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Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-176
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Alaska
California
Caribbean area
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Food assistance and relief
Georgia
Government information and archives
Illinois
Indiana
Intergovernmental relations
Iowa
Kentucky
Missouri
New York City
New York State
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2009 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) to replace current supplemental nutrition assistance program (formerly known as the food stamp program) administrative cost provisions with provisions authorizing 75% reimbursement for specified state activities to increase program access.
 
States that fingerprinting shall not be required for program participation.
 
Beyond the Soup Kitchen Grants Program Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen pilot program to provide grants: (1) to a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group in each designated pilot community which shall allocate subgrants to other nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups in such community; and (2) for technical assistance grants. 
 
Sets forth program provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Depleted Uranium Screening and Testing Act

Bill: 111-hr-177
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Radioactive wastes and releases
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Depleted Uranium Screening and Testing Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) establish procedures for the predeployment notification to members of the Armed Forces of any known or likely use of depleted uranium in a theater of operations and any health risks associated with exposure to depleted uranium; (2) provide for training deploying members on the safe handling of depleted uranium contamination; (3) carry out a program to identify individuals exposed to depleted uranium during active service in the Armed Forces; (4) provide such individuals with bioassay testing and notification of test results; and (5) identify specified depleted uranium exposure events.
 
Requires the Secretary of each military department to establish procedures for collecting, tracking, and maintaining information on the health status of individuals tested under this Act to assess long-term health consequences of exposure to depleted uranium.
 
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct an independent review of bioassay types and contamination thresholds for purposes of required testing.
 
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide appropriate treatment for any illness of an individual resulting from depleted uranium contamination or exposure.
 
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct a survey of radioisotope identification equipment used by the Department of Defense (DOD) to assess the capability of DOD facilities to identify concentrations of different radioisotopes in naturally occurring levels of uranium and to report survey findings to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children.

Bill: 111-hr-178
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Education to allot funds to states for distribution to local educational agencies (LEAs) to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children. 
 
Requires that 80% of a state's allotment be allocated to LEAs on the basis of relative numbers of children from families with incomes below the poverty line residing in their school districts, and that the remainder be allocated on the basis of relative enrollments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act

Bill: 111-hr-179
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act - Provides that nothing shall prohibit the use of federal funds to establish or carry out a program of distributing sterile syringes to reduce the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and viral hepatitis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Newborn Coverage Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-180
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child health
Citizenship and naturalization
Family relationships
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Medicaid Newborn Coverage Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to waive the requirement for proof of citizenship during the first year of life for children born in the United States to a Medicaid-eligible mother.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To permit members of the House of Representatives to donate used computer equipment to public elementary and secondary schools designated by the members.

Bill: 111-hr-181
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional operations and organization
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 to allow the Clerk of the House of Representatives, at the request of a Member of the House, to donate computers and related peripheral tools previously used by the Member to a public elementary or secondary school designated by such Member without regard to whether the donation: (1) is a cost to the government; or (2) has a recoverable value. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States.

Bill: 111-hr-182
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against women
Family relationships
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the case of an alien subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion who is the parent of a U.S. citizen child, to authorize an immigration judge to decline to order such removal if the judge determines that such action is against the child's best interests. 
 
States that such discretion shall not apply with respect to an alien whom the judge determines: (1) is excludable or deportable on security grounds; or (2) has engaged in sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking in persons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
General Slocum Memorial Study Act

Bill: 111-hr-183
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fires
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Marine and inland water transportation
New York City
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
General Slocum Memorial Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to study in Bronx County, New York, the shoreline of the area roughly bounded by 149th Street on the west and Oak Point Rail Yard spurs on the east, including North Brother Island, to evaluate the national significance of the area and the suitability and feasibility of designating the area as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Clean Vehicles for Cleaner Air Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-184
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Motor fuels
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Clean Vehicles for Cleaner Air Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain businesses located in areas designated as nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act a general business tax credit for the cost of certain clean-fuel vehicle property and clean-burning fuel. Allows the credit to be taken against regular and alternative minimum tax liabilities. Allows a tax deduction for any unused clean fuel credit amounts. 

Allows a tax credit for the cost of hybrid vehicles placed in service in, and of which substantially all of the use occurs in, nonattainment areas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act

Bill: 111-hr-185
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Consumer affairs
Farmland
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Livestock
Meat
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Egg Products Inspection Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to deem as adulterated food that is: (1) produced on land on which sewage sludge was applied; (2) derived from poultry that were raised, or that consumed animal feed produced, on such land; and (3) derived from livestock that grazed, or consumed animal feed produced, on such land.
 
Permits exceptions if: (1) the application of sewage sludge ended more than one year before producing food, raising poultry, producing animal feed, or grazing livestock; (2) the food labeling includes notice that the product was produced on such land; or (3) a sign providing such notice is posted in close proximity to the product for those foods generally offered for sale without labeling.
 
 
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify the prohibition on the use of sewage sludge in organic food production under the National Organic Program of the Department of Agriculture.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Glaucoma Screening Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-186
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Glaucoma Screening Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand coverage of screening for glaucoma to include individuals who are both older than 49 years of age and Hispanic.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award a grant to an eligible entity to provide glaucoma screenings to individuals determined to be at high risk. Requires such an entity to: (1) utilize mobile screening units to test for glaucoma and other eye diseases; (2) target screening activities to populations primarily consisting of high-risk individuals; (3) form partnerships with federally-qualified health centers to increase awareness of the need for glaucoma screenings and to provide screenings for high-risk individuals; and (4) provide grants to approved medical residency training programs to permit participating students to conduct such screenings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Baseball Diplomacy Act

Bill: 111-hr-187
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Athletes
Caribbean area
Cuba
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Professional sports
Sanctions
Trade restrictions
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Baseball Diplomacy Act - Waives certain foreign assistance and trade and travel prohibitions against Cuba under specified federal law regarding Cuban nationals who: (1) enter the United States on a visa to play organized professional baseball; and (2) return to Cuba with their baseball earnings. States that such visa shall be valid only for the duration of the season and need not be renewed as long as the player remains with the same team.
 
Prohibits the President from denying visas to such nationals based upon authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act to restrict any entry of aliens or class of aliens that would be detrimental to U.S. interests. 
 
Declares that this Act shall not be affected by the economic embargo requirements against Cuba under the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Cuba Reconciliation Act

Bill: 111-hr-188
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Caribbean area
Cuba
Foreign and international banking
Income tax credits
Intellectual property
International exchange and broadcasting
Latin America
Postal service
Sanctions
Taxation of foreign income
Trade restrictions
Travel and tourism
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Cuba Reconciliation Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (including other specified laws) to repeal the embargo placed upon all trade with Cuba.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare the denial of foreign tax credit inapplicable to Cuba.
Permits: (1) installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment and facilities in Cuba, including telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba; and (2) travel to and from Cuba by U.S. citizens or residents.
Requires the U.S. Postal Service to provide direct mail service to and from Cuba.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
United States Library Trust Fund Act

Bill: 111-hr-189
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Government trust funds
Libraries and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
United States Library Trust Fund Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the United States Library Trust Fund (Fund); and (2) allow taxpayers to designate a portion of any tax overpayment (not less than $1) to the Fund. Authorizes public libraries or public school libraries to receive grants from the Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Health Equity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-190
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Veterans Health Equity Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, with respect to each of the 48 contiguous states, to ensure that veterans eligible for hospital care and medical services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have access to: (1) at least one full-service hospital of the Veterans Health Administration in the state; or (2) hospital care and medical services comparable to that provided in full-service hospitals through contract with other health providers in the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E22)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House