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To direct the Architect of the Capitol to acquire a statue of "The Unknown Slave" for permanent display in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3127
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2009-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Public contracts and procurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Travel and tourism
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: 
Requires the Architect of the Capitol to: (1) solicit bids and enter into an agreement for the creation of a statue of &quot;The Unknown Slave&quot;; and (2) acquire and permanently display it in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to authorize Federal Reserve Banks to examine the methodologies of used by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations in analyzing and rating asset backed securities and structured finance products.

Bill: 111-hr-3128
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2009-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: 
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to authorize the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to authorize any federal reserve bank to examine the methodologies used by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs) in analyzing and rating asset backed securities and structured finance products.
 
Defines asset backed security as: (1) one that is primarily serviced by the cash flows of a discrete pool of receivables or other financial assets (including mortgages), either fixed or revolving, that by their terms convert into cash within a finite time period, plus any rights or other assets designed to assure the servicing or timely distributions of proceeds to the security holders; and (2) any other security as the Board may prescribe.
 
 
Defines structured finance product as any product that includes: (1) the pooling of assets (either cash-based or synthetically created); (2) the tranching of liabilities that are backed by such assets; (3) de-linking of the credit risk of such assets from the originator's credit risk (usually through use of a finite-lived, standalone financing vehicle); or (4) such other elements as the Board may prescribe.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit United States contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Bill: 111-hr-3129
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2009-07-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: 
Prohibits the President from making contributions on behalf of the United States to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Time for Innovation Matters in Education Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3130
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2009-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: 
Time for Innovation Matters in Education Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to states to enable them to award competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or partnerships between LEAs and other public or nonprofit entities to plan and implement expanded learning time initiatives at high-need schools that they serve.
 
Requires such initiatives to: (1) increase the total number of school hours each year at participant schools by at least 300 hours, compared to the school hours per year that are standard for comparable schools served by their LEAs; and (2) expand learning time for all students in all grade levels in such schools, except in high schools where expanded learning time must apply to at least one entire grade level.
 
Directs states to give subgrant priority to LEAs that serve a high percentage of students from low-income families and partnerships that include a nonprofit community-based organization or an organization focused on alternative learning or dropout prevention.
 
Permits the Secretary to: (1) award planning and implementation grants directly to a partnership that serves more that one area in more than one state; and (2) provide technical assistance to grantees and subgrantees in developing and implementing expanded learning time initiatives.
 
Requires the Secretary to contract with an independent organization with expertise in school improvement, program evaluation, and measurement to evaluate this Act's program and provide technical assistance to grantees and subgrantees in collecting data and evaluating their programs pursuant to specified performance measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions.

Bill: 111-hr-3131
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2009-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: 
Prohibits making any criminal penalty apply for refusing or willfully neglecting to answer questions (except with respect to the respondent's name and contact information, the date of the response, and the number of people living or staying at the address) in connection with the American Community Survey conducted by the Secretary of Commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
action_date: 2009-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-07-08
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the Matching Grant Program for School Security through fiscal year 2012.

Bill: 111-hr-3132
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2009-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Matching Grant Program for School Security through FY2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3133
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2009-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: 
Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) allow any court of competent jurisdiction, as defined by this Act, to require the disclosure of stored wire or electronic communications for criminal investigations (currently, only a court with jurisdiction over the offense under investigation may issue an order for disclosure); and (2) authorize a federal judge to issue orders to execute requests from foreign judicial or law enforcement authorities for assistance in the investigation or prosecution of criminal offenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional incentives for facilities producing electricity from wind.

Bill: 111-hr-3135
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) individual taxpayers investing in wind facilities used to produce electricity an exemption from limitations on passive activity losses and credits; and (2) tax credit amounts for producing electricity from wind facilities to offset alternative minimum tax liability. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
To extend the program to provide grants for specified energy property in lieu of tax credits.

Bill: 111-hr-3136
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: 
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 to extend the grant program for investment in renewable energy property, including renewable resources used to produce electricity and fuel cell, solar, wind, geothermal, and microturbine property, in lieu of tax credits, by extending the placed-in-service deadline for such property through 2012. Extends through September 30, 2013, the deadline for submitting grant applications for such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-07-08
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Introduced in House
Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3138
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9]
Introduced: 2009-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Medicaid
Medical ethics
Medicare
Product development and innovation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: 
Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009 - Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and applicable manufacturers with respect to payments and other transfers of value and physician ownership or investment interests in manufacturers.
 
Requires any manufacturer of a covered drug, device, biological, or medical supply that makes a payment or another transfer of value to a physician, a physician medical practice, or a physician group practice to report annually, in electronic form, specified information on such transactions to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
 
Requires any such manufacturer, related group purchasing organization, or applicable distributor also to report annually to the Secretary, in electronic form, certain information regarding any ownership or investment interest (other than in a publicly traded security and mutual fund) held by a physician (or an immediate family member) in the manufacturer, group purchasing organization, or applicable distributor during the preceding year.
 
Prescribes administrative penalties for failure to comply with these requirements.
 
Requires report submission procedures to ensure public availability of required information on a website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-07-09
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: 2009-07-09
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening the Health Care Safety Net Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3141
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: 
Strengthening the Health Care Safety Net Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish a disproportionate share hospital (DSH) redistribution pool from unexpended Medicaid DSH allotments to fund an increase in allotments for low DSH states.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award demonstration grants to health access networks to improve access, quality, and continuity of care for uninsured individuals through better coordination of care by such networks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Homeowners' Emergency Mortgage Assistance Act

Bill: 111-hr-3142
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2009-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: 
Homeowners' Emergency Mortgage Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a mortgage emergency assistance program for a mortgage for a one- to four-family residence whose mortgagor is temporarily unable to meet payment obligations due to financial hardship beyond the mortgagor's control.
 
Prohibits an mortgagee from accelerating the maturity of or commencing any legal action regarding a mortgage (including foreclosure) or taking possession of any mortgagor security: (1) unless the mortgagee meets certain notice and other specified conditions; or (2) if the mortgagor has applied for or is receiving assistance under this Act.
 
Requires mortgagor repayment of such assistance, plus interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000, to extend the authorization of appropriations for that Act.

Bill: 111-hr-3143
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Montana
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: 
Amends the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000 to extend the authorization of appropriations through FY2015 for the planning, design, and construction of the Assiniboine and Sioux Rural Water System, and the Dry Prairie Rural Water System, in Montana.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Communities Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3144
Sponsor: Rep. Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. [D-PA-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agricultural education
Child health
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Horticulture and plants
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: 
Healthy Communities Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make five-year grants to community partnerships for programs to combat obesity. Sets forth eligibility requirements. Provides for an executive council and a steering committee.
 
Requires a community obesity prevention program to address all the different components of fighting obesity and to include: (1) physical exercise and a physical activity environment; (2) nutritional counseling and nutritional environment activities; (3) education to provide to the community information about the importance of eating healthily and maintaining a balanced diet and of being physically fit and to provide strategies for addressing varying individual capabilities to attain physical fitness; and (4) an evidence-based curriculum using the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition (We Can) program and curriculum to guide the program.
 
Requires a program to: (1) make use of evidence-based practices, strategies, programs, and policies in designing program guidelines; (2) develop a communications plan that involves the entire community; (3) have both in-school and workplace wellness programs; and (4) identify a Wellness Coordinator. Requires the executive council and the steering committee to: (1) perform an assessment of the obesity problem in each respective community; and (2) work with the Wellness Coordinator to lay out achievable short- and long-term goals for reducing childhood obesity.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) prohibit a community partnership from using the grant to pay for administrative expenses, with exceptions; and (2) give preference in selecting grant recipients to communities with high levels of obesity and related chronic diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8106)
action_date: 2009-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Credit Default Swap Prohibition Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3145
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2009-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Contracts and agency
Credit and credit markets
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: 
Credit Default Swap Prohibition Act of 2009 - Amends the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to grant the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulatory jurisdiction over any security-based swap agreement, including authority to issue, interpert, and enforce rules and orders in a manner that imposes prophylactic measures against fraud, manipulation, or insider trading.
 
Defines credit default swap as: (1) a swap agreement that protects a party to it against the risk of a loss of value because of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event or contingency specified in the agreement relating to a security, loan, or other reference asset; and (2) such other forms of credit risk protection as the SEC may, by rule, prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors.
 
Authorizes the SEC to require registration of any security-based swap agreement.
 
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to declare it unlawful for any person to enter into a credit default swap agreement or contract.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Young Adults Financial Literacy Act

Bill: 111-hr-3147
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2009-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: 
Young Adults Financial Literacy Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make competitive grants to, and enter contracts with, eligible institutions to establish centers of excellence to support research, development and planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs in financial literacy education for young adults and families ages 15-24 years old.
 
Defines &quot;eligible institution&quot; as any partnership consisting of an institution of higher education and any of the following: (1) one or more local educational agencies; (2) a nonprofit agency, organization, or association; (3) a community-based organization; or (4) a financial institution.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2009-07-09
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Introduced in House