally sensitive interventions that influence risks and reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and related complications during childbirth. Requires the Secretary to expand and intensify public health research on gestational diabetes, including; (1) developing and testing novel approaches for improving postpartum testing or screening and for preventing type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes; and (2) conducting research to further understanding of the factors and health systems that influence the risk of gestational diabetes and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to: (1) award grants for demonstration projects that implement evidence-based interventions to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes, the recurrence of such disease in subsequent pregnancies, and the development of type 2 diabetes in women… 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3967 111 s 3967 Small Business Investment and Innovation Act of 2010 Commerce 2010-11-18 2010-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 1 Small Business Investment and Innovation Act of 2010 - Amends the Small Business Act to assign within the Small Business Administration (SBA) a broadband and emerging information technology coordinator to assist small businesses in using broadband and other emerging information technologies. Directs the SBA Administrator to establish a pilot program to provide up to 1,000 excess government-owned computers each year to rural small businesses at no cost or a reduced cost. Requires a report from the Administrator on ways to assist with the development of broadband and wireless technology that would benefit small businesses. Reauthorizes for FY2011-FY2013 the SCORE program (the Service Corps of Retired Executives provides free mentoring and related services to small businesses). Revises or adds provisions concerning SBA women's small business ownership programs, including: (1) requiring the Administrator to maximize the transparency of the women's business center financial assistance proposal process and programmatic and financial oversight process; (2) authorizing the Administrator to conduct projects to provide training and counseling designed to meet the business needs of women, especially socially and economically disadvantaged women; (3) reauthorizing for FY2011-FY2013 appropriations for activities of the National Women's Business Council, and requiring a partisan balance of Council members; (4) establishing a policy advisory group within the Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise; and (5) directing the Comptroller General (CG) to conduct a study of the unique economic issues facing women's business centers located in rural or insular areas. Establishes an Associate Administrator of the Office of Native American Affairs to implement SBA programs for the development of business enterprises by Native Americans and to establish Native American business centers. Requires each such center to conduct projects that offer culturally tailored Native American business development assistance. Directs the Asso… 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3968 111 s 3968 Children's Act of 2010 Families 2010-11-18 2010-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 1 Children's Act of 2010 - Establishes the National Council on Children to: (1) study and report to the President and Congress on the health, safety, and learning needs of children; (2) examine systems for children's programs and assess ways to increase spending in preventive services for children and youth in order to improve outcomes; (3) build upon the evaluations of other entities and avoid unnecessary duplication; and (4) make recommendations to improve children's well-being. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3969 111 s 3969 A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically-engineered fish. Agriculture and Food 2010-11-18 2010-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] AK D B001265 3 Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food to be misbranded if it contains genetically-engineered fish unless the food bears a label stating that fact. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3970 111 s 3970 Sustainable States Act of 2010 Environmental Protection 2010-11-18 2010-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] NJ D M000639 0 Sustainable States Act of 2010 - Establishes a program under which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall provide grants to sustainable state consortia (partnerships consisting of local governments, states, public universities, and other municipal organizations, businesses, or nonprofit organizations) to establish and carry out municipal sustainability certification programs. Defines "municipal sustainability certification program" as a program that: (1) determines a set of state-specific benchmarks for use in evaluating sustainability; and (2) certifies a municipality as sustainable based on achievement of those benchmarks. Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish flexible guidelines that reflect regional differences for use by such consortia in establishing such programs; (2) annually compile data from such consortia and report to Congress on municipal actions undertaken to obtain municipal sustainability certification; (3) encourage such consortia to establish certification standards beyond the guidelines established by the Administrator, adapt the administration of the program to meet regional or local needs, and plan for public-private partnership agreements that will sustain the operation of the certification program of a state beyond the term of the grant; (4) establish a national leaders program under which certified municipalities may seek additional recognition for demonstrated performance in meeting sustainability challenges; and (5) establish a website that permits interactive dialogue and collaboration among community leaders and citizens engaged in municipal sustainability certification. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3971 111 s 3971 A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the approval of genetically-engineered fish. Agriculture and Food 2010-11-18 2010-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] AK D B001265 2 Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem genetically-engineered fish to be unsafe under provisions related to new animal drugs and adulterated food. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3972 111 s 3972 National Blue Alert Act of 2010 Crime and Law Enforcement 2010-11-18 2010-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] MD D C000141 3 National Blue Alert Act of 2010 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a national Blue Alert communications network within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty; and (2) assign a DOJ officer to act as the national coordinator of the Blue Alert communications network. Sets forth the duties of the national coordinator, including encouraging states and local governments to develop additional Blue Alert plans, establishing voluntary guidelines for states and local governments to use in developing such plans, developing protocols for efforts to apprehend suspects, and establishing an advisory group to assist states, local governments, law enforcement agencies, and other entities in initiating, facilitating, and promoting Blue Alert plans. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to require the use of public safety and community policing grants to assist states in developing and enhancing a Blue Alert plan and communications network. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3973 111 s 3973 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 Environmental Protection 2010-11-18 2010-12-20 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 718. Senate Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] OH R V000126 32 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and extend funding for FY2012-FY2016 a grant program for reducing diesel emissions. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) provide contracts and rebates to eligible entities to achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions; and (2) support rebate programs administered by states that are designed to achieve such reductions. Includes among entities eligible to receive funding for reducing diesel emissions: (1) an entity that has the capacity to sell diesel vehicles or equipment to, and arrange financing for, individuals or entities that own or operate diesel fleets or to upgrade diesel vehicles or equipment with verified or EPA-certified engines or technologies; and (2) any private individual or entity that is the owner of record of a diesel vehicle or fleet and that acts pursuant to a contract, license, or lease with a federal, regional, state, local, or tribal agency or port authority with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality and in accordance with requirements for notice and approval as the Administrator of the EPA establish for the use of vehicles to be purchased or retrofitted using a grant, rebate, or loan under such Act. Includes Puerto Rico within the meaning of "state" under such Act. Revises provisions concerning the distribution and use of, and applications for, funds. Requires the Administrator to develop a simplified application process for applicants to expedite the provision of funds. Requires the Administrator and each state to publish on its website a description of each application for which a grant or loan is provided. 2023-01-11T13:21:08Z  
111-s-3974 111 s 3974 Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act International Affairs 2010-11-18 2010-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Senate Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] KS R B000953 2 Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act - Directs the President to: (1) impose financial and immigration/entry sanctions on listed nationals of Vietnam who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Vietnam; and (2) submit to Congress a publicly available list of individuals determined to be complicit in such human rights abuses. Authorizes the President to waive sanctions: (1) to comply with international agreements; and (2) if in the U.S. national interest. Terminates sanctions if the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has: (1) released all political prisoners; (2) ceased its practices of violence, detention, and abuse of citizens of Vietnam engaging in peaceful political activity; and (3) conducted a transparent investigation into the killings, arrest, and abuse of such political activists and prosecuted those responsible. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3975 111 s 3975 Tax Relief Certainty Act Taxation 2010-11-18 2010-11-19 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 651. Senate Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] SC R D000595 0 Tax Relief Certainty Act - Eliminates the terminating date of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, thus making the provisions of such Act permanent. Terminates after December 31, 2011, provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act increasing tax benefits for adoption. Eliminates the terminating date of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 applicable to provisions reducing tax rates on dividends and capital gains. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) phase-in between 2010 through 2020 increases in the exemption amount for the alternative minimum tax (AMT); and (2) make permanent offsets against the AMT for certain nonrefundable tax credits. 2017-12-13T22:31:33Z  
111-s-3947 111 s 3947 Natchez Trace Parkway Land Conveyance Act of 2010 Public Lands and Natural Resources 2010-11-17 2010-11-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] MS R C000567 1 Natchez Trace Parkway Land Conveyance Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the state of Mississippi by quitclaim deed all interest of the United States in two parcels of land in the city of Natchez, Mississippi, that consist of a total of approximately 67 acres, and are identified on the map entitled "Natchez Trace Parkway, Proposed Boundary Change." Adjusts the boundary of the Parkway to exclude the conveyed land and provides for inclusion in the Parkway of the approximately ten acres identified as the proposed addition on the map. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3948 111 s 3948 Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 Taxation 2010-11-17 2010-11-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 2 Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to regulated investment companies (RICs), to: (1) allow an unlimited carryforward of the net capital losses of RICs; (2) eliminate restrictions on the investment of RICs in commodities; (3) limit penalties for the failure of RICs to satisfy gross income and asset tests; (4) modify rules for allocating RIC capital gain dividend distributions; (5) include certain nondeductible items of RIC income in earnings and profit calculations; (6) allow RICs that invest exclusively in the shares of other RICs to pass through to their shareholders tax-exempt interest and foreign tax credits, without regard to certain investment limitations; (7) modify rules relating to the declaration of RIC dividends, return of capital distributions, and stock redemptions; (8) allow certain RICs with shares that are redeemable upon demand to treat distributions in redemption of stock as an exchange of fund shares or a dividend for tax purposes; (9) allow a deferral of end-of-year losses of RICs; (10) exempt certain regularly declared exempt-interest dividends of RICs from holding period requirements; (11) increase the annual amount of capital gain net income of RICs required to be distributed; and (12) modify excise tax and penalty rules applicable to RICs. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3949 111 s 3949 A bill to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission. Public Lands and Natural Resources 2010-11-17 2010-11-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] MD D C000141 1 Amends the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission for an additional 10 years. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  
111-s-3950 111 s 3950 Medicare Premium Fairness Act Health 2010-11-17 2010-11-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 5 Medicare Premium Fairness Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled) premium for 2011. Makes such premium, and the related monthly actuarial rate, the same as those for 2009. 2023-01-11T13:21:16Z  

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