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Caring for an Aging America Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-750
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Education programs funding
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Medical education
Nursing
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: 
Caring for an Aging America Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a Geriatric and Gerontology Loan Repayment Program to enter into contracts with qualified physicians, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, pharmacists, social workers, physician assistants, and psychologists to pay educational loans in exchange for providing full-time clinical practice and service to older adults; and (2) establish the National Advisory Council on the Geriatric and Gerontology Loan Repayment Program.
 
Requires the Secretary to ensure that individuals eligible for the nurse loan repayment program include registered nurses who complete specialty training in geriatrics or gerontology and who elect to provide nursing services to older adults in home and long-term care settings.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award nursing education grants and enter into contracts for programs that focus on specialty training in providing long-term care services for nursing personnel who provide services in home and long-term care settings.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a Health and Long-Term Care Workforce Advisory Panel to: (1) examine, and provide advice on, workforce issues related to health and long-term care for the aging population; and (2) conduct a research project to identify incentives for recruitment and retention of clinicians and providers who agree to serve vulnerable older adults in geriatric and long-term care settings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4073)
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Elections Revenue Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-751
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2009-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government trust funds
Public contracts and procurement
Sales and excise taxes
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: 
Fair Elections Revenue Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on payments made pursuant to a U.S. government contract to any person which is not a state or local government or a foreign nation and has contracts with the U.S. government in excess of $10 million. Sets the rate of such tax at 0.50% of amounts paid under any such contract and limits the aggregate annual amount of tax imposed each year to not more than $500,000.
 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the tax revenues raised by this Act be used for the financing of a Fair Elections Fund and the public financing of Senate elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4074)
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4073-4074)
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Elections Now Act

Bill: 111-s-752
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2009-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
House of Representatives
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Senate
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: 
Fair Elections Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to: (1) eligibility and qualifying contribution requirements and benefits of fair elections financing of Senate election campaigns; (2) establishment of a Fair Elections Fund; (3) eligibility for Fund allocations; (4) contribution and expenditure requirements; (5) a public debate requirement; (6) certification of whether or not a federal election candidate is a participating candidate; (7) benefits for participating candidates; (8) matching payments for qualified small dollar contributions; (9) political advertising vouchers; (10) establishment of a Fair Elections Oversight Board; (11) civil penalties for violation of contribution and expenditure requirements; (12) prohibition of joint fundraising committees with any political committee other than a candidate's authorized committee; and (13) a specified limitation on coordinated expenditures by political party committees with participating candidates.
 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to: (1) prohibit the preemption of the use of a broadcasting station by a legally qualified Senate candidate who has purchased and paid for such use; (2) revise Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authority to revoke licenses for broadcasting stations who fail to provide access to Senate candidates; and (3) revise the formula for determining reduced broadcast rates for participating candidates in certain circumstances. 
 
Directs the FCC to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish a standardized form to be used by broadcasting stations to record and report the purchase of advertising time by or on behalf of a candidate for nomination for election, or for election, to federal elective office.
 
Amends FECA to: (1) empower the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to appeal a civil action; (2) require all designations, statements, and reports required to be filed under FECA to be filed directly with the FEC, and in computer-accessible electronic form; and (3) reduce from 48 to 24 hours after their receipt the deadline for the FEC to make designations, statements, reports, or notifications available to the public in the FEC office and on the Internet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4074-4080)
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
BPA-Free Kids Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-753
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Product safety and quality
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: 
BPA-Free Kids Act of 2009 - Defines &quot;children's food or beverage container&quot; as any container, except a metal can, that is: (1) designed or intended to be filled with any liquid, food, or beverage primarily for consumption from that container by children three years old or younger; and (2) sold or distributed at retail without containing any liquid, food, or beverage.
 
Requires that any children's food or beverage container that is composed in whole or in part of bisphenol A (BPA) be treated as a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. 
 
Grants the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) jurisdiction over, and authority to enforce, the provisions of this Act, notwithstanding: (1) specified provisions of various Acts; and (2) a specified memorandum of understanding between the CPSC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
 
Requires suppliers and manufacturers to test for BPA plastic resins used in the manufacture and distribution of children's food and beverage containers to ensure that the plastic resins in children's food and beverage containers do not contain BPA. Requires suppliers to certify to manufacturers that plastic resins do not contain BPA. 
 
Imposes labeling and advertising requirements.
 
Allows nonconflicting state and subdivision laws.
 
Requires research to increase understanding of the health effects of BPA exposure in all age groups and in pregnant women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Methadone Treatment and Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-754
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2009-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Executive agency funding and structure
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: 
Methadone Treatment and Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) direct the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states and nonprofit community organizations to distribute culturally sensitive educational materials about the dangers of opioid abuse, including methadone abuse; (2) establish a Controlled Substances Clinical Standards Commission to develop safe dosing standards for all forms of methadone, benchmark standards for the reduction of methadone abuse, appropriate conversion factors when transitioning patients from one opioid to another, guidelines for initiating pain management with methadone, and patient and practitioner education standards; (3) increase funding for the controlled substance monitoring program; and (4) require the completion of a Model Opioid Treatment Program Mortality Report and the establishment of a National Opioid Death Registry.
 
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to: (1) set forth training requirements for health care practitioners registered to prescribe or dispense methadone or other opioids; and (2) require opioid treatment clinics to make acceptable arrangements for the distribution of methadone to patients restricted from taking home doses when the clinic is closed.
 
Prohibits the writing of prescriptions or dispensing of a 40-mg diskette of methadone unless such prescription or dispensation is consistent with current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) methadone policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4080)
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-755
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Department of Health and Human Services
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: 
Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Cancer Institute to enter into cooperative agreements with, or make grants to, public or nonprofit entities to establish and operate Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Centers of Excellence to conduct research on biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer. Permits federal funds to be used for research on: (1) the development and characterization of new biomarkers and the refinement of existing biomarkers, for ovarian cancer; (2) the clinical and laboratory validation of such biomarkers; (3) the development and implementation of clinical and epidemiological research on the utilization of such biomarkers; and (4) the development and implementation of repositories for new tissue, urine, serum, and other biological specimens. 
 
Requires the Director to: (1) make available for research banked serum and tissue specimens from clinical research regarding ovarian cancer that was funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (2) establish an Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Clinical Trial Committee to assist in designing and implementing national clinical trials to determine the utility of using such biomarkers. Requires a national data center to be established in and supported by the Institute to conduct statistical analyses of trial data, and to store such analyses and data. Requires such data and statistical analyses to be used to establish clinical guidelines to provide the medical community with information regarding the use of validated biomarkers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4080-4081)
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act

Bill: 111-s-756
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-03-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: 
Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act or the PRIME Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand and intensify research to develop advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment comparable to mammogram technology.

Directs the Secretary: (1) to carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to the need for prostate cancer screening and for improved detection technologies; (2) in developing such campaign, to recognize and address the racial disparities in the incidences of prostate cancer and mortality rates; (3) to establish a program to award grants to nonprofit private entities to test alternative outreach and education strategies; (4) to carry out research to develop an improved prostate cancer screening blood test using in-vitro detection; and (5) to certify compliance with this Act within one year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Original Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Ultra-High Relief Bullion Coin Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-758
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Currency

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Original Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Ultra-High Relief Palladium Bullion Coin Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue a $20 coin that bears, on the obverse and reverse, the designs of the famous 27-millimeter version of the 1907 Augustus Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle ultra-high relief gold piece.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to commence minting and issuing such coins for sale, beginning in 2009, in: (1) an appropriate number of $20 bullion investment coins meeting specified requirements; and (2) up to 15,000 ultra-high relief numismatic $20 coins meeting certain other requirements. Requires all coins to be minted at West Point, New York.
 
Prohibits numismatic coins from being made available as so-called &quot;fractional&quot; coins. 
 
Requires the Secretary to take specified protective and anti-counterfeiting measures. 
 
Instructs the Treasury Inspector General to report to certain congressional committees on the extent of counterfeiting of rare, collectible, or numismatic coins for sale in the United States, regardless of the country where the original of such coin was produced or of the country in which the counterfeiting takes place, or sales overseas if such counterfeit coins are unauthorized copies of coins originally produced by the U.S. Mint. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Indian School Bus Route Safety Reauthorization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-759
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Indian School Bus Route Safety Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to authorize appropriations for FY2010-FY2015 for allocations to states for Indian reservation roads.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4175)
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4174-4175)
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the Liberty Memorial at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the "National World War I Memorial".

Bill: 111-s-760
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Military history
Missouri
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Designates the Liberty Memorial at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the National World War I Memorial. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-318.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish the World War I Centennial Commission to ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of World War I, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-761
Sponsor: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Executive agency funding and structure
Military history
Missouri
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Establishes the World War I Centennial Commission to: (1) plan, develop, and execute programs, projects, and activities to commemorate the centennial of World War I; (2) encourage private organizations and state and local governments to organize and participate in such activities; (3) facilitate and coordinate such activities throughout the United States; and (4) serve as a clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of information about centennial events and plans; and (5) develop commemoration recommendations for Congress and the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Fire Safe Communities Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-762
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-04-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: 
Fire-Safe Communities Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reduce the amount of the share of nonfederal funds required by the Fire Management Assistance Grant Program to 10% of the grant amount for a municipality at risk if such municipality has adopted: (1) a national wildland fire code, standard, or ordinance; or (2) a local ordinance, standard, or code that requires the retrofit of existing construction that provides for increased protection for the municipality from the threat of wildfire, such as a requirement to replace combustible roofing material used in existing structures.
 
Directs the Under Secretary to award grants to municipalities at risk to: (1) encourage responsible development in such municipalities; (2) mitigate the catastrophic effects of fires; and (3) encourage the retrofit of existing wildfire-prone structures. Limits grant awards to $1 million. Directs the Under Secretary to require that a person awarded a grant provide nonfederal funds equal to 25% of the grant amount for the purpose of the award.
 
Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to: (1) include as a purpose of the Community and Private Land Fire Assistance Program to enhance the capacity of local governments to integrate fire-resistant community and home design into local planning, zoning, building codes, property maintenance codes, and brush clearing ordinances; and (2) authorize a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of awarding grants to fire-safe communities located near federal land to assist in federal efforts to prevent and manage fires.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4175-4177)
action_date: 2009-04-01
text: Introduced in Senate