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Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act

Bill: 111-hr-1899
Sponsor: Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Florida
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Muscogee Nation of Florida (the Nation).
 
Makes the Nation and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized Indian tribes. Considers, for the purpose of the delivery of federal services to members, the service area of the Nation to be: (1) the community of Bruce in Walton County, Florida; and (2) an area in Florida in which members reside that is bordered on the west by the Escambia River and on the east by the St. Marks River. 
 
Requires that the constitution and bylaws of the Nation be the constitution and bylaws of the Nation's Tribal Council dated January 21, 2001 (including amendments). Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, upon receipt of a written request of the Tribal Council, to hold a referendum for members to adopt a new constitution and bylaws.
 
Specifies the role and duties of the Tribal Council. 
 
Requires that the membership roll of the Nation be determined in accordance with the membership criteria established by the ordinance of the Nation numbered 04-01-100 and dated February 7, 2004. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to take land in trust on behalf of the Nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a comprehensive study by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to assess the water management, needs, and conservation of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River System.

Bill: 111-hr-1901
Sponsor: Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Florida
Government studies and investigations
Lakes and rivers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to enter into an agreement with the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study of the water management, needs, and conservation of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River System.
 
Requires that the study include: (1) a summary of the existing body of scientific knowledge on the ecology, hydrology, geomorphology, and biogeochemistry of the Apalachicola River and the greater River System, the ecosystem services provided by that River, the impact of variation in freshwater flow on the ecology of the river and downstream coastal ecosystems, and how to restore the natural hydraulic function of the System; (2) assessments of models that serve as the basis for the master manuals of the System, of water availability, supply options, demand-management alternatives, and socioeconomic factors that influence uses in the System, and of policies, regulations, and other factors that affect federal water project operations; and (3) recommendations for an approach to determine water limits that recognize the needs of all water users along the System and for additional measures to address the long-term watershed management needs of the System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
PRO-VETS Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1902
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Providing Real Outreach for Veterans Act of 2009 or PRO-VETS Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense for the transfer of data to the Secretary for providing members of the Armed Forces and veterans with individualized information concerning veterans' benefits that each member and veteran may be eligible for. Requires the Secretary, after receiving such data, to: (1) compile a list of all benefits for which each member or veteran may be eligible; (2) notify the member or veteran (or their legal representative) of such benefits; and (3) provide a second notification if the member or veteran does not apply for a listed benefit within 60 days, as well as annual notifications thereafter. Requires additional notifications based on changed circumstances. Allows each member or veteran the option to decline further notifications.
 
Directs the Secretary to use transferred data to reduce the amount of information that a member or veteran must provide when applying for benefits.
 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide a member or veteran the opportunity to decline authorization for the transfer of information under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Homeowners Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1903
Sponsor: Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Civil actions and liability
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Responsible Homeowners Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner of HUD, and the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to give increased priority to efforts and activities to detect, identify, reduce, and report fraud in residential mortgage lending.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to grant: (1) individual taxpayers a $5,000 tax credit through June 30, 2010, for refinancing a mortgage on a principal residence located in the United States; (2) mortgage lenders an exclusion from gross income for their share of appreciation from a principal residence subject to a mortgage modification; (3) an exclusion from gross income for income resulting from a discharge of indebtedness under a mortgage modification; (4) a tax credit for up to $15,000 of the purchase price of a principal residence purchased before July 1, 2010, on which the taxpayer makes not less than a 5% downpayment; and (5) an exclusion from gross income of gain on the sale of single-family residential rental property held by a taxpayer for two years or more and rented as a single dwelling unit on a regular basis.
 
Grants civil immunity and legal protections to mortgage servicers who enter into loan modifications, mortgage workouts, or other loss mitigation plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, 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: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Border Fence Trust Fund Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1904
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Government trust funds
Latin America
Mexico
New Mexico
Roads and highways
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Border Fence Trust Fund Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Border Improvement Trust Fund and allow individual taxpayers (other than nonresident aliens) to designate that $5.00 ($10.00 in the case of joint returns) of their income taxes be paid over to such Fund to install additional barriers and roads at the U.S. border. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to House Homeland Security
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act

Bill: 111-hr-1905
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Great Lakes
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural disasters
Seashores and lakeshores
Travel and tourism
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program to provide assistance to coastal states to voluntarily develop coastal climate change adaptation plans and to provide financial and technical assistance and training to enable coastal states to implement those plans through coastal states' enforceable policies.
 
Authorizes, subject to the availability of appropriations, grants to coastal states for developing the plans and grants for implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-1906
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Pacific Ocean

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Improving Communication with Consumers During Food Recall Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1907
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Consumer affairs
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Improving Communication with Consumers During Food Recall Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to include among prohibited acts the failure to comply with an order regarding the recall of food.
 
Sets forth provisions governing any voluntary or mandatory recall of adulterated or misbranded food that could result in illness or injury if consumed. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require any food retailer: (1) to inform the Secretary regarding whether the retailer has a system for identifying persons who purchased the food; and (2) if so, to issue a recall notice to those persons. Requires the notice to be made in such manner and to contain such information as the Secretary may require and to be issued by the retailer or by a third party selected by the retailer.
 
Directs the Secretary, upon requiring a retailer to issue a recall notice for food, to: (1) identify the manufacturers, importers, distributors, or other persons that most likely caused the adulteration or misbranding; and (2) require such persons to reimburse the retailer for any costs incurred to comply with an order issued under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
WATER Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1908
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Water Accountability Tax Efficiency Reinvestment Act of 2009 or the WATER Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 30% of amounts paid for WaterSense program property certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Limits the lifetime dollar amount of such credit to $1,500. Terminates such credit after 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to suspend the application of mark-to-market accounting.

Bill: 111-hr-1909
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Financial services and investments
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to suspend, for mandatory reports submitted after January 1, 2008, application of mark-to-market accounting provided in Statement 157 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Chief Technology Officer Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1910
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government information and archives
International organizations and cooperation
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Chief Technology Officer Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of the Federal Chief Technology Officer (FCTO). 
 
Includes among the functions of the FCTO to: (1) analyze and advise the President and agency officials regarding the government's information technology infrastructures, strategy, and use; (2) ensure the security and privacy of the federal information technology infrastructure and networks; (3) promote technological innovation in the federal government; (4) establish public-private sector partnership initiatives; and (5) lead specified interagency efforts, including a planning process to ensure the use of best-in-class technologies, the sharing of best practices, and improvement in the use of technology in support of government requirements.
 
Requires the Office to serve as a source of analysis and advice for the President and agency heads regarding major government policies, plans, and programs associated with information technology.
 
Requires the FCTO to: (1) be a member of the Domestic Policy Council; and (2) publish an annual report on programs to promote technological innovations, recommendations for policies to encourage the generation of such innovations, and information on the Office's activities and accomplishments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E911)
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Transparency and Accountability in State and Local Contracting Act

Bill: 111-hr-1911
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Transparency and Accountability in State and Local Contracting Act - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to: (1) require (current law authorizes) federal agencies receiving funds under the Act to adjust applicable limits on administrative expenditures for federal awards to help award recipients defray the costs of data collection requirements initiated pursuant to the Act; and (2) authorize such agencies to set aside up to 0.5% of covered funds directed to such agencies to conduct comprehensive, agency-wide oversight and administration of projects under the Act.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Complete America's Great Trails Act

Bill: 111-hr-1912
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Complete America's Great Trails Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the fair market value of any National Scenic Trail conservation contribution. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to Congress on the efficacy of such tax credit in completing, extending, and increasing the number of National Scenic Trails. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for the suspension of each provision of the Act during periods of drought with respect to Federal and State agencies that manage Federal river basins that are located in each region affected by the drought.

Bill: 111-hr-1914
Sponsor: Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2009-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Natural disasters
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: 
Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for the suspension of each provision of the Act with respect to a federal or state agency that manages a federal river basin if the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of Engineers) or the governor of the relevant state determines that: (1) a drought is in effect in the region in which the basin is located; and (2) such drought presents a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the region's population. Terminates such a suspension on the date the Secretary or governor determines the drought is no longer in effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-02
text: Introduced in House