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Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act

Bill: 111-hr-3187
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2009-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Food assistance and relief
Free trade and trade barriers
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sales and excise taxes
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: 
Affordable Food and Fuel for America Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to phaseout the income and excise tax credits for alcohol-based fuels and eliminate such credits in 2014.
 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to phaseout the tariff on ethanol and provide duty free treatment of ethanol in 2014.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the savings achieved by this Act should be used to combat hunger in the United States and to develop domestic supplies of cellulosic and advanced biofuels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Parental Right to Decide Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-3188
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2009-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Sexually transmitted diseases
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: 
Parental Right to Decide Protection Act - Prohibits federal funds or other assistance from being made available to any state or political subdivision to establish or implement any requirement that individuals receive vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Reduction of Irresponsible MRA Growth Act

Bill: 111-hr-3189
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2009-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: 
Reduction of Irresponsible MRA Growth Act or the TRIM Growth Act - Amends the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to prohibit the Members' Representational Allowance for a fiscal year from exceeding the Allowance established for the previous fiscal year, unless: (1) the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes a national unemployment rate of 6% or lower for each of the six most recent months for which it published a national unemployment rate which occurred before the beginning of the fiscal year; or (2) the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the congressional appropriations committees that the public debt does not exceed $5.5 trillion as of the first day of the last month of the previous fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3190
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2009-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Contracts and agency
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: 
Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act of 2009 - Declares that any agreement setting a price below which a product or service cannot be sold by a retailer, wholesaler, or distributor is an illegal restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 

action_date: 2010-12-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act of 2009 - Declares that any agreement setting a price below which a product or service cannot be sold by a retailer, wholesaler, or distributor is an illegal restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 403.
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 111-676.
action_date: 2010-12-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 111-676.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-30
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-07-30
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1734)
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Positive Aging Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3191
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: 
Positive Aging Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to public and private nonprofit entities to: (1) demonstrate ways of integrating mental health services for older adults into primary care settings; and (2) support the establishment and maintenance of interdisciplinary geriatric mental health outreach teams in community settings where older adults reside or receive social services.
 
Requires the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services to designate a Deputy Director for Older Adult Mental Health Services to develop and implement initiatives to address the mental health needs of older adults.
 
Includes representatives of older adults or their families and geriatric mental health professionals on the Advisory Council for the Center.
 
Directs the Secretary to give special consideration to providing treatment for older adults with substance abuse disorders when developing program priorities for addressing priority substance abuse treatment needs of regional and national significance.
 
Requires state plans for community mental health services grants to describe: (1) the state's outreach to, and services for, older individuals, individuals who are homeless, and individuals living in rural areas; and (2) how community-based services will be provided to these individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3192
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2009-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
Department of Homeland Security
Federal officials
Free trade and trade barriers
Homeland security
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Public-private cooperation
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: 
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), by January 1, 2010, to establish the APEC Business Travel Program to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards (ABTCs) to eligible U.S. citizen business leaders and senior U.S. government officials actively engaged in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) business.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) integrate application procedures for and issuance of ABTCs with other international registered traveler programs of DHS, such as Global Entry, NEXUS, and SENTRI; and (2) work in conjunction with private sector entities to ensure that applicants satisfy ABTC requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) utilize such entities to enroll and issue ABTCs; and (2) impose and modify an ABTC issuance fee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the "Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United States Courthouse".

Bill: 111-hr-3193
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2009-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Florida
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: 
Designates the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the &quot;Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2009-09-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the &quot;Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2009-09-09
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the &quot;Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United States Courthouse.&quot;
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9370)
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9370)
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3193.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9370-9371)
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 104.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-245.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-245.
action_date: 2009-07-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-07-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-30
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Sainey H. Fatty.

Bill: 111-hr-3194
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2009-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Provides for the relief of Sainey H. Fatty.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Introduced in House
National Home Mortgage and Loan Performance Registry Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3195
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: 
National Home Mortgage and Loan Performance Registry Act of 2009 - Amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to require certain additional itemized mortgage loan data disclosures by depository institutions and mortgage servicers.
 
Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish a National Home Mortgage and Loan Performance Registry to compile and make available information regarding the making of mortgage loans and their performance, including information regarding default and foreclosure occurrences and rates, for mortgage loans for single-family housing, multifamily housing, and small farms.
 
Requires the Board to report quarterly to Congress, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regarding the performance of outstanding mortgage loans.
 
Directs the Board and the Secretaries to report jointly to Congress regarding any additional actions or authority necessary to improve the Registry.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Reciprocity and Fairness in Foreign Investment Act

Bill: 111-hr-3196
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Department of the Treasury
Foreign and international corporations
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: 
Reciprocity and Fairness in Foreign Investment Act - Permits a foreign person owned, in whole or in part, or controlled by a foreign government to acquire ownership in either a business, or in real property in the United States, but only to the same extent as that foreign government allows U.S. persons to acquire ownership in comparable enterprises organized under the laws of that foreign country.
 
Subjects investment and operation of critical infrastructure in the United States by such a foreign person to the same reciprocity requirements.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue implementing regulations.
 
Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2009-07-14
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Kids With Healthy Hearts Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3197
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2009-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: 
Kids with Healthy Hearts Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make five grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to conduct demonstration projects to screen children in kindergarten through grade six for high blood pressure.
 
Requires screening programs, subject to parental consent, to screen children every six months during the school year, but to screen children one month after their initial screening if they fall in the 95th percentile or above for students with high blood pressure.
 
Requires grantees to provide parents of children who remain in such range after their second screening with: (1) referrals to health care providers for consultations about high blood pressure; and (2) written information from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding hypertension risks and lifestyle changes related to diet and exercise that can improve overall health.
 
Directs the Secretary to give grant preference to at least one LEA serving a high percentage of Native American, Latino, or African-American students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Wildlife Without Borders Authorization Act

Bill: 111-hr-3198
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: International organizations and cooperation
Public-private cooperation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: 
Wildlife Without Borders Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a Wildlife Without Borders Program within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to provide international wildlife conservation assistance through the initiation, facilitation, and promotion of locally adapted wildlife management and conservation programs in coordination with non-governmental organizations, governments, private businesses, and community leaders. 

Specifies the species, regional, and global program components that shall be included in the Wildlife Without Borders Program. Permits the Secretary, in the administration of the Wildlife Without Borders Program, to accept donated funds and to use them for capacity building, grants, and other on-the-ground uses carried out under the regional and global program components authorized by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1755-1756)
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Locatable Mineral Royalty and Reclamation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3201
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2009-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Energy research
Energy revenues and royalties
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Metals
Mining
Nuclear power
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: 
Locatable Mineral Royalty and Reclamation Act of 2009 - Sets forth requirements for the issuance of patents for mining claims and mill sites. 
 
Requires claimants to pay: (1) location fees; (2) abandoned locatable mine land fees; and (3) annual maintenance fees.
 
Subjects the production of locatable minerals from any mining claim located on federal lands to a royalty of 2% of the net proceeds from such production.
 
Establishes the Abandoned Locatable Mine Reclamation Fund.
 
Establishes the Abandoned Locatable Minerals Mine Reclamation Program administered by the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Director of the Office of Surface Mining.
 
Requires each state and each Indian tribe that receives a grant pursuant to a program approved under this Act to establish an abandoned mine reclamation fund.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish the Office of Economic Geology, supervised by the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, with responsibility for all policy, planning, and program direction for all of the activities of the energy and mineral resource programs, including research, within the Survey.
 
Requires the Secretary to conduct a national cooperative mineral resource inventory and assessment program.
 
National Uranium Summit Act - Instructs the Secretary to convene a national summit on uranium and report to Congress an assessment of the nation's uranium resources, with policy recommendations to ensure access to these resources for private sector development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Introduced in House