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To extend to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority over the National Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors of the several States exercise over the National Guard of those States with respect to administration of the National Guard and its use to respond to natural disasters and other civil disturbances, while ensuring that the President retains control of the National Guard of the District of Columbia to respond to homeland defense emergencies.

Bill: 111-hr-2334
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Homeland security
Military command and structure
National Guard and reserves
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Amends the District of Columbia Code to make the Mayor of the District of Columbia (under current law, the President of the United States) the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of the District. 
Provides that, notwithstanding the authority of the Mayor of the District of Columbia as such Commander-in-Chief, the President shall retain control over units and members of the District of Columbia National Guard to conduct necessary and appropriate homeland defense activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1093)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out a program to ensure fair treatment in the security screening of individuals with metal implants traveling in air transportation.

Bill: 111-hr-2335
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Aviation and airports
Homeland security
Transportation safety and security
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out a program to develop a travel credential or system that incorporates biometric technology and other technologies to limit air travel disruptions, and verify the identities, of individuals who have metal implants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1108)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Southwestern Transit Corridor Planning and Fuel Use Reduction Act

Bill: 111-hr-2337
Sponsor: Rep. Teague, Harry [D-NM-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commuting
Government studies and investigations
New Mexico
Public transit
Railroads
Texas
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Southwestern Transit Corridor Planning and Fuel Use Reduction Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make a grant to: (1) the New Mexico Mid Region Council of Governments to study the feasibility of extending the New Mexico rail runner express commuter rail service south from Belen, New Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, or to intermediate points; and (2) the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and the city of El Paso, Texas, to study the feasibility for a public transit system, including the option of commuter rail, that would connect Las Cruces and El Paso.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
No Welfare for Terrorists Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2338
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Immigrant health and welfare
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Poverty and welfare assistance
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
No Welfare for Terrorists Act of 2009 - Makes any alien detained at the Department of Defense (DOD) facility at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and subsequently brought into the United States permanently ineligible for any federal, state, or local public benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1152)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Act

Bill: 111-hr-2339
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child care and development
Employee leave
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to award grants to states to pay for the federal share of the cost of carrying out programs that assist families by providing, through various mechanisms, wage replacement for eligible individuals taking leave to respond to caregiving needs resulting from the birth or adoption of a child, or for other purposes under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) or provided under state or local law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Paul Green.

Bill: 111-hr-2341
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Provides for the relief of Paul Green.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warrior Project Family Caregiver Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2342
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Home and outpatient care
Iraq
Medical education
Middle East
Military personnel and dependents
Terrorism
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-11
text: 
Wounded Warrior Project Family Caregiver Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as part of authorized Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home health care services for veterans, to furnish to a family member or other designated individual advanced instruction and training and certification as a family caregiver for a veteran who incurred serious wounds on active duty during, or in training for, Operations Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom and is determined to be in need of personal care services.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide to such caregiver: (1) appropriate support services; and (2) a monthly family caregiver allowance. Authorizes the Secretary to provide medical care to such caregiver.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Tax Compromise Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2343
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Tax Compromise Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the requirement that taxpayers make a 20% partial payment of tax liabilities when submitting offers-in-compromise of such liabilities to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for health care practices with 20 or fewer employees.

Bill: 111-hr-2345
Sponsor: Rep. Adler, John H. [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health facilities and institutions
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act with respect to the duties of users of consumer reports taking adverse actions on the basis of information contained in such reports.
 
Excludes any health care practice with 20 or fewer employees from the meaning of creditor subject to Red Flag Guidelines regarding identity theft promulgated by the proper federal financial regulatory agency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Advanced Cable Deployment Authorization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2347
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Government lending and loan guarantees
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Advanced Cable Deployment Authorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to authorize the Secretary of Energy to make loan guarantees for the development, construction, acquisition, retrofitting, or engineering integration of a qualified advanced electronic transmission manufacturing plant, or the construction of a qualified high efficiency transmission property or a qualified advanced electronic transmission property. Requires any such construction to commence by September 30, 2011.
 

 
Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to provide grants for up to 50% of the costs incurred in connection with the development, construction, acquisition of components or engineering of a qualified advanced electric transmission property. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Science and Technology
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Financing Advanced and Superconducting Transmission Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2348
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Financing Advanced and Superconducting Transmission Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) accelerated depreciation of qualified advanced electric transmission property placed in service before January 1, 2017; and (2) an energy tax credit for investment in qualified high efficiency transmission property or qualified advanced electric transmission property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Lieutenant Colonel Dominic "Rocky" Baragona Justice for American Heroes Harmed by Contractors Act

Bill: 111-hr-2349
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Jurisdiction and venue
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Lieutenant Colonel Dominic "Rocky" Baragona Justice for American Heroes Harmed by Contractors Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to include, with respect to any contract for work to be performed outside the United States that is approved and financed by the U.S. government, requirements that: (1) the contractor consent to in personam jurisdiction over the contractor by the federal courts with respect to any suit alleging serious bodily injury of a member of the Armed Forces, civilian government employee, or U.S. citizen employee of a company performing work for the government, or any civil or criminal suit brought by the government alleging wrongdoing associated with the performance of the contract; and (2) a contractor awarded a contract with a value of $5 million or more that does not maintain a U.S. office designate an agent in the United States for service of process in such a suit.
 
Requires a contractor to consent to federal court jurisdiction in any civil or criminal action commenced between September 11, 2001, and the date of enactment of this Act as a condition of entering into any contract with the U.S. government, or receiving payment for performing any activity under such a contract, on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
 
Requires the Director to amend FAR to provide that a U.S. government contractor may be debarred or suspended from contracting for: (1) evading service of process in such a suit; or (2) refusing or failing to appear before a federal court in a matter brought against the contractor by the U.S. government or a U.S. citizen or national in connection with contract performance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Credit Union Share Insurance Stabilization Act

Bill: 111-hr-2351
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Bankruptcy
Credit and credit markets
Financial crises and stabilization
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
 Credit Union Share Insurance Stabilization Act - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act (FCUA) to grant the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) increased borrowing authority until December 31, 2010.
 
Requires the NCUA Board to: (1) establish a National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) Restoration Plan whenever it projects that the equity ratio of the NCUSIF will fall below a designated minimum equity ratio; and (2) establish the Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund (TCCUSF) to make payments connected to the actual or threatened conservatorship or liquidation of a corporate credit union. Authorizes the TCCUSF to borrow from the Secretary of the Treasury, subject to specified conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To require electric utilities to notify electric consumers of the cost of emission allowances associated with the electricity delivered to such consumers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-2353
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Consumer affairs
Electric power generation and transmission
Government information and archives
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in implementing a greenhouse gas (GHG) regulatory program that provides for the sale of emission allowances in connection with an absolute limit on GHG emissions, to publish on a monthly basis the average cost per kilowatt hour of the emission allowances purchased by each person generating electricity for sale. Requires the Administrator to include in such publication an allocation of such costs, based on the generation sources, among the regions in which electric power is purchased and sold at wholesale.
 
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require each electric utility, within two years, to include in each billing statement transmitted to each electric consumer a statement of the portion of the rate charged to that consumer that represents the cost of emission allowances purchased by the utility for the period covered by such billing statement. Requires a utility that purchases electric energy in a region for which the Administrator has published the average cost per kilowatt hour of emission allowances to include the appropriate portion of such costs in each such billing statement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Health Promotion FIRST Act

Bill: 111-hr-2354
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis, and Training Act or the Health Promotion FIRST Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a plan for health promotion that includes coordinating the health promotion activities of HHS and addressing how best to: (1) develop the basic and applied science of health promotion; (2) synthesize and disseminate health promotion research; (3) meet health promotion needs in rural and low-income inner city areas; (4) support and develop the health promotion and scientific community; and (5) modify or develop resources, policies, structure, and legislation to integrate health promotion into all health professions and sectors of society. Requires the Secretary to request other federal agencies to develop health promotion strategic plans.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, to: (1) develop a plan on how best to develop the science of health promotion through NIH agencies; and (2) conduct or support early research programs and research training regarding health promotion.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a plan to establish a research agenda regarding health promotion for CDC.
 
Requires the Director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion to award grants to develop Health Promotion Research Centers.
 
Requires the Secretary to modify the application process for grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded under this Act to attract the most qualified individuals and organizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
MOVEMENT Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2355
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental health
Government trust funds
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor carriers
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Railroads
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Soil pollution
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
User charges and fees
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Making Opportunities Via Efficient and More Effective National Transportation Act of 2009 or the MOVEMENT Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a National Goods Movement Improvement Program to provide funding for projects to improve the movement of goods in interstate commerce, to provide security for such goods in transit, and to mitigate environmental damage caused by the movement of goods. Terminates such program after FY2018.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish the National Goods Movement Improvement Fund to finance the projects authorized by this Act; and (2) impose the harbor maintenance excise tax on commercial cargo entering the customs territory of the United States other than by port use following foreign port use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House