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National Liberty Memorial Act

Bill: 111-hr-4036
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2009-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
District of Columbia
Europe
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-05
text: 
National Liberty Memorial Act - Authorizes the National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. (previously the Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation) to establish a memorial on specified federal land in the District of Columbia to honor slaves and free black persons who served as soldiers and sailors or provided civilian assistance during the American Revolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-05
text: Introduced in House
LEARN Act

Bill: 111-hr-4037
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Language arts
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: 
 Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act or the LEARN Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to states for comprehensive planning to improve the literacy of children from birth through grade 12. 
 
Directs the Secretary to award grants to states to implement their comprehensive literacy plans for such children through: (1) competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or early learning programs for specified activities that support early language and literacy development in children from birth through kindergarten entry; (2) competitive subgrants to LEAs that have the highest numbers or percentages of disadvantaged students and students reading or writing below grade level for specified activities to improve the literacy of students in kindergarten through grade 12, including the provision of family literacy services; and (3) additional state activities that include providing technical assistance to subgrantees, coordinating literacy programs and resources throughout the state, disseminating information on promising literacy programs, and enhancing the credentials of literacy instructors. 
 
Allots implementation grants to states on the basis of each state's share of disadvantaged students.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) perform a five-year national evaluation of the implementation and effect of the literacy initiatives supported by this Act; and (2) provide technical assistance and information on literacy instruction to educational entities.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to withhold this Act's funding from states and subgrantees, and states to withhold funding from subgrantees, whose initiatives are not making significant progress in improving student literacy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Ending Defensive Medicine and Encouraging Innovative Reforms Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4039
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Disaster relief and insurance
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Federal preemption
Government liability
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Specialized courts
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: 
Ending Defensive Medicine and Encouraging Innovative Reforms Act of 2009 - Provides for reform of health care lawsuits by: (1) allowing a party against whom a judgment for medical malpractice has been awarded to pay future damages of $50,000 or more in periodic payments; (2) making each party liable for that party's share of damages only; (3) requiring a court to appoint a qualified specialist to review a health care lawsuit and file a statement of opinion regarding whether such lawsuit has a reasonable and meritorious basis; (4) requiring the losing party to pay the costs and reasonable attorneys fees of the prevailing party; (5) absolving health care providers from liability if such providers acted consistently with accepted clinical practice guidelines; and (6) providing that evidence of Medicare payments and reimbursements made to health care providers shall not, in a health care lawsuit, constitute a determination that a health care provider has or has not met the applicable standard of care. 
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) provide protections from civil liability for certain emergency medical personnel and health center volunteer practitioners; (2) grant incentive payments to states for medical liability reform; and (3) impose liability limits and other restrictions on health care lawsuits in states that have not adopted medical liability reforms. 
 
Protects disaster relief volunteers, nonprofit organizations, and other entities from civil liability for injuries related to disaster relief services, except for injuries caused by willful, wanton, or reckless misconduct.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Big Sur Forest Service Management Unit Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4040
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: 
Big Sur Forest Service Management Unit Act of 2009 - Establishes the Big Sur Management Unit of Los Padres National Forest in California to replace the Monterey Ranger District in the Forest. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) all Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered public lands within the boundaries of the Unit for inclusion in the Unit. 
 
Authorizes the lease or issuance of permits for the use of all or a part of Brazil Ranch. 
 
Designates the Unit as a Wildland Urban Interface Special Study Area. Requires the Secretary to: (1) make use of existing authority and resources to pioneer innovative fire pre-suppression methods consistent with public safety and wilderness values; (2) create and annually update a fire management plan applicable to the Unit; and (3) establish agency approval procedures for responding to fire emergencies in the Unit. 
 
Adjusts the boundaries of the Ventana Wilderness Area. Designates the Horse Canyon and Horse Pasture proposed wilderness additions as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
Adjusts the boundaries of the Silver Peak Wilderness Area. Designates the Alder Creek proposed wilderness addition as wilderness and a component of such System. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to take measures in the wilderness areas and wilderness additions designated by this Act necessary for the control of fire, insects, and diseases. 
 
Designates: (1) specified segments of the Arroyo Seco River, Big Creek, Carmel River, San Antonio River, and San Carpoforo Creek and their tributaries in Big Sur, California, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; (2) Forest Service Road 19S09, to be known as the Arroyo Seco-Indians Trail, as a National Recreation Trail; and (3) the Jeff Norman Botanical Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
To authorize certain improvements in the Federal Recovery Coordinator Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4041
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide collaborative recovery coordinator training at a qualified nursing or medical school. Authorizes the qualified nursing or medical school to train 45 recovery coordinators.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Small Business and Military Family Assistance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4042
Sponsor: Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Military personnel and dependents
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: 
Small Business and Military Family Assistance Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011 the tax credit for differential wages paid to employees while on active duty in the uniformed services for a period of more than 30 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Military Spouse Pin Act

Bill: 111-hr-4043
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: 
Military Spouse Pin Act - Requires the design of a spouse-of-a-combat-veteran lapel button to identify and recognize the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is serving in a combat zone for a period of more than 30 days.
 
Directs the: (1) Secretary of the military department concerned to present the button to such a spouse; and (2) Secretary of Defense (DOD) to make the button available to qualifying spouses of veterans of military conflicts that took place before the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and to restore the headstone or marker allowance for eligible persons.

Bill: 111-hr-4044
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Disability and paralysis
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: 
Makes eligible for a $300 plot allowance for burial in a cemetery other than a national cemetery a veteran who is eligible for burial in a national cemetery and who: (1) was discharged from active service for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty; or (2) is a veteran of any war.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in lieu of furnishing a headstone or marker for an individual so entitled, to reimburse the person entitled to request such headstone or marker for acquiring a non-government headstone or marker for placement in any cemetery other than a national cemetery in connection with the burial or memorialization of the deceased individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4045
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2009 - Increases the authorized allowance for burial and funeral expenses for deceased veterans who: (1) at the time of death were in receipt of veterans' disability compensation or veterans' pension benefits; or (2) were veterans of any war or were discharged or released from active military service for a service-connected disability and for whom there is no next of kin or sufficient resources to cover funeral and burial costs. 
Increases the burial plot allowance for veterans who, at the time of death, were receiving hospital or nursing home care in or through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). 
Authorizes the annual adjustment of such allowances by the same percentage increase as adjustments to benefit amounts payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
To enhance the reporting requirements on the status of the Arab League trade boycott of Israel and other trade boycotts of Israel.

Bill: 111-hr-4046
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international corporations
Free trade and trade barriers
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Marketing and advertising
Middle East
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: 
Reaffirms congressional opposition to trade boycotts of Israel and calls on the President to take stronger steps to end all trade boycotts of Israel.
 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the United States Trade Representative to include in: (1) the annual trade barrier report a list of each country (and specified boycott-related information about such country) that participates in any trade boycott of Israel; and (2) the National Trade Estimate a report on U.S. steps taken at the World Trade Organization (WTO) or other international fora to end the trade boycott of Israel.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
To use historical averages to calculate the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for disaster affected States for purposes of the Medicaid Program.

Bill: 111-hr-4047
Sponsor: Rep. Cao, Anh "Joseph" [R-LA-2]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), with respect to a state in the calculation for it of the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), to substitute the state's average historical per capita income for a year in any instance for which the Secretary would use the state's per capita income for such year if: (1) in such year the state's per capita income exceeds the average historical per capita income by at least 8%; and (2) during such year or any of the two previous years a major disaster was declared in the state by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in rural areas.

Bill: 111-hr-4048
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Neurological disorders
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a five-year pilot program, in five rural states, under which the Secretary trains and then assigns a specific Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) case manager to each veteran diagnosed with traumatic brain injury who is receiving care in a VA facility in that state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
To extend temporarily the duty suspension on 2-(Methoxycarbonyl)benzylsulfonamide.

Bill: 111-hr-4049
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the duty suspension on 2-(Methoxycarbonyl)benzylsulfonamide.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
To extend temporarily the duty suspension on Diaminodecane.

Bill: 111-hr-4050
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the duty suspension on Diaminodecane.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Cold War Service Medal Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4051
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military history
Military personnel and dependents
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: 
Cold War Service Medal Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to issue the Cold War Service Medal to members of the Armed Forces who were discharged or released under honorable conditions after having: (1) served on active duty for at least 24 consecutive months during the Cold War (September 2, 1945, through December 26, 1991); (2) deployed outside the continental United States for at least 30 days during such period; or (3) performed other Cold War service as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should expedite the design of the Medal as well its issuance to eligible members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Fair Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4052
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Disaster relief and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: 
Fair Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) the enhanced tax deduction for net losses incurred in federally declared disasters; (2) the $500 limit on the tax deduction for individual casualty losses; (3) expensing of certain disaster abatement and cleanup expenses; (4) the tax deduction for net operating losses attributable to a federally declared disaster; (5) eligibility for tax-exempt bond financing for repair of principal residences destroyed or damaged in a federally declared disaster; and (6) the bonus depreciation allowance for property in a disaster area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4054
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2009-11-06 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: 
 Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2009 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to treat as a disability for OASDI and SSI disability payment purposes any service-connected total disability, as rated and certified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
 
Applies the same treatment to related child's insurance and widow's and widower's insurance benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2744)
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Introduced in House