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Harry S Truman Birthplace Study Act

Bill: 111-hr-348
Sponsor: Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Missouri
Presidential administrations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
 Harry S Truman Birthplace Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a special resource study of the Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site in Lamar, Missouri, to determine: (1) the suitability and feasibility of adding the birthplace site to the Harry S Truman National Historic Site or designating the site as a separate unit of the National Park System; and (2) the methods and means for the protection and interpretation of the Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site by the National Park Service (NPS), other federal, state, or local government entities, or private or nonprofit organizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Nebraska.

Bill: 111-hr-349
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Judges
Nebraska

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Nebraska.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Domestic Energy Impact Statement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-350
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Coal
Energy storage, supplies, demand
General public lands matters
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Legislative rules and procedure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Amends Rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require committee reports on measures that would have an impact on the governance of public lands and/or on domestic energy availability to include a domestic energy impact statement prepared by the Comptroller General. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act

Bill: 111-hr-351
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Europe
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Massachusetts
Parks, recreation areas, trails
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act - Modifies the boundary of Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts to include the Colonel James Barrett Farm in Concord. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Tumalo Water Conservation Project Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-352
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Oregon
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Tumalo Water Conservation Project Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Tumalo Irrigation District, to participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Tumalo Irrigation District Water Conservation Project in Deschutes County, Oregon. Sets the federal share of the cost of the Project at 25%. Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act 10 years after its enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova.

Bill: 111-hr-353
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Provides for the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Gloria Ayala Cuyuch.

Bill: 111-hr-354
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Provides for the relief of Gloria Ayala Cuyuch.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Francisca Lino.

Bill: 111-hr-355
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Provides for the relief of Francisca Lino.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Rebeca Rojas de Guzman.

Bill: 111-hr-356
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Provides for the relief of Rebeca Rojas de Guzman.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Jose de Jesus Ibarra, Monica Ibarra Rodriguez, and Cristina Gamez.

Bill: 111-hr-357
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Provides for the relief of Jose de Jesus Ibarra, Monica Ibarra Rodriguez, and Cristina Gamez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.

Bill: 111-hr-358
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Provides for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Geert Botzen.

Bill: 111-hr-359
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Provides for the relief of Geert Botzen.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of documentation for operation in the coastwise trade for the vessel ZIPPER.

Bill: 111-hr-360
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, notwithstanding specified provisions of federal shipping law, to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessel ZIPPER.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 1-year extension of the increased expensing of certain depreciable business assets and the special depreciation allowance for certain business property.

Bill: 111-hr-361
Sponsor: Rep. Bright, Bobby [D-AL-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2009: (1) the increased ($250,000) expensing allowance for depreciable business assets; and (2) the additional 50% depreciation allowance for certain types of investment property (bonus depreciation). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-362
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Marketing and advertising
Medical ethics
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the additional inpatient hospital service payment (payment adjustment) for low-volume hospitals (usually meaning a &quot;subsection (d) hospital&quot; located more than 25 road miles from another subsection (d) hospital and having less than 800 discharges during the fiscal year.)
 
(Generally, a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)
 
Redefines low-volume hospital, for discharges occurring during FY2009 only, as a subsection (d) hospital located more than 15 (instead of 25) road miles from another subsection (d) hospital and having less than 1,500 (instead of 800) discharges of individuals entitled to, or enrolled for, Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) benefits (&quot;tweeners,'' or hospitals too large to be critical access hospitals, but too small to be financially viable under the Medicare hospital prospective payment system (PPS)).
 
Revises, for FY2010 only, the temporary applicable percentage in the formula for determining the payment adjustment for such hospitals.
 
Requires the use of the non-wage adjusted prospective payment rate (PPS) rate during FY2010 under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program.
 
Prescribes requirements for hospitals to qualify for a Medicare hospital exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals to hospitals in which such physicians have an ownership or investment interest in the entity. (Eliminates the Medicare hospital exception for physician-owned hospitals, but provides a limited exception for existing facilities.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
United States Broadcasting Reorganization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-363
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Broadcasting Board of Governors
Executive agency funding and structure
First Amendment rights
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
International exchange and broadcasting

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
United States Broadcasting Reorganization Act of 2009 - Amends the U.S. International Broadcasting Act of 1994 to establish the United States International Broadcasting Agency, which shall be headed by the Board of Governors of the United States International Broadcasting Agency, to carry out various international broadcasting activities of the United States (thereby eliminating the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the International Broadcasting Bureau).
 
Sets forth: (1) Agency authorities and functions; and (2) transition provisions.
 
Directs the Board to establish an Office of the Ombudsman to be a liaison between both the audience and employees and employees and management of the broadcasting entities under Board control.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Limitation on Nuclear Cooperation with the United Arab Emirates Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-364
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Middle East
North Korea
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Sanctions
Syria
Technology transfer and commercialization
Terrorism
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions
United Arab Emirates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Limitation on Nuclear Cooperation with the United Arab Emirates Act of 2009 - Prohibits any agreement for cooperation to enter into force or any license to be issued for the export of nuclear material, equipment, or technology between the United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 unless the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the government of the UAE has: (1) taken actions to prohibit the transfer of goods, services, or technology to the government of Iran, including fully implementing U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran; (2) implemented an export control regime in accordance with international standards and has implemented legislative and functional actions to target the logistical and financial networks that support terrorist organizations; (3) terminated all related cooperation between any UAE national and the government of Iran, any Iranian national, or any Iranian-controlled entity, and has prosecuted any such UAE national, and (4) not engaged in or condoned activities that violate the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act, and other applicable U.S. law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Ocean Research and Exploration Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-366
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government information and archives
Great Lakes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Ocean Research and Exploration Enhancement Act of 2009 - Requires the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to: (1) establish within NOAA a coordinated national ocean exploration program that promotes collaboration with other federal ocean and undersea research and exploration programs; (2) convene an ocean exploration and undersea research technology and infrastructure task force; and (3) appoint an Ocean Exploration Advisory Board.
 
 NOAA Undersea Research Program Act of 2009 - Requires the Administrator to establish and maintain an undersea research program to increase scientific knowledge essential for the informed management, use, and preservation of oceanic, marine, and coastal areas and the Great Lakes. Requires that the program be conducted through a national headquarters, a network of extramural regional undersea research centers that represent all relevant NOAA regions, and the National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology. Requires that funding for projects conducted through the regional centers be awarded through a competitive, merit-reviewed process.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Science and Technology
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-367
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Computers and information technology
Earth sciences
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Great Lakes
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 - Directs the President to establish a National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System to: (1) support national defense, marine commerce, navigation safety, weather, climate, and marine forecasting, energy siting and production, economic development, ecosystem-based marine, coastal, and Great Lakes resource management, public safety and public outreach training and education; (2) promote awareness of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources; (3) promote basic and applied scientific research; and (4) improve the ability to measure, track, explain, and predict weather and climate change and natural climate variability.
 
Requires the National Ocean Research Leadership Council to serve as the System's policy and coordination oversight body. Requires the Council to establish or designate an Interagency Ocean Observation Committee to prepare annual and long-term plans and to take other actions.
 
Makes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the System's lead federal agency. 
 
Sets forth the requirements for a regional information coordination entity to be certified or established.
 
Requires the Administrator to establish or designate a System Advisory Committee.
 
Requires the Council to develop a policy that defines processes for making decisions about the roles of the federal government, states, regional information coordination entities, the academic community, and the private sector in providing to end-user communities environmental information, products, technologies, and services related to the System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Science and Technology
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House