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Keeping Families Together Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-938
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Crimes against children
Crimes against property
Crimes against women
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Gambling
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Organized crime
Sex offenses
Smuggling and trafficking
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
Keeping Families Together Act of 2009 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Act) to repeal the provision amending the definition of &quot;aggravated felony,&quot; and restore provisions of law amended by such provision as if it had not been enacted, including residency-or status-related rights of an affected legal alien.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise detention of criminal alien provisions, effective as if included in the Act.
 
Repeals, as if included in the Act: (1) certain provisions respecting termination of continuous presence or physical presence in the United States; and (2) the definition of &quot;conviction.&quot;
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to admit certain lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens returning to the United States who temporarily proceeded abroad voluntarily and not under an order of deportation or removal, effective as of a specified date, as if certain sections of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 had not been enacted.
 
Revises provisions respecting judicial review of removal orders.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a post-proceeding removal relief process for affected aliens. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E251)
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
IRA Equity for Seniors Act

Bill: 111-hr-939
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
IRA Equity for Seniors Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who received a mandatory distribution from their pension plan or individual retirement account (IRA) in 2008 to recontribute such amounts to their retirement plans without tax or penalty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Low-Income Rate Payer Disaster Recovery Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-941
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Electric power generation and transmission
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
Low-Income Rate Payer Disaster Recovery Act of 2009 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to make contributions to the owner or operator of a private or investor-owned electric utility company serving low-income households for facilities damaged or destroyed by a major disaster only if the costs of repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing such facilities exceed 10% of the facilities' total transmission and distribution rate base minus: (1) accumulated depreciation on the date of the disaster in the case of a single major disaster; or (2) accumulated depreciation on the date of the first major disaster in the case of an aggregation of major disasters during the preceding 12 months.
 
Sets forth application deadlines.

Prohibits the total amount of contributions made to an owner or operator from exceeding $50 million in any 12-month period. Authorizes the President, for any major disaster occurring after enactment of this Act, to waive the limit upon determining that the event is of an extraordinary nature. Requires the President to approve or disapprove applications within 30 days after receipt.

Allows an owner or operator who determines that the public welfare would not best be served by repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing a facility to elect to receive, in lieu of the cost-based contribution, 75% of the funding that would have been available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Self-Employment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-942
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Performance measurement
Retail and wholesale trades
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
Veterans Self-Employment Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot project to test the feasibility and advisability of the use of educational assistance under certain programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay for training costs associated with the purchase of a franchise enterprise. Prohibits the use of such assistance unless: (1) training is required and provided in connection with the purchase and operation of a franchise; and (2) such training, and the training entity, are approved by the Secretary. Provides training and entity approval requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Accounting Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-943
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Disability assistance
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
Truth in Accounting Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to include in the audited financial statement of executive branch accounts of the previous year a calculation of the net present value of the overall fiscal exposures of the U.S. government.

Requires such financial statement to include a program-by-program calculation of: (1) the generational imbalance; (2) the fiscal imbalance; and (3) the total amount of the fiscal imbalance plus the public debt.

Instructs the President, in preparing the federal budget, to take this financial statement into consideration, including the effect of the overall budget upon: (1) the generational imbalance calculation and the fiscal imbalance calculation; and (2) the net present value of the overall fiscal exposures of the federal government.

Directs the Secretary to testify each year before Congress on the financial statement for the preceding fiscal year.

Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) assess the financial condition of the U.S. government in an annual report to Congress; and (2) testify before Congress on that condition, upon request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-944
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and paralysis
Mental health
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2009 - Amends federal veterans' benefits provisions with respect to former prisoners of war (POWs) to repeal the currently required 30-day minimum period of internment prior to the presumption of service connection for certain listed diseases, for purposes of the payment of veterans' disability compensation. Adds diabetes (type 2) to the above listed diseases. Removes the requirement that, in order for osteoporosis to be included among the listed diseases, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs must determine that the veteran has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Requires: (1) such presumption also with respect to any disease that the Secretary determines warrants such presumption by reason of having a positive association with the experience of being a prisoner of war; and (2) the Secretary to make such a determination within 60 days after a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War that such presumption be established for a non-listed disease.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Hope Scholarship Credit Expansion Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-945
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
Hope Scholarship Credit Expansion Act of 2009 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the Hope Scholarship tax credit to make certain additional expenses eligible for such credit, including room and board, employment-related expenses, and books, supplies, and equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
ON TIME Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-947
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Motor carriers
Roads and highways
Tariffs
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
Our Nation's Trade, Infrastructure, Mobility, and Efficiency Act of 2009 or the ON TIME Act of 2009 - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to: (1) address major transportation investment needs in national trade gateway corridors; (2) reduce freight congestion along current and future trade corridors along surface transportation routes that are or will be congested as a result of current or future growth in international trade; and (3) develop corridors that will increase freight transportation system reliability.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to assess and collect a national trade gateway corridor fee on each article imported into, and exported from, the United States. Requires collected fees to be deposited in the National Trade Gateway Corridor Fund for projects in the transportation trade corridors for the Customs port of unloading of imported, or loading of exported, articles. 
 
Sets forth requirements with respect to: (1) the allocation of Fund amounts in the form of grants to state departments of transportation to carry out eligible projects in the corridors for the Customs ports of entry; and (2) project selection and eligibility.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a transportation trade corridor for each Customs port of entry where fees are collected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-948
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health personnel
Medical research
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2009 - Provides that: (1) specified diseases, including heart disease, lung disease, tuberculosis, hepatitis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and specified cancers, of federal employees in fire protection activities shall be presumed to be proximately caused by such employment; (2) the disability or death of such an employee due to such a disease shall be presumed to result from personal injury sustained while in the performance of duty; and (3) such presumptions may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence. 
 
Defines an &quot;employee in fire protection activities&quot; as a firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, rescue worker, ambulance personnel, or hazardous material worker, who: (1) is trained in fire suppression; (2) has the legal authority and responsibility to engage in fire suppression; (3) is engaged in the prevention, control, and extinguishment of fires or response to emergency situations where life, property, or the environment is at risk; and (4) performs such activities as a primary responsibility of his or her job.

Directs the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to examine the implementation of this Act and appropriate scientific and medical data related to the health risks associated with firefighting and to report to Congress on: (1) an analysis of the injury claims made under this Act; (2) an analysis of the available research related to the health risks associated with firefighting; and (3) recommendations for any administrative or legislative actions necessary to ensure that those diseases most associated with firefighting are included in the presumption created by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-949
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining.
 
Requires a final decision of the (VA) with respect to the review of an adverse personnel action against a (VA) employee to be issued not later than 60 days after such action has been appealed. Subjects such decision to judicial review in the appropriate U.S. District Court or, if the decision is made by a labor arbitrator, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, to increase educational assistance for certain veterans pursuing a program of education offered through distance learning.

Bill: 111-hr-950
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Educational technology and distance education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
Authorizes the use of veterans' educational assistance for the the pursuit of an approved program of education offered through distance learning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer enemy combatants detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to facilities in Arizona or to build, modify, or enhance any facility in Arizona to house such enemy combatants.

Bill: 111-hr-951
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Arizona
Caribbean area
Colorado
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Latin America
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any enemy combatant detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any military or prison installation in Arizona; or (2) construct housing facilities in Arizona for such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Compensation Owed for Mental Health Based on Activities in Theater Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Act

Bill: 111-hr-952
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Mental health
Military operations and strategy
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
Compensation Owed for Mental Health Based on Activities in Theater Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Act or COMBAT PTSD Act - Defines &quot;combat with the enemy,&quot; for purposes of proof of service-connection for veterans' disability compensation, as service on active duty: (1) in a theater of combat operations during a period of war; or (2) in combat against a hostile force during a period of hostilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Travel Tax Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-953
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Income tax deductions
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
Veterans Travel Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow veterans a deduction from gross income for their travel expenses, including those of a family member, to a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center for treatment related to a service-connected disability or for an examination related to a claim for disability compensation or a pension.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Benefits Fairness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-954
Sponsor: Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2009-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: 
Social Security Benefits Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that, if an OASDI recipient dies during the first 15 days of a month, the last payment of the monthly benefit for that month shall be half the usual benefit amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Introduced in House