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National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-635
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws Act of 2009 - Establishes the National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws.
 
Requires the Commission to: (1) review the findings and recommendations of the previous National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws; and (2) study and evaluate state workers' compensation laws to determine their adequacy and whether additional remedies should be available to ensure the payment of benefits and medical care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Positive Alternatives Act

Bill: 111-hr-636
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Abortion
Adoption and foster care
Child health
Family planning and birth control
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Positive Alternatives Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow the use of TANF funds for alternative-to-abortion services, including: (1) information or counseling that promotes childbirth instead of abortion; and (2) other services designed to assist a woman to carry her unborn child to term. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Short Sea Shipping Promotion Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-638
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Canada
Great Lakes
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Short Sea Shipping Promotion Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax cargo contained in intermodal cargo containers and loaded by crane on a vessel, or cargo loaded on a vessel by means of wheeled technology, that is: (1) loaded at a U.S. port and unloaded at another U.S. port or a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System; or (2) loaded at a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System and unloaded at a U.S. port.
 
 Defines the &quot;Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System&quot; as the waterway between Duluth, Minnesota, and Sept Iles, Quebec, Canada, encompassing the five Great Lakes, their connecting channels, and the Saint Lawrence River.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Security Clearance Oversight and Accountability Act

Bill: 111-hr-639
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Security Clearance Oversight and Accountability Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the President: (1) every four years, to conduct an audit of how the executive branch determines whether a security clearance is required for a particular position in the federal government, and report audit results to Congress; (2) every year, to report to Congress on the security clearance process with respect to government employees, government contractors, and intelligence community personnel; and (3) to submit a one-time report to Congress on security clearance investigations and adjudications.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report annually to Congress on security clearance determinations completed or ongoing during the preceding fiscal year that have taken longer than one year to complete.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E127)
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
To require the President to transmit to Congress a report on every program of the Federal Government that authorizes or requires the gathering of information on United States persons in the United States, established whether in whole or in part pursuant to the "all necessary and appropriate force" clause contained in the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40).

Bill: 111-hr-640
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Terrorism
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Requires the President to submit to the congressional foreign relations committees a report that identifies and includes a brief description of every federal program that authorizes or requires the gathering of information on individuals in the United States, established whether in whole or in part pursuant to the &quot;all necessary and appropriate force&quot; clause contained in the Authorization for Use of Military Force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
No Net Loss of Private Land Act

Bill: 111-hr-641
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
No Net Loss of Private Land Act - Allows the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to acquire an interest in a parcel of land consisting of 100 or more acres in a state in which 25% or more of all land in the state is owned by the United States only if, before the acquisition of such interest, all right, title, and interest of the United States in the surface estate of another parcel of land in the state is conveyed in accordance with this Act. 
 
Provides that, to qualify as a conveyance of the surface estate of a parcel of federal land, the Secretary concerned shall certify to Congress that: (1) the conveyance was made to comply with the requirements described above (the requirements); and (2) the value of the surface estate of the conveyed federal land is approximately equal to the value of the interest to be acquired. 

Prohibits the Secretary concerned from dividing a parcel of land consisting of 100 acres or more into smaller parcels to avoid the requirements. 

Makes certain land acquisitions non-applicable to this Act. 
 
Permits the waiver of the requirements with respect to the acquisition of a particular parcel of land during a period in which there is in effect a declaration of war or a national emergency declared by the President and the Secretary concerned certifies to Congress that such land acquisition is necessary to respond to such war or national emergency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Recreational Shooting Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-642
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Government liability
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Recreational Shooting Protection Act - Declares that, federal public land shall be open to access and use for recreational shooting, except as limited by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for one or more of the following: (1) reasons of national security; (2) reasons of public safety; (3) to comply with applicable federal law; or (4) to comply with a law (including regulations) of the state in which the land is located that is applicable to recreational shooting. 

Requires management of federal public land in a manner that supports, promotes, and enhances recreational shooting opportunities.

Provides that, federal public land management decisions and actions, shall to the maximum extent practicable, result in no net loss of land area available for recreational shooting on federal public land. Requires that, if any federal public land is permanently closed to recreational shooting, new acres of federal public land of comparable size and a reasonable distance from the closed location be designated for recreational shooting and be opened for the number of user-days equal to those available at the closed area. 

Requires the Director to submit annual reports describing: (1) any federal public land that was closed to recreational shooting; (2) the reason for the closure; and (3) federal public land that was opened to recreational hunting so as to compensate for the closure of such land. 

Permits states a right of action for failure of the Director to comply with this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-644
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Mining
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2009 - Withdraws the approximately 1,068,908 acres of the Tusayan Ranger District and federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, and mineral materials laws. Subjects such withdrawal to valid, existing rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
National Emergency Centers Establishment Act

Bill: 111-hr-645
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
National Emergency Centers Establishment Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish at least six national emergency centers on military installations to use existing infrastructure to provide: (1) temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster; and (2) centralized locations for the training of first responders and the coordination of preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. 
 
Lists minimum requirements for sites for such centers, including that they be capable of: (1) meeting for an extended period the housing, health, transportation, education, public works, humanitarian, and other transition needs of a large number of individuals affected; (2) being scaled up or down to accommodate major disaster preparedness and response drills, operations, and procedures; (3) housing existing permanent structures necessary to meet training and first responders coordination requirements during non-disaster periods; and (4) hosting the infrastructure necessary to rapidly adjust to temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance needs.
 
Sets forth center location requirements, including requiring the Secretary to designate closed military installations as sites whenever possible and to designate portions of existing military installations as centers otherwise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2009-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E122-123)
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-646
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care coverage and access
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act of 2009 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and federal civil service law relating to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to cover qualified acupuncturist services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the International Boundary and Water Commission to reimburse State and local governments of the States of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas for expenses incurred by such a government in designing, constructing, and rehabilitating water projects under the jurisdiction of such Commission.

Bill: 111-hr-647
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Arizona
California
New Mexico
Texas
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Authorizes the International Boundary and Water Commission to reimburse state and local governments in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas for expenses incurred in designing, constructing, and rehabilitating Commission water projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Women's Business Ownership Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-648
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Women's Business Ownership Act of 2009 - Establishes the Commission on Women's Business Ownership to review and make recommendations concerning: (1) the status of women business owners nationwide, and the progress made since the 1980 White House Conference on Small Business; (2) the role of the federal government in aid to and promotion of women business owners; and (3) data collection procedures with regard to women-owned businesses and federal initiatives and procurement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural and Urban Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to House Small Business
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Small Business, 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: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

Bill: 111-hr-649
Sponsor: Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Health information and medical records
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Ultrasound Informed Consent Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require abortion providers, before a woman gives informed consent to any part of an abortion, to perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant woman, explain the results, display the ultrasound images so the woman may view them, and provide a medical description of the ultrasound images, including the dimensions of the embryo or fetus and the presence of external members and internal organs, if present and viewable. Provides for: (1) civil penalties for willful failure to comply; and (2) a medical emergency exception.
 
 Prohibits construing this Act to require a woman to view the images or penalizing the physician or the woman if she refuses to look at the images.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Cleaner Trucks for America Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-650
Sponsor: Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Motor carriers
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Cleaner Trucks for America Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the credit amount for new qualified alternative fuel motor vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings of more than 26,000 pounds from $40,000 to $80,000 and allow the transferability of such credit; (2) allow an increased tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling properties that dispense compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, or liquefied petroleum gas; and (3) allow such credit amounts against the regular and alternative minimum tax. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Northeast Corridor Rail Tunnel Safety Act

Bill: 111-hr-651
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Transportation
District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Infrastructure development
Maryland
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
New York City
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
 Northeast Corridor Rail Tunnel Safety Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Transportation for Amtrak use, after the Secretary has received and approved a project engineering and financial plan, to complete New York tunnel life safety projects and to rehabilitate tunnels in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in House