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Global Autism Assistance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1878
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Education programs funding
Foreign aid and international relief
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hereditary and development disorders
Neurological disorders
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Global Autism Assistance Act of 2009 - Directs the Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish and administer a health and education grant program (Global Autism Assistance Program) to: (1) support activities by nongovernmental organizations and other service providers, including advocacy groups, focused on autism in developing countries; and (2) establish a &quot;teach the teachers&quot; program to train health and education professionals working with autistic children in developing countries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide safeguards for credit card holders whose accounts were, or are about to be, terminated for inactivity, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-1882
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Federal Reserve System

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Amends the Truth in Lending Act to set forth restrictions upon the termination of a consumer credit card account due to inactivity.
 
Prohibits a consumer credit card account from being terminated for inactivity unless the cardholder is notified within 60 days before the termination date.
 
Authorizes the cardholder to appeal a termination on the basis of error. Requires the card issuer to: (1) investigate whether such an error occurred; (2) transmit the investigation results to the cardholder; and (3) reopen the credit card account if an error did occur.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E876-877)
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Patient Advocate Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1883
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Legal fees and court costs
Medical ethics
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Patient Advocate Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program under which the Secretary may make grants for the development and operation of programs to provide services for patients to resolve health insurance, job retention, and debt crisis matters related to the patients' diagnosis and illness. Includes as services to be provided by grant recipients: (1) acting as contacts for individuals who are seeking prevention or early detection services or treatment for an adverse health condition; (2) facilitating the involvement of community organizations in assisting individuals to receive better access to high-quality health care services; (3) notifying individuals of clinical trials and facilitating enrollment of individuals in trials; (4) anticipating, identifying, and helping individuals to overcome barriers within the health care system to ensure prompt diagnosis and treatment; (5) coordinating with the relevant health insurance ombudsman programs to provide information to individuals about health coverage; and (6) conducting ongoing outreach to health disparity populations in addition to assisting other individuals to seek preventive care.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) require grantees to prohibit any patient health advocate providing services under the grant from accepting any referral fee, kickback, or other thing of value in return for referring an individual to a particular health care provider; and (2) prohibit the use of any grant funds to pay any fees or costs resulting from any proceeding to resolve a legal dispute.

Sets forth provisions prohibiting discrimination in any program or activities funded or otherwise financially assisted under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1884
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of &quot;primary health services&quot; for purposes of the National Health Service Corps to include optometry health services.
 
Includes optometrists within: (1) the fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas; (2) the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program; and (3) the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1885
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Economic development
Government information and archives
Government liability
Housing and community development funding
Property rights
Religion
State and local government operations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2009 - Prohibits a state or political subdivision from exercising its power of eminent domain, or allowing the exercise of such power by delegation, over property to be used for economic development or over property that is used for economic development within seven years after that exercise, if the state or political subdivision receives federal economic development funds during any fiscal year in which the property is so used or intended to be used.
 
Prohibits the federal government from exercising its power of eminent domain for economic development.
 
Establishes a private cause of action for any private property owner or tenant who suffers injury as a result of a violation of this Act. Prohibits state immunity in federal or state court. Sets the statute of limitations at seven years.
 
Requires the Attorney General to bring an action to enforce this Act in certain circumstances, but prohibits an action brought later than seven years following the conclusion of any condemnation proceedings.
 
Requires the Attorney General to disseminate information on: (1) the rights of property owners and tenants under this Act; and (2) the federal laws under which federal economic development funds are distributed.
 
Prohibits a state or political subdivision from exercising its power of eminent domain over property of a religious or other nonprofit organization because of the organization's nonprofit or tax-exempt status or any related quality if that state or political subdivision receives federal economic development funds during any fiscal year.
 
Prohibits the federal government from exercising its power of eminent domain over property of a religious or other nonprofit organization because of the organization's nonprofit or tax-exempt status or any related quality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E883-884)
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Commission on Women Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1887
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Women in business
Women's employment
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Presidential Commission on Women Act of 2009 - Establishes the Presidential Commission on Women to: (1) review the status of women nationwide; (2) review the role of the federal government in aid to, and the promotion of, women; (3) review data collection procedures with regard to women federal initiatives and procurement; and (4) hold a conference to assist in those reviews.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
TIRE Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1888
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Motor vehicles
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Tire Investment, Recovery and Extension Act of 2009 or the TIRE Act of 2009

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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who regularly use more than 100 vehicles a year in a trade or business (vehicle fleet operators) a tax credit for the purchase of new or retread tires made from recycled rubber. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reserve funding for American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

Bill: 111-hr-1889
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Government trust funds
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reserve 0.5% of state pollution control revolving fund assistance for projects in American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E887)
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to increase the percentage of State revolving loan funds reserved for American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

Bill: 111-hr-1890
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Government trust funds
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
State and local finance
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to increase (from .33 to .5) the percentage of the aggregate amount made available for state drinking water treatment revolving loan funds in a fiscal year that shall be allotted to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E887)
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Sunset of Life Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1891
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Sunset of Life Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction from gross income for 50% of long-term care premiums without regard to the 7.5 % adjusted gross income limitation applicable to other medical or dental expenses. Allows individual taxpayers to claim such tax deduction regardless of whether they itemize other deductions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 102 North Main Street in Cedarville, Ohio, as the "William 'Brent' Turner Post Office".

Bill: 111-hr-1892
Sponsor: Rep. Austria, Steve [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Ohio
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 102 North Main Street in Cedarville, Ohio, as the "William 'Brent" Turner Post Office'.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Gaming and Collusion in Public-Private Investment Program Act

Bill: 111-hr-1893
Sponsor: Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business investment and capital
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Anti-Gaming and Collusion in Public-Private Investment Program Act - Prohibits any person who: (1) sells or otherwise disposes of an asset to or through any public-private investment program (including the Public-Private Investment Program for Legacy Assets established by the Secretary of the Treasury) from acquiring any other asset from or through such program; and (2) purchases or otherwise acquires an asset from or through such program from disposing of it or any other asset to or through any such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1894
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national minimum payment amount for CPT code 77080 (relating to dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, or DXA, the most widely accepted method of measuring bone mass to predict fracture risk) and CPT code 77082 (relating to vertebral fracture assessment, or VFA), and any successor to such codes as identified by the Secretary (bone mass scans). 
 
Directs the Secretary to arrange with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies to study and report to the Secretary and Congress on: (1) the ramifications of Medicare reimbursement reductions for DXA and VFA on beneficiary access to bone mass measurement benefits; and (2) the methods to increase use of bone mass measurement by Medicare beneficiaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
STANDUP Act

Bill: 111-hr-1895
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act of 2009 or the STANDUP Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to award incentive grants to states with graduated driver licensing laws that include, for novice drivers under age 21, a two-stage licensing process before the grant of an unrestricted driver's license.
 
Requires such laws, at a minimum, to include: (1) a learner's permit stage that commences at age 16 or older, lasts at least six months, prohibits the use of a cellular phone or other communications device in non-emergency situations, prohibits nighttime driving, and is in effect until commencement of the intermediate stage or when the driver attains age 18 or older; (2) an intermediate stage in effect until the driver attains age 18 or older that commences after expiration of the learner's permit stage, lasts at least six months, prohibits more than one non-familial passenger under age of 21 if there is no licensed driver age 21 or older present in the vehicle, prohibits nighttime driving, and prohibits the use of a cellular phone or other communications device in non-emergency situations; and (3) any other requirement that the Secretary may require.
 
Directs the Secretary to withhold a certain percentage of federal-aid highway funds from states that do not comply with the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Open Space Preservation Promotion Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1896
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax deferral
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Open Space Preservation Promotion Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow installment sales treatment for land sold to a governmental unit or tax-exempt charitable organization for conservation purposes even though the purchase funds for such sale are held in a sinking or similar fund, as required by state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Workforce Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1897
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Healthy Workforce Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a 50% tax credit for the costs of providing employees with a qualified wellness program. Defines &quot;qualified wellness program&quot; as a program that is certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and that consists of a health awareness and education component, a behavioral change component, and a supportive environment component. Terminates such credit after 2017. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to institute an outreach program to inform businesses about the availability of such wellness program tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E869)
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Life Sustaining Treatment Preferences Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1898
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Life Sustaining Treatment Preferences Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to extend Medicare coverage to consultations regarding an order for life sustaining treatment for qualified individuals. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible entities to: (1) establish new programs for orders regarding life sustaining treatment in a state or locality; (2) expand or enhance an existing program; or (3) set up a clearinghouse of information on programs for such orders and consultative services for the development or enhancement of such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E865)
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4065)