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Lester Nichols Presque Isle Light Station Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1281
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and inland water transportation
Michigan
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Lester Nichols Presque Isle Light Station Act of 2009 - Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to modify, in compliance with the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, the 2004 Agreement for Outgoing Loans (AOL) with Presque Isle Township, Michigan, in order to provide for return of the Historic Third Order Fresnel Lens to the lantern room atop the Presque Isle Light Station Lighthouse.
 
Declares that: (1) the United States shall retain ownership of the Lens; and (2) the active aid to navigation at the Lighthouse, together with associated electronic and lighthouse equipment, shall continue to be operated and maintained by the United States within the Lens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Commandant of the Coast Guard to convey to the City of Marquette, Michigan, certain real property under the administrative control of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-1282
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Michigan
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
 Authorizes the Commandant of the Coast Guard to convey real property commonly identified as Coast Guard Station Marquette and Lighthouse Point to the city of Marquette, Michigan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1283
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coast guard
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Military personnel and dependents
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Repeals current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation against any member of the Armed Forces or any person seeking to become a member. Authorizes the re-accession into the Armed Forces of otherwise qualified individuals previously separated for homosexuality, bisexuality, or homosexual conduct.
 
Requires such Secretaries to ensure that regulations governing the personal conduct of members of the Armed Forces are written and enforced without regard to sexual orientation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Commission on the Foreclosure and Mortgage Lending Crisis Act

Bill: 111-hr-1285
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Commission on the Foreclosure and Mortgage Lending Crisis Act - Establishes in the legislative branch the Commission on the Foreclosure and Mortgage Lending Crisis to: (1) study and report to Congress on the current legal and regulatory framework governing the housing mortgage lending markets and how it contributed to the increased foreclosure rate; (2) recommend changes to the current framework to prohibit lending practices that have contributed to the mortgage lending crisis; (3) review the impact of subprime abuses and predatory lending practices; (4) assess the role of states in enacting policies to reduce predatory lending practices and abuses in the subprime markets; (5) assess the impact of mortgage-backed securities and the Federal National Mortgage Corporation (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) upon the mortgage lending crisis; and (6) assess the impact of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 on the crisis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Act titled "An Act to provide for the establishment of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes" to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of lands that are contiguous to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-1286
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Indiana
Land transfers
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Permits the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Indiana, to accept donations of lands located outside the present boundaries of the Lakeshore if they are either contiguous with or separated from such lands by only a right-of-way.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1288
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Middle East
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sanctions
Saudi Arabia
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the government of Saudi Arabia: (1) cooperate fully with the United States in the investigation of terror groups and individuals; (2) close permanently all organizations in Saudi Arabia that fund, train, encourage, or in any way aid terrorism anywhere in the world, and end funding for such organizations outside Saudi Arabia; and (3) block funding from private Saudi citizens and entities to Saudi-based or offshore terror organizations.
 
Directs the President to prohibit certain exports to Saudi Arabia and restrict travel of certain Saudi diplomats if the President cannot certify to the appropriate congressional committees that the government of Saudi Arabia: (1) is fully cooperating with the United States in investigating and preventing terrorist attacks; (2) has closed permanently all Saudi-based terror organizations; (3) has ended funding for any offshore terror organization; and (4) has exercised maximum efforts to block funding from private Saudi citizens and entities to offshore terror organizations. Allows the President to waive such sanctions for national security reasons.
 
Prohibits visa issuance to citizens of Saudi Arabia until the President certifies that Saudi Arabia does not discriminate in visa issuance based upon religion or heritage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-03-03
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: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Fairness for the Terminally Ill Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1289
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Charles A. [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
 Social Security Fairness for the Terminally Ill Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting period for disability insurance benefits for terminally ill individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Kumi Iizuka-Barcena.

Bill: 111-hr-1290
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Provides for the relief of Kumi Iizuka-Barcena.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to convey to the Cornerstone Christian Academy, located in Cheboygan, Michigan, certain real property under the administrative jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-1291
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to expeditiously convey certain real property to the Cornerstone Christian Academy in Cheboygan, Michigan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a National White Collar Crime Center grants program for purposes of improving the identification, investigation, and prosecution of certain criminal conspiracies and activities and terrorist conspiracies and activities.

Bill: 111-hr-1292
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2009-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Housing finance and home ownership
Law enforcement administration and funding
Michigan
Pornography
Sex offenses
Terrorism
Texas
Virginia
White-collar crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants and enter into contracts with state and local criminal justice agencies and nonprofit organizations to improve the identification, investigation, and prosecution of multijurisdictional criminal conspiracies or activities involving terrorism, economic crime, including financial fraud and mortgage fraud, and high-tech crime, including Internet-based crime against children and child pornography.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-03-27
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Accountability and Line-Item Veto Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1294
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: 
Congressional Accountability and Line Item Veto Act of 2009 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose the repeal of any congressional earmark or the cancellation (line item veto) of any limited tariff benefit or targeted tax benefit.
 
 
Sets forth requirements for the President's transmittal to Congress of a special message regarding a proposed repeal or cancellation.
 
Dedicates any repeal or cancellation only to deficit reduction or increase of a surplus.
 
Provides for adjustment of: (1) committee allocations resulting from such rescission; and (2) applicable limits, as appropriate, under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
 
Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of a proposed rescission.
 
 Expresses the sense of Congress that no President or any executive branch official should condition the inclusion or exclusion, or threaten to condition the inclusion or exclusion, of any proposed repeal or cancellation in any special message under this Act upon any vote cast or to be cast by any Member of either chamber.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Access for All America Act

Bill: 111-hr-1296
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2009-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: 
Access for All America Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) increase and extend the authorization of appropriations for community health centers and for the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment program for FY2010-FY2015, and provide for increased funding for such programs in FY2016 and each subsequent fiscal year; and (2) revise and expand provisions allowing a community health center to provide services at different locations, adjust its operating plan and budget, enter into arrangements with other centers to purchase supplies and services at reduced cost, and correct material failures in grant compliance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Hawai'i Capital National Heritage Area Establishment Act

Bill: 111-hr-1297
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Hawaii
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: 
Hawai'i Capital National Heritage Area Establishment Act - Establishes the Hawai'i Capital National Heritage Area in Hawai'i which shall consist of portions of Honolulu and the Honolulu Ahupua'a. Designates the Hawai'i Capital Cultural Coalition as the local coordinating entity for the Area. Requires the Coalition to prepare and submit a management plan for the Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1300
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2009-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs
Military facilities and property
Monuments and memorials
National symbols
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: 
Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to limit the remedy, in a civil action against a state or local official for deprivation of civil rights, to injunctive and declaratory relief, and deny attorneys' fees, where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion, including violations relating to: (1) religious words or imagery in veterans' memorials, public buildings, or official seals of states or their subdivisions; and (2) the chartering of Boy Scout units by states or their subdivisions and the Boy Scouts' using public buildings.
 
Imposes the same limits regarding such an action against the United States or any U.S. agency or official acting in his or her official capacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the 180-day period for completion of a like-kind exchange in the case of the bankruptcy of a qualified intermediary or an exchange accommodation titleholder.

Bill: 111-hr-1301
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2009-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Capital gains tax
Income tax exclusion
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: 
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions allowing nonrecognition of gain from like-kind exchanges to suspend the 180-day period for completing such exchanges in cases involving exchange facilitators who have filed a bankruptcy petition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health.

Bill: 111-hr-1302
Sponsor: Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2009-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: 
Establishes within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services, who shall report to the VHA's Under Secretary for Health on all matters relating to the education and training, employment, appropriate utilization, and optimal participation of physician assistants within VHA programs and initiatives.
 
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that an individual is serving in such position no later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E548-549)
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
CAN DO Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1303
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Firearms and explosives
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: 
Communities in Action Neighborhood Defense and Opportunity Act of 2009 or the CAN DO Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ), to establish a five-year program of grants to six communities to establish and maintain pilot programs for Communities in Action Neighborhood Defense and Opportunity Centers (CAN DO Centers) to establish, administer, and coordinate: (1) the CAN DO Safer Streets Strategy Group Program and Guns off Our Streets Program; (2) the CAN DO Operation Community Patrol Program; (3) the CAN DO Street Monitoring Program; and (4) the CAN DO Services Providers Network.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E550)
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Introduced in House