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Boys & Girls Clubs Centennial Reauthorization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2924
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2009-12-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Elementary and secondary education
Health promotion and preventive care
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-22
text: 
Boys & Girls Clubs Centennial Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1966 to reauthorize through FY2015 the mandate for an annual grant to the Boys & Girls Club of America from the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Department of Justice.
 
Repeals the limitation on the use of such grants to expansion of the organization to 1,500 additional Boys and Girls Clubs for a total number of at least 5,000 Boys and Girls Clubs of America facilities in operation before January 1, 2010.
 
Replaces the expansion requirement with a goal of improving the quality of youth development and educational programs, health, physical fitness, and prevention services for youth at existing and new Boys & Girls Clubs facilities, with special emphasis on reducing high school dropout rates.

action_date: 2010-01-28
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Boys & Girls Clubs Centennial Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1966 to reauthorize through FY2015 the mandate for an annual grant to the Boys & Girls Club of America from the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Department of Justice.
 
Repeals the limitation on the use of such grants to expansion of the organization to 1,500 additional Boys and Girls Clubs for a total number of at least 5,000 Boys and Girls Clubs of America facilities in operation before January 1, 2010.
 
Replaces the expansion requirement with a goal of improving the quality of youth development and educational programs, health, physical fitness, and prevention services for youth at existing and new Boys & Girls Clubs facilities, with special emphasis on reducing high school dropout rates.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 264.
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2009-12-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13787-13788)
action_date: 2009-12-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13787)
action_date: 2009-12-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Economic Fairness for Seniors Act

Bill: 111-s-2926
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2009-12-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Aging
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Financial crises and stabilization
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: 
Economic Fairness for Seniors Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to keep the same Medicare part B premium for 2010 that was in effect for 2009.
 
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 (ARRA) to require an additional economic recovery payment (of $250) in calendar 2010 to certain beneficiaries of SSA title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI), railroad retirement, or veterans benefits. Makes appropriations to fund such payments.
 
Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to study and report to Congress on: (1) whether a consumer price index for elderly consumers (CPI-E) more accurately reflects the true costs of inflation for elderly Americans than the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W); and (2) if the elderly are being financially disadvantged by the use of the CPI-W in the determination of current benefit levels. Requires the BLS to prepare such a CPI-E if elderly Americans are disadvantaged by the CPI-W.
 
Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to offset the expenses of this Act through a reduction in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Wall Street Fair Share Act

Bill: 111-s-2927
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2009-12-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: 
Wall Street Fair Share Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on securities trading facilities, brokers, and purchasers for certain securities transactions. Sets such tax at .25% of the fair market value of the security traded. Defines &quot;security&quot; to include stock in a corporation, partnership interests, debt instruments, or interests in certain derivative financial instruments. Exempts from such tax an initial issue of securities, transactions in certain retirement, education, and health savings accounts, and transactions in mutual funds. Allows the purchaser of securities a credit against the excise tax for the lesser of the tax incurred or $250 ($500 for married couples filing joint tax returns). Requires withholding of excise tax amounts by the transferor of securities subject to the tax. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Extension Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2928
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2009-12-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Arkansas
Business investment and capital
Credit and credit markets
Disaster relief and insurance
Employee benefits and pensions
Floods and storm protection
Housing finance and home ownership
Illinois
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Natural disasters
Nebraska
Securities
Student aid and college costs
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: 
Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the Heartland Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2008 or the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 certain tax provisions related to disaster relief, including: (1) credits to holders of disaster area tax credit bonds; (2) increased disaster zone education tax benefits; (3) penalty-free distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans for disaster-related expenses; (4) authority to adjust the tax status of taxpayers in a disaster area; (5) deductibility of losses, including net operating losses, attributable to federally declared disasters; (6) expensing of disaster-related capital expenditures; (7) waiver of mortgage revenue bond requirements; and (8) accelerated depreciation of nonresidential real property or residential rental property located in a disaster area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13883-13884)
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Executive Order Integrity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2929
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-12-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: 
Executive Order Integrity Act of 2009 - Requires revocations, modifications, waivers, and suspensions of presidential proclamations and executive orders to be published in the Federal Register within 30 days after such actions.

Requires any such information which is classified to be provided to Congress, using the security procedures established under the National Security Act of 1947, in the form of a classified annex delivered to: (1) the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate; (2) the Speaker, and Majority and Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives; (3) the congressional judiciary committees; and (4) if the information pertains to national security matters, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13885)
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13884)
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act

Bill: 111-s-2930
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA]
Introduced: 2009-12-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government liability
International law and treaties
Jurisdiction and venue
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: 
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act - Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) expand the liability of foreign states for tortious acts committed against U.S. citizens during a terrorist act and allow civil actions against a foreign state that are now pending or that were dismissed to proceed in accordance with such expanded liability; and (2) impose liability on a foreign state for the acts or omissions of its officials or employees while acting within the scope of their office or employment.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose liability on any person who aids and abets an act of international terrorism, provides material support or resources to terrorist organizations, or conspires with terrorists; (2) grant U.S. district courts personal jurisdiction over such persons; (3) remove the prohibition against bringing a civil action against foreign states or foreign officials for damages related to acts of terrorism; (4) extend from 4 to 10 years the limitation period for bringing an action for civil damages resulting from an act of international terrorism; and (5) allow previously time-barred cases to be refiled within 90 days of the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-858.
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13885-13886)
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

Bill: 111-s-2931
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2010-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Disaster relief and insurance
Haiti
Income tax deductions
Latin America
Natural disasters
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: 
Treats cash contributions made after January 11, 2010, and before February 16, 2010, for the relief of earthquake victims in Haiti as having been made on December 31, 2009, for purposes of the tax deduction for charitable contributions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate
21st Century Charter School Act

Bill: 111-s-2932
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2010-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Credit and credit markets
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Licensing and registrations
School administration
Special education
State and local finance
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: 
21st Century Charter School Act - Amends the Charter School program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
 
Makes public and private nonprofit entities eligible for program grants. (Currently, state educational entities are eligible for such grants.) 
 
Allows grantees to award subgrants to charter school developers or nonprofit charter support organizations and award them multiple grants to support multiple campuses of a public charter school.
 
Sets forth additional factors that are to work in favor of grant applicants, including that their state gives public charter schools funding commensurate with that provided to other public schools, has no cap on such schools, and gives the schools a high degree of autonomy.
 
Authorizes the use of subgrants to plan and implement, or expand existing, public charter schools.
 
Authorizes grantees to use a portion of the grant funds reserved for administrative expenses to improve public charter school authorizing policies and practices in their area.
 
Expands the portion of funds grantees may use in establishing revolving loan funds for loans to subgrantees for planning and operating a public charter school.
 
Requires each public charter school participating in the program to have an independent governing board that enters into a performance-based agreement with an authorized public chartering agency that describes: (1) how student performance will be measured pursuant to the state assessments required of other schools; and (2) the criteria for renewal or revocation of their charter. Prohibits such schools from giving admissions preference to any student on the basis of prior academic achievement.
 
Establishes two new grant programs awarding grants to: (1) public charter schools, public and private nonprofit entities, charter school developers, and nonprofit charter support organizations to disseminate charter school innovations to other schools and states; and (2) public and private nonprofit entities to demonstrate innovative credit enhancement initiatives that assist public charter schools in covering the cost of acquiring, constructing, and renovating facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Colonel Charles Young Home Study Act

Bill: 111-s-2933
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2010-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
Ohio
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: 
Colonel Charles Young Home Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Colonel Charles Young Home, a National Historic Landmark in Xenia, Ohio, to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Home as a unit of the National Park System. (Colonel Charles Young was a distinguished African-American officer in the U.S. Army, a pioneer of techniques in military intelligence, as well as a commander of troops in combat in the Spanish-American War and the Mexican expedition against Pancho Villa.)

action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Colonel Charles Young Home Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Colonel Charles Young Home, a National Historic Landmark in Xenia, Ohio, to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Home as a unit of the National Park System. (Colonel Charles Young was a distinguished African-American officer in the U.S. Army, a pioneer of techniques in military intelligence, as well as a commander of troops in combat in the Spanish-American War and the Mexican expedition against Pancho Villa.) 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) evaluate architectural and archaeological resources of the Home; (2) consider other alternatives for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the Home, including the use of shared management agreements with the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park or specific units of such Park; (3) consult with the Ohio Historical Society, Central State University, Wilberforce University, and other interested parties; and (4) identify cost estimates for any federal acquisition, development, interpretation, operation, and maintenance associated with the alternatives considered. 
 
Requires the Secretary to report study results to Congress, as well as any conclusions and recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 537.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. With written report No. 111-267.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. With written report No. 111-267.
action_date: 2010-06-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-476.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act

Bill: 111-s-2934
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2010-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Seafood
State and local government operations
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: 
Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the importation of any seafood from a foreign country unless the country complies with U.S. standards for seafood manufacturing, processing, and holding. Requires an annual inspection of each foreign facility that exports seafood to the United States to ensure compliance with such standards. Requires periodic follow-up inspections of such foreign facilities as determined necessary by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
 
Requires the Secretary to inspect and test: (1) not less than 20% of all imported seafood each year; and (2) the first 15 shipments of seafood imported or offered for import into the United States from an exporter. Sets forth inspection and test requirements that apply with respect to exporters that fail to meet inspection or test requirements.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) refuse entry of all seafood shipments from a country that repeatedly fails to meet inspection or testing requirements; and (2) establish exporter fees as necessary.
 
Requires the detention or destruction of imported seafood that fails to meet safety standards unless the shipment meets criteria for re-export.
 
Allows importation of seafood at only those U.S. ports of entry that have the personnel trained to conduct the applicable testing and inspections. 
 
Prohibits: (1) making a knowingly false statement with respect to a test or inspection under this Act; or (2) knowingly misbranding any seafood imported under this Act. Establishes a civil penalty for violations.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program under which a state may conduct inspection, testing, and certification of U.S. seafood imports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify that the revocation of an alien's visa or other documentation is not subject to judicial review.

Bill: 111-s-2935
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2010-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit judicial review of visa or document revocation. (Judicial review is currently permitted in a deportation proceeding if such revocation is the sole ground for deportation.) 
 
 States that this Act shall: (1) take effect on the date of its enactment; and (2) apply to all visas issued before, on, or after such date. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S54)
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Haiti Assistance Income Tax Incentive Act

Bill: 111-s-2936
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2010-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Disaster relief and insurance
Haiti
Income tax deductions
Latin America
Natural disasters
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: 
Haiti Assistance Income Tax Incentive Act - Treats cash contributions made after January 11, 2010, and before March 1, 2010, for the relief of earthquake victims in Haiti as having been made on December 31, 2009, for purposes of the tax deduction for charitable contributions. Deems a contribution as meeting the recordkeeping requirements of the Internal Revenue Code if the taxpayer produces a telephone bill showing the name of the donee organization and the date and amount of the contribution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide a temporary suspension of limitation on charitable contributions and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the enhanced charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory.

Bill: 111-s-2937
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2010-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Disaster relief and insurance
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Haiti
Income tax deductions
Latin America
Natural disasters
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: 
Suspends limitations on the tax deduction for charitable contributions made by individuals and corporations, including contributions for relief efforts related to the earthquake in Haiti and cash contributions in 2010 to specified public charities. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 the tax deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory from any trade or business (including corporations other than C corporations).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate