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Hurricane Katrina Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-62
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alabama
Disaster relief and insurance
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Louisiana
Mississippi
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2009 - Directs the President to establish an independent nonpartisan Commission within the executive branch to discover and assess the circumstances relating to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina on or between Friday, August 26, 2005, and Tuesday, August 30, 2005.
 
Directs the Commission to: (1) chronicle the trajectory of Hurricane Katrina, including the timetable and locations of its path, and the responses made by the federal, state, and local governments; (2) estimate the loss of life, physical and structural damage, and displacement of residents; (3) recommend corrective actions; and (4) prepare a report to Congress, the President, and the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-63
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require certain hospitals reimbursed under Medicare, which also provide neonatal and infant care, to have in effect security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching, including procedures for identifying all infant patients in the hospital in a manner that ensures that it will be evident if infants are missing. Establishes civil penalties for failure to have such security procedures in effect.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and establish criminal penalties for baby switching in hospitals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Military Commissions Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-64
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Detention of persons
Jurisdiction and venue
Military law
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Military Commissions Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code to repeal the restriction on the jurisdiction of courts, justices, and judges to hear or consider applications for writs of habeas corpus filed by or on behalf of aliens: (1) properly detained by the United States as enemy combatants; or (2) awaiting a determination of whether their detention as enemy combatants is proper.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Military Success in Iraq Commemoration Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-65
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
State and local finance
United Nations
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Military Success in Iraq Commemoration Act of 2009 - States that the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (P.L. 107-243) is the basis of authority under which the President launched the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, and that such Resolution authorized the President to use military force against Iraq to defend U.S. national security and to enforce all relevant United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.
 
Encourages the President to issue a proclamation calling upon the United States to observe a national day of celebration commemorating military success in Iraq.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to award grants to state and local governments for suitable activities to commemorate such success.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award to each veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom a grant of $5,000 to facilitate the veteran's transition to civilian life. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Military Success in Iraq And Diplomatic Surge for National and Political Reconciliation in Iraq Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-66
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Border security and unlawful immigration
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Egypt
Energy revenues and royalties
Europe
European Union
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Iraq
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Militias and paramilitary groups
Oil and gas
Persian Gulf States
Racial and ethnic relations
Reconstruction and stabilization
Religion
Saudi Arabia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Syria
Terrorism
United Nations
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Military Success in Iraq and Diplomatic Surge for National and Political Reconciliation in Iraq Act of 2009 - Makes specified declarations of policy, including that: (1) the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (the Iraq Resolution) is the sole basis of authority under which the President launched the invasion of Iraq in 2003; (2) Congress authorized the use of such force to defend U.S. national security and to enforce all relevant United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq; and (3) Congress has the ultimate authority to determine whether such objectives have been achieved.
 
Repeals the Iraq Resolution.
 
Requires the withdrawal, by the earlier of October 1, 2009, or 90 days after the enactment of this Act, of all units and members of U.S. Armed Forces deployed in Iraq, as well as all security forces under federal contract and working in Iraq. Provides exceptions.
 
States as the policy of the United States to pursue regional and international initiatives to assist Iraq in achieving certain security, political, and economic milestones. Sets forth presidential actions to implement such policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-68
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Evidence and witnesses
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act of 2009 - Prohibits a state from receiving for a fiscal year any drug control and system improvement (Byrne) grant funds under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, or any amount from any other law enforcement assistance program of the Department of Justice, unless the state does not fund any antidrug task forces for that fiscal year or the state has in effect laws that ensure that: (1) a person is not convicted of a drug offense unless the facts that a drug offense was committed and that the person committed that offense are supported by evidence other than the eyewitness testimony of a law enforcement officer (officer) or individuals acting on an officer's behalf; and (2) an officer does not participate in a antidrug task force unless that officer's honesty and integrity is evaluated and found to be at an appropriately high level. 

Requires states receiving federal funds under this Act to collect data on the racial distribution of drug charges, the nature of the criminal law specified in the charges, and the jurisdictions in which such charges are made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
No One Strike Eviction Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-69
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Crime victims
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family relationships
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
No One Strike Eviction Act of 2009 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise the requirement that a public housing agency (PHA) establish administrative grievance procedures for one strike evictions of tenants from public and federally assisted housing for violent or drug-related criminal activity on or off such premises, or any activity resulting in a felony conviction.
 
Requires the PHA or other reviewing body, during such procedures, to consider all mitigating circumstances and the impact of such actions upon the family and dependents of that person.
 
Exempts a tenant from eviction or denial or termination of a tenancy based solely upon such individual's familial relationship to a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense.
 
Amends the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 to modify tenant requirements for PHA programs or federally assisted housing to make only an individual ineligible (currently, the entire household with the individual) if such individual is an illegal drug user or alcohol abuser.
 
Authorizes a PHA or owner to deny criminal offenders admission to such programs or housing, but not other members of the offender's household.
 
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt a tenant in public housing or housing assisted under the voucher program or any other section 8 rental assistance program from eviction for criminal or drug-related activity engaged in by a member of a tenant's household, or any guest or other person under the tenant's control, if: (1) the tenant did not know and should not have known of the activity; or (2) the tenant, a member of the tenant's household, or any guest or other person under the tenant's control was the victim of criminal activity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Noose Hate Crime Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-70
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Hate crimes
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Noose Hate Crime Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to two years on anyone who, with intent to harass or intimidate any person because of that person's race, religion, or national origin, displays a noose in public. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Save America's Utility Infrastructure and Secure America Now Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-71
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Government studies and investigations
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Save America's Utility Infrastructure and Secure America Now Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Power Act to grant the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) enforcement powers with respect to electric reliability standards (currently such powers are exercised by an Electric Reliability Organization [ERO]).

Revises penalty guidelines to subject to federal criminal law any person who violates a FERC-approved electric reliability standard.

Requires FERC to issue a rule in connection with electric reliability standards to prohibit disturbances lasting greater than five days at certain substations (other than planned maintenance).

Instructs the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to study and report to Congress on gaps in emergency planning preparedness and management regarding specified vulnerable populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To increase global stability and security for the United States and the international community by reducing the number of individuals who are de jure or de facto stateless and at risk of being trafficked.

Bill: 111-hr-72
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Department of State
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Human rights
Human trafficking
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
States that: (1) it shall be U.S. policy that the President and the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations work with the international community to increase political and financial support for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to prevent and resolve problems related to de jure and de facto statelessness and to promote the rights of de jure or de facto stateless persons; (2) the President shall make prevention and reduction of de jure or de facto statelessness an important goal of U.S. foreign policy and human rights efforts; and (3) it shall be U.S. policy to comply with the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to increase staff and resources in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration to work toward the prevention and resolution of de jure and de facto statelessness and the protection of de jure or de facto stateless persons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-73
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Census and government statistics
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct a nationwide study of stops for traffic violations by law enforcement officers; (2) perform an initial analysis of existing data, including complaints alleging and information concerning traffic stops motivated by race and other bias; and (3) gather specified data from a nationwide sample of jurisdictions, including the traffic infraction alleged to have been committed that led to the stop, identifying characteristics of the driver stopped, whether immigration status was questioned, and whether any warning or citation was issued as a result of the stop. 
Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to law enforcement agencies to collect and submit data collected under this Act to the appropriate agency as designated by the Attorney General. Prohibits information released from revealing the identity of any individual who is stopped or any officer involved.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Financial Oversight Commission Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-74
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Financial Oversight Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes the Financial Oversight Commission to investigate the financial crisis of 2008, including relevant legislation, Executive Order, regulation, plan, policy, practice, or procedure that pertains to: (1) government sponsored enterprises; (2) the stock market; (3) the housing market; (4) credit rating agencies; (5) the financial services sector, including hedge funds, private equity and the insurance industry; and (6) the role of congressional oversight and resource allocation.
 
Directs the Commission to identify, review, and evaluate the lessons learned from the crisis in connection with the structure, coordination, management policies, and procedures of governmental and nongovernmental entities regarding crisis detection, prevention, and response.

Requires the Commission to report to the President and Congress its findings, conclusions, and recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Wastewater and Recycled Water Facilities Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-76
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Wastewater and Recycled Water Facilities Act of 2009 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, California, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities needed to establish recycled water distribution and wastewater treatment and reclamation facilities that will be used to treat wastewater and provide recycled water in the District. Limits the federal share of the total cost of each project to 25%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Incentive Act

Bill: 111-hr-77
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Health Care Incentive Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to allow any employer in interstate commerce that is required by federal or state law to pay a minimum wage rate higher than the current federal rate under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to include the value of creditable health care benefits in determining the required wage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House