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To suspend temporarily the duty on 9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,5-diamino-4,8-dihydroxy(4- hydroxyphenyl)-.

Bill: 111-hr-3870
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,5-diamino-4,8-dihydroxy(4- hydroxyphenyl)-.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2-Naphthalenesulfonic acid, 5-ÝÝ4-(acetylamino)-2- (trifluoromethyl)phenyl¨azo¨-6-amino-4-hydroxy-, monosodium salt.

Bill: 111-hr-3871
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-Naphthalenesulfonic acid, 5-YY4-(acetylamino)-2- (trifluoromethyl)phenyl?azo?-6-amino-4-hydroxy-, monosodium salt.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Substituted cyan acetic acid pentyl ester.

Bill: 111-hr-3872
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Substituted cyan acetic acid pentyl ester.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2-Anthracenesulfonic acid, 1-amino-9, 10-dihydro-4-[ [4-[[methyl[(4-methylphenyl) sulfony]amino]methyl]pheny] amino]-9, 10-dioxo-, sodium salt (1:1).

Bill: 111-hr-3873
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-Anthracenesulfonic acid, 1-amino-9, 10-dihydro-4-Y Y4-YYmethylY(4-methylphenyl) sulfony?amino?methyl?pheny? amino?-9, 10-dioxo-, sodium salt (1:1).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2-Anilino-5-cyano-(3-(substituted)-6- (substituted))-4-methylpyridine.

Bill: 111-hr-3874
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-Anilino-5-cyano-(3-(substituted)-6- (substituted))-4-methylpyridine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 100 percent cotton woven color wall fabric, dyed.

Bill: 111-hr-3875
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 100 percent cotton woven color wall fabric, dyed.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 100 percent cotton narrow woven fabric.

Bill: 111-hr-3876
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 100 percent cotton narrow woven fabric.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 100 percent cotton dyed knit fabric.

Bill: 111-hr-3877
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 100 percent cotton dyed knit fabric.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 9,10-Anthracenedione, 1-amino-2-[4- [(hexahydro-2-oxo-1H-azepin-1-yl)methyl]phenoxy]-4-hydroxy-.

Bill: 111-hr-3878
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 9,10-Anthracenedione, 1-amino-2-Y4- Y(hexahydro-2-oxo-1H-azepin-1-yl)methyl?phenoxy?-4-hydroxy-.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 100 percent dyed cotton single knit fabric.

Bill: 111-hr-3879
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 100 percent dyed cotton single knit fabric.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on b-Alanine, N-[3-(acetylamino)-4-[(2,4- dinitrophenyl)azo]phenyl]-N-(3-methoxy-3-oxopropyl)-, methyl ester.

Bill: 111-hr-3880
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on b-Alanine, N-Y3-(acetylamino)-4-Y(2,4- dinitrophenyl)azo?phenyl?-N-(3-methoxy-3-oxopropyl)-, methyl ester.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 7H-Benzimidazo[2,1-a]benz[de]isoquinolin-7- one, 9(or 10)-methoxy-.

Bill: 111-hr-3881
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 7H-BenzimidazoY2,1-a?benzYde?isoquinolin-7- one, 9(or 10)-methoxy-.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 1H-Indene-1,3(2H)-dione, 2-(4-bromo-3-hydroxy-2- quinolinyl)-.

Bill: 111-hr-3882
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 1H-Indene-1,3(2H)-dione, 2-(4-bromo-3-hydroxy-2- quinolinyl)-.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Ethanol, 2,2'-[[4-[(3,5-dinitro-2-thienyl)azo] phenyl]imino]bis-, diacetate (ester).

Bill: 111-hr-3883
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Ethanol, 2,2'-YY4-Y(3,5-dinitro-2-thienyl)azo? phenyl?imino?bis-, diacetate (ester).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 9, 10-Anthracenedione, 1-amino-4-hydroxy-2-phenoxy-.

Bill: 111-hr-3884
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 9, 10-Anthracenedione, 1-amino-4-hydroxy-2-phenoxy-.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in House
Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act

Bill: 111-hr-3886
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2009-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: 
Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse a member of a veterans' service organization or other organization approved by the Secretary for transportation and other appropriate expenses incurred in connection with the voluntary provision of a funeral honors detail at the funeral of a veteran, including when requested by a funeral home.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Access for Young Workers and College Students Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3887
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2009-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Family relationships
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: 
Health Insurance Access for Young Workers and College Students Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan that treats an individual who is a dependent child of a plan participant or beneficiary as a plan beneficiary to continue to treat the individual as a dependent child through at least the end of the plan year in which the individual turns age 25.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Introduced in House
Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3888
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2009-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Business records
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Solid waste and recycling
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: 
Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2009 - Declares the purpose of this Act to be the establishment of national standards and prohibitions for discharges from cruise vessels. Defines &quot;cruise vessel&quot; as a passenger vessel that is authorized to carry at least 250 passengers and has onboard sleeping facilities for each passenger. Excludes vessels owned or operated by federal, state, or local governments.
 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit cruise vessels departing from, or calling on, a U.S. port from discharging effluents, including sewage or sewage sludge, incinerator ash, hazardous waste, graywater, or bilge water, into navigable waters. Allows an exception for discharges made solely to secure the safety of a cruise vessel or to save a human life at sea.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) promulgate effluent limits for sewage, graywater, and bilge water discharges from cruise vessels; (2) establish dates for compliance with such limits; (3) require sampling, monitoring, and reporting to ensure compliance with such limits and other applicable requirements; and (4) establish an inspection program to ensure the compliance of cruise vessels with the requirements of this Act.
 
Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard, in consultation with the Administrator, to establish and carry out a program for hiring and placing trained, independent, observers on cruise vessels to monitor and inspect vessel operations, equipment, and discharges.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Cruise Vessel Pollution Control Fund. Requires the Commandant and the Administrator to collect fees from cruise vessels and deposit such fees in the Fund for use in carrying out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Introduced in House
First State National Historical Park Act

Bill: 111-hr-3893
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Delaware
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: 
First State National Historical Park Act - Establishes the First State National Historical Park in Delaware as a unit of the National Park System. 
 
Specifies that the purpose of the Park is the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the historic and cultural resources associated with Dutch, Swedish, and English settlement in Delaware and the resources associated with the role of the state of Delaware as the first state to ratify the Constitution. 
 
Requires the preparation of a general management plan for the Park. 
 
Requires completion of a study regarding the preservation and interpretation of additional properties in Delaware that relate to the Park's purposes, including an assessment of: (1) the potential for designating them as National Historic Landmarks; and (2) options for maintaining their historic integrity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2589)
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a community-based overweight and obesity prevention program.

Bill: 111-hr-3894
Sponsor: Rep. Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. [D-PA-3]
Introduced: 2009-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a community-based overweight and obesity prevention program under which the Secretary shall award grants to, or enter into contracts with, eligible entities to plan and implement evidence-based programs for the prevention of overweight and obesity among children and their families through improved nutrition and increased physical activity. Sets the period of a grant or contract at five years, subject to renewal.
 
Requires an entity, to be eligible, to be a community partnership that demonstrates community support. Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant or contract to only an entity that: (1) demonstrates that it will establish a steering committee to provide input on the assessment of, and improvements to, the entity's program and has conducted or will conduct an assessment of the overweight and obesity problem in its community; (2) agrees to provide non-federal amounts equal to $1 for each $9 provided; and (3) demonstrates that it will maintain its previous level of spending for funded activities. Directs the Secretary to give preference to entities that will: (1) serve communities with high levels of overweight and obesity and related chronic diseases; and (2) plan or implement activities for the prevention of overweight and obesity in school or workplace settings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct or support research and demonstration projects on the use of financial and in-kind subsidies and rewards to encourage individuals and communities to promote wellness, adopt healthy behaviors, and use evidence-based preventive health services, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3895
Sponsor: Rep. Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. [D-PA-3]
Introduced: 2009-10-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and health-based discrimination
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct, or award grants for, research and demonstration projects on the use of financial and in-kind subsidies and rewards to encourage individuals and communities to promote wellness, adopt healthy behaviors, and use evidence-based preventive health services. Requires such projects to focus on: (1) tobacco use, obesity, and other prevention and wellness priorities identified by the Secretary in the national prevention and wellness strategy; (2) the initiation, maintenance, and long-term sustainability of wellness promotion, adoption of healthy behaviors, and use of evidence-based preventive health services; and (3) populations at high risk of preventable diseases and conditions. 
 
Directs the Secretary to submit the findings of such projects to the Task Force on Clinical Preventive Services or the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, and to the Health Benefits Advisory Committee. Directs the Secretary to ensure that a subsidy or reward that: (1) the Task Force on Clinical Preventive Services determines meets its standards for a grade A or B is included in the essential benefits package under the America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; and (2) the Task Force on Community Preventive Service determines is effective becomes an allowable use of community prevention and wellness services grants.
 
Requires the Secretary to ensure that any subsidy or reward: (1) does not have a discriminatory effect on the basis of any personal characteristic extraneous to the provision of high-quality health care or related services; and (2) is not tied to the premium or cost sharing of an individual under any qualified health benefits plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Introduced in House