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Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-523
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Contracts and agency
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health information and medical records
Indian lands and resources rights
Licensing and registrations
Professional sports
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2009 - Amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to: (1) authorize a tribal organization to establish a boxing commission; (2) prohibit arranging, promoting, or fighting in a match unless the match is approved by the United States Boxing Commission (USBC) and held in a state or on tribal land that regulates matches in accordance with USBC standards; (3) require specified pre-fight boxer physical examinations and to require the continuous presence during any match of an ambulance and emergency medical personnel; (4) provide for boxing registration with the appropriate boxing commission of an Indian tribe; (5) require a health and safety disclosure to a boxer when issuing an identification card and to establish procedures for review of a summary suspension; (6) require the USBC to develop guidelines for boxing contracting requirements and for rating professional boxers; (7) require the sanctioning organization for a match and its promoter to provide specified disclosures; (8) prohibit a promoter from arranging a championship match or a match scheduled unless all participating judges and referees are by the USBC; (9) require the USBC to establish and maintain a registry of comprehensive medical records and medical denials or suspensions for every licensed boxer; and (10) apply conflict-of-interest provisions to USBC officers and employees.
 
Establishes the USBC within the Department of Commerce to: (1) protect the health, safety, and general interests of boxers and to ensure integrity in professional boxing; (2) establish standards for, and issue, suspend, and revoke, boxing licenses; and (3) establish a national computerized registry of boxing personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
GIVE Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-524
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Motor vehicles
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Giving Incentives to Volunteers Everywhere Act of 2009 or the GIVE Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile for charitable purposes to a rate not less than the rate used for the tax deduction for medical transportation expenses; and (2) exclude from the gross income of charitable volunteers reimbursements paid to them for the use of a passenger automobile for the benefit of a charitable organization. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the recapture rule of the first-time homebuyer credit and to extend the application of the credit through 2009.

Bill: 111-hr-525
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the 15-year repayment requirement under the first-time homebuyer tax credit and to extend the termination date of such credit until December 31, 2009. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Ocmulgee National Heritage Corridor Act

Bill: 111-hr-526
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Georgia
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Ocmulgee National Heritage Corridor Act - Establishes the Ocmulgee National Heritage Corridor in Georgia. Designates the Ocmulgee Heritage L.L.C. as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Corridor. Requires the Ocmulgee Heritage L.L.C. to prepare and submit a management plan for the Heritage Corridor. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Home Retention and Economic Stabilization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-527
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Home Retention and Economic Stabilization Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to establish the right of an eligible deferred-foreclosure consumer, defendable in court, to defer initiation of a foreclosure or related action, including a foreclosure sale, brought by any creditor, servicer, or holder of an eligible deferred-foreclosure mortgage, during a specified deferment period.
 
Declares invalid any foreclosure action or proceeding regarding a deferred-foreclosure mortgage if the creditor or servicer fails to notify the consumer: (1) at least 30 days before instituting the action or proceeding; and (2) at least once during each subsequent 30-day period until the foreclosure becomes final.
 
Prescribes procedures governing: (1) initiating foreclosure deferment; (2) payment notices during the deferment period; and (3) the manner of consumer payment during the deferment period.
 
Amortizes over the life of the mortgage the difference between the amount of monthly payment due under the eligible deferred-foreclosure mortgage and the deferment payment amount.
 
Prohibits a creditor or servicer from imposing any late fee or other fee or charge during the deferment period.
 
Requires the creditor or servicer to provide the consumer with separate, written notification, distinct from all other correspondence, regarding: (1) any interest rate increase with respect to a sub-prime mortgage; (2) any minimum monthly payment increase with respect to a negative amortization mortgage; (3) clear and conspicuous disclosure of the good faith estimate of the monthly payment applicable after the adjustment or reset date; and (4) a list of alternatives available to consumers prior to the date of adjustment or increase.
 
Authorizes appropriations for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation to implement foreclosure mitigation activities, which may include use for costs of providing additional counselors, translators, and other staffers and costs of providing additional computers and improving databases and overall operations to better assist mortgagor families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Short Sea Shipping Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-528
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Canada
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Short Sea Shipping Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax commercial cargo (other than bulk cargo) loaded at: (1) a port in the U.S. mainland and unloaded at another such port after transport solely by coastal route or river or unloaded at a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System; or (2) such a port in Canada and unloaded at a port in the U.S. mainland.

 Defines the &quot;Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System&quot; as the waterway between Duluth, Minnesota, and Nova Scotia, encompassing the five Great Lakes, their connecting channels, and the Saint Lawrence River. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E129)
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-529
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Housing finance and home ownership
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of Justice (DOJ) a Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force to: (1) establish branches in the 10 states with the highest concentration of mortgage fraud; (2) establish coordinating entities, and solicit the voluntary participation of federal, state, and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies, to organize initiatives to address mortgage fraud; (3) train such agencies; (4) collect and disseminate mortgage fraud data; and (5) perform other related functions.
 
Authorizes the Task Force, including its branches, to perform other functions as well, including: (1) initiating federal mortgage fraud investigations and coordinating state and local investigations; (2) establishing a toll-free hotline; and (3) creating a database of mortgage industry license suspensions and revocations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Santa Ana River Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-530
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Lakes and rivers
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Santa Ana River Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with: (1) the Orange County Water District (the District), to participate in the design, planning, and construction of natural treatment systems and wetlands for the flows of the Santa Ana River, California, and its tributaries into the Prado Basin; (2) local governments, to assist agencies in projects to construct regional brine lines to export the salinity imported from the Colorado River to the Pacific Ocean; and (3) the Chino Basin Watermaster, the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, and the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstration and reclamation project. Limits the federal share of total project costs. Prohibits using funds provided by the Secretary for operation and maintenance of the projects. Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act after 10 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Number Fraudulent Use Notification Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-531
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Social Security Number Fraudulent Use Notification Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to notify an individual when: (1) the Social Security account number ascribed to the individual in the wage records provided by an employer to the Social Security Administration does not match relevant Administration records; or (2) the individual's Social Security account number has otherwise been used by any other person in a fraudulent or otherwise illegal manner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Education Savings Modernization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-532
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Education Savings Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase from $2,000 to $4,000 the annual contribution limit to Coverdell education savings accounts; and (2) adjust such contribution limit for inflation after 2009.

Makes permanent provisions enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 relating to Coverdell education savings accounts and qualified tuition programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Opportunity for Family Farms and Small Businesses Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-533
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Computers and information technology
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Opportunity for Family Farms and Small Businesses Act of 2009 - Makes permanent the provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) that repeal the estate and generation skipping transfer taxes and that make reductions in the gift tax. 

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to $200,000 and make permanent the expensing allowance (i.e., a tax deduction in the current taxable year) for depreciable business assets; (2) increase the threshold for phaseout of such allowance to $800,000 (the cost basis of property placed in service); (3) allow an inflation adjustment to the expensing and threshold amounts after 2009; (4) make permanent the right of a taxpayer to revoke an election to expense business assets; (5) make permanent the inclusion of certain computer software as property eligible for expensing; and (6) allow self-employment health insurance costs as a deduction in determining net self-employment income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Working Small Business Regulatory Relief Act

Bill: 111-hr-535
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Government information and archives
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Working Small Business Regulatory Relief Act - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to direct agency heads not to impose civil fines for first-time paperwork violations by small business concerns unless the detection of criminal activity would be impaired, the violation is not corrected within six months, the violation is a violation of internal revenue law or a law concerning the assessment or collection of any tax, debt, revenue, or receipt, or the violation presents a danger to the public health or safety. Permits an agency to determine that a fine should not be imposed for a violation that presents a danger to public health or safety if the violation is corrected within 24 hours after receipt by the small business owner of notification of the violation. 
 
Makes this Act inapplicable to any violation by a small business of a requirement regarding the collection of information by an agency if the small business previously violated any requirement concerning the collection of information by that agency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulations, Health Care, and Trade.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to House Small Business
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-536
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Marriage and family status
Poverty and welfare assistance
Tax treatment of families
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the reduction in the marriage penalty applicable to the earned income tax credit; (2) increase the rate of such credit for families with three or more children; and (3) increase the rate and the phase-out percentage of such credit for individuals without children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-537
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Securities
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
 Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from state volume caps private facility bonds for sewage and water supply facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Child Tax Credit Growth Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-538
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Tax treatment of families
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
Child Tax Credit Growth Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from $10,000 to $5,000 the income threshold for calculating the refundable portion of the child tax credit; (2) repeal the annual inflation adjustment to such threshold amount; and (3) increase from 17 to 19 the age limit for dependent children eligible for such credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
We the People Act

Bill: 111-hr-539
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2009-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Intergovernmental relations
Judges
Jurisdiction and venue
Marriage and family status
Religion
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local courts
State and local finance
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: 
We the People Act - Prohibits the Supreme Court and each federal court from adjudicating any claim or relying on judicial decisions involving: (1) state or local laws, regulations, or policies concerning the free exercise or establishment of religion; (2) the right of privacy, including issues of sexual practices, orientation, or reproduction; or (3) the right to marry without regard to sex or sexual orientation where based upon equal protection of the laws.
 
Allows the Supreme Court and the federal courts to determine the constitutionality of federal statutes, administrative rules, or procedures in considering cases arising under the Constitution. Prohibits the Supreme Court and the federal courts from issuing any ruling that appropriates or expends money, imposes taxes, or otherwise interferes with the legislative functions or administrative discretion of the states.
 
Authorizes any party or intervener in matters before any federal court, including the Supreme Court, to challenge the jurisdiction of the court under this Act.
 
Provides that the violation of this Act by any justice or judge is an impeachable offense and a material breach of good behavior subject to removal.
 
Negates as binding precedent on the state courts any federal court decision that relates to an issue removed from federal jurisdiction by this Act.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E88-89)
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Introduced in House