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Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-995
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2009-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and health-based discrimination
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: 
Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan that provides coverage for diagnostic mammography for any woman 40 years old or older to provide no less favorable coverage for annual screening mammography for such a woman, and diagnostic mammography, annual screening mammography, and annual magnetic resonance imaging for any high risk woman. 

Prohibits a group health plan from denying enrollment or renewal solely to avoid the requirements of this Act, providing monetary incentives to encourage women to accept less than such minimum protections, penalizing providers for providing care in accordance with this Act, or providing incentives to induce providers to provide care in a manner inconsistent with this Act. 

Applies such requirements and prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To temporarily exempt certain public and private development projects from any requirement for a review, statement, or analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-996
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2009-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Federal district courts
Floods and storm protection
Jurisdiction and venue
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: 
Exempts a public or private development project that is to be carried out within three years (other than a project for which a permit for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters at specified disposal sites is required under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or that is to be carried out on wetland as defined by the Food Security Act of 1985) from any requirement for a review, statement, or analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior, on a state governor's declaration of an emergency, to temporarily exempt from the prohibition against taking and the prohibition against the adverse modification of critical habitat under such Act any action that is reasonably necessary to avoid or ameliorate the impact of the emergency, including the operation of any water supply or flood control project by a federal agency.

Gives the United States District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction to hear all causes and claims that arise from any covered energy project. Defines a &quot;covered energy project&quot; as any action or decision by a federal official regarding: (1) the leasing of federal land (including submerged land) for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of energy; or (2) any action under such a lease. Sets forth deadlines for filing and resolving such claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
English Language Unity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-997
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2009-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Department of Homeland Security
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: 
English Language Unity Act of 2009 - Makes English the official language of the United States. 
 
Requires, subject to exceptions and rules of construction, that: (1) official functions of the United States be conducted in English; and (2) all naturalization ceremonies be conducted in English. Establishes a uniform English language rule for naturalization.
 
Makes English language requirements and workplace policies, whether in the public or private sector, presumptively consistent with the laws of the United States. 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue for public notice and comment a proposed rule for uniform testing of English language ability of candidates for naturalization based upon the principles that: (1) all citizens should be able to read and understand generally the English language text of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the laws of the United States; and (2) any exceptions to this standard should be limited to extraordinary circumstances, such as asylum.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-02-11
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: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Policyholder Disaster Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-998
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2009-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Disaster relief and insurance
Income tax deductions
Insurance industry and regulation
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Policyholder Disaster Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) to make tax deductible contributions to a tax-exempt policyholder disaster protection fund established by this Act for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from certain catastrophic events, such as windstorms, earthquakes, fires, or floods.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Keeping America's Food Safe Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-999
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2009-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Elementary and secondary education
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: 
Keeping America's Food Safe Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require: (1) certification of any food safety laboratory or a sampling service that is analyzing, testing, or collecting samples of imported food; and (2) such laboratories or services to submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services the results of all tests conducted on behalf of an importer.

Sets forth civil penalties for: (1) an importer that knowingly engages in the falsification of test results submitted to the Secretary; and (2) a laboratory or service that knowingly submits false test results to the Secretary. 

Requires the Secretary to establish a certification program to ensure that imported food meets the food safety standards applied to food produced in the United States.

Prohibits food from being permitted entry into the United States from a foreign facility in a foreign country unless there are certifications from the facility and country, except if the certification is not needed for the Secretary's evaluation of whether the facility's or country's standards are at least equivalent to standards applicable to food produced in the United States.

Sets forth certification requirements for foreign countries.

Requires the Secretary to develop and maintain websites on: (1) food safety issues; and (2) the development of school curricula regarding food safety issues.

Establishes whistle-blower's protections.

Revises the definition of &quot;responsible party&quot; to include an establishment that analyzes or tests samples of food for consumption in the United to States to ensure its safety. Requires a responsible party to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within 24 hours about test results that suggest that an article of food is reportable food, irrespective of whether the party subsequently determines that such article isn't reportable food.

Authorizes the Secretary to request and, in the absence of voluntary compliance, to order an establishment to recall food that has been distributed and that presents a risk of illness, injury, or gross consumer deception when necessary to protect the public health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Rural Colorado Water Infrastructure Act

Bill: 111-hr-1000
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Colorado
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: 
Rural Colorado Water Infrastructure Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-federal interests in Colorado, which may be provided in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects. 

Requires projects to be publicly owned as a prerequisite for assistance.
 
Directs the Secretary to enter into local cooperation agreements with non-federal interests for project design and construction. Sets the federal share of project costs under local cooperation agreements at 75%. Sets the non-federal share of operation and maintenance costs for projects constructed with assistance under this Act at 100%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Nursing Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1001
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Foreign labor
Health personnel
Immigration status and procedures
Nursing
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: 
Nursing Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a nonimmigrant visa category (W-visa) for an alien coming to the United States to work as a professional nurse.
 
Sets forth employer petition provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Pisgah National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1002
Sponsor: Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11]
Introduced: 2009-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: 
Pisgah National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2009 - Modifies the boundaries of the Pisgah National Forest in McDowell County, North Carolina, to provide for the inclusion of certain private land and Forest Service land in the Forest. Requires an owner's consent to acquire the private land. 

action_date: 2009-09-10
text: 

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

 
Pisgah National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2009 - Modifies the boundaries of the Pisgah National Forest in McDowell County, North Carolina, to provide for the inclusion of certain private land and Forest Service land in the Forest. Requires an owner's consent to acquire the private land. 

action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 

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

 
Pisgah National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2009 - Modifies the boundaries of the Pisgah National Forest in McDowell County, North Carolina, to provide for the inclusion of certain private land and Forest Service land in the Forest. Requires an owner's consent to acquire the private land. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9519)
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9519)
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1002.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9519-9520)
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Mr. Holden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 139.
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 111-251.
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 111-251.
action_date: 2009-07-29
text: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry Discharged.
action_date: 2009-07-29
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-07-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the closure of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, notwithstanding the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.

Bill: 111-hr-1003
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2009-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military facilities and property
New Jersey

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: 
Prohibits the Secretaries of Defense and the Army from closing or otherwise reducing the personnel, functions, or operations at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, notwithstanding the 2005 recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Health Care Full Funding Act

Bill: 111-hr-1004
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2009-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Budget process
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: 
Veterans Health Care Full Funding Act - Requires: (1) that in the President's budget for each fiscal year, amounts shall be requested for veterans health care programs in accordance with the provisions of this Act and that amounts appropriated shall be available for a period of two consecutive fiscal years; and (2) the Veterans Health Care Funding Review Board (established in this Act) to determine the level of funding needed for each period. Outlines the health care needs required to be included under the Board's determination. Establishes the Board.
 
Provides standards for access to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) care for veterans seeking: (1) primary care; and: (2) specialized care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
National Public Notification of Environmental Hazards Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1005
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2009-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: 
National Public Notification of Environmental Hazards Act of 2009 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to require the President to revise the national contingency plan to provide for improved public notification and community relations in the case of a response action.
 
Requires the head of the lead agency for a response action to: (1) designate a spokesperson, who shall provide notice of the action, respond to inquiries, and provide information to the public; (2) issue a press release within a specified time frame; (3) ensure coordination of press releases and other statements; (4) establish a public information office at or near the response site; (5) establish at least one local information repository; (6) make the administrative record file available for public inspection; (7) provide a public comment period; (8) conduct public meetings; (9) establish a toll-free telephone number and a public Internet website; (10) ensure that each residence and business within a half-mile radius of the response site is visited by a lead agency representative; and (11) mail printed materials containing information about the removal action to such residences and businesses.

Directs the head: (1) to take specified actions if the President determines, based on a site evaluation, that an action is appropriate and the head determines that a planning period of at least 180 days exists prior to initiation of on-site activities, including making the engineering evaluation and cost analysis available to the public; and (2) for actions lasting more than 120 days, to interview local officials, community residents, and specified others about their concerns, information needs, and how they would like to be involved and prepare a formal community relations plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Introduced in House