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Local Officials Tax Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4185
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax exclusion
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: 
Local Officials Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and Title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to exempt from social security taxes remuneration paid to any elected or appointed member of any general governing board, commission, or committee of any political subdivision of a state if such remuneration is not more than $1,300 and is paid for service performed on or after January 1, 2009. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for 2 years the treatment of certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.

Bill: 111-hr-4186
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
General agriculture matters
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011 the classification of certain farming business machinery and equipment as five-year property for purposes of the tax deduction for depreciation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to make modifications to the Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program.

Bill: 111-hr-4187
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2009-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Chesapeake Bay
Delaware
District of Columbia
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
New York State
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Water quality
Water resources funding
Watersheds
West Virginia
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to eliminate the pilot program status of the Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program. Permits the nonfederal share of project costs of a local cooperation agreement to include in-kind services. Treats funds provided for a project by a federal agency other than the Corps of Engineers as nonfederal funds for purposes of cost sharing requirements.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out projects under the program in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, with the goal of carrying out projects in Delaware, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia (currently the Secretary is required to establish at least one project in each of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania).

Directs the Secretary to establish a program, to be administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to provide small watershed grants for technical and financial assistance to local governments and nonprofit organizations in the Chesapeake Bay region. Permits the use of grant funds only for implementation of cooperative tributary basin and other Chesapeake Bay-wide strategies that address storm water management or the establishment, restoration, protection, or enhancement of natural habitat associated with the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.

Increases the authorization of appropriations for the Cheasapeake Bay program.

Directs the Secretary to develop at federal expense and submit to Congress a comprehensive plan to prioritize projects within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2872)
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Brownfield Cleanup Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-hr-4188
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2009-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Pollution liability
Soil pollution
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: 
Brownfield Cleanup Enhancement Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to authorize appropriations for FY2010 and each fiscal year thereafter for: (1) the brownfield site characterization and assessment grant program and for grants and loans for brownfield remediation; and (2) state and Indian tribe brownfield sites response programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2009-12-02
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to accelerate the phasein of the deduction for domestic production activities.

Bill: 111-hr-4189
Sponsor: Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to to eliminate the phase-in of the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities and permit the full 9% deduction amount for taxable years beginning after 2008. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4190
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Cancer
Department of Health and Human Services
Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health promotion and preventive care
Hereditary and development disorders
Medical education
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sex and reproductive health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish the Endocrine Disruption Prevention Program, under which the Director shall: (1) conduct and support multidisciplinary research to improve the understanding of endocrine disruption; and (2) conduct workshops and fora on health effects associated with environmental agents that may affect the endocrine system.
 
Requires the Director to establish an Endocrine Disruption Program Panel, which shall: (1) provide advice to the Director on the conduct and support of research; (2) evaluate existing population-level biomonitoring and biobanking surveillance and research programs and recommend changes needed to develop data on human exposures and effects to support the Program; and (3) develop a list of chemicals of concern for endocrine disruption effects and make findings with respect to such chemicals. Authorizes individuals to petition the Panel to determine whether a chemical should be listed or to revise a finding or determination based on new information. 
 
Requires the Director, if the Panel finds that data are sufficient to determine that there is at least a minimal level of concern associated with a chemical's potential to disrupt the human endocrine system, to transmit the finding, including the routes and sources of exposure to the chemical, to each federal agency with authority to regulate the chemical. Requires each federal agency that receives such a transmission: (1) to reply to the Director describing the agency's regulatory authority, past actions in connection with the chemical, and proposed action to protect human health from the potential endocrine disruption effects of exposure to the chemical; and (2) within one year, to report on the actions taken and future actions proposed by the Agency in response to the Panel's finding.
 
Requires the Director to establish a program to support graduate and postdoctoral training in fields related to the prevention of endocrine disruption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2885)
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4191
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Employment and training programs
Financial services and investments
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on certain securities transactions, including transactions in stocks, futures, swaps, credit default swaps, and options. Exempts transactions for securities held in tax-exempt retirement accounts, health savings accounts, educational accounts, and regulated investment companies. Allows the purchaser of securities a credit against the excise tax for the lesser of the tax incurred or $250 ($500 for married couples filing joint tax returns). Requires withholding of excise tax amounts by the transferor of securities subject to the tax. 
 
Requires one-half of the tax revenues raised by this Act to be held in a separate Job Creation Reserve account to offset additional costs from the Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009 and subsequent legislation to fund job creation.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that one-half of the tax revenues raised by this Act shall be used to reduce the federal deficit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Guaranteed 3% COLA for Seniors Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4193
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Guaranteed 3% COLA for Seniors Act of 2009 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals in the United States who are age 62 or older.
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the use of such index to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits; and (2) provide, in the case of individuals who have attained age 62, for an annual cost-of-living increase of at least 3%. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-12-03
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: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Law Student Clinic Participation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4194
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: District of Columbia
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Higher education
Lawyers and legal services
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Law Student Clinic Participation Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to exempt a law student or staff member participating in a legal clinic or externship of an accredited law school with respect to a matter within the scope of the clinic or externship from the criminal conflict of interest rules applicable to federal and District of Columbia employees, unless: (1) the student or staff has participated personally and substantially in the matter as a government employee; or (2) the matter is pending in the department or agency in which the student is serving.
 


action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Law Student Clinic Participation Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to exempt a law student or staff member participating in a legal clinic or externship of an accredited law school with respect to a matter within the scope of the clinic or externship from the criminal conflict of interest rules applicable to federal and District of Columbia employees, unless: (1) the student or staff has participated personally and substantially in the matter as a government employee; or (2) the matter is pending in the department or agency in which the student is serving.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-12-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 12/15/2009 H14899)
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 12/15/2009 H14899)
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideraation: CR H15473)
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Cohen objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4194.
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H14899-14900)
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Mr. Cohen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Community College Emergency Stabilization Fund Act

Bill: 111-hr-4196
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Community College Emergency Stabilization Fund Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide temporary emergency funding to states for use in awarding competitive grants to community colleges to assist them in maintaining, or hiring additional, staff. 
 
Allots such funding to states pursuant to a formula that takes into account each state's share of increased unemployment over the past 12 months and the extent to which its unemployment rate exceeds the national average.
 
Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to career and technical colleges to assist them in maintaining, or hiring additional, staff.
 
Requires the states and the Secretary, when determining the amount of a grant to be awarded to a community college or career and technical college pursuant to this Act, to consider: (1) its student enrollment; (2) the increase in its enrollment over the preceding academic year; and (3) the most recent monthly unemployment rate in its locality.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to conduct an evaluation this Act's grant programs and report its results to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Gold Star Mothers National Monument Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4197
Sponsor: Rep. Adler, John H. [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: District of Columbia
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Gold Star Mothers National Monument Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a monument in the District of Columbia area, as a unit of the National Park System, to be known as the Gold Star Mothers National Monument.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Unclaimed Savings Bond Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4198
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Government information and archives
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Unclaimed Savings Bond Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a demonstration program to: (1) identify and locate the owners of specified unredeemed U.S. savings bonds; and (2) provide bondholder location and assistance grants to states for the purpose of bond owner location and notification activities.
 
Requires the Secretary to attempt to locate owners of specified unredeemed savings bonds for which the registered address: (1) is located in a state not participating in the demonstration program in the fiscal year in which such bond would otherwise have been referred to such state; or (2) is not located in any state.
 
Requires the Secretary to deduct and withhold from the proceeds of any matured outstanding U.S. savings bond, on the later of the date of maturity of such bond or the date of the enactment of this Act, a tax in an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the amount which, if such bond were redeemed, would constitute interest. Includes the deemed interest amount in the bondholder's gross income.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
San Gabriel Watershed Restoration Act

Bill: 111-hr-4200
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Outdoor recreation
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
San Gabriel Watershed Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with Los Angeles County, California, to: (1) prepare a feasibility study for environmental ecosystem restoration, flood control, water quality control, water supply storage, outdoor recreation enhancements, and other aspects of the San Gabriel River Watershed revitalization that is consistent with the goals of the San Gabriel River master plan published by that County; and (2) identify demonstration projects for construction and restoration of the San Gabriel River Watershed.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to construct demonstration projects to provide information to develop the study. Limits to 65% the federal share of the cost of any project under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the special rule for contributions of book inventory to public schools.

Bill: 111-hr-4201
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Books and print media
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011 the enhanced tax deduction for charitable contributions of book inventory to public schools. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans certain educational assistance payments through direct deposit.

Bill: 111-hr-4203
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that a veteran may receive Post-9/11 educational assistance payments through direct deposit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House