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International Civil Rights Center and Museum Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 111-hr-3912
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13]
Introduced: 2009-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
North Carolina
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: 
International Civil Rights Center and Museum Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue, during 2010, up to 1,000 $1 coins in commemoration of the opening of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina. 
 
Requires sales to include a $10 surcharge per coin, to be paid to the International Civil Rights Center and Museum for program development and research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on phenyl (4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl) carbamate.

Bill: 111-hr-3915
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2009-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on phenyl (4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl) carbamate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and modify the section 45 credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3916
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2009-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Coal
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: 
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the tax credit for the production of electricity from renewable resources to: (1) extend permanently the credit period for the production of steel industry fuel; (2) extend through 2011 the placed-in-service date requirement for refined coal production facilities; (3) revise the definition of &quot;steel industry fuel&quot; to allow mixtures of petroleum coke or other coke feedstock in such fuel; and (4) set forth ownership requirements for coal production facilities for purposes of such tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Nuclear Medicine Payment Group Clarification Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3917
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2009-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: 
Medicare Nuclear Medicine Payment Group Clarification Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for treatment of certain costs for a nuclear medicine group in the prospective payment system (PPS) for hospital outpatient department services.
 
Declares that services classified within a nuclear medicine group shall not be treated as comparable with respect to the use of resources, and therefore shall be excluded from the group, if the highest median cost (or, at the Secretary's election, mean cost) of any associated diagnostic radiopharmaceutical included in the payment for the service within the group is more than two times greater than the lowest median cost (or mean cost, if so elected) for a service within the group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Thermal Energy Cooling and Heating Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3918
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2009-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: 
Thermal Energy Cooling and Heating Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a residential energy efficient property tax credit for 30% of expenditures for distributed thermal energy storage property installed in a principal residence; (2) a 30% energy tax credit for investment in qualified distributed thermal storage property prior to 2017; and (3) financing of qualified distributed thermal energy storage property with new clean renewable energy bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Clean Energy Empowerment Zone Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3919
Sponsor: Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2009-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Small business
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: 
Clean Energy Business Zone Act of 2009 and the Clean Energy Empowerment Zone Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to designate 40 clean energy business zones between 2009 and 2012; (2) allow an increased tax credit for wages paid in such a zone; (3) allow a work opportunity tax credit for wages paid to an employee in such a zone; (4) allow financing of any qualified Green building or clean energy facility with clean renewable energy bonds; (5) allow increased expensing of property in such a zone; and (6) allow an exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale or exchange or any clean energy business zone asset held for more than five years.
 
Amends the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to waive loan fees for qualified Green building and clean energy facility loans made before 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Tax.
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to House Small Business
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a waiver of minimum required distribution rules applicable to pension plans for 2010.

Bill: 111-hr-3920
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2009-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 the suspension of minimum distribution requirements for tax-exempt retirement plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Introduced in House
First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Guarantee Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3921
Sponsor: Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2]
Introduced: 2009-10-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: 
First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Guarantee Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit for a 90-day period after its termination date (i.e., November 30, 2009) for taxpayers who entered into a written binding contract for the purchase of a principal residence which was in effect on November 30, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Introduced in House
Real Stimulus Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3924
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2009-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: 
 Real Stimulus Act of 2009 - Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from proposing, promulgating, or issuing any regulations with regard to the Internet or IP-enabled services. 
 
Makes such prohibition non-applicable to regulations that are determined necessary to: (1) prevent damage to U.S. national security; (2) ensure public safety; or (3) assist or facilitate any actions taken by federal and state law enforcement agencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to preclude preemption of a State cause of action relating to a denial of a claim for benefits under a health care plan.

Bill: 111-hr-3925
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2009-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employee benefits and pensions
Federal preemption
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to preclude federal preemption of a cause of action brought under state law by a participant or beneficiary under a group health plan to recover damages resulting from personal injury or for wrongful death against the plan, the plan sponsor, any health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in connection with the plan, or any managed care entity in connection with the plan if such cause of action arises by reason of a medically reviewable decision denying a benefits claim. Allows such a cause of action under state law against any employer or other plan sponsor maintaining the plan (or against an employee of such an employer or sponsor acting within the scope of employment) to the extent that there was direct participation by the employer or other plan sponsor (or employee) in such decision. 
 
Declares that this waiver of federal preemption does not apply (that is, ERISA does supersede state law) with respect to: (1) any cause of action against an employer or other plan sponsor maintaining the plan (or against an employee of such an employer or sponsor acting within the scope of employment), except where the employer or plan sponsor (or employee) participated directly in the decision to deny the claim; or (2) a right of recovery, indemnity, or contribution by a person against an employer or other plan sponsor (or such an employee) for damages assessed against the person pursuant to a cause of action under state law allowed by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Armed Forces Breast Cancer Research Act

Bill: 111-hr-3926
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2009-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cancer
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Medical research
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: 
Armed Forces Breast Cancer Research Act - Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to jointly conduct a study on the incidence of breast cancer among members of the Armed Forces and veterans and report study results to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
To grant the Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines.

Bill: 111-hr-3927
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3]
Introduced: 2009-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
North Carolina
Racial and ethnic relations
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: 

 
Authorizes the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to collectively honor the Montford Point Marines, United States Marine Corps, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II. (Camp Montford Point, North Carolina, was the site for the training of the first African-American Marines.)
 
Provides for the Medal's display at the Smithsonian Institution. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Medal should be made available for display elsewhere, particularly at locations associated with the Montford Point Marines.
 
Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act

Bill: 111-hr-3928
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2009-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Language arts
Libraries and archives
Licensing and registrations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: 
Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act or the SKILLs Act - Amends title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY2010-FY2015 for the Improving Literacy through School Libraries grant program.
 
Requires local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive school improvement funds to ensure, to the extent feasible, that each of their schools receiving such funds employs at least one state certified school library media specialist.
 
Directs states and LEAs that receive school improvement funds to ensure that by the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year there is at least one highly qualified school library media specialist in every school that receives such funds.
 
Requires Improving Literacy through School Libraries funds to be: (1) proportionally distributed to serve students in elementary, middle, and high schools; (2) used for media resources appropriate for all grades; and (3) used for professional development in information literacy instruction that is appropriate for all grades.
 
Expands the program of grants to states and subgrants to LEAs for the recruitment, retention, and professional development of teachers to require that highly qualified school library media specialists be included in the focus of such efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
To provide an extension of the low-income housing credit placed-in-service date requirement for certain disaster areas.

Bill: 111-hr-3929
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2009-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Florida
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Louisiana
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mississippi
Natural disasters
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2012 the period for placing in service buildings located in a disaster area that are eligible for allocations of low-income housing tax credit amounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Extended COBRA Continuation Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3930
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2009-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: 
Extended COBRA Continuation Protection Act of 2009 - Extends COBRA coverage (health insurance continuation benefits) from 18 months to 24 months for an individual whose COBRA coverage was a consequence of termination (or reduction of hours) of employment occurring on or after April 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2010.
 
Allows an individual to elect to continue and extend such coverage through an election similar to that permitted under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Declares that the extended period of continuation under this Act shall not exceed six months.
 
Amends ARRA to extend: (1) until June 30, 2010, the period to determine eligibility for COBRA premium assistance; and (2) the period for which premium assistance is provided to an eligible individual.
 
Makes this Act effective as if included in the enactment of ARRA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for 2 years the election to treat the cost of a qualified film or television production as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account.

Bill: 111-hr-3931
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2009-10-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011 the taxpayer election to expense qualified film or television production costs in the current taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-26
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening of FDA Integrity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3932
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2009-10-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: 
Strengthening of FDA Integrity Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to apply debarment provisions currently applicable to abbreviated new drugs to any drug products, including new drugs, animal drugs, exported drugs, biological products, and medical devices. 
 
Expands the conditions under which persons (i.e., partnerships, corporations, and associations) are subject to mandatory and permissive debarment preventing such persons from submitting an application for approval of a drug product.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in determining the appropriateness and the period of debarment, to consider whether debarment will affect the public health because sufficient quantities of the drug would not be available.
 
Requires the Secretary to annually report to Congress on the implementation of debarment provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Introduced in House