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Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1681
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 - Declares that nothing in the McCarran-Ferguson Act shall be construed to permit health insurance issuers or issuers of medical malpractice insurance to engage in any form of price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations in connection with providing health insurance coverage or coverage for medical malpractice claims or actions.
 
Makes this Act inapplicable to any information gathering and rate setting activities of any state commission of insurance or any other state regulatory entity with authority to set insurance rates.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9556)
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9556)
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Derivatives Market Manipulation Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1682
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Derivatives Market Manipulation Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit swap and other derivatives market manipulation and the reporting of false information relating to swaps. Subjects violations to specified civil penalties, and grants the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) enforcement powers.
 
Extends to swaps the requirements for cease and desist orders and fines against persons (other than a registered entity) for market price manipulations and other violations.
 
Extends private rights of action to contracts connected with a swap.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9557-9559)
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9556-9557)
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1685
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment taxes
Poverty and welfare assistance
Railroads
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend the $250 economic recovery payment payable to certain individuals through calendar year 2010.
 
Applies the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance tax in 2010 to certain earnings in excess of $250,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in Senate
JUSTICE Act

Bill: 111-s-1686
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts Act of 2009 or the JUSTICE Act - Revises requirements for the issuance of and public reporting on national security letters and for judicial review of requirements for nondisclosure of the receipt of a national security letter.
 
Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to revise requirements for obtaining orders for business records in counterterrorism investigations.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to reduce from 30 to 7 days the period for notifying the target of a criminal investigation of the issuance of a search warrant. Prohibits the use of evidence in judicial and administrative proceedings if notice of a search warrant is delayed.
 
Amends FISA to: (1) impose limits on roving electronic surveillance and the use of pen registers and trap and trace devices (devices for recording incoming and outgoing telephone numbers); (2) repeal provisions granting retroactive immunity to telecommunication providers for illegal disclosure of subscriber records; (3) prohibit the warrantless collection of certain communications of U.S. citizens known to reside in the United States; and (5) revise certain reporting and evidentiary requirements.
 
Permits the recipient of a subpoena, order, or warrant issued under FISA to bring a challenge in either the district in which the subpoena, order, or warrant was issued or the district in which it was served.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) redefine &quot;domestic terrorism&quot; as involving acts dangerous to human life that constitute a federal crime of terrorism; and (2) revise the crime of providing material support or resources to foreign terrorism organizations to require knowledge or intent that such support or resources will be used to carry out terrorist activity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9562-9564)
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Taxpayers From ACORN Act

Bill: 111-s-1687
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Community life and organization
Public contracts and procurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Protect Taxpayers From ACORN Act - Prohibits any federal contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other form of agreement from being awarded to, any federal funds in any other form from being provided to, or any federal employee or contractor from promoting, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and any ACORN-related affiliate.

Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to carry out provisions of this Act relating to contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-21
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 162.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness in Representation Act

Bill: 111-s-1688
Sponsor: Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Census and government statistics
Citizenship and naturalization
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Fairness in Representation Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in conducting the 2010 decennial census and every decennial census thereafter, to include in any questionnaire used for the purpose of determining the total population by states, a checkbox or similar option for respondents to indicate citizenship status or lawful presence in the United States.
 
Requires the Secretary to adjust census figures as necessary so that those who are not U.S. citizens or are not lawfully present in the United States are not counted in tabulating population for purposes of apportioning Representatives in Congress among the states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9564)
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Act of March 1, 1933, to transfer certain authority and resources to the Utah Dineh Corporation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-1690
Sponsor: Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2009-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Oil and gas
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-21
text: 
Directs Utah, by March 31, 2010, to transfer to the Utah Dineh Corporation: (1) all funds, assets, and real property held in trust for the San Juan Navajo Indians pursuant to the Act of March 1, 1933; and (2) all outstanding contracts and obligations entered into by Utah acting as trustee on behalf of the San Juan Navajo Indians in accordance with such Act.
 
Authorizes the extension of such transfer as agreed upon by both parties.
 
 Transfers from Utah to the Corporation the payment of specified royalties to promote the educational, health, economic, social, and cultural well-being of all Navajo Indians residing in San Juan County, Utah.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-09
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-538.
action_date: 2009-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2009-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Food for Schools Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1693
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Agriculture
Elementary and secondary education
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-22
text: 
Safe Food for Schools Act of 2009 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) develop guidelines for determining when it is appropriate to institute an administrative hold on suspect commodities and products being used in school meal programs; (2) work with states to increase their timeliness in notifying schools of food recalls; (3) improve the timeliness and completeness of direct communication with schools about holds and recalls; (4) establish a timeframe for improving commodity hold and recall procedures so that they address the role of processors and distributors, thereby facilitating the provision of more timely and complete information to schools; (5) revise procedures to provide states with more specific instructions for schools about how to dispose of recalled commodities and products and obtain timely reimbursement; and (6) institute a systematic quality check procedure to ensure that holds on commodities and products used by schools are carried out effectively.
 
 Directs the Secretary, within one year of this Act's enactment, to revise the procedures of the Food Safety and Inspection Service to ensure that schools are included in recall effectiveness checks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the award of a Congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines of World War II.

Bill: 111-s-1695
Sponsor: Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL]
Introduced: 2009-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
North Carolina
Racial and ethnic relations
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: 
Authorizes the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to collectively honor the Montford Point Marines, United States Marine Corps, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II. (Camp Montford Point, North Carolina, was the site for the training of the first African-American Marines.)
 
Provides for the Medal's display at the Smithsonian Institution. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Medal should be made available for display elsewhere, particularly at locations associated with the Montford Point Marines.
 
Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Green Gaming Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1696
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2009-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Games and hobbies
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: 
Green Gaming Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE): (1) to study video game console energy use and opportunities for energy savings; (2) to determine whether minimum energy efficiency standards for video game console energy use should be established; and (3) within three years after determining that such standards should not be established, to conduct a follow-up study.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-402.
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Household Product Labeling Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1697
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2009-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer affairs
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: 
Household Product Labeling Act of 2009 - Requires covered products to bear labels that state completely and accurately all product ingredients.
 
Defines &quot;covered products&quot; as: (1) household cleaning products; (2) air fresheners and deodorizers; (3) floor and furniture polish; (4) dishwashing soap; (5) drain cleaners; (6) laundry detergent and dryer sheets; (7) epoxies; (8) paints or stains; and (9) any other similar consumer product designated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9735)
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9735)
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Graduation Promise Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1698
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: 
Graduation Promise Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for differentiated high school improvement systems targeting support to schools with low student achievement and graduation rates after such schools fail for two consecutive years to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) pursuant to state academic performance standards. Allots grant funds to states pursuant to a formula that favors states with low graduation rates and a high percentage of students attending low-income LEAs.
 
Requires state grantees to establish comprehensive school performance indicators and minimum annual improvement benchmarks for use, in addition to current AYP measures, in analyzing school performance and determining the improvement category into which a school is placed.
 
 Directs LEA subgrantees to: (1) categorize each of their schools that fail to make AYP for two consecutive years as needing targeted intervention, whole school reforms, or replacement; (2) convene a local school improvement team for each of such schools that will use performance indicators, AYP measures, and other relevant data to conduct a school needs assessment and develop a multiyear school improvement plan tailored to the school's need categorization; and (3) support the successful implementation of such plans and district-wide high school improvement strategies. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to LEAs, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education to develop and implement, or replicate, effective secondary school models for struggling students and dropouts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9736-9744)
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9735-9736)
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1699
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2009-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment taxes
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Income tax rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: 
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Requires a further additional Tier-3 period for deposits to an individual's EUCA, using the current formula, if, at the time the amount added to such individual's account under the Act is exhausted or at any time thereafter, the individual's state is in an extended benefit period.
 
Prescribes a formula for determining if a state is in an extended benefit period.
 
Allows the Tier-3 period augmentation to be applied to the individual's EUCA only once.
 
Authorizes a state to pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible individual before any further additional emergency unemployment compensation (EUC), if such individual claimed extended compensation for at least one week of unemployment after the exhaustion of additional EUC.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend from 2009 through 2010 the 6.2% surtax on employers under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA). Delays the scheduled 2010 reduction in the surtax to 6% until 2011.
 
Amends title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act to require an employer to report to the state Directory of New Hires, in addition to other information, the date services for remuneration were first performed by a newly hired employee.
 
Qualifies the requirement that an employer file new hire reports on a W-4 or equivalent form by adding the phrase &quot;to the extent practicable.&quot;
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise conditions for state collection of unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud. Repeals the limitation to residents of the state seeking such an offset of the requirement that the Secretary of the Treasury reduce an individual's overpayment of federal income tax to offset any covered unemployment compensation debt the individual owes such state. (Literally, repeals the requirement that the address shown on the federal tax return for the taxable year of the overpayment be an address within the state seeking the offset.) Permits the Secretary to make such an offset regardless of whether the person resides in the state seeking it. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9745)
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1700
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2009-09-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Energy revenues and royalties
Government information and archives
International organizations and cooperation
Land use and conservation
Mining
Oil and gas
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: 
Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to: (1) the establishment by foreign governments of requirements that companies under their jurisdiction publicly disclose any payments made to a government relating to the commercial development of oil, natural gas, and minerals; (2) the U.S. commitment to global leadership of transparency in extractive industries by supporting multilateral pro-transparency efforts, bilateral good governance efforts through U.S. missions and activities abroad, implementation of extractive industries reporting requirements for companies under U.S. jurisdiction, and efforts to persuade members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to adopt uniform legislation to ensure a coordinated regulatory approach; and (3) the need for the President to commit the United States to become a Candidate Country of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to disclose to the public any payment relating to the commercial development of oil, natural gas, and minerals on federal land made by any person to the government. Includes as a &quot;payment&quot; taxes, royalties, fees, licenses, production entitlements, bonuses, and other material benefits, as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
 
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the SEC to issue rules requiring each resource extraction issuer (an issuer that engages in the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals) to include in its annual report information relating to any payment made by the issuer, a subsidiary or partner, or an entity under its control to a foreign government for the purpose of such commercial development. Requires such rules, to the extent practicable, to support the U.S. commitment to international transparency promotion efforts relating to such commercial development.
 
Requires the SEC, to the extent practicable, to make publicly available online a compilation of the information required to be submitted under the disclosure rules issued pursuant to this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9746-9747)
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9745-9746)
action_date: 2009-09-23
text: Introduced in Senate