Retooling America's Workers for a Green Economy Act [S.269]
Retooling America's Workers for a Green Economy Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to reserve specified portions of certain appropriations to: (1) award national emergency grants and provide additional assistance to eligible entities for employment and training activities in green-collar industries for dislocated workers affected by major economic dislocations or a major disaster, as well as assistance for statewide rapid response activities for permanent closures or mass layoffs; (2) make allotments to states and outlaying areas to provide
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S.269: Retooling America's Workers for a Green Economy Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S619-620) on 01/15/2009
Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2010 [S.2739]
Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to delegate to the Regional Administrator for Region 10 of EPA such authority, and provide such additional staff, as are necessary to carry out this Act. Requires the Administrator, acting through the Regional Administrator, to: (1) carry out the duties assigned to the Administrator under the National Estuary program as a member of the management conference;
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S.2739: Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2010
Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray
Committee On Environment And Public Works. Reported By Senator Boxer With An Amendment And An Amendment To The Title. With Written Report No. 111-292. on 09/16/2010
Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act [S.2740]
Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act (LEARN Act) - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to states for comprehensive planning to improve the literacy of children from birth through grade 12. Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to states to implement their comprehensive literacy plans for such children through: (1) competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or early learning programs to carry out certain high quality early literacy initiatives for children from birth through kindergarten
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S.2740: Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/05/2009
Solar Manufacturing Jobs Creation Act [S.2755]
Solar Manufacturing Jobs Creation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 30% energy tax credit for equipment used to fabricate solar energy property. Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 to allow grants in lieu of energy tax credits for equipment used to fabricate solar energy property.
S.2755: Solar Manufacturing Jobs Creation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/09/2009
Post-9/11 Veterans' Job Training Act of 2009 [S.2769]
Post-9/11 Veterans' Job Training Act of 2009 - Amends requirements for the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to entitle an eligible veteran of the Armed Forces (including eligible dependents) pursuing a full-time educational program of apprenticeship or other on-job training to a monthly benefit payment equal to: (1) 75% of the monthly benefit payment otherwise payable to such individual for each of the first six months of the program; (2) 55% of such payment for each of the second six months of the program; and (3) 35% of such payment
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S.2769: Post-9/11 Veterans' Job Training Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S11361) on 11/16/2009
Serve America Act [S.277]
Serve America Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA) to revise their programs and reauthorize appropriations for them through FY2014. Title I: Amendments to National and Community Service Act of 1990 - Revises under the NCSA: (1) the School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning programs and Higher Education Innovative Programs for Community Service, also known as Learn and Serve programs; (2) National Service Trust programs, also known as AmeriCorps; (3) the Civilian
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S.277: Serve America Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. Ordered To Be Reported Without Amendment Favorably. on 03/18/2009
Rosa's Law [S.2781]
Rosa's Law - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Public Health Service Act, the Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998, the National Sickle Cell Anemia Act, Cooley's Anemia, Tay-Sachs, and Genetic Diseases Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and other federal enactments and regulations to change references to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability.
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S.2781: Rosa's Law
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Became Public Law No: 111-256. on 10/05/2010
Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act of 2009 [S.2800]
Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act of 2009 - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act's program of grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the education of homeless youths to: (1) raise the minimum allotment for each state; (2) elaborate on the functions of each state's Office of the Coordinator for Education of Homeless Children and Youths; (3) elaborate on required state procedures for resolving disputes regarding the educational placement of homeless youth; (4)
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S.2800: Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S11595-11596) on 11/19/2009
Fostering Success in Education Act [S.2801]
Fostering Success in Education Act - Requires each state receiving school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that its foster care children have the right to: (1) continue attending the school they were in when placed in foster care or before a change in such placement (school of origin), unless it is determined to be in the child's best interest to be immediately enrolled in a different school; (2) immediate enrollment in a new school in their school attendance area; (3) well-maintained
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S.2801: Fostering Success in Education Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S11596-11597) on 11/19/2009
Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2009 [S.2814]
Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise conditions of and limitations on payment for home health care services. Allows payment for home health services to Medicare beneficiaries by: (1) a nurse practitioner; (2) a clinical nurse specialist working in collaboration with a physician in accordance with state law; (3) a certified nurse-midwife; or (4) a physician assistant under a physician's supervision.
S.2814: Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S11885) on 11/20/2009