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Water Transfer Facilitation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3750
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Water Transfer Facilitation Act of 2009 - Considers the following voluntary water transfers to meet specified conditions for authorized transfers of Central Valley Project (CVP) water under the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992: (1) a transfer of irrigation water among CVP contractors from the Friant, San Felipe, West San Joaquin, and Delta divisions; and (2) a transfer of water among current or prior temporary or long-term water service, repayment, water rights settlement, or exchange contractors within a division of the CVP. Conditions any such transfer on not interfering with the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act and the Settlement.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Commissioner of Reclamation, to initiate and complete on an expedited basis the programmatic development of environmental documentation to facilitate voluntary water transfers within the CVP. Requires such documentation to include all applicable environmental reviews, permitting, and consultations, including the environmental documentation needed to address concerns regarding the Giant Garter Snake.
 
Directs the Commissioner, by January 10, 2010, to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that: (1) describes the status of efforts to help facilitate and improve the water transfers under this Act, including transfers originating from the Sacramento Valley; and (2) provides recommendations on ways to facilitate and improve the process for water transfers within the CVP and water transfers between the CVP and state water projects. Requires the Commissioner to update the report by July 15, 2010, and every 180 days thereafter until no further federal action is warranted or authorized regarding the transfers under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2467-2468, E2491-2492)
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property to the town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3751
Sponsor: Rep. Delahunt, Bill [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Massachusetts

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to offer to convey, by quitclaim deed, to the town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, all interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property located on the Massasoit Bridge Road in Nantucket that was once utilized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Requires such conveyance to be made without consideration. Makes the town responsible for all costs related to the conveyance. Provides for reversion of the property to the United States if it is not being used for a public purpose. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Improvements Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3752
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Federal Reserve System
Firearms and explosives
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Military personnel and dependents
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Improvements Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) expand the definition of &quot;law enforcement officers,&quot; for purposes of provisions authorizing such officers to carry concealed weapons, to include current and retired law enforcement officers of the Amtrak Police Department, the Federal Reserve System, the executive branch, and the Armed Forces; (2) allow law enforcement officers who are retired or who separated in good standing after at least ten years of service to carry a concealed weapon; and (3) expand the categories of law enforcement officers authorized to possess a fireman in a school zone to include retired law enforcement officers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
PRIDE Act

Bill: 111-hr-3753
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Language arts
Preschool education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Providing Resources to Improve Dual Language Education Act of 2009 or the PRIDE Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award up to five grants to partnerships of local educational agencies (LEAs), early childhood education programs, and technical assistance providers for the implementation of dual language demonstration programs designed to enhance and assess the biliteracy, bilingualism, and multicultural skills of low-income minority and limited English proficient students from preschool through grade five.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) arrange for an entity that has dual language program experience to provide technical assistance to LEA grantees and evaluate the programs funded by this Act; and (2) disseminate information on model practices implemented under such programs that are appropriate for use by early childhood education providers to improve the school readiness of limited English proficient students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Family Asthma Act

Bill: 111-hr-3754
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to award grants for pilot projects to prevent and control asthma symptoms and to reduce asthma attacks and improve self-management for individuals and families. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of NIH, in awarding grants, to give: (1) priority to entities that serve populations disproportionately impacted by asthma; and (2) consideration to an adequate national understanding of asthma prevalence. 
 
Authorizes additional appropriations for FY2010-FY2014 to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop a National Asthma Action Plan and to fund a report to Congress by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program on federal asthma activities.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) collaborate with state and local health departments to conduct activities to inform and educate the public regarding asthma; (2) conduct asthma surveillance activities to collect data on the prevalence and severity of asthma, the effectiveness of public heath asthma intervention, and the quality of asthma management; and (3) compile and annually publish data on childhood and adult asthma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Smoky Hill National Historic Trail Study Act

Bill: 111-hr-3755
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Government studies and investigations
Kansas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Property rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Smoky Hill National Historic Trail Study Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the Smoky Hill Trail in Kansas and Colorado, which was an overland trail route across the Great Plains during pioneer days beginning in 1859 and ending with the arrival of the railroad in Denver in 1870, for study for potential addition to the National Trails System as a national scenic trail. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from considering specified alternatives related to private property protections. Requires such study to include an analysis and documentation regarding whether each alternative proposed has potential or actual impact on private property within or adjacent to the trail area. Requires private property owners whose land will be studied to be notified that such study will be conducted. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3756
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Requires a further additional Tier-3 period for deposits to an individual's EUCA, using the current formula, if, at the time the amount added to such individual's account under the Act is exhausted or at any time thereafter, the individual's state is in an extended benefit period.
 
Prescribes a formula for determining if a state is in an extended benefit period.
 
Allows the Tier-3 period augmentation to be applied to the individual's EUCA only once.
 
Authorizes a state to pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible individual before any further additional emergency unemployment compensation (EUC), if such individual claimed extended compensation for at least one week of unemployment after the exhaustion of additional EUC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
George C. Marshall National Historic Site Study Act

Bill: 111-hr-3757
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military personnel and dependents
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
George C. Marshall National Historic Site Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Dodona Manor and gardens in Leesburg, Virginia, the home of George C. Marshall during the most important period of his career. Requires the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the national significance of the study area and the surrounding area; (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as an affiliated area of the National Park System; and (3) consider other alternatives for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the study area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3758
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax deductions
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers to: (1) increase the maximum dollar amount of such deduction to $500; (2) allow the deduction of professional development expenses; and (3) make such deduction permanent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Home Buyer Tax Credit Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3760
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Home Buyer Tax Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the current tax credit for first-time homebuyers with a one-time credit for 10% of the purchase price of a principal residence, up to $15,000. Requires the repayment of such credit if the taxpayer sells or fails to occupy the residence within 24 months after the date of purchase. 
 
Rescinds certain discretionary appropriations made available by division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to cover the cost of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to House Appropriations
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3761
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the first-time homebuyer tax credit to: (1) extend such tax credit through May 31, 2010; (2) extend through December 31, 2009, the date until which purchases of a principal residence may be treated as made on December 31, 2008, for tax purposes; and (3) extend through May 31, 2010, the waiver of recapture requirements for residences purchased after December 31, 2008.
 
Rescinds certain discretionary appropriations made available by division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to cover the cost of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to House Appropriations
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Research Service Electronic Accessibility Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3762
Sponsor: Rep. Kratovil, Frank,  Jr. [D-MD-1]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Congressional Research Service Electronic Accessibility Act of 2009 - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, working jointly with the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), to establish and maintain a centralized, searchable, electronic database consisting of: (1) CRS Issue Briefs, Reports, and Authorization of Appropriations Products and Appropriations Products; and (2) an index of such information. Exempts: (1) any information determined to be confidential by the CRS Director or the head of the agency that provided it to CRS; and (2) any document that is the product of a confidential research request made by a House or Senate Member, officer, employee, or office.
 
Authorizes the Clerk and the Secretary, on the basis of information provided by the Director, to: (1) remove from the database information about a CRS employee or material that may infringe the copyright of a protected work; and (2) make any changes that the Director determines are necessary to ensure that information in the database is accurate and current.
 
Requires each official public website of a Member or committee of Congress to permit public use to obtain the information contained in such database to the same extent congressional users may obtain such information through the CRS website.
 
Provides that this Act does not require the Director to respond to any public inquiry with respect to information in the database. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3765
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2009 - Rewrites provisions regarding congressional review of agency rulemaking to require congressional approval of major rules of the executive branch before they may take effect (currently, major rules take effect unless Congress passes and the President signs a joint resolution disapproving them). 
 
Provides that if a joint resolution of approval of a major rule is not enacted by the end of 90 session days or legislative days after such resolution is introduced, the rule shall be deemed not to be approved and shall not take effect. Permits a major rule to take effect for 90 calendar days without such approval if the President determines such rule is necessary because of an imminent threat to health or safety or other emergency, for the enforcement of criminal laws, for national security, or to implement an international trade agreement.
 
Sets forth procedures of the House of Representatives and the Senate for joint resolutions: (1) approving major rules; and (2) disapproving nonmajor rules.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Main Street TARP Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3766
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Financial crises and stabilization
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
 Main Street TARP Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, using authority to purchase troubled assets under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA), to transfer $1 billion to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Secretary to credit to the Housing Trust Fund.
 
Revises requirements for the use of allocations to states from the Housing Trust Fund for low-income rental housing. Requires that all rental housing dwelling units be subject to legally binding commitments that ensure that the contribution toward rent by a resident family shall not exceed 30% of the family's adjusted income.
 
 
Requires the HUD Secretary to credit certain amounts from the Housing Trust Fund to the Emergency Homeowners' Relief Fund (which the Secretary shall establish under the Emergency Housing Act of 1975) for emergency mortgage assistance.
 
Amends the Emergency Housing Act of 1975 to: (1) increase the maximum aggregate amount of insured emergency mortgage loans and advances; and (2) extend through FY2011 the program for insured loans and emergency mortgage relief payments made under the Act.
 
Amends EESA to reduce the TARP authorization limit in order to offset the costs of loans, advances, insurance, and appropriations authorized under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain untwisted filament yarns.

Bill: 111-hr-3768
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain untwisted filament yarns.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain synthetic filament yarns.

Bill: 111-hr-3769
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain synthetic filament yarns.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House