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Comprehensive Comparative Study of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Populations Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3069
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Comprehensive Comparative Study of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Populations Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct a comprehensive study to: (1) compare total health outcomes, including the risk of autism, between vaccinated and unvaccinated U.S. populations; and (2) determine whether vaccines or vaccine components play a role in the development of autism spectrum or other neurological conditions.
 
Requires the Secretary to seek to include in the study U.S. populations that have traditionally remained unvaccinated for religious or other reasons.


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: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1612)
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Families for Orphans Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3070
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Families for Orphans Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Department of State the Office for Orphan Policy Diplomacy and Development which shall support: (1) the preservation and reunification of families; and (2) the provision of permanent parental care for orphans.
 
Directs the President to establish the Policy Coordinating Committee which shall monitor and support international efforts in family preservation, family reunification, and permanent parental care for orphans.
 
Authorizes the President to provide assistance to foreign countries: (1) for family preservation, family reunification, and orphan care efforts; and (2) to meet minimum standards required for such assistance. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of State to make grants to nongovernmental agencies to promote permanent parental care for orphans.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) initiate a study to identify global best practices for preserving and reunifying families and providing permanent parental care for orphans; and (2) carry out a global best practices pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3071
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center, which shall: (1) advance the development, expansion, and evaluation of state organ and tissue donor registries; (2) facilitate timely access to, and the exchange of accurate donor information between, such registries; (3) ensure that registries funded through this Act comply with applicable requirements; (4) provide technical assistance to states for such registries; and (5) maintain a registry information clearinghouse to collect, synthesize, and disseminate best practices information.
 
Requires the Secretary to award grants or cooperative agreements to states for the development, enhancement, expansion, and evaluation of organ and tissue donor registries. Sets forth requirements for registries, including that such registries: (1) allow a donor to include a statement or symbol that the donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift; (2) allow organ procurement organizations to access that information, at or near the donor's death; and (3) bar the use or disclosure of personally identifiable information for any other purpose without the donor's consent.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing a living donor database to track health effects for donors associated with living organ donation.


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
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs establish a grant program to provide assistance to veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless.

Bill: 111-hr-3073
Sponsor: Rep. Nye, Glenn C. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Mental health
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, subject to appropriations, to carry out a program of grants to public entities and private nonprofit organizations to: (1) make payments for up to three months to a covered veteran's landlord, mortgage company, or utility company for amounts of rent or mortgage that are in arrears, security deposits for rental properties, or utility bills or arrears; and (2) ensure that, when the payments begin, the veteran is in receipt of supportive services to further prevent homelessness. Allows those services to include job training, mental health and substance abuse treatment, and other services identified by the Secretary.
 
Defines &quot;covered veteran&quot; as a veteran who is at risk of becoming homeless and who: (1) is in imminent danger of eviction or foreclosure; and (2) demonstrates a compromised ability to make rental or mortgage payments based on income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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
Medicare Payment Fairness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3074
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Medicare Payment Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a value index for the physician work component for each Medicare physician fee schedule area. 
 
 
Requires the Secretary to create a value index for each hospital service area under the inpatient hospital prospective payment system (PPS). 


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 House Energy and Commerce
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: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
National Parents Corps Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3075
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
National Parents Corps Act of 2009 - Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, subject to the availability of appropriations, to award a grant to a nonprofit entity (to be known as the NPCP Nonprofit Partner) to establish a National Parents Corps program to promote safety and combat youth violence and substance abuse in public middle or secondary schools.
 
Requires the NPCP Nonprofit Partner to: (1) select for program participation annually schools that agree to host a Parent Leader for a number of years equal to the number of grade levels they offer; and (2) employ, after a background check, a Parent Leader from among the parents of students enrolled in the lowest grade at each participating school to work on a full-time basis with students, other parents, and school officials to treat, prevent, and reduce violence and drug, alcohol, and tobacco addiction among students.
 
Urges participating schools to take the measures necessary to secure funding for the employment of Parent Leaders after federal funding becomes unavailable.


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
Consumer Product and Food Safety Information Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3076
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Consumer Product and Food Safety Information Act of 2009 - Requires the head of each federal product safety enforcement agency to design and implement a public information plan to use agency and media resources to provide information to the public concerning: (1) the role of the agency in ensuring product safety; (2) steps consumers can take to enhance their safety while using regulated products; (3) product recalls; and (4) additional information to enhance consumer safety. Requires such plan to include procedures for developing and distributing product safety information to the public.
 
Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to establish: (1) a clearinghouse to collect and distribute product recall and safety information to government entities and the public; (2) a toll-free number for such information; and (3) a public website to provide recall information to the public.

Requires the head of each enforcement agency to issue: (1) national public service announcements that contain information on the public safety role of the agency, available resources, and product safety information; and (2) posters and other printed material on the public safety role of the agency.

Sets forth requirements for product recall notifications and quarterly reporting.

Requires any manufacturer or distributor of a product who voluntarily initiates a product recall as a result of safety concerns to provide notice of such recall to the relevant enforcement agency within 10 days.


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
Global Food Security Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3077
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
Agricultural trade
Education programs funding
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign aid and international relief
Government trust funds
Higher education
Nutrition and diet
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Global Food Security Act of 2009 - Directs the President to designate an individual to serve as the Special Coordinator for Food Security to: (1) advise the President on international food security issues; (2) ensure coordination of global food security efforts and U.S. programs; and (3) oversee implementation of a comprehensive food security strategy to be headed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). 
 
Sets forth strategy elements.
 
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise and extend bilateral agriculture, rural development, and nutrition assistance programs.
 
Authorizes the President to provide assistance to implement program components through U.S. land-grant universities, other eligible universities, and public and private partners of U.S. and foreign universities for: (1) research on problems affecting food availability; (2) agricultural development and trade research and extension services, particularly for women and other vulnerable populations; (3) application of agricultural and nutritional sciences to solving food, health, nutrition, rural income, and environmental problems, especially among populations experiencing chronic food insecurity; and (4) rural population access to national and global markets.
 
Establishes the higher education collaboration for technology, agriculture, research, and extension to provide assistance for policies and programs in eligible countries that advance agricultural productivity and hunger alleviation through partnerships with institutions of higher education.
 
Authorizes the President to provide assistance under this Act or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for unexpected urgent food assistance needs. Establishes a United States Emergency Rapid Response to Food Crisis Fund to carry out such purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Investment in Rural After-School Programs Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3078
Sponsor: Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Investment in Rural After-School Programs Act of 2009 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to local educational agencies, educational service agencies, community-based organizations, or other entities to improve, expand, or establish rural after-school programs that provide students with a broad array of activities when school is not in session that improve their academic performance and promote their positive development.
 
Requires eligible programs to be implemented in active collaboration with the schools the students attend and take place in safe and easily accessible facilities.
 
Gives priority to applicants that are partnerships between eligible entities or propose to serve students a majority of whom are eligible for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs.


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
Small Business Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3079
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Credit and credit markets
Employee benefits and pensions
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Small Business Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain small business owners to obtain loans, through 2011, from their simplified employee pension accounts for business purposes. Requires such loans to be repaid within two years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
DMF Free Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3080
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
DMF Free Act of 2009 - Makes it unlawful for any person to manufacture for sale, offer for sale, or distribute in commerce any consumer product containing dimethylfumarate (DMF). 
 
Treats any consumer product containing DMF as a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substance Act and treats a violation of this Act as a violation of the Consumer Product Safety 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
IMPACT Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3083
Sponsor: Rep. Boccieri, John A. [D-OH-16]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government lending and loan guarantees
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Product development and innovation
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology Act of 2009 or the IMPACT Act of 2009 - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to: (1) direct the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to states to establish revolving loan funds to provide loans to small and medium-sized manufacturers for producing clean energy technology and energy efficient products and for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing facilities; and (2) include within the activities of Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology the establishment of a clean energy manufacturing supply chain initiative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Chinook Nation Restoration Act

Bill: 111-hr-3084
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Oregon
Property rights
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Chinook Nation Restoration Act - Extends federal recognition to the Chinook Indian Nation. Makes the Chinook Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the government to federally recognized tribes regardless of the existence of a reservation or the location of residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Designates specified counties in Washington and Oregon as the Tribe's service area for delivery of federal services to enrolled members.
 
Requires the Tribe to: (1) submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll; and (2) conduct, by secret ballot, an election to adopt a constitution and bylaws. Directs the Secretary: (1) if the Tribe transfers all rights to land to the Secretary, to take such land in trust for the Tribe's benefit, subject to restrictions; (2) to negotiate with the tribal governing body regarding establishing a reservation; and (3) to develop a plan for doing so.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify and consult with all appropriate state officials and owners of land adjacent to those considered for the proposed reservation; and (2) provide complete information on the proposed plan to such officials. Requires submission of the plan to Congress upon approval by the tribal governing body.
 
Requires any real property transferred by the Tribe or any member to the Secretary to be held in the name of the United States for the Tribe's benefit. Prohibits the exercise of eminent domain for purposes of acquiring lands for the Tribe's benefit. 
 
Allows and regulates ceremonial hunting and fishing in specified Washington counties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-15
text: Committee Hearings Held.
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
Tribal Charities Fairness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3085
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2009-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Indian social and development programs
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: 
Tribal Charities Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require that Indian tribal governments be treated as state governments for purposes of the public charity-private foundation classification. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1627)
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Introduced in House