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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes by Native Corporations.

Bill: 111-hr-3568
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Income tax deductions
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow Alaska Native Corporations an increased tax deduction for donations of conservation easements related to lands conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Permits a 15-year carryover of contribution amounts that exceed annual limitations on the amount of such tax deduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2266-2267)
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
SAC Act

Bill: 111-hr-3569
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 
Sunset All Czars Act or the SAC Act - Prohibits appropriated funds from being used to pay salaries or expenses of any task force, council, or similar office established by or at the direction of the President, if the head of such entity is a Czar. Defines a &quot;Czar&quot; as an entity head who: (1) is appointed (on other than an interim basis) without the Senate's advice and consent; (2) is excepted from the competitive service by reason of the confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character of the position; (3) performs or delegates functions that would otherwise be performed or delegated by an individual appointed by the President with the Senate's advice and consent; and (4) does not have an existing removal date established at the direction of the President or through an authorization of Congress. 
 
Requires that by December 31, 2009, any Czar who is not appointed by a former President or the incumbent President, with the Senate's advise and consent, be removed from his or her position.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Defund ACORN Act

Bill: 111-hr-3571
Sponsor: Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Community life and organization
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 
Defund ACORN Act - Prohibits any federal contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other form of agreement from being awarded to, any federal funds in any other form from being provided to, or any federal employee or contractor from promoting any organization that: (1) has been indicted for a violation under any federal or state law governing the financing of a campaign for election for public office or any law governing the administration of such an election, including a voter registration law; (2) had its state corporate charter terminated due to its failure to comply with federal or state lobbying disclosure requirements; (3) has filed a fraudulent form with any federal or state regulatory agency; or (4) employs, has under contract, or retains to act on its behalf any individual who has been indicted for a violation under federal or state law relating to an election for federal or state office. Identifies, specifically, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and any affiliate as such an organization.
 
Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to carry out provisions of this Act relating to contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
COLA Assistance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3572
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 
COLA Assistance Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide a cost-of-living increase for Social Security benefits for 2010 of 2.9% with respect to the base quarter in 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Call to Service Homebuyer Credit Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3573
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military personnel and dependents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 
Call to Service Homebuyer Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt members of the Uniformed Services, the Foreign Service, or employees of the Intelligence Community who are required to serve on extended official duty away from their principal residences from the recapture requirements of the first time homebuyer tax credit; and (2) extend such credit until December 1, 2010, for members of the Armed Forces, the Foreign Service, or the Intelligence Community serving outside the United States for a period in 2009 before December 1, 2009, of not less than 90 days.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2275)
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Confidence Through Smarter Campaigns Act

Bill: 111-hr-3574
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
House of Representatives
Inflation and prices
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 
Restoring Confidence Through Smarter Campaigns Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to limit expenditures by candidates for the House of Representatives to $500,000 during the election cycle ($250,000 for a primary election and $250,000 for a general election). Sets at $250,000 the maximum amount of expenditures which may be made for a runoff election ($125,000 for a primary runoff election and $125,000 for a general runoff election). Excludes from such limits expenditures for legal services. Provides for indexing such amounts for inflation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the maximum amount of veterans' mortgage life insurance available under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 111-hr-3575
Sponsor: Rep. Perriello, Thomas S.P. [D-VA-5]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Life, casualty, property insurance
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 
 Increases the maximum loan guarantee amount under the veterans' mortgage life insurance program from $90,000 to $200,000. 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Ex-Offenders Voting Rights Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3576
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional elections
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 
Ex-Offenders Voting Rights Act of 2009 - Declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense unless, at the time of the election, such individual is serving a felony sentence in a correctional institution or facility or is on parole or probation for a felony offense.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General or private individuals to bring civil actions to remedy violations of this Act. 
 
Specifies that: (1) nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a state from enacting any state law that affords the right to vote in any election for federal office on terms less restrictive than those terms established by this Act; and (2) the rights and remedies established by this Act shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law, and shall not supersede, restrict, or limit the application of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 or the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3577
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 
Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2009 - Allows any former member of the Armed Forces who has 20 years of active-duty service as of any date between September 30, 2011, and ending July 31, 2009, including at least 90 days of such service after September 10, 2001, and is honorably discharged to transfer to their dependents any remaining entitlement to educational assistance under the post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee 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 by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-09-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Everyone Deserves Unconditional Access to Education (EDUCATE) Act

Bill: 111-hr-3578
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 
Everyone Deserves Unconditional Access to Education (EDUCATE) Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.
 
Sets the amount to be authorized and the amount to be appropriated for each fiscal year from FY2010-FY2015 as the greater of: (1) a specified amount; or (2) a specified percentage of an amount determined pursuant to a formula that multiplies the number of children receiving special education services by the average per-pupil expenditure in public elementary and secondary schools. 
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2016 and thereafter that equal 40% of the amount determined using such formula. Makes appropriations for FY2016 and thereafter that are determined by subtracting a specified amount from the amount authorized.
 
Requires amounts appropriated to be expended consistent with pay-as-you-go requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount of the reporting fees payable to educational institutions that enroll veterans receiving educational assistance from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3579
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2009-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Government information and archives
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: 
 Amends the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program for veterans to increase the reporting fee payable to educational institutions that enroll veterans receiving assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee 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 by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-09-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
New IDEA (Illegal Deduction Elimination Act)

Bill: 111-hr-3580
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2009-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Employee benefits and pensions
Evidence and witnesses
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Income tax deductions
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: 
New IDEA (Illegal Deduction Elimination Act) - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for wages and benefits paid to or on behalf of an unauthorized alien.
 
Directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretaries of Homeland Security and the Treasury to jointly establish a program to share information that may lead to the identification of unauthorized aliens. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide taxpayer identity information to the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Homeland Security on employers who paid nondeductible wages to unauthorized aliens and on the aliens to whom such wages were paid.
 
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to: (1) make permanent the pilot program for verifying the employment eligibility of alien workers (E-Verify Program); (2) apply such program to current employees in addition to new hires; (3) establish a rebuttable presumption that employers who participate in the pilot program have not violated the prohibition against continued employment of unauthorized aliens; and (4) allow employers to offer a prospective employee a conditional offer of employment pending final verification of identity and employment eligibility under the E-Verify Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 36, United States Code, to include in the Federal charter of the Reserve Officers Association leadership positions newly added in its constitution and bylaws.

Bill: 111-hr-3581
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2009-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Federally chartered organizations
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: 
Revises the federal charter of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States to include the president elect of the Association on the national executive committee as a non-voting member.
 
Specifies that the three national executive committee members on the national executive committee are a minimum of three (thus allowing for an increase in such number).
 
Makes the president elect of the Association an officer. 
 
Specifies that the three national executive committee members who are officers of the Association are a minimum of three (thus allowing for an increase in such number).
 
Eliminates the specific inclusion among the officers of a surgeon, a chaplain, a historian, and a public relations officer.
 
Allows the addition as officers of any others specified in the Association's constitution (currently, as decided at the national convention).
 
Declares that the officers shall take office at the national convention. Requires the judge advocate to be appointed by the national executive committee. Allows for appointment by the national executive committee of any other national officers specified in the Association's constitution.
 
Revises the requirement that minutes be kept of the proceedings of the national council. Eliminates specification of the national council and replaces it with other national entities of the Association (the minutes of whose proceedings must be kept).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Census Improvement Act

Bill: 111-hr-3582
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2009-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Right of privacy
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: 
Census Improvement Act - Prohibits any organization that has been indicted for a violation of law relating to an election for federal or state office or that employs or otherwise uses the services of an individual who has been indicted for such a violation from participating in the Planning Partnership Program for the 2010 census of population.
 
Provides that no bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report containing a provision which would have the effect of limiting the application of provisions regarding the confidentiality of census information shall be considered as passed or agreed to by either chamber of Congress except by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Members voting.
 
Requires: (1) the Secretary of Commerce to submit to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) a copy of each question proposed to be included in the 2010 census and the American Community Survey; (2) GAO to review and report to Congress on such questions; and (3) the Secretary to include his or her views on, and GAO to specifically address, the reasons for each question, the purposes for which the information obtained is likely to be used, alternative means by which the same information could be obtained, and the relative advantages and disadvantages of obtaining the information through a census or survey.
 
Prohibits any person conducting the Survey or 2010 census from seeking answers to any questions relating to a household or any member of such household from any person who is not a member of that household.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House