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Troubled Asset Relief Program Transparency Reporting Act

Bill: 111-s-133
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Business ethics
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Financial crises and stabilization
Public participation and lobbying
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Troubled Asset Relief Program Transparency Reporting Act - Prohibits the use by a recipient or its subsidiary of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for lobbying expenditures or political contributions.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, through enhanced internal reporting and oversight requirements, to develop and publish corporate governance principles and ethical guidelines for such recipients, including specified restrictions.
 
Sets forth recipient reporting and certifying requirements governing such TARP funds.
 
Requires the Secretary to make such reports and certifications publicly available online and free of charge.
 
Subjects persons to civil fines for violating such prohibition on the use of TARP funds or failing to file the required report or certification.
 
Bars recipients from future TARP funds for noncompliance with such guidelines unless the Secretary determines that reasonable steps have been taken to bring their actions into compliance with and to prevent future violations of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S114-115)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
North Country National Scenic Trail Willing Seller Act

Bill: 111-s-134
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
North Country National Scenic Trail Willing Seller Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to bar the acquisition by the federal government of any land or interest in land outside the exterior boundaries of any federally administered area for the North Country National Scenic Trail except with the owner's consent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to decrease the matching funds requirement and authorize additional appropriations for Keweenaw National Historical Park in the State of Michigan.

Bill: 111-s-135
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Michigan
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Decreases the matching funds requirement, and authorizes additional appropriations, for the Keweenaw National Historical Park in Michigan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Ziad Mohamed Shaban Khweis, Heyam Ziad Khweis, and Juman Ziad Khweis.

Bill: 111-s-136
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Provides for the relief of Ziad Mohamed Shaban Khweis, Heyam Ziad Khweis, and Juman Ziad Khweis.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Green Energy Production Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-137
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of Energy
Employment and training programs
Energy research
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Small business
Student aid and college costs
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Green Energy Production Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of Energy (DOE) the Green Technology Investment Corporation to allocate funds, provide grants, and carry out programs for all phases of technology commercialization. Requires the Corporation to establish: (1) ) a green redevelopment, opportunity, and workforce (GROW) grant program (2) a green energy technology internship program; and (3) a green energy technology apprenticeship program.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Green Technology Investment Fund to provide grants, loans, and assistance under this Act. 
 
Sets forth criteria for project eligibility and priority and applicant eligibility for grants, loans, and assistance under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal alternative minimum tax limitations on private activity bond interest, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-138
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt interest earned on tax-exempt private activity bonds from the alternative minimum tax (AMT) and to exclude such interest as an adjustment to current earnings for purposes of computing alternative minimum taxable income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S115-116)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-140
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Mining
Solid waste and recycling
User charges and fees
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2009 - Applies this Act to any mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim: (1) located under the general mining laws; or (2) used for beneficiation or mineral processing activities, regardless of whether legal and beneficial title to the mineral is held by the United States.

Subjects production of locatable minerals from any mining claim, including mineral concentrates or products derived from such minerals, to a royalty of 8% of the gross income from mining.

Imposes a 4% royalty upon federal lands subject to an existing operations permit and producing valuable locatable minerals in commercial quantities.

Establishes a civil penalty for failure to comply with royalty requirements, including underreporting.

 Requires a hardrock mining claim maintenance fee and a location fee for each unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel site on federally owned lands, whether located before, on, or after enactment of this Act.

Establishes a fee for transfer of ownership of an unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel site.

Requires each operator of a hardrock minerals mining operation to pay a reclamation fee of 0.3 % of the gross income of the hardrock minerals mining operation for each calendar year.

Establishes the Abandoned Mine Cleanup Fund for reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past mineral activities on certain federal lands. Requires deposit in the Fund of all royalties, fees, and civil penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-116.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S120-123)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S119-120)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting the Privacy of Social Security Numbers Act

Bill: 111-s-141
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades
Right of privacy
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Protecting the Privacy of Social Security Numbers Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the display, sale, or purchase of Social Security numbers without the affirmatively expressed consent of the individual, except in specified circumstances. Directs the Attorney General to study and report to Congress on all the uses of Social Security numbers permitted, required, authorized, or excepted under any federal law, including the impact of such uses on privacy and data security.
 
Establishes a public records exception to the prohibition. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on Social Security numbers in public records. Grants the Attorney General rulemaking authority to enforce this Act's prohibition and to implement and clarify the permitted uses occurring as a result of an interaction between businesses, governments, or business and government. 
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit: (1) the use of Social Security numbers on checks issued for payment by governmental agencies; and (2) inmate access to Social Security account numbers.
 
Prohibits a commercial entity from requiring an individual to provide a Social Security number when purchasing a commercial good or service or denying an individual the good or service for refusing to provide that number, with exceptions. Establishes civil and criminal penalties.
 
Extends civil monetary penalties for misuse of a Social Security number.
 
Provides for: (1) criminal penalties under SSA title II for the misuse of a Social Security number; (2) civil actions and civil penalties against persons who violate this Act; and (3) federal injunctive authority with respect to any violation by a public entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S124-128)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S123-124)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Kids Come First Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-142
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Income tax rates
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Kids Come First Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give states the option to receive 100% Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentages (FMAPs) for medical assistance for children in poverty in exchange for expanded coverage of children in working poor families under Medicaid (SSA title XIX) or SCHIP (SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance)). 
 
Eliminates the cap on SCHIP funding for states that expand eligibility for children.
 
Gives states the option to: (1) provide wrap-around SCHIP coverage to children who have other health coverage; (2) enroll low-income children of state employees in SCHIP; (3) provide optional coverage of legal immigrant children under Medicaid and SCHIP; and (4) provide for passive renewal of eligibility for children under Medicaid and SCHIP. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for: (1) a refundable income tax credit for health insurance coverage of children; and (2) forfeiture of the personal tax exemption for any child not covered by health insurance. 
 
Establishes a task force to conduct a nationwide campaign of education and outreach for small business concerns regarding the availability of coverage for children through private insurance options, the Medicaid program, and SCHIP. 
 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to require group market health insurers to offer a dependent coverage option for workers and other individuals with children.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for partial repeal of rate reduction in the highest income tax bracket.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S128)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
College Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-143
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
College Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase in 2009 and 2010: (1) the Hope Scholarship tax credit to allow a refundable credit for 100% of qualified tuition and related expenses up to $2,000 and for 50% of such expenses between $2,000 and $6,000; and (2) the lifetime learning tax credit to allow a nonrefundable tax credit for 40% of qualified tuition and related expenses up to $1,000 and for 20% of such expenses between $1,000 and $3,000. Allows the Hope Scholarship tax credit for four years of undergraduate coursework (currently, two years).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S128-129)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-144
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Income tax deductions
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Modernize Our Bookkeeping In the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove certain limitations on the tax deduction for employee use of cellular telephones.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S129)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Vichai Sae Tung (also known as Chai Chaowasaree).

Bill: 111-s-145
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Provides for the relief of Vichai Sae Tung (also known as Chai Chaowasaree).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act

Bill: 111-s-147
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caribbean area
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Cuba
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Public contracts and procurement
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Directs the President, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and remove all detainees held there.
 
Requires each such detainee to be either: (1) charged with a violation of U.S. or international law and transferred to an appropriate U.S. facility for further legal proceedings; (2) transferred for trial to an international tribunal operating under United Nations (UN) authority; (3) transferred (under certain conditions) to the custody of the government of the individual's country of citizenship or a different country; (4) released; or (5) held in accordance with the law of the armed conflict.
 
Prohibits an individual in the custody or control of an element of the intelligence community (IC) or contractor or subcontractor thereof, regardless of the individual's nationality or physical location, from being subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized by the U.S. Army Field Manual on Human Intelligence Collector Operations.
 
Prohibits the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from allowing a CIA contractor or subcontractor to carry out an interrogation. Requires any interrogation carried out on behalf of the CIA to be conducted only by a CIA employee.
 
Requires the head of an IC element or a contractor or subcontractor of such element who detains or has custody or control over an individual to notify the International Committee of the Red Cross of such detention, and to provide Red Cross access to such individual in a manner consistent with practices of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S157-158, S159)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. (text of measure as introduced: CR S133)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S131-133)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 111-s-148
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Contracts and agency
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Sherman Act to declare that any contract, combination, conspiracy, or agreement setting a minimum price below which a product or service cannot be sold by a retailer, wholesaler, or distributor violates the Act.

action_date: 2010-07-21
text: 

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

 
Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Sherman Act to declare that any contract, combination, conspiracy, or agreement setting a minimum price below which a product or service cannot be sold by a retailer, wholesaler, or distributor violates the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 473.
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. With written report No. 111-227. Minority views filed.
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. With written report No. 111-227. Minority views filed.
action_date: 2010-03-18
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S134-135)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S133-134)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Weekend Voting Act

Bill: 111-s-149
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Weekend Voting Act - Amends the Revised Statutes with respect to the time of election to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every even numbered year, as the days for the election, in each state and territory, of Delegates to, or Members of, Congress.
 
Amends federal law with respect to presidential elections and vacancies to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every fourth year, as the days for the election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
 
Amends such federal laws to establish the same polling place hours in the United States for both congressional and presidential elections, namely from 10:00 a.m. EST on Saturday till 6:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, with polls allowed to close between the hours of 10:00 p.m. local time on Saturday and 6:00 a.m. local time on Sunday as provided by the law of the state in which the polling place is located. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S135-136)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S135)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-150
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Law enforcement administration and funding
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Rural Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for rural drug enforcement assistance.

Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for training rural law enforcement officers in the investigation of drug trafficking and related crimes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S137)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S136-137)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-152
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of an area identified as the Walnut Canyon Proposed Study Area (the study area) to assess and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the suitability and feasibility of designating all or part of the study area as an addition to Walnut Canyon National Monument in Arizona; and (2) continued management of the study area by the Forest Service, or any other designation or management option that would provide for protection of resources within the study area and continued access to, and use of, the study area by the public. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S137)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in Senate