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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the taxable income limit on the allowance for depletion shall not apply in 2008 to domestic marginal oil or gas wells.

Bill: 111-hr-871
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the taxable income limitation on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties shall not apply in 2008.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Stem Cell Research Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-872
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cell biology and embryology
Department of Health and Human Services
Medical ethics
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Stem Cell Research Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research that utilizes human embryonic stem cells, regardless of the date on which the stem cells were derived from a human embryo. Limits such research to stem cells that meet the following requirements: (1) the stem cells were derived from human embryos donated from in vitro fertilization clinics, were created for the purposes of fertility treatment, and were in excess of the needs of the individuals seeking such treatment; (2) prior to donation, it was determined that the embryos would never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded; and (3) the individuals seeking fertility treatment donated the embryos with written informed consent and received no financial or other inducements.

Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to issue guidelines on research involving human embryonic stem cells. Authorizes the Director to issue guidelines on research involving other human stem cells, as scientifically warranted. Provides for updates of guidelines under this Act. Directs the Secretary to take into consideration guidelines on human stem cell research developed by nationally- and internationally- recognized scientific organizations.

Requires NIH research to comply with guidelines under this Act.

Requires the Director to: (1) determine the extent to which the guidelines under this Act apply to research on human embryonic stem cells derived before the effective date of such guidelines; and (2) include in its biennial report to Congress a summary of research activities on human stem cells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-873
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cell biology and embryology
Department of Health and Human Services
Medical ethics
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research that utilizes human embryonic stem cells, regardless of the date on which the stem cells were derived from a human embryo. Limits such research to stem cells that meet the following requirements: (1) the stem cells were derived from human embryos donated from in vitro fertilization clinics, were created for the purposes of fertility treatment, and were in excess of the needs of the individuals seeking such treatment; (2) prior to donation, it was determined that the embryos would never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded; and (3) the individuals seeking fertility treatment donated the embryos with written informed consent and received no financial or other inducements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act

Bill: 111-hr-874
Sponsor: Rep. Delahunt, Bill [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cuba
Latin America
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents or any of the transactions ordinarily incident to such travel, except in time of war or armed hostilities between the United States and Cuba, or of imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.

Bill: 111-hr-876
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
Kazakhstan
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Patients First Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-877
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cell biology and embryology
Department of Health and Human Services
Government studies and investigations
Medical ethics
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Patients First Act of 2009

 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support basic and applied research to develop techniques for the isolation, derivation, production, testing, and human clinical use of stem cells that may result in improved understanding of, or treatments for, diseases and other adverse health conditions, including pluripotent stem cells that have the flexibility of embryonic stem cells (whether or not such pluripotent stem cells have an embryonic source), provided that such techniques will not involve: (1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes; (2) the destruction or discarding of, or risk of injury to, a living human embryo; or (3) the use of any stem cell the derivation or provision of which would be inconsistent with this Act.
 
Requires the Secretary to issue guidelines implementing this Act to ensure that any research (including any clinical trial) supported under this Act: (1) is clearly consistent with the standards established in this Act, if conducted using human cells; (2) is prioritized in terms of potential for near-term clinical benefit in human patients; and (3) may take into account techniques outlined by the President's Council on Bioethics and any other appropriate techniques and research.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) report on peer reviewed stem cell research proposals that were not funded; and (2) study and submit recommendations to Congress on any structural changes to the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program that would help to expand access to new and future stem cell therapeutic products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Family Priority Act

Bill: 111-hr-878
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Nuclear Family Priority Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace existing family-sponsored immigrant categories with a single preference allocation for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens.
 
Reduces the number of, and revises the calculation for, fiscal year family-sponsored immigrant entrants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-879
Sponsor: Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
 Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs paid for the benefit of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents; (2) require business taxpayers who receive payments for certain employee health insurance coverage to file informational returns; and (3) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make advance payments of health insurance tax credit amounts to health insurance providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft.

Bill: 111-hr-880
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Income tax exclusion
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt fixed-wing aircraft used to provide acute care emergency medical services from certain restrictions on tax-exempt bond financing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Right to Life Act

Bill: 111-hr-881
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Constitution and constitutional amendments

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Right to Life Act - Declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being beginning at the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual comes into being. Prohibits construing this Act to authorize the prosecution of any woman for the death of her unborn child.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E196)
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the age at which distributions from qualified retirement plans are required to begin from 70 1/2 to 75, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-882
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 70 1/2 to 75 the age at which beneficiaries of tax-exempt pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans must begin taking distributions from such plans and including such distributions in gross income for income tax purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits.

Bill: 111-hr-883
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, effective January 1, 2009, the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Middle Class Investor Relief Act

Bill: 111-hr-884
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Financial services and investments
House of Representatives
Income tax deductions
Legislative rules and procedure
Securities
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Middle Class Investor Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $20,000 the limitation on the amount of losses from the sale or exchange of capital assets that an individual taxpayer may deduct in a taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E209)
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Blind Persons Return to Work Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-886
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Blind Persons Return to Work Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) apply a specified earnings test in the determination of the amount of monthly insurance benefits for blind beneficiaries; (2) limit to once a year any review of a determination of disability based on blindness; and (3) reduce any excess earnings of blind beneficiaries by the amount of impairment related work expenses.
 
Directs the Commissioner of Social Security, with respect to the mandatory annual report of earnings by an individual entitled to a monthly insurance benefit, to develop procedures to avoid paying less than the correct amount of benefits to any such individual as a result, during the year, of a termination of employment or a significant reduction in hours of work.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the "James A. Leach United States Courthouse".

Bill: 111-hr-887
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
House of Representatives
Iowa
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the &quot;James A. Leach United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2009-03-10
text: 

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

 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the &quot;James A. Leach United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3119)
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3119)
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 887.
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3119-3121)
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Ms. Edwards (MD) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 21.
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-31.
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-31.
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2009-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage and Rental Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-888
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Housing finance and home ownership
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Mortgage and Rental Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide temporary assistance in the form of mortgage or rental payments for individuals and families who, because of financial hardship caused by a major disaster occurring on or after August 24, 2005, certify that they face dispossession or eviction from a residence by reason of a foreclosure of any mortgage or lien, cancellation of any contract of sale, or termination of any lease, entered into prior to such disaster. 
 
Limits assistance to not more than 18 months. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E214)
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Save American Energy Act

Bill: 111-hr-889
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Housing industry and standards
Industrial facilities
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Oil and gas
Performance measurement
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Save American Energy Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a federal energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas distributors.
 
Requires the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a program to implement, enforce, review, and adjust performance standards for specified cumulative electricity and natural gas savings for 2012 through 2020; (2) promulgate regulations establishing performance standards for 2021 through 2030 and for subsequent years by specified deadlines; and (3) set such standards at levels reflecting the maximum achievable level of cost-effective energy efficiency potential, taking into account cost-effective energy savings achieved by leading retail electricity and natural gas distributors, opportunities for new codes and standard savings, technology improvements, and other indicators of cost-effective energy efficiency potential. Prohibits standards for any year from being lower than the standard for 2020.
 
Requires each retail electricity and natural gas distributor to submit a report annually demonstrating that it has achieved required savings and requires the Secretary to verify that performance standards have been met. Authorizes distributors to use electricity or natural gas savings purchased from another distributor, a state, or a third party efficiency provider to meet such standards.
 
Provides for state administration of an energy efficiency program to meet the requirements of this Act. 
 
Requires the Secretary to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to submit a comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of the program established by this Act by July 1, 2017, and every 10 years thereafter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E204)
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House