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Honoring the efforts and contributions of the Montgomery, Alabama, Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction. [HR-206]
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Honors the Montgomery, Alabama, Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction, and the contributions of its members to the improvement of the quality of life for the residents of Montgomery.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby Bright
Referred To The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. on 03/04/2009
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Expressing support for designation of May as "Child Advocacy Center Month" and commending the National Child Advocacy Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on their 25th anniversary in 2010. [HR-1313]
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Supports the designation of Child Advocacy Center Month. Commends the National Child Advocacy Center in Huntsville, Alabama on its 25th anniversary.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Considered As Unfinished Business. (consideration: Cr H7890) on 12/02/2010
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Commending and congratulating the University of West Alabama on the occasion of its 175th anniversary. [HR-1054]
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Commends and congratulates the University of West Alabama, in Livingston, Alabama, on the occasion of its 175th anniversary.
Sponsored by: Rep. Artur Davis
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, And Competitiveness. on 02/23/2010
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Commending the University of Alabama for winning the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game. [HR-1007]
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Commends the University of Alabama for winning the Bowl Championship Series National Championship. Recognizes the achievements of the players, coaches, students, and support staff who were instrumental in the victory.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike D. Rogers
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, And Competitiveness. on 02/23/2010
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To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain lands as the Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes. [HB-867]
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Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating a specified study area in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (Alabama and Georgia) as the Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike D. Rogers
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests And Public Lands. on 02/09/2009
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Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act [HB-6292]
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Securing Health for Ocean Resources and Environment Act or the SHORE Act - Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere to: (1) review the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) capacity to respond to oil spills; (2) be responsible for developing and maintaining oil spill trajectory modeling capabilities; (3) create and update NOAA's environmental sensitivity index products for each coastal area of the United States and for each offshore area that is leased or under consideration for leasing for offshore energy production;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Laura Richardson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 10/15/2010
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Hurricane Katrina Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2009 [HB-62]
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Hurricane Katrina Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2009 - Directs the President to establish an independent nonpartisan Commission within the executive branch to discover and assess the circumstances relating to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina on or between Friday, August 26, 2005, and Tuesday, August 30, 2005. Directs the Commission to: (1) chronicle the trajectory of Hurricane Katrina, including the timetable and locations of its path, and the responses made by the federal, state, and local governments; (2) estimate the loss of life,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Referred To The House Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure. on 01/06/2009
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Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act [HB-5149]
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Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition and associated services and benefits to the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians of Alabama. Restores federal rights and privileges abrogated by earlier statutes. Approves and ratifies the cession to the United States of all historical tribal lands of the Band. Extinguishes all specified claims against the United States, a state or local government, or any other person or entity, by the Band arising subsequent to such cession, and based upon any interest in or right involving the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jo Bonner
Referred To The House Committee On Natural Resources. on 04/27/2010
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Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 [HB-4872]
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Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 - Title I: Coverage, Medicare, Medicaid, and Revenues - Subtitle A: Coverage - (Sec. 1001) Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to revise the formula for calculating the refundable tax credit for premium assistance for coverage under a qualified health plan by establishing a sliding scale from the initial to the final premium percentage for individuals and families with household incomes up to 400% of the federal poverty line.
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Sponsored by: Rep. John M. Spratt
Presented To President. on 03/30/2010
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Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 [HB-4853]
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Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 - Title I: Temporary Extension of Tax Relief - Extends through December 31, 2012: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA), Public Law 107-16; (2) provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27, reducing income tax rates on dividend and capital gain income; (3) increases in the Hope Scholarship tax credit, the child tax credit, and the earned income tax credit; and (4) increases in the tax
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sander M. Levin
Cleared For White House. on 12/17/2010
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Trail of Tears Documentation Act [HB-454]
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Trail of Tears Documentation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to add as components of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, as generally described in the environmentally preferred alternative of the November 2007 Feasibility Study Amendment and Environmental Assessment for Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, the following routes and land components by which the Cherokee Nation was removed to Oklahoma: (1) the Benge and Bell routes; (2) the land components of the designated water routes in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Heath Shuler
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests And Public Lands. on 02/04/2009
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Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act [HB-4345]
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Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area in Alabama. (Describes the Black Belt area as a region in the lower-central portion of Alabama that sustains an abundance of natural resources, historical sites, cultural diversity, and recreational activities shaped by its fertile black soil.) Designates the Center for the Study of the Black Belt at the University of West Alabama as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area, requires the Center to submit a management plan for the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike D. Rogers
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests And Public Lands. on 12/23/2009
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Emergency Fueling Station Designation Act of 2009 [HB-431]
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Emergency Fueling Station Designation Act of 2009 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a program to address the shortage of fuel along hurricane evacuation routes by providing funds to eligible states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia) to assist in the purchase and installation of transfer switches and generators at designated emergency fueling stations.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure. on 01/09/2009
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To authorize the Secretary of Education to continue to waive certain requirements in order to ease fiscal burdens in States affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. [HB-4277]
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Amends the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 to extend, through FY2010, the authority of the Secretary of Education to waive or modify certain requirements relating to maintenance of effort, supplementary use of funds, and matching funds in providing assistance to Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas and, through them, to local educational agencies and non-public elementary and secondary schools serving areas in which a major disaster was
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Cassidy
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 01/04/2010
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Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 [HB-4213]
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Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) 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 November 30, 2010. Postpones the termination of the program until April 30, 2011. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until December 1, 2010, requirements that federal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles B. Rangel
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1550 Reported To House. Rule Provides For Consideration Of Senate Amendment To H.r. 4213 With 1 Hour Of General Debate. Previous Question Shall Be Considered As Ordered Without Intervening Motions. The Resolution Makes In Order A Motion Offered By The Chair Of The Committee On Ways And Means That The House Concur In The Senate Amendment To The House Amendment To The Senate Amendment To H.r. 4213. The Resolution Waives All Points Of Rorder Against Consideration Of The Motion Exept Those Arising Under Clause 10 Of Rule Xxi And That The Senate Amendment Shall Be Considered As Read. on 07/22/2010
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To provide an extension of the low-income housing credit placed-in-service date requirement for certain disaster areas. [HB-3929]
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2012 the period for placing in service buildings located in a disaster area that are eligible for allocations of low-income housing tax credit amounts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Alexander
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 10/26/2009
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Federal Judgeship Act of 2009 [HB-3662]
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Federal Judgeship Act of 2009 - Directs the President to appoint specified additional: (1) permanent circuit judges for the first, second, third, sixth, and ninth circuit courts of appeals and temporary circuit judges for the third, eighth, and ninth circuits; and (2) permanent district judges for various districts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington and temporary district judges for Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E2393) on 09/29/2009
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 [HB-3288]
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[Recreation ]
[Senior Citizens ]
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 - (Sec. 4) Makes the following appropriations for FY2010. Division A: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the Department of Transportation (DOT), including: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) the Federal Aviation Administration
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Sponsored by: Rep. John W. Olver
Signed By President. on 12/16/2009
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Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 [HB-3221]
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Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - (Sec. 4) Prohibits funds appropriated pursuant to this Act from being used for Congressional earmarks. (Sec. 5) Requires all savings in federal spending that are generated, and not otherwise allocated, by this Act to be made available for federal deficit reduction. Title I: Investing in Students and Families - Subtitle A: Increasing College Access and Completion - (Sec. 101) Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to authorize and appropriate such sums as may be necessary to fully fund
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/22/2009
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Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Investment Act of 2009 [HB-308]
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Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Investment Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual and business taxpayers in certain states a tax credit for 25% of their qualified hurricane and tornado mitigation property expenditures up to $5,000 for any taxable year. Defines such expenditures as expenditures in a dwelling unit to improve the strength of a roof deck attachment, create a secondary water barrier, improve the durability of a roof covering, brace gable-end walls, reinforce the connections between a roof and supporting wall,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 01/08/2009