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To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a deadline for decisions with respect to claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3087
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make a decision on each benefits claim, and notify the claimant of the decision, by no later than 18 months after the date on which the claim is submitted. Requires approval of any claim for which a decision has not been made by that deadline.
 
Requires that the Department's Inspector General establish a task force to monitor the process by which benefits claims are decided and to ensure that claims are not denied arbitrarily and are decided appropriately.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Jeremy Warriner Consumer Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3088
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bankruptcy
Civil actions and liability
Department of Transportation
Government lending and loan guarantees
Life, casualty, property insurance
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Jeremy Warriner Consumer Protection Act of 2009 - Requires an automobile manufacturer to purchase liability insurance from an insurance company if: (1) the federal government has an ownership interest in the manaufacturer; or (2) the manufacturer has an outstanding federal loan. 
 
Prescribes specifications for such product liability coverage.
 
Declares null and void any defense to a liability claim that is predicated upon bankruptcy by an automobile manufacturer that is a named insured under a liability insurance plan.
 
Requires the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to implement such insurance requirement.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to impose against any automobile manufacturer for non-compliance with this Act a civil penalty of up to five times the amount it would have cost such manufacturer to purchase the requisite liability insurance.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Accountability and Transparency in Medicare Marketing Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3089
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-11]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Accountability and Transparency in Medicare Marketing Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to request the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to develop standardized marketing requirements for: (1) Medicare Advantage organizations with respect to Medicare Advantage plans; and (2) prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors with respect to Medicare PDPs. Requires such requirements to include prohibitions on certain activities and certain limitations.
 
Requires state certification before HHS waiver of licensing requirements under the Medicare PDP.
 
Directs the Secretary to request NAIC to establish a committee to study and make recommendations to the Secretary and Congress on the establishment of standardized benefit packages for Medicare Advantage plans and for Medicare PDPs and their regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for increased use of HIV screening tests under the Medicaid Program.

Bill: 111-hr-3091
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make quarterly payments to states with Medicaid plans for 90% of their expenditures for routine HIV screening services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Obesity Treatment and Wellness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3092
Sponsor: Rep. Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. [D-PA-3]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Obesity Treatment and Wellness Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid coverage of medical nutrition therapy to treat or prevent the progression of a chronic condition or disease which an individual is considered as having, or at risk of developing, as the result of being overweight and obese.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
General Aviation Security Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3093
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Government information and archives
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
General Aviation Security Enhancement Act of 2009 - Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security, except when an emergency exists based on a credible and urgent threat, from issuing a rule regarding the proposed rulemaking entitled &quot;Large Aircraft Security Program, Other Aircraft Operator Security Program, and Airport Operator Security Program (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]-2008-0021)&quot; unless the Secretary: (1) establishes a negotiated rulemaking committee; and (2) receives a written report from it detailing findings and recommendations.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to issue a prohibited rule if a credible and urgent threat demonstrates that an emergency exists necessitating the rule's immediate issuance to save lives or protect property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Alexander L. Booker Child Protection Construction Site Safety Act

Bill: 111-hr-3094
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Child safety and welfare
Department of Labor
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Alexander L. Booker Child Protection Construction Site Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, in order to increase worker safety and protect child trespassers from unforeseen dangers on construction sites, to revise regulations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require: (1) signs and symbols be prominently displayed to warn adults and children of danger or a hazard at construction sites (even during non-working hours); (2) all equipment left unattended at night near a highway, construction areas, or schools or other areas where children are known to congregate to have sufficiently visible barricades to prevent access to such equipment as well as to require the equipment's parking brakes to be set when not in use and be equipped with devices that set off an alarm when tampered with or broken; and (3) all motorized vehicles to be equipped with safety lock systems, including latches or other devices to prevent accidental starting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Cancer Patient Database and Coverage Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3095
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, Parker [D-AL-5]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Medicare Cancer Patient Database and Coverage Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collect additional data necessary to update existing databases regarding individuals with cancer in order to provide for accurate information on the number of such individuals, the types and stages of cancer, and the efficacy of different treatments for the types and stages of cancer
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to entitle uninsured, initial cancer patients to Medicare coverage.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide for an educational and outreach campaign that will encourage individuals to be tested for cancer at the earliest time for which such testing may be useful in detecting the presence of cancer, based upon cancer screening recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
To provide additional housing assistance for certain individuals and households adversely affected by a major disaster.

Bill: 111-hr-3096
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Housing and community development funding
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Applies to any individual or household adversely affected by a major disaster that occurred on or after January 1, 2006, the provision of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 that eliminates the maximum limit on financial assistance, adjusted for inflation, of: (1) $5,000 for repair of owner-occupied private residences, utilities, and residential infrastructure damaged by a major disaster; and (2) $10,000 for replacement of owner-occupied private residences damaged by a major disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act

Bill: 111-hr-3097
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Spokane Tribe of Indians Settlement Fund. 
 
Requires the payment of compensation to the Spokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam.
 
Requires the use of such funds, in part, for a Cultural Resource Repository and Interpretive Center concerning the culture and history of the Spokane Tribe.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to make specified settlement payments to the Spokane Tribe. 
 
Allows payments made to the Spokane Business Council or Spokane Tribe to be used or invested by the Business Council in the same manner and for the same purposes as other Spokane Tribal governmental funds.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of Indian Affairs over certain land located within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane Indian Reservation. 
 
Provides that payments by the Secretary and the Administrator and restoration of ownership of land in trust constitute full satisfaction of the claim of the Spokane Tribe to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam project for the past and continued use of land of the Spokane Tribe for the production of hydropower at Grand Coulee Dam.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Caring for an Aging America Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3098
Sponsor: Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Education programs funding
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Medical education
Nursing
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Caring for an Aging America Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) establish a Geriatric and Gerontology Loan Repayment Program to enter into contracts with qualified physicians, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, pharmacists, social workers, physician assistants, and psychologists to pay educational loans in exchange for providing full-time clinical practice and service to older adults; and (2) establish the National Advisory Council on the Geriatric and Gerontology Loan Repayment Program.
 
Requires the Secretary to ensure that individuals eligible for the nurse loan repayment program include registered nurses who complete specialty training in geriatrics or gerontology and who elect to provide nursing services to older adults in home and long-term care settings.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award nursing education grants and enter into contracts for programs that focus on specialty training in providing long-term care services for nursing personnel who provide services in home and long-term care settings.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a Health and Long-Term Care Workforce Advisory Panel to: (1) examine, and provide advice on, workforce issues related to health and long-term care for the aging population; and (2) conduct a research project to identify incentives for recruitment and retention of clinicians and providers who agree to serve vulnerable older adults in geriatric and long-term care settings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
International Travelers Bill of Rights Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3099
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Health care quality
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
International Travelers Bill of Rights Act of 2009 - Defines &quot;site operator&quot; as an individual or entity that operates a website providing access to international travel services, including an overseas vacation destination or a third party that operates a website offering international travel services.
 
Requires a site operator to provide information in a clear and conspicuous way on its website regarding the health and safety risks of overseas vacation destinations marketed on the site, including the onsite health and safety services available and, if those services are not available 24 hours a day, the hours the services are available, if known.
 
Requires a site operator to: (1) establish a process under which an overseas vacation destination will be suspended from its website as a result of consumer complaints regarding poor medical care, unsafe or unsanitary facilities, or other health-related issues; and (2) make all such complaints publicly available on its website. Allows an operator to modify complaints at the request of the complainant and to remove offensive language and personal identification.
 
Treats a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed under the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Food Desert Oasis Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3100
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Income tax credits
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Retail and wholesale trades
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Food Desert Oasis Act of 2009 - Designates certain U.S. cities as Food Desert Zones. Defines a &quot;qualified food desert business&quot; as a wholesale or retail business that derives at least 25% of its gross receipts from the sale of fresh fruits and vegetables. 
 
Grants certain tax benefits to a qualified food desert business, including an increased tax credit rate for rehabilitation expenditures, empowerment zone status, and tax-exempt bond financing. 
 
Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to: (1) increase to 100% the federal share of costs associated with hunger-free communities program activities in a Food Desert Zone in FY2010-FY2015; and (2) extend the authorization of appropriations for such program through FY2015.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to submit annual reports to Congress on the Food Desert Oasis Pilot Program under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
To increase the Federal share for transportation projects for the State of Michigan.

Bill: 111-hr-3102
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Michigan
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to increase from 95% to 100% the federal share of costs for federal-aid highway projects and public transportation projects for the state of Michigan for FY2010-FY2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
To revise certain requirements relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program of enhanced contract care authority for health care needs of veterans in highly rural areas.

Bill: 111-hr-3103
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Amends the Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008 to revise the location requirements for participation of a verteran in a highly rural area in the pilot program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides health services to a covered veteran through qualifying non-Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House