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Employees' Pension Security Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4281
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2009-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Bankruptcy
Civil actions and liability
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Labor-management relations
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: 
Employees&#146; Pension Security Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require assets of single-employer pension plans to be held in trust by joint boards of trustees.
 
Requires plan sponsors and administrators to provide all material investment information in an accurate form to participants and beneficiaries. Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties for violations of certain information requirements.
 
Sets forth additional requirements for plan termination, to prevent abuse of the bankruptcy and termination process, including requirements relating to: (1) distress termination; (2) bankruptcy court decrees, and the right to intervene to challenge them; (3) consideration of alternatives by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the plan sponsor; (4) PBGC efforts at consulting on alternatives with plan participants and their union representatives; and (5) notice of the right to challenge determinations relating to plan termination.
 
Amends federal bankruptcy law to include, in a priority order for recovery of expenses and claims, allowed unsecured claims for benefit liabilities to participants and beneficiaries under a single-employer plan in connection with the plan termination, in excess of the benefits payable to them by the PBGC in connection with such termination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2009-12-10
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XII of the Social Security Act to extend the provision waiving certain interest payments on advances made to States from the Federal unemployment account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

Bill: 111-hr-4282
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Government trust funds
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: 
Amends title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Fund) of the Social Security Act, as added by the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, to extend through December 31, 2012, the waiver of certain interest payments on advances made to states from the federal unemployment account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. (Thus continues temporary assistance for states with such advances.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Transparency and Integrity in Corporate Monitoring Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4283
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business ethics
Civil actions and liability
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Law enforcement officers
White-collar crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Transparency and Integrity in Corporate Monitoring Act of 2009 - Prohibits United States attorneys or assistant United States attorneys who participate in the investigation or prosecution of an organization for a criminal offense for which a deferred prosecution or nonprosecution agreement is made from acting as or working for, for a specified period of time after their service, corporate monitors selected to oversee the implementation of such agreements. Authorizes the Attorney General to seek a civil penalty or injunctive relief to address violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2969-2970)
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act

Bill: 111-hr-4285
Sponsor: Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Pechanga Settlement Agreement. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Department of the Interior to execute the Extension of Service Area Agreement, the Recycled Water Infrastructure Agreement, and the ESAA Capacity Agreement within 60 days of enactment of this Act.
 
Ratifies, confirms, and declares valid the Tribal Water Right which shall be held in trust by the United States for the use and benefit of the Band and allottees. 
 
States that the Band shall: (1) have authority to use, allocate, and lease the Tribal Water Right; and (2) enact a Pechanga Water Code.
 
Waives certain water rights and land claims of the Band and the United States with respect to the Santa Margarita River Watershed. 
 
Directs the Secretary to provide specified funds: (1) to fulfill the Band's obligations under the Recycled Water Infrastructure Agreement and the ESAA Capacity Agreement; (2) for the Storage Pond and the Demineralization and Brine Disposal Project; (3) to fulfill the Band's obligations under the Recycled Water Infrastructure Agreement for the Storage Pond's design and construction; and (4) for Interim Capacity and Permanent Capacity.
 
 Establishes in the Treasury the Pechanga Settlement Fund.
 
Repeals this Act and voids any related agreements effective January 1, 2016, if the Secretary does not publish a statement of findings required under this Act by December 31, 2015. Returns any appropriations and unobligated amounts to the general fund of the Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Restorative Justice in Schools Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4286
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Restorative Justice in Schools Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow local educational agencies to use title II subgrants to train school personnel in restorative justice and conflict resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Livability for All Americans Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4287
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Land use and conservation
Pedestrians and bicycling
Performance measurement
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Enhancing Livability for All Americans Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of Transportation an Office of Livability.
 
Requires the Office Director to establish a program to award competitive grants to eligible entities to assist: (1) capital investments in surface transportation projects with a significant impact on enhancing the livability in a region, metropolitan area, community, or neighborhood; and (2) communities in developing strategic growth plans that provide a vision and goals for development over a minimum 20-year period and integrate long-term innovative transportation and land use planning.
 
Requires priority be given to: (1) investment projects that increase the number of transportation options, improve access to housing, jobs, and services, and reduce greenhouse gas; and (2) innovative planning applicants who have proposed strategic growth plans for communities with transportation systems characterized by poor access to job centers and schools, limited transportation options for residents, and significant traffic congestion.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) develop statistical and analytical capabilities to ascertain specified transportation data; and (2) collaborate with other federal agencies to carry out activities that promote the development of livable communities, increase transportation choices, and improve the environment, public health, and quality of life.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
STOPP Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4288
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Economic development
Housing and community development funding
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Strengthening the Ownership of Private Property Act of 2009 or STOPP Act of 2009 - Prohibits federal financial assistance under defined federal economic development programs to a state or local government entity that: (1) uses the power of eminent domain to take property from a private entity and transfer ownership to another private entity; or (2) fails to provide, to any person displaced by the use of eminent domain for any economic development purpose, relocation assistance under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Excepts from the first clause property taken for: (1) use by a public utility; (2) a road open to the public or common carriers; (3) an aqueduct, pipeline, or similar use; (4) a prison or hospital; or (5) any use during and in relation to a national emergency or national disaster declared by the President.
 
Provides a private right of action for the owner of any real property taken by conduct prohibited under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, Natural Resources, and 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: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Colorado Wilderness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4289
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Colorado
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
 Colorado Wilderness Act of 2009 - Designates specified lands in Colorado, administered by the Bureau of Land Management or the U.S. Forest Service, as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
 Authorizes the Colorado Army National Guard, through the High Altitude ARNG Aviation Training Site, to conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over and upon the lands designated as potential wilderness by this Act. 

 Provides for the obtaining, exercise, and protection of U.S. water rights for the wilderness and potential wilderness areas. 
 
Designates specified lands (proposed as Deep Creek Wilderness and Pisgah Mountain Wilderness) as potential wilderness areas. Requires such lands to be designated as wilderness upon publication of a notice that all nonconforming uses of those lands have ceased. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Public Lands Rehabilitation and Job Creation Act

Bill: 111-hr-4291
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Agriculture
Department of Transportation
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Public Lands Rehabilitation and Job Creation Act - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY2010 to: (1) the Department of the Interior for National Park Service operations and construction; (2) the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for capital improvement and maintenance road projects; and (3) the Department of Transportation (DOT) for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for highway infrastructure investment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Appropriations
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2975)
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
America's Better Classrooms Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4292
Sponsor: Rep. Childers, Travis [D-MS-1]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
America's Better Classrooms Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow issuers of qualified zone academy and school construction bonds a refundable tax credit for interest payments under such bonds. Exempts such bonds from the requirement that they be issued before January 1, 2011. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to maximize the efficiency in administering governmental functions.

Bill: 111-hr-4293
Sponsor: Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to: (1) include grants for maximizing efficiency in administering governmental functions among grants the Secretary of Commerce may make that would be useful in alleviating or preventing conditions of excessive unemployment or underemployment; and (2) allow use of such grants for developing and conducting or implementing county or municipal government efficiency assessments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to eliminate cost-sharing requirements in connection with economic adjustment grants made to assist communities that have suffered economic injury as a result of military base closures and realignments, defense contractor reductions in force, and Department of Energy defense-related funding reductions.

Bill: 111-hr-4294
Sponsor: Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Defense spending
Housing and community development funding
Intergovernmental relations
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide that the federal share of the cost of projects assisted by economic adjustment grants made to communities that have suffered economic injury as a result of a military base closure or realignment, defense contractor reduction in force, or Department of Energy (DOE) defense-related funding reduction shall be 100%. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Emergency Capital Assistance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4295
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Performance measurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Small Business Emergency Capital Assistance Act of 2009 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to carry out a program under which the Administrator may make loans directly to small businesses determined to: (1) be economically healthy; (2) have good credit; and (3) be unable to obtain a loan on reasonable terms from a non-federal source. Limits loan amounts to $1.5 million, with a maximum repayment term of 25 years.
 
Requires: (1) the Administrator to report annually to the congressional small business committees concerning loans made under the program; and (2) the Comptroller General to evaluate the program's effectiveness and report evaluation results to such committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Tax.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4296
Sponsor: Rep. Halvorson, Deborah L. [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2009-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax deductions
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: 
Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction for a specified percentage of the cost, including labor costs, of installing and maintaining mechanical insulation property. Defines &quot;mechanical insulation property&quot; as insulation materials, facings, and accessory products placed in service in connection with a mechanical system which is utilized for thermal, acoustical, and personnel safety requirements for mechanical piping and equipment, hot and cold applications, and heating, venting and air conditioning applications which can be used in a variety of facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-11
text: Introduced in House