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Defense Against Infectious Diseases Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2864
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2009-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: 
Defense Against Infectious Diseases Act of 2009 - Directs the President: (1) to convene a consortium of representatives of state, local, and tribal governments to assess the adequacy of guidance for state and local government planning in the National Strategy for Pandemic Flu and the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan; and (2) within one year after convening such consortium and every four years thereafter, to convene another consortium to review and update such Strategy and Plan.
 
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), to conduct a survey to identify appropriate alternative medical care facilities capable of meeting medical surge capacity needs for the prophylaxis for, and treatment of, infectious diseases outbreaks.
 
Directs the Secretary of DHS to identify specific resources, including subsistence supplies and personnel, that may be required to support the implementation of strategies for social distancing and medical surge during a federally declared emergency or major disaster to prevent the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable disease and ensure the proper delivery of crisis and medical care.
 
Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to the appropriate Senate and House committees describing the roles and responsibilities, capabilities, and coordination of federal assets for medical response to infectious disease outbreaks or biological attacks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12911-12912)
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2866
Sponsor: Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL]
Introduced: 2009-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: 
Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend through FY2014 the authorization of appropriations for the juvenile accountability block grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide assistance to community depository institutions under the Public-Private Investment Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-2867
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2009-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Financial crises and stabilization
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: 
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to dedicate at least $30 billion out of amounts made available to implement the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in order to purchase troubled assets from community depository institutions under the Public-Private Investment Program.
 
Directs the Comptroller General, the Special Inspector General for TARP, and the Congressional Oversight Panel to report to Congress their evaluations and findings on the status and performance of such assistance.
 
Directs the chairperson of the board of directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Secretary to report to Congress on the status of the Legacy Loans program, including: (1) barriers to attracting greater numbers of banks and investors to participate; (2) a detailed summary of all proposals being considered to address existing barriers and expand participation in the program; and (3) specific proposals to attract greater participation of community depository institutions.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to make technical corrections to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-2871
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2009-12-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Canada
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government liability
International law and treaties
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Pacific Ocean

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: 
Amends the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act to consider nonfederal service individuals serving as Commissioners on the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean or advisory committee members to be federal employees only for purposes of injury compensation or tort claims liability. (Under current law such individuals are considered federal employees for injury compensation, ethics requirements, and criminal or civil statutes governing federal employees.)
 
Amends the Pacific Whiting Act of 2006 to: (1) reduce to two the number of individuals appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to serve as scientific experts on the joint technical committee; and (2) consider nonfederal service individuals serving on the the joint management committee, the scientific review group, the joint technical committee, or the advisory panel to be federal employees only for purposes of injury compensation or tort claims liability. (Under current law such individuals are considered federal employees for injury compensation, ethics requirements, and criminal or civil statutes governing federal employees.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 574.
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller without amendment. With written report No. 111-297.
action_date: 2010-09-20
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller without amendment. With written report No. 111-297.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity.

Bill: 111-s-2873
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child health
Income tax deductions
Marketing and advertising
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny a tax deduction for expenses relating to direct-to-consumer advertising in any media for the sale and use of prescription pharmaceuticals; and (2) allow a tax deduction for fees, up to $500, for the participation of a child who is a dependent of a taxpayer in any organization that promotes or provides for the physical activity of children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Louisiana Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the "Roy Rondeno, Sr. Post Office Building".

Bill: 111-s-2874
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Louisiana
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Louisiana Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the "Roy Rondeno, Sr. Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4171-4172; text as passed Senate: CR S4171)
action_date: 2010-05-25
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4171-4172; text as passed Senate: CR S4171)
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 380.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-05-17
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2010-04-16
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Commission on Measures of Household Economic Security Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-2875
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Economic performance and conditions
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Commission on Measures of Household Economic Security Act of 2010 - Establishes a Commission on Measures of Household Economic Security to study and report to Congress on: (1) existing economic statistics and data collected and reported by federal agencies about the economic well-being of American households; and (2) ways to improve and modernize these statistical measures to provide a more accurate, transparent, coherent, and comprehensive assessment of that economic well-being.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13035)
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Wetlands Conservation Investment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2876
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Capital gains tax
Income tax rates
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
U.S. and foreign investments
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Wetlands Conservation Investment Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat gain or loss from the sale or exchange of a mitigation bank credit by the sponsor of the mitigation bank (i.e., the wetland, stream, or other aquatic resource area that has been restored, established, enhanced, or preserved for the purpose of providing compensation for unavoidable impacts to aquatic resources) who earned such credit as the sale or exchange of a capital asset held for more than one year (thus allowing preferential tax treatment of such gain or loss). Exempts from tax withholding requirements any gain from sales of mitigation bank credits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2878
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or 20-year prison term on any person who: (1) knowingly provides or receives from another person two or more firearms if such person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such transfer would violate a federal, state, or local law punishable by a prison term of more than one year (i.e., a felony); (2) makes materially false statements to a licensed firearm importer, dealer, or manufacturer relating to the purchase, receipt, or acquisition of two or more firearms; or (3) directs, promotes, or facilitates such illegal activity. 
 
Increases penalties on licensed firearms importers, dealers, or manufacturers who knowingly violate firearms restrictions under the federal criminal code, including recordkeeping requirements. Expands the authority of the Attorney General to revoke or suspend the license of a firearms dealer for failure to have secure gun storage or safety devices, for transporting armor piercing ammunition, or for violating other federal prohibitions on gun trafficking. Requires the Attorney General to identify licensed firearms dealers who have a heightened risk of firearms being diverted to criminal use.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on firearms that are lost or stolen during commercial shipping.
 
Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to hire additional personnel to enable inspections of gun dealers on a three-year cycle and requires the Director to hire additional investigators and special agents to address trafficking in firearms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadband Opportunity and Affordability Act

Bill: 111-s-2879
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Broadband Opportunity and Affordability Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to implement a two-year pilot program to expand the Lifeline program to reduce the cost of broadband service for low-income consumers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13038)
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2880
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: 
Rural Broadband Initiative Act of 2009 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish in the Department of Agriculture the Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives, to be headed by the Under Secretary for Rural Broadband Initiatives.
 
States that the Under Secretary shall: (1) administer all rural broadband-related grant and loan programs previously administered by the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service, including the rural broadband access loan and loan guarantee program and the community connect grant program; (2) conduct rural outreach; (3) foster development of a comprehensive rural broadband strategic vision; (4) assess relevant technologies; (5) serve as a single information source for all federal rural broadband programs and services; and (6) provide technical assistance to state, regional, and local governments to develop broadband deployment strategies.
 
Directs the Under Secretary to submit: (1) a comprehensive rural broadband strategy report to the President and to Congress; and (2) a plan for a Rural Broadband Advisory Panel to Congress.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the National Rural Broadband Innovation Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-s-2881
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2009-12-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: 
FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to permit each commissioner to appoint an electrical engineer or computer scientist to provide technical consultation and to interface with the Office of Engineering and Technology and other Federal Communications Commission (FCC) bureaus and technical staff. 
 
Requires such engineer or scientist to hold an undergraduate or graduate degree in his or her respective field of expertise.

action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to permit each commissioner to appoint an electrical engineer or computer scientist to provide technical consultation and to interface with the Office of Engineering and Technology and other Federal Communications Commission (FCC) bureaus and technical staff. 
 
Requires such engineer or scientist to hold an undergraduate or graduate degree in his or her respective field of expertise.
 
Directs the FCC Chairman to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to complete a specified study of, and report on, FCC technical policy decisionmaking and the technical personnel at the FCC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-251.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-251.
action_date: 2010-03-24
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13192)
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2882
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2009-12-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Employment taxes
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: 
Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability and Consistency Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require reporting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of payments (including payments of amounts in consideration for property or of gross proceeds) of $600 or more made by or to corporations (other than tax-exempt organizations); (2) set forth safe harbor criteria and rules relating to the treatment of workers as employees or independent contractors; and (3) increase penalties for failure to file correct tax return information or comply with other information reporting requirements.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an annual report on worker misclassification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13253-13254)
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the distribution of remaining balances in flexible spending arrangements upon termination from employment.

Bill: 111-s-2883
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2009-12-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, without penalty, a participant in an employer-sponsored health or dependent care flexible spending arrangement to withdraw any remaining balance in such plans at the time such participant is separated from employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act

Bill: 111-s-2884
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Introduced: 2009-12-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: 
Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act - Authorizes the head of the concerned agency to pay the moving, transportation, and relocation expenses attributable to a change of residence within the United States of the immediate family of covered employees, including any federal law enforcement officer, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employee, or customs and border protection officer, who dies in the performance of official duties, as well as expenses of preparing and transporting the remains of the deceased to the place where the family will reside following the employee's death (or another appropriate place for interment).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Introduced in Senate