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James Monroe Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 111-hr-4329
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Land transfers
Libraries and archives
Presidential administrations
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
James Monroe Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $50 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the election of President James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States.
 
Authorizes the issuance of such coins only during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2016.
 
Requires all sales of coins minted under this Act to include specified surcharges and requires such surcharges to be promptly paid to the James Monroe Memorial Foundation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
All-STAR Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4330
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Building construction
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government lending and loan guarantees
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
All Students Achieving through Reform Act of 2009 or All-STAR Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to certain eligible entities and, through them, subgrants to successful public charter schools to allow such schools to expand or replicate to serve additional students.
 
Lists, as eligible grantees, state and local educational agencies, authorized public chartering agencies, and tax-exempt organizations that have successfully supported the replication and expansion of such schools.
 
Sets forth the attributes that are to give such entities grant priority, including their serving or planning to serve a large percentage of low-income students from public schools with low-graduation rates or schools identified as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
 
Authorizes grantees to use up to 20% of a grant to establish a reserve account to assist them in acquiring and developing new facilities for successful public charter schools through: (1) credit enhancement initiatives; (2) the establishment of revolving loan funds; (3) direct spending or financing; or (4) partnerships with community development or other mission-based financial institutions.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct an independent, comprehensive, and scientifically sound evaluation of the effect this Act's initiatives have on student achievement, but no sooner than three years after this Act's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-24
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Money Services Business Compliance Facilitation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4331
Sponsor: Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Currency
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Licensing and registrations
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
 Money Services Business Compliance Facilitation Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Office of Money Services Business Compliance (Office), whose Director shall assure compliance by money services businesses with federal recordkeeping requirements governing monetary instruments transactions. 
 
Requires a money services business to register annually with the Office. 
 
States that this Act shall not be construed as limiting or pre-empting any state law or regulation or order concerning the regulation and oversight of the money service business industry, or agents of money services businesses, for purposes of consumer protection, safety and soundness, or the prevention of money laundering or the financing of terrorism.
 
Authorizes the Director to approve the registration of an organization as a self-regulatory organization (SRO) to carry out the Director's duties with respect to the money services businesses the SRO represents.
 
Authorizes the Director to establish minimum requirements for: (1) rules established by an SRO for its members; (2) enforcement by an SRO; and (3) requirements established by a SRO for withdrawal of membership of any noncomplying member, monetary penalties, and the removal of officers and employees of a noncomplying member business.
 
Empowers the Director to issue cease and desist orders for violations of this Act and its attendant regulations.
 
Requires the Director to report recommendations to Congress regarding an appropriate long-term funding model to ensure the independence of the Office.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Soledad Canyon High Desert, California Public Lands Conservation and Management Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4332
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Forests, forestry, trees
Government liability
Historical and cultural resources
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Mining
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public contracts and procurement
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Soledad Canyon High Desert, California Public Lands Conservation and Management Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) cancel Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901; and (2) withdraw the areas that were subject to such contracts from further mineral entry under all mineral leasing and sales authorities available to the Secretary. 
 
Requires the holder of such contracts to receive specified compensation for the cancellation. 
 
Deems: (1) any negotiated agreement between the Secretary and the contract holder as to the amount of compensation to be a compromise settlement of imminent litigation; and (2) judgment by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to be final.
 

 
Directs the Secretary to offer for sale by competitive bidding specified lands identified for disposition near Victorville, California, and provides for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive land and interests with the proceeds of such sale.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Children's Fruit and Vegetable Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4333
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Agriculture
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Children's Fruit and Vegetable Act of 2009 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) promote the use of salad or fruit and vegetable bars in schools participating in the school lunch program; (2) provide training and technical assistance to states and schools on how to do so; and (3) provide grants to states for a one-time payment to schools for the cost of setting up and operating salad or fruit and vegetable bars.
 
Directs the Secretary to identify and remove barriers to the equitable purchase of fruits and vegetables within the Secretary's procurement and distribution systems.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to use administrative funds under the Act's fresh fruit and vegetable program to provide program participants with technical assistance and national and regional training conferences that emphasize best practices.
 
Directs the Secretary, within two years of receiving the findings of the National Academy of Sciences' review of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns and Nutrient Standards, to promulgate a final rule updating the nutrition standards and meal requirements for school meal programs so they are consistent with such findings.
 
Requires the Secretary to allocate funds to states, in proportion to each state's administrative expense allocation under the school lunch and breakfast programs, so they can award competitive grants to school food authorities for the equipment needed to prepare, process, and store food for the school lunch program.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide competitive matching grants and technical assistance to schools and nonprofit entities to carry out farm-to-school programs that improve the access of school lunch and breakfast program participants to local foods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Protect Those Who Serve Act

Bill: 111-hr-4334
Sponsor: Rep. Bright, Bobby [D-AL-2]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Protect Those Who Serve Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, any U.S. territory or possession, and any Indian tribe for the renovation, modernization, and construction of law enforcement facilities. Sets forth matching requirements for receipt of a grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4335
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Government liability
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2009 - Amends the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act to: (1) eliminate the requirement of a prior showing of physical injury before a prisoner may bring a claim for mental or emotional injury suffered while in custody; and (2) provide for a 90-day stay of nonfrivolous claims relating to prison conditions to allow prison officials to consider such claims through the administrative process; and (3) exclude from the application of such Act prisoners under the age of 18. 
 
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) exempt prisoners under the age of 18 from the restrictions imposed by the Prison Litigation Reform Act; and (2) expand the discretionary authority of judges in awarding relief in actions involving prison conditions.
 
Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) exempt prisoners under the age of 18 from certain restrictions on in forma pauperis proceedings; (2) expand the number of in forma pauperis actions a prisoner may bring; and (3) revise requirements for assessing filing fees and costs against prisoners in such actions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4336
Sponsor: Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Provides that, if there is a deficit in a fiscal year, then: (1) any pay adjustment (including a cost of living adjustment) for Members of Congress scheduled to take effect in the succeeding calendar year shall be null and void; and (2) rates of pay for Members shall be reduced by a specified percentage, but not below zero.
 
Specifies the mandatory pay rate reduction at: (1) 5%, for the first year; or (2) 10%, for any consecutive subsequent year that expenditures exceed revenues.
 
 
Specifies conditions for restoration of the original pay rate, together with otherwise scheduled adjustments.
 
Vests authority in the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to make determinations of whether or not a deficit exists in any fiscal year. States that, in making any such determination, the Director shall exclude any budget outlays which directly relate to a military conflict that lasts over 30 days or that is in direct response to a terrorist attack on the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-12-16
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: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
First Responders Support Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4338
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Performance measurement
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
First Responders Support Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) increase death and disability benefits for public safety officers; (2) expand educational benefits for dependents of public safety officers killed or disabled in the line of duty; and (3) require the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to adopt and apply a system for prioritizing claims for public safety officers' benefits based on the severity of a claim and the likelihood of its approval (grants automatic priority to a claim for death benefits or 100% disability).
 
Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to organizations for reduced cost mental health services or counseling to public safety officers seriously injured in the line of duty and their families.
 
Requires the Director to structure, design, and implement a performance measure for the Public Safety Officers Benefits program to monitor the claims process and payment of benefits to public safety officers and their beneficiaries and to report to Congress annually on the performance of the program and its activities. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Fellowship Act

Bill: 111-hr-4339
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Education programs funding
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Northern Mariana Islands
Policy sciences
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Fellowship Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Fellowship Program to award local government and federal government fellowships to qualified students from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Defines a &quot;qualified student&quot; as a student who is a U.S. citizen, domiciled in that Commonwealth, and enrolled in a degree or certificate program at an institution of higher education. Allows a fellow to receive either a specified stipend or academic credit toward graduation for participating in an internship.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Main Street Survival Act

Bill: 111-hr-4340
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Main Street Survival Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should encourage financial institutions that have received federal financial support to maintain historic levels of lending to small and medium-sized businesses.
 
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a three-year Main Street Revolving Loan Fund Program to provide temporary loans to businesses with less than 1,000 full-time equivalent employees. 
 
Establishes in the Treasury a revolving loan fund to implement the Program.
 
Permits a business to use a Main Street revolving loan to finance the cost of certain operations, but prohibits the use of it to expand its operations significantly. Limits the term of such a loan to nine months, and the maximum total amount of loans to a particular business in any fiscal year to $1 million.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
BPA Consumer Information Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4341
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
BPA Consumer Information Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food to be misbranded if its container: (1) is composed, in whole or in part, of bisphenol A or could release bisphenol A into food; and (2) fails to display such information in a warning on its label. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayers' Assets Recoupment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4342
Sponsor: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Budget deficits and national debt
Business records
Financial crises and stabilization

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Taxpayers' Assets Recoupment Act of 2009 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to: (1) terminate the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) upon enactment of this Act; (2) require that TARP repayments and profits be deposited into a certain account in the Treasury to pay down the national debt; and (3) require each financial institution receiving TARP funds to report biannually on how it is using them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House