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Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1322
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2009-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Illinois
Land transfers
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: 
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to execute an executive agreement for use by the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) of: (1) a new Navy ambulatory care center, parking structure, and supporting structures and facilities in North Chicago and Great Lakes, Illinois; and (2) related medical personal property and equipment. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to transfer to the Secretary of the VA jurisdiction over the center, structures, facilities, and property and equipment covered by the agreement. Designates the transferred center, structures, and facilities as the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (Center). Provides a reversionary interest to the Secretary if the property is not used in accordance with the agreement or in the event of lack of facilities integration. Authorizes the Secretary and the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the Secretary of the VA functions necessary for Center operation. 
 
Authorizes the DOD-VA Health-Care Resources Sharing Committee to provide for the joint funding of the Center in accordance with this Act. Establishes the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center Fund to fund the Center's operations. Requires an annual review of such Fund for at least three years after this Act's enactment. 
 
Deems the Center a military facility for purposes of the eligibility of members of the Armed Forces to receive care and services there. 
 
Extends through FY2015 a joint DOD-VA program to identify, implement, and evaluate creative health care coordination and sharing initiatives at the facility, intraregional, and nationwide levels. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6942-6944)
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Want Not, Waste Not Act

Bill: 111-s-1323
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2009-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Economic development
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: 
Want Not, Waste Not Act - Rescinds any amounts rejected by the governor of a state or a local government from amounts apportioned to that state under Public Law 111-5 (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009).
 
Declares that the purpose of this Act is to ensure that such rejected stimulus funding is returned to the U.S. Treasury to reduce the national debt to be inherited by future generations.
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Freedom Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1324
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2009-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal preemption
Financial crises and stabilization
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Income tax credits
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicaid
Medicare
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: 
Health Care Freedom Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for qualified health insurance costs. Allows a health savings account or an Archer medical savings account to be used to purchase a high deductible health plan. 
 
Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2009 or the MCAP Act - Sets forth provisions regulating lawsuits for health care liability claims related to the provision of health care services, including limiting noneconomic and punitive damages.
 
Health Care Choice Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that the laws of the state designated by a health insurance issuer (primary state) shall apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that issuer in the primary state and in any other state (secondary state), but only if the coverage and issuer comply with specified conditions.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award block grants to states to provide for the development of innovative models that ensure affordable health insurance coverage for Americans with preexisting health conditions.
 
Sets forth disclosure requirements, including requiring: (1) the provision of price information to Medicare or Medicaid patients; and (2) the provision of allowable payment information to enrollees of group health plans. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from making any payment or obligation under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Provides for collection of revenues relating to such Act. Rescinds any funds available under such Act that have not been obligated and makes such funds available to carry out this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and modify the section 45 credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-1325
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA]
Introduced: 2009-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Coal
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: 
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the tax credit for the production of electricity from renewable resources to: (1) extend permanently the credit period for the production of steel industry fuel; (2) extend through 2011 the placed-in-service date requirement for refined coal production facilities; (3) revise the definition of &quot;steel industry fuel&quot; to allow mixtures of petroleum coke in such fuel; and (4) set forth ownership requirements for coal production facilities for purposes of such tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6944-6945)
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Disaster State Housing Recovery Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1326
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2009-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief and insurance
Housing and community development funding
Income tax credits
Louisiana
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mississippi
Natural disasters
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: 
Disaster State Housing Recovery Act of 2009 - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 with respect to grants for 2009 to a state housing credit agency for low-income housing projects in lieu of low-income housing credit allocations.
 
Revises the formula for determining a state's low-income housing grant election amount to reflect any increase in the state housing credit ceiling for 2009 attributable to any such ceiling returned to the state in 2009 by reason of the additional low-income housing credit dollar amounts allocated by the state housing credit agency to buildings located in the Gulf Opportunity (GO) Zone (including the Hurricanes Katrina and Ike disaster areas in Alabama, Louisiana, or Mississippi).
 
Requires application of the additional low-income housing credit amount for the GO Zone in the 2009 grant election formula without regard to certain special rules for small timber producers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Public and Indian Housing Crime and Drug Elimination Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1327
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2009-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Crime prevention
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Housing and community development funding
Indian social and development programs
Law enforcement administration and funding
Public housing
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: 
Public and Indian Housing Crime and Drug Elimination Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to rename it the Public and Indian Housing Crime and Drug Elimination Program Act.
 
Limits activities for programs designed to reduce drug use in and around assisted low-income housing to: (1) providing access to drug abuse treatment through rehabilitation or relapse prevention; (2) providing education about the dangers and consequences of drug use or violent crime; (3) assisting drug use discontinuance through education or treatment programs; (4) providing after school youth activities; and (5) providing capital improvements and security services to discourage or eliminate drug use or violent crime.
 
Requires grant application plans to: (1) be developed in coordination with relevant local law enforcement agencies and other local entities involved in crime prevention and reduction; and (2) include an agreement between the applicant and the Office of Policy Development and Research of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under which the applicant shall work cooperatively with the Office in carrying out technical assistance and program oversight under the Act.
 
Requires: (1) the Office to review existing research relating to preventing violent and drug-related crime; and (2) the Secretary of HUD to publish a written report describing such results.
 
Requires the Office to develop and implement a plan for evaluating the effectiveness of each specified strategy funded under the Act that has not previously been subject to a rigorous evaluation methodology.
 
Reauthorizes the program through FY2014.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Shasta-Trinity National Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act

Bill: 111-s-1328
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
California
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: 

 
Shasta-Trinity National Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act - Transfers the administrative jurisdiction over specified federal land in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in California from the Chief of the Forest Service to the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Subjects such land to the laws, including regulations, applicable to the land administered by the Director. Excludes land within the Shasta Dam Reclamation Zone from such transfer of administrative jurisdiction and continues the administration of such land by the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation. 
 
Transfers the administrative jurisdiction over specified federal land in California administered by the Director from the the Director to the Chief. Subjects the land to the laws, including regulations, applicable to National Forest System land. Withdraws such land from the public domain and reserves it for administration as part of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. 
 
Requires the Chief and the Director, with respect to the transfer of their lands, to identify any known sites concerning hazardous substances and to provide notice of any sites identified to the federal agency head to which the land is being transferred. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-223.
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6945)
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6945)
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
State Court Interpreter Grant Program Act

Bill: 111-s-1329
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Foreign language and bilingual programs
Judicial procedure and administration
Licensing and registrations
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: 
State Court Interpreter Grant Program Act - Directs the Administrator of the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice to: (1) make grants to state courts to develop and implement programs to assist individuals with limited English proficiency to access and understand state court proceedings in which they are a party; and (2) allocate specified funds to establish a court interpreter technical assistance program to assist state courts receiving grants under this Act.
 
Authorizes the use of grant awards by state courts to: (1) assess regional language demands; (2) develop a court interpreter program; (3) develop, institute, and administer language certification examinations; (4) recruit, train, and certify qualified court interpreters; and (5) pay for salaries, transportation, and technology necessary to implement the court interpreter program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6946-6947)
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6945-6946)
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Dairy Preservation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1330
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: 
Family Dairy Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to increase milk income loss contract payments for the period March 1, 2009-November 30, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Dairy Fairness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1331
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: 
Dairy Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to annually index for inflation payments under the milk income loss contract program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1332
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2009-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Political representation
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-24
text: 
Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2009 - Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution; or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
 
Requires such redistricting to be conducted through a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state, or if such plan is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court.
 
Prescribes requirements for: (1) establishment of a state independent redistricting commission (including provisions for holding each of its meetings in public and maintaining a public Internet site); (2) development of a redistricting plan (including soliciting and considering public comments) and its submission to the state legislature (with public notice of plans at least seven days prior to such submission); (3) selection of a plan, under specified conditions, by the state's highest court or the U.S. district court for the district in which the capital of the state is located; (4) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; and (5) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1334
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Disability assistance
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
New York City
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Terrorism
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-24
text: 
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health the World Trade Center Health Program (WTC program) to provide: (1) medical monitoring and treatment benefits to eligible emergency responders and recovery and cleanup workers who responded to the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001; and (2) initial health evaluation, monitoring, and treatment benefits to residents and other building occupants and area workers who were directly impacted and adversely affected by such attacks. 
 
Requires the WTC program administrator to: (1) implement a quality assurance program; (2) establish the WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee; (3) establish the WTC Responders Steering Committee and the WTC Community Program Steering Committee; (4) provide for education and outreach on services under the WTC program; (5) provide for the uniform collection of data related to WTC-related health conditions; (6) conduct research on physical and mental health conditions that may be related to the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center; and (7) extend and expand arrangements with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide for the World Trade Center Health Registry. Authorizes the administrator to make grants to the Department to address mental health needs relating to the terrorist attacks.
 
Amends the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act to: (1) make individuals eligible for compensation under the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 for harm as a result of debris removal; and (2) extend the deadline for making a claim for compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-29
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-1154.
action_date: 2009-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6995-7006)
action_date: 2009-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
IMPACTT Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1335
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2009-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Economic performance and conditions
Free trade and trade barriers
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Technology assessment
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-24
text: 
WHTI Implementation Monitoring Plan to Assure Continued Travel and Trade Act of 2009 or the IMPACTT Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State to jointly report to Congress on the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) regarding the U.S.-Canada international land and maritime border. 
 
Specifies that such report include information concerning: (1) effects on travel, trade, and border security; (2) frequent traveler program enrollment; (3) effectiveness of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology; and (4) U.S. Customs and Border Protection staffing levels. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate