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Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act

Bill: 111-hr-328
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Conflicts and wars
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York State
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pennsylvania
Property rights
Rhode Island
United Kingdom
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate a corridor of approximately 600 miles following the route taken by the armies of General George Washington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, Rhode Island, and Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781 and 1782, as the &quot;Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.&quot; 

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and private industry, to submit a report which: (1) contains a description of the energy resources available on such land and report on the amount of energy withdrawn from possible development; and (2) identifies the oil, natural gas, geothermal, wind, and solar energy that could be commercially produced, the annual available biomass for energy production, and any hydropower resources available, including tidal, dams, and in-stream flow turbines, and any impact on electricity transmission. 


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
Food Assistance to Improve Reintegration Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-329
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Food Assistance to Improve Reintegration Act of 2009 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of food stamp eligibility for a person convicted of a felony which has as an element the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled substance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
MEGA

Bill: 111-hr-330
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Child care and development
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Ecology
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Mental health
Motor vehicles
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public transit
Public-private cooperation
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Small business
Unemployment
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Metro Economies Green Act or MEGA - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a metro area green zone grant program to make grants to local government units to support and establish green job programs that: (1) target low-income, difficult-to-employ, and formerly incarcerated persons; and (2) involve local business, academia, trade associations, nonprofits, and other stakeholders in energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation.
 
Authorizes the Secretary also to establish competitive programs to make grants to local government units to support and establish: (1) a similar mini-metro green program that engages smaller communities in green economic and workforce development; and (2) an alternative green academies program that provides green job training, employment opportunities, and other life skills to high school dropouts, formerly incarcerated youth, and individuals unable to attend traditional institutions of higher education.
 
Directs the Secretary to select one unit of general local government or nonprofit organization designated by such a unit to establish and operate a Metro Area Green Institute to serve as a national resource center to support municipally based, green economic and workforce development efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To establish the Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti.

Bill: 111-hr-331
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Africa
Alliances
Caribbean area
Central African Republic
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Government studies and investigations
Haiti
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International law and treaties
International monetary system and foreign exchange
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Military operations and strategy
Organization of American States
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Subversive activities
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Establishes in the legislative branch the Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti. 
 
Directs the Commission to examine the U.S. government's role in the February 2004 coup d'etat in the Republic of Haiti. 
 
Terminates the Commission 60 days after submission of its final report to Congress and the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Pursuit of International Education (PIE) Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-332
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Area studies and international education
Caribbean area
Cuba
Department of the Treasury
Higher education
Latin America
Licensing and registrations
Sanctions
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Pursuit of International Education (PIE) Act of 2009 - Prohibits the use of funds made available to the Department of the Treasury to implement, administer, or enforce regulations to require specific licenses for travel-related transactions directly related to educational activities in Cuba.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act

Bill: 111-hr-333
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act - Amends federal military retired pay provisions to: (1) permit veterans with a service-connected disability of less than 50% to concurrently receive both retired pay and disability compensation; (2) eliminate provisions requiring a phase in between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2013, of concurrent receipt of retired pay and disability compensation; (3) eliminate the four-year phase-in of concurrent receipt of retired pay and disability compensation for disabled veterans determined to be individually unemployable; and (4) require a limited reduction in retired pay for combat-related disability retirees with less than 20 years of retirement-creditable service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2009-01-08
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: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Iran Diplomatic Accountability Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-334
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Iran
Middle East

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Iran Diplomatic Accountability Act of 2009 - Directs: (1) the President to appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for Iran for the purpose of easing tensions and normalizing relations between the United States and Iran; and (2) the Secretary of State to establish a Department of State office to support the work of such representative or special envoy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Iraq Security Agreement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-335
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International law and treaties
Iraq
Legislative rules and procedure
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Iraq Security Agreement Act of 2009 - Directs the President to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees respecting U.S. security commitments to, and arrangements with, other countries.
 
Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense to consult with the appropriate congressional committees respecting negotiations pursuant to the Declaration of Principles between the United States and Iraq. 
 
Prohibits any agreement (or the obligation of implementing funds) containing a security commitment to, or security arrangement with, the Republic of Iraq, from entering into force except pursuant to Article II, section 2, clause 2 (relating to treaties) or Article I, section 7, clause 2 (relating to enactment of laws) of the Constitution of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Rules, 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 Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Peace Stamp for the Peace Corps Act

Bill: 111-hr-336
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Peace Corps
Postal service
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Peace Stamp for the Peace Corps Act - Directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a semipostal (a postage stamp sold at a premium in order to help provide funding for certain causes) to benefit the Peace Corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market value.

Bill: 111-hr-337
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
 Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if Turnabout Ranch of Escalante, Utah, submits an offer to the Secretary to acquire specified federal land for the appraised value, to convey to the Ranch all right, title, and interest to such land. 

Requires Turnabout Ranch to pay: (1) to the Secretary an amount equal to the appraised value of the federal land; and (2) any costs of the conveyance of such land. 

Modifies the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah to exclude the federal land conveyed to Turnabout Ranch when the conveyance is completed. 


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: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E46)
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-338
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Outdoor recreation
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America (the Boy Scouts) to convey to Brian Head Resort certain public land in Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act for the purpose of operating a camp in exchange for conveyance by Brian Head Resort of certain of its private land to the Boy Scouts. 


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
Digital Television Coupon Improvement Act

Bill: 111-hr-339
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
 Digital Television Coupon Improvement Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to require that coupons that can be applied toward the purchase of digital-to-analog converter boxes expire at the close of March 31, 2009. Applies the change to coupons issued after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Camp Security National Historic Site Study Act

Bill: 111-hr-340
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Europe
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military facilities and property
Military history
Pennsylvania
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Camp Security National Historic Site Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit to specified congressional committees a study of the suitability and feasibility of designating Camp Security, a prisoner-of-war camp from the Revolutionary War located in Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania, as a unit of the National Park System. 


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 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the running of periods of limitation for credit or refund of overpayment of Federal income tax by veterans while their service-connected compensation determinations are pending with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 111-hr-341
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend the limitation period for filing refund claims for overpayments of tax for any veteran whose overpayment relates to a determination by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that such veteran was entitled to service-connected disability compensation. Provides that the suspension period begins on the date a veteran submits a claim for compensation and ends on the date the Secretary makes a determination. Permits a veteran to file a refund claim for overpayment of tax (relating to benefit determinations made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs after 1995) even if the claim is barred by law, if the claim is filed before the end of one year after enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Heritage Homes Tax Incentive Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-342
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Historical and cultural resources
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Heritage Homes Tax Incentive Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to grant a tax deduction (whether or not the taxpayer itemizes deductions) for 125 percent of residence interest paid or accrued on acquisition indebtedness for heritage homes. Defines a &quot;heritage home&quot; as a taxpayer's principal residence that is at least 50 years old and a certified historic structure in a registered historic district.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Firefighter Tax Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-343
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Fires
Income tax deductions
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Volunteer Firefighter Tax Relief Act of 2009- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow volunteer firefighters a tax deduction from gross income for personal safety clothing (including helmets and boots) used in performing fire fighting services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 allow a full deduction for meals and lodging in connection with medical care.

Bill: 111-hr-344
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code concerning the medical care tax deduction to: (1) include meals away from home within the deduction; and (2) eliminate the $50 per individual per night ceiling for medically-related meals and lodging. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 increase the standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to the standard mileage rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury for business purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-345
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Motor vehicles
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of passenger automobiles from 14 cents per mile to the standard mileage rate prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for business purposes (55 cents per mile in 2009).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the provision of law that provides for automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

Bill: 111-hr-346
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House