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Protecting the Retirement of Our Troops by Ensuring Compensation is Timely Act

Bill: 111-hr-2585
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Iraq
Middle East
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
PROTECT Act or Protecting the Retirement of Our Troops by Ensuring Compensation is Timely Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the military department concerned from presuming deceased a military retiree missing in Iraq or Afghanistan on or after October 7, 2001, until the earlier of seven years after the person was declared missing or the date the death is confirmed and a death certificate is delivered to the next of kin. Requires monthly retired pay to be resumed and any retired pay that may have been due following the declaration of the presumption of death to be retroactively paid to the family of the retiree.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing honor guards to participate in funerals of veterans interred in national cemeteries unless the honor guards may offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-2586
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) from authorizing an honor guard to participate in the funeral of any veteran interred in a national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration unless the honor guard offers to the family of each veteran in whose funeral the honor guard chooses to participate the option of having it perform one of the 13-fold flag recitations.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that 13-fold flag recitations are a historical tradition and that it should be the policy of the VA to authorize honor guards to participate in the funerals of veterans and proactively offer such a recitation to each veteran's family.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Neighborhood Stabilization Program Reform Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2587
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Financial crises and stabilization
Housing and community development funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Neighborhood Stabilization Program Reform Act of 2009 - Amends the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to revise requirements for the use by state and local governments of emergency assistance provided to them for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed homes and residential properties.
 
Requires any revenue generated, during a specified two-year reinvestment period, from the sale, rental, redevelopment, rehabilitation, or any other eligible use in excess of the cost to acquire and redevelop or rehabilitate an abandoned or foreclosed home or residential property, to be provided to and used by the state or local government in accordance with, and in furtherance of, the intent and provisions of this Act.
 
Requires transfer of the revenue so generated in excess of such cost to the special account established in the U.S. Treasury into which money received as gifts and proceeds from the sale or redemption of gifts shall be deposited.
 
Requires such revenues to be used for public debt reduction only.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2588
Sponsor: Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2009 - Directs the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (the enterprises) each to implement a program to purchase and securitize qualified new mortgages on single-family housing in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).
 
Sets forth requirements for the purchase and securitization of qualified new mortgages.
 
Terminates the requirement for the enterprises to purchase mortgages two years after the enactment of this Act.
 
Directs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each to implement a program to provide for the refinancing of qualified mortgages on single-family housing they own and for the purchase and securitization of such refinancing mortgages in accordance with policies and procedures established by the FHFA Director. Terminates this requirement two years after enactment of this Act.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase securities issued by the enterprises under this Act and such other obligations as the enterprises may issue to carry out this Act.
 
Authorizes the Secretary also, for the purpose of purchasing any such securities and obligations, to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of other public debt securities.
 

 
Treats all redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of obligations under this Act as public debt transactions of the United States.
 
Limits to $10 billion the aggregate principal amount of outstanding obligations and securities purchased by the Secretary under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Municipal Bond Insurance Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2589
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Insurance industry and regulation
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Municipal Bond Insurance Enhancement Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Office of Public Finance. Requires the Director of such Office to carry out a program to provide reinsurance for insured losses of municipal bond insurers. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish and submit to Congress within five years after the enactment of this Act a plan for the sale of reinsurance assets acquired under this Act. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that reinsurance provided by this Act shall not be treated as a federal guarantee for purposes of disallowing the exemption of interest on municipal bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2590
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare coverage to medical nutrition therapy services for people with pre-diabetes and risk factors for developing type-2 diabetes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2591
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Emergency communications systems

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to modernize and implement the integrated U.S. public alert and warning system to ensure that the President can alert governmental authorities and the civilian population in areas endangered by disasters under all conditions.
 
Directs the Administrator, consistent with the final recommendations of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Advisory Committee (established by this Act), to: (1) establish common alerting and warning protocols, standards, terminology, and operating procedures; (2) include in such system the capability to adapt the distribution and content of communications on the basis of geographic location, risks, or personal user preferences and to alert individuals with disabilities or limited English proficiency; and (3) ensure the conduct of system training, tests, and exercises.
 
Requires the system to: (1) incorporate multiple communications technologies; (2) be designed to incorporate future technologies for communicating directly with the public, to provide alerts to the largest portion of the affected population feasible, including nonresident visitors and tourists, and to improve the ability of remote areas to receive alerts; (3) promote local and regional partnerships to enhance community preparedness and response; and (4) provide redundant alert mechanisms.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to conduct pilot programs to demonstrate the feasibility of using a variety of methods for achieving system requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2592
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Housing industry and standards
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2009 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to increase the maximum total of contributions for a major disaster by an amount equal to 4% of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under the Act, if at the time of a declaration of a major disaster the affected state has in effect and is actively enforcing an approved state building code. 
 
Requires a state, to be eligible for the increased federal share, to submit its state building code to the President for approval.
 
Directs the President to approve a state building code submitted upon determining that it: (1) is consistent with the most recent version of a nationally recognized model building code; (2) has been adopted by the state within six years of the most recent version of the nationally recognized code; and (3) uses the nationally recognized code as a minimum standard.
 
Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to set appropriate standards for the periodic update, resubmittal, and approval of state building codes, consistent with similar mitigation planning requirements under the Stafford Act.
 
Authorizes the use by states and local governments of technical and financial assistance to implement predisaster hazard mitigation measures to establish and operate a building department and carry out enforcement activities to implement an approved state building code.

Directs the President, in determining whether to provide technical and financial assistance to a state or local government, to take into account the extent to which that government is carrying out activities to implement an approved state building code.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Military Children's School Investment Act

Bill: 111-hr-2593
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Department of Defense
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Military Children&#146;s School Investment Act - Amends the Impact Aid program (which compensates local educational agencies [LEAs] for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their areas) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to LEAs that: (1) were eligible for Impact Aid in the prior fiscal year due to federally-connected children; and (2) are experiencing an enrollment increase of at least 250 or 10% consisting of certain federally-connected children whose arrival is due to military base closures and realignments or global rebasing, force structure changes or reductions, or actions initiated by the Secretary of Defense.
 
Requires such grants to be used: (1) to construct new schools or expand existing schools to accommodate the influx of students; (2) repair or upgrade academic facilities; or (3) lease, with the Secretary's approval, buildings or portions of buildings from a private entity for additional school space.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a plot allowance for spouses and children of certain veterans who are buried in State cemeteries.

Bill: 111-hr-2594
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay a $300 plot allowance to a state for spouses and children of certain veterans who are buried in state cemeteries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To restrict certain exports of electronic waste.

Bill: 111-hr-2595
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pollution liability
Solid waste and recycling
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) prohibit the export of restricted electronic waste to countries that are not members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or the European Union, or Liechtenstein; (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), annually, to identify countries that permit trade in used electronic equipment and parts; and (3) impose criminal penalties for knowingly exporting restricted electronic waste in violation of this Act. Allows certain exceptions to such export ban.
 
Defines &quot;restricted electronic waste&quot; to include electronic equipment, such as computers, televisions, printers, copiers, video players, and similar used electronic products, that contain circuit boards and other parts containing mercury or polychlorinated biphenyls, antimony, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, or lead and cathode ray tubes and batteries containing lead and other toxic ingredients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
No Child Left Unimmunized Against Influenza Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2596
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
No Child Left Unimmunized Against Influenza Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out a multistate demonstration program designed to test the feasibility of using the nation's elementary and secondary schools as influenza vaccination centers in coordination with school nurses, school health care programs, local health departments, community health care providers, state insurance agencies, and private insurers.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from using such program for children who are eligible under other federally funded programs for payment of the costs of purchasing and administering the influenza vaccine. Requires the Secretary to work with the Secretary of Labor, state insurance agencies, and private insurers to ensure that children who have private insurance have coverage for all reasonable and customary expenses, including the costs of purchasing and administering the vaccine, incurred when influenza vaccine is administered outside of the physician's office in a school or other related setting. Authorizes the Secretary to pay the cost of purchasing and administering the influenza vaccine for children to the extent such cost is not covered through other federally funded programs or through private insurance.
 
Requires the program to be designed to administer vaccines consistent with recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the annual vaccination of all children aged 5 years through 19 years.
 
Sets forth selection criteria for schools. Makes participation by a school or an individual voluntary. Requires the program to be conducted for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 influenza seasons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House