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To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a pilot program to study alternatives to the current system of taxing motor vehicle fuels, including systems based on the number of miles traveled by each vehicle.

Bill: 111-hr-3311
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Government studies and investigations
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) establish a pilot program to be known as the Road User Fee Pilot Project to study alternatives to the system of taxing motor vehicle fuels, including alternatives based upon the mileage of vehicles subject to tax (miles based program); (2) coordinate with technology, transportation system, and environmental working groups in carrying out the pilot program; and (3) establish a grant program to aid in the development of onboard technologies necessary for a miles based program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to House Science and Technology
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, 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: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To modify and waive certain requirements under title 23, United States Code, to assist States with a high unemployment rate in carrying out Federal-aid highway construction projects, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3313
Sponsor: Rep. Schauer, Mark H. [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Roads and highways
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
Unemployment
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Increases the federal share of federal-aid highway construction projects for FY2011 and FY2012 for any state with an unemployment rate equal to or exceeding 11% at any time during FY2009 and FY2010.
 
Increases the federal share of costs for FY2011-FY2012: (1) from 90% to 95% for Interstate System projects; and (2) from 80% to 85% for other transportation projects.
 
Suspends certain eligibility requirements with respect to the use of tolls as a credit toward the non-federal share of project costs in such states for those fiscal years. Makes eligible for use as such a credit for such fiscal years any tolls that were not previously eligible.
 
Suspends, as well, certain state transportation capital expenditure maintenance of effort requirements during FY2011-FY2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, to assist States with a high unemployment rate under the equity bonus program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3314
Sponsor: Rep. Schauer, Mark H. [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Revises requirements for the equity bonus program for specified federal-aid highway programs for FY2010-FY2015 with respect to any state with an unemployment rate equal to or exceeding 12% at any time during FY2009.
 
Increases from 92% to 105% the percentage for such a state of the total fiscal year apportionments for the programs.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Child Care Criminal Background Check Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3315
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Personnel records
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Child Care Criminal Background Check Act of 2009 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require child care providers that are licensed by a state or receive funds under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program to: (1) obtain a comprehensive criminal background check of each employee who provides child care services, each applicant for employment, and each family child care provider who provides or applies to provide such services; and (2) refuse to employ individuals convicted of crimes of violence or crimes against children. Reduces by 10% allotments to states that fail to comply with the requirements of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 11-Aminoundecanoic acid.

Bill: 111-hr-3316
Sponsor: Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 11-Aminoundecanoic acid.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Trans Fat Truth in Labeling Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3317
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Trans Fat Truth in Labeling Act of 2009 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to promulgate a final regulation revising federal nutrition labeling regulations to require the label of a food that has less than .5 grams of trans fat per serving to express that information with an asterisk or other notation instead of expressing the trans fat content as zero when the trans fat content of such food is declared in the nutrition information on the label or in the labeling of the food.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Investor Advisory Committee Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3318
Sponsor: Rep. Kilroy, Mary Jo [D-OH-15]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Consumer affairs
Financial services and investments
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Investor Advisory Committee Act of 2009 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish the Investor Advisory Committee to advise and consult with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on: (1) regulatory priorities and issues regarding new products, trading strategies, fee structures, and the effectiveness of disclosures; (2) initiatives to protect investor interest; and (3) initiatives to promote investor confidence in the integrity of the marketplace.
 
States that the SEC is not required to accept, agree, or act upon the findings or recommendations of the Committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1943)
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Justice for the Wrongfully Accused Act

Bill: 111-hr-3320
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Justice for the Wrongly Accused Act - Amends the federal judicial code to make an exception to the requirement of a motion to the court of appeals before the filing of certain second or subsequent petitions for habeas corpus.
 
Declares that the motion requirement does not apply if the second or subsequent petition application rests solely on a claim of actual innocence arising from: (1) newly discovered evidence from forensic testing; (2) exculpatory evidence withheld from the defense at trial; or (3) newly discovered accounts by credible witnesses who recant prior testimony or establish improper action of state or federal agents.
 
States also that the exhaustion of remedies requirement does not apply, if the application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a person in custody pursuant to a state court judgment is based on a claim that the police or prosecution withheld exculpatory, impeachment, or other evidence favorable to the defendant.
 
Requires the court to hold an evidentiary hearing to determine the facts relating to a claim of actual innocence if the applicant makes a credible proffer of evidence supporting the claim based on certain circumstances. Prescribes a standard for the admissibility of a witness' evidentiary hearing testimony.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Afterschool Flexibility to Expand Reimbursement for School Meals Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3321
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Afterschool Flexibility to Expand Reimbursement for School Meals Act of 2009 or the AFTERSchool Meals Act of 2009 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make institutions in any state eligible for reimbursement for meals provided to at-risk school children under programs organized primarily to provide care to at-risk school children during after-school hours, weekends, or holidays during the regular school year. (Currently, reimbursement is limited to institutions in 10 states.)
 
Assists states in providing meals and meal supplements to children participating in after-school programs in elementary and secondary schools. (Currently, assistance is provided for meal supplements.)
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to states to encourage institutions and schools to participate in these expanded programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Dairy Relief and Market Stabilization Act

Bill: 111-hr-3322
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Scott [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Family Dairy Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to increase milk income loss contract payments for the period March 1, 2009-November 30, 2009.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) determine the number of dairy cows to be removed from production to bring national milk supply and demand in line; and (2) contract with a producer association or other third party to encourage dairy producers to remove dairy cows from production. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3323
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: District of Columbia
Education programs funding
Higher education
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Act of 2009 - Authorizes the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard to provide educational assistance to members of the District of Columbia National Guard who have satisfactorily completed their initial active duty service and agree to serve for a period of not less than six years.
 
Requires such assistance to be used by members for expenses incurred in pursuing their first undergraduate, master's, vocational, or technical degree or certification at an approved institution of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1933)
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Stable Future for Veterans' Children Act

Bill: 111-hr-3324
Sponsor: Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2009-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: 
Stable Future for Veterans' Children Act - Authorizes monthly annuity payments under the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) to a supplemental or special needs trust established for the sole benefit of a disabled dependent child who is incapable of self-support because of mental or physical incapacity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Ramos-Compean Justice Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3327
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: 
Ramos-Compean Justice Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a federal court to impose a sentence below a statutory minimum if necessary to avoid violating federal provisions prescribing factors courts must consider in imposing a sentence. Requires the court to give the parties notice of its intent to impose a lower sentence and to state in writing the factors requiring such a sentence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-28
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-07-28
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3328
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-07-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Asia
Higher education
Human rights
India
International exchange and broadcasting
Political movements and philosophies

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: 
Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of State to carry out, in cooperation with the government of India, the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative comprised of educational, scholarly, and professional exchange programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2122)
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Look-back Elimination Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3329
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Department of Health and Human Services
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: 
Look-back Elimination Act of 2009 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate the requirement that, to be eligible for foster care maintenance payments, a child would have been eligible for aid under the former Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program (predecessor of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families [TANF] program under part A of SSA title IV) at the time of removal from the home. 
 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the AFDC eligibility requirement for federal foster care and adoption assistance benefits should be eliminated and replaced with income eligibility standards that are based on modern, balanced criteria that treat all children equally; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) should collaborate with Members of Congress and child welfare advocates in developing any modification standards. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2126)
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to make grants to recognized science and technology secondary schools to support research and development projects at such schools in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology to supplement the national security functions of the Department of Defense.

Bill: 111-hr-3331
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2009-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Military civil functions
Research and development
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program to provide grants to secondary schools with a recognized science and technology program to support research and development projects in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology in order to supplement Department of Defense (DOD) national security functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Restore the Partnership Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3332
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2009-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: 
Restore the Partnership Act of 2009 - Establishes a permanent, bipartisan National Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. 
 
 Requires the Commission to: (1) engage in activities and studies necessary to give continuing attention to intergovernmental issues in order to facilitate cooperation and coordination between all levels of government; (2) consider mechanisms for fostering better relations between the levels of government; (3) make available technical assistance to the federal executive and legislative branches in the review of proposed legislation to determine its overall effect on all levels of government; (4) recommend, within the framework of the Constitution, the most desirable allocation of government functions, responsibilities, and revenues among the levels of government; (5) recommend methods of coordinating and simplifying tax laws and administrative policies and practices to achieve a more orderly and less competitive fiscal relationship between the levels of government and to reduce the burden of compliance for taxpayers; and (6) submit an annual report to the President and Congress.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in the deductible portion of expenses for business meals and entertainment.

Bill: 111-hr-3333
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the income tax deduction for business meals and entertainment expenses from 50 to 75% of such expenses in calendar year 2009 and 80% in 2010 and thereafter.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Introduced in House