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Honoring the life and legacy of William Earnest "Ernie" Harwell. [HR-1328]
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Honors the life and legacy of William Earnest "Ernie" Harwell for his contributions to Major League Baseball.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert J. Wittman
Mr. Towns Moved To Suspend The Rules And Agree To The Resolution. on 05/11/2010
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Commending the 175th anniversary of The Blade, a newspaper in Toledo, Ohio. [HR-1012]
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Commends The Blade (a newspaper in Toledo, Ohio) for its 175th anniversary and the important role it serves in reporting news events in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert E. Latta
Referred To The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. on 01/13/2010
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Honoring and saluting Motown Records of Detroit, Michigan, on its 50th anniversary. [HCR-50]
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Congratulates and salutes Motown Records of Detroit, Michigan, on its 50th anniversary.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. on 02/12/2009
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Honoring and saluting Motown Records of Detroit, Michigan, on its 50th anniversary. [HCR-33]
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Congratulates and salutes Motown Records of Detroit, Michigan, on its 50th anniversary.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Conyers
Referred To The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. on 01/28/2009
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Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act [HB-905]
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Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act - Expands, notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation, the boundaries of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve in Lake Huron.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bart Stupak
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 169. on 09/30/2009
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To enhance homeland security in the ports and waterways of the United States, and for other purposes. [HB-5346]
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America's Waterway Watch Act - Establishes within the Coast Guard the America's Waterway Watch Program to promote voluntary reporting of activities indicating a threat or act of terrorism against a vessel, facility, port, or waterway. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) report to specified congressional committees and to the Comptroller General on the pilot program to test the business processes, technology, and operational impacts required to deploy transportation security card readers at secure areas of the marine transportation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bennie G. Thompson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Border, Maritime, And Global Counterterrorism. on 05/27/2010
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Orndorf Drive in Brighton, Michigan, as the "Joyce Rogers Post Office Building". [HB-5341]
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Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Orndorf Drive in Brighton, Michigan, as the "Joyce Rogers Post Office Building."
Sponsored by: Rep. John Conyers
Became Public Law No: 111-277. on 10/13/2010
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Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act [HB-500]
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Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to: (1) require certain vessels operating in U.S. waters to have invasive species management plans; (2) direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish vessel performance requirements, including provisions for ballast water exchange, treatment, and discharge, and civil and criminal penalties for violations; (3) require federal agencies to restrict the importation of live aquatic organisms of species not in trade without
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Sponsored by: Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Insular Affairs, Oceans And Wildlife. on 02/04/2009
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To eliminate sweetheart deals under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [HB-4960]
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Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) related to: (1) the disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment for Tennessee and Hawaii; (2) an adjustment to the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for qualifying disaster-recovery states; (3) the establishment of a floor on the area wage index for a frontier state for purposes of a geographic adjustment to Medicare payments to hospitals for inpatient services; (4) the eligibility for Medicare coverage of certain individuals exposed to environmental health
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Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Olson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/09/2010
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To decrease the matching funds requirement and authorize additional appropriations for Keweenaw National Historical Park in the State of Michigan. [HB-488]
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Decreases the matching funds requirement, and authorizes additional appropriations, for the Keweenaw National Historical Park in Michigan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bart Stupak
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests And Public Lands. on 02/04/2009
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act [HB-4558]
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act - Designates specified lands and inland waters within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Wilderness. Sets forth requirements for the administration of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Wilderness, including with respect to road maintenance, hunting, fish and wildlife, watercraft, and buffer zones.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Conyers
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests And Public Lands. on 02/04/2010
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Close All Routes and Prevent Asian Carp Today Act of 2010 [HB-4472]
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Close All Routes and Prevent Asian Carp Today Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of the Army to take actions to ensure: (1) the immediate closure and ceasing of operation of the locks at the O'Brien Lock and Dam and the Chicago Controlling Works until a strategy relating to controlled lock operations is developed; (2) the installation of structures in the North Shore Channel and the Grand Calumet and Little Calumet Rivers to prevent the migration of bighead and silver carps into Lake Michigan; (3) the installation of interim barriers in the Chicago
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert E. Latta
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 01/21/2010
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To extend certain housing-related deadlines in the Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008. [HB-4205]
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Amends the Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008 to extend through 2010 provisions of such Act allowing residents of the Midwestern disaster area to: (1) use amounts from tax-exempt retirement accounts without a tax penalty to purchase a new principal residence or repair an existing one; (2) recontribute amounts withdrawn for such purposes to such accounts; and (3) exclude from gross income income resulting from a cancellation of mortgage indebtedness incurred in such disaster area.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 12/03/2009
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River Raisin National Battlefield Act [HB-401]
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River Raisin National Battlefield Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if offered by Monroe or Wayne Counties, Michigan, or other willing landowners in either county, to accept a donation of real property in either county relating to the Battles of River Raisin (during the War of 1812) on January 18 and 22, 1813, and their aftermath. Instructs the Secretary, upon acquisition of such real property of sufficient acreage to permit efficient administration, to designate the acquired real property as a unit of the National Park System, to be
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Sponsored by: Rep. John D. Dingell
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests And Public Lands. on 02/04/2009
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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 [HB-3619]
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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010- Title I: Authorization - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2011 appropriations for the Coast Guard, including for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors relating to the Coast Guard's mission in search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws
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Sponsored by: Rep. Elijah E. Cummings
Became Public Law No: 111-281. on 10/15/2010
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To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior. [HB-3540]
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Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan. Requires the review of certain modifications and federal or federally assisted undertakings with respect to Whitefish Point.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bart Stupak
Referred To The Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests And Public Lands. on 09/10/2009
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 [HB-3288]
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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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To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for an additional judgeship for the western district of Michigan. [HB-3161]
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Amends the federal judicial code to provide for an additional judgeship for the western district of Michigan, increasing the number of judgeships from four to five.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bart Stupak
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts And Competition Policy. on 08/19/2009
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden City, Michigan, as the "John J. Shivnen Post Office Building". [HB-2215]
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Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden City, Michigan, as the "John J. Shivnen Post Office Building."
Sponsored by: Rep. John Conyers
Became Public Law No: 111-103. on 11/30/2009
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4282 Beach Street in Akron, Michigan, as the "Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office". [HB-2004]
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Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4282 Beach Street in Akron, Michigan, as the "Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office."
Sponsored by: Rep. John Conyers
Became Public Law No: 111-102. on 11/30/2009