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Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2478
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Central African Republic
Congressional oversight
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
Law enforcement officers
Rule of law and government transparency
Sudan
Uganda
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 - Directs the President to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a regional strategy to guide U.S. support for multilateral efforts to eliminate the threat to civilians and regional stability posed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and to enforce the rule of law and ensure full humanitarian access in LRA-affected areas. 
 
Authorizes the President to provide assistance to respond to the humanitarian needs of populations in northeastern Congo, southern Sudan, and Central African Republic affected by LRA activity.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State and Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) should work with the appropriate congressional committees to increase future assistance to Uganda if the government of Uganda demonstrates a commitment to reconstruction in war-affected areas of northern and eastern Uganda.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should support efforts by the people of northern Uganda and the government of Uganda to: (1) promote local and national reconciliation including mechanisms outlined in the Annexure to the Agreement on Accountability and Reconciliation between the government of Uganda and the LRA; and (2) assist internally displaced people, establish mechanisms for the demobilization and reintegration of former combatants, and enhance the competency of local institutions including the police.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2479
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care quality
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to recognized independent accreditation organizations which apply quality standards for suppliers of items and services relating to prosthetic devices and orthotics and prosthetics.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate and approve an independent accreditation organization for such purposes only if it is the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics, Inc., the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification, or a program that the Secretary determines has accreditation and approval standards essentially equivalent to those of such a Board. Requires such organization to satisfy all applicable criteria of the provider qualification designation for each of specified categories of prosthetics and orthotics. 
Requires application to prosthetic devices and orthotics and prosthetics generally of existing accreditation and licensure requirements for certain custom-fabricated prosthetics and custom-fabricated orthotics, as well as those categorized as custom-fitted high or custom-fitted low.
 
Modifies the Medicare payment methodology for prosthetic devices and orthotics and prosthetics to require the Secretary, for payment purposes, to take into account practitioner qualifications and complexity of care. 
 
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on: (1) the steps taken by the Department of HHS to ensure that such licensure and accreditation requirements are enforced; and (2) the effect of the requirements of this Act on the occurrence of fraud and abuse under the Medicare program with respect to prosthetic devices and orthotics and prosthetics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-19
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: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
United States-Pakistan Security and Stability Act

Bill: 111-hr-2481
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Foreign aid and international relief
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Pakistan
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
United States-Pakistan Security and Stability Act - Directs the President to develop and transmit to the appropriate congressional committees, with intelligence support from the Director of National Intelligence, a comprehensive interagency strategy and implementation plan for long-term security and stability in Pakistan. 
 
Authorizes appropriations for: (1) Pakistan; and (2) the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and 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: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
United States-Afghanistan Security and Stability Act

Bill: 111-hr-2482
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Pakistan
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
United States-Afghanistan Security and Stability Act - Directs the President to develop and transmit to the appropriate congressional committees, with intelligence support from the Director of National Intelligence, a comprehensive interagency strategy and implementation plan for long-term security and stability in Afghanistan. 
 
Authorizes appropriations for Afghanistan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Homeownership Opportunities Act

Bill: 111-hr-2483
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
Increasing Homeownership Opportunities Act - Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act and the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to increase limitations on the maximum original principal obligation of mortgages that may purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Association (Freddie Mac).
 
Increases such limitations in areas where 125% (currently, 115%) of the median price of residences of a particular size exceed existing mortgage purchase limitations for such residence size.
 
Gives the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) discretion to increase existing mortgage purchase limitations where an increase is warranted by higher median home prices in an area or sub-area and will have a significant impact on the cost or availability of mortgages for such homes.
 
Amends the National Housing Act to raise limitations on the maximum principal obligation of mortgages that may be insured by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). 
 
Gives the Secretary discretion to increase mortgage insurance limitations where an increase is warranted by higher median home prices in an area or sub-area and will have a significant impact on the cost or availability of mortgages for such homes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Ratepayer Recovery Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2484
Sponsor: Rep. Cao, Anh "Joseph" [R-LA-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Electric power generation and transmission

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
Ratepayer Recovery Act of 2009 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to cite conditions under which the President is authorized to make disaster assistance contributions for the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of private or investor-owned power transmission and distribution facilities damaged or destroyed by a major disaster.
 
Cites conditions for large in-lieu contributions to a private or investor-owned power facility in any case in which the owner determines that the public welfare would not best be served by repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing the facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include nongovernmental and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits.

Bill: 111-hr-2485
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
Health personnel
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include among individuals eligible for public safety officers' death benefits nongovernmental employees and volunteers: (1) of a fire department, ground or air ambulance service, or first responder or rescue squad that is licensed or recognized by a state or local government; and (2) who perform official duties serving the public in fire suppression, rescue, or emergency medical and ambulance services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for support of funeral ceremonies for veterans provided by details that consist solely of members of veterans organizations and other organizations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-2486
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, in the case of funeral honors for a veteran that are provided by a detail consisting solely of members of veterans organizations or other related organizations, to support the provision of such funeral honors through a daily stipend to each detail participant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the feasibility of using military identification numbers instead of social security numbers to identify members of the Armed Forces.

Bill: 111-hr-2487
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Military personnel and dependents
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of using a distinct military identification number, instead of a Social Security number, to identify each member of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Communication Improvement Act

Bill: 111-hr-2488
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
Veterans Communication Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to permit a member of the Armed Forces, upon discharge or release from active duty, to include an e-mail address on the form.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5717)
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
GROW America's Small Businesses Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2490
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Income tax deferral
National Guard and reserves
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
Generating Reinvestment Opportunities with America's Small Businesses Act of 2009 or the GROW America's Small Businesses Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain small businesses (generally, businesses with $12 million or less in gross receipts for a taxable year) to defer payment of income tax by making four equal installments over a specified two-year period; (2) extend such deferral period to three years for small businesses that increase employment and maintain salary levels of employees called to duty as members of the Ready Reserve/National Guard; and (3) establish tax-exempt GROW Accounts to provide financing and tax relief for such small businesses. 
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the applicability and impact of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Tax Relief and Fulfilling Our Obligation to Patriotic Soldiers Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2491
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
Tax Relief and Fulfilling Our Obligation to Patriotic Soldiers Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments made to members of the Armed Forces as a qualified bonus. Defines &quot;qualified bonus&quot; as an enlistment, accession, reenlistment, retention, incentive, or other bonus paid to a member of the Armed Forces to accept a commmission or extend an active service commitment as an officer, to enlist, to reenlist, to extend an enlistment in an active or reserve component, or to enter into a reserve affiliation agreement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income discharges of student loans the repayment of which is income contingent or income based.

Bill: 111-hr-2492
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income discharges of student loan indebtedness based on repayments which are income contingent or income based. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Judgment Evading Foreign States Accountability Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2493
Sponsor: Rep. Massa, Eric J. J. [D-NY-29]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign loans and debt
Government liability
Multilateral development programs
Sanctions
Securities
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
Judgment Evading Foreign States Accountability Act of 2009 - States the policy of the United States regarding: (1) advocacy within the governing bodies of international organizations and other foreign policy settings for the full compensation and fair treatment of persons in whose favor judgments have been awarded by U.S. courts; (2) protection of economic interests of persons and nations that benefit from a reliable flow of foreign capital by restricting the access to U.S. capital markets of judgment evading foreign states (foreign states that fail to fully satisfy a final judgment exceeding a certain amount for more than two years) and their state-owned corporations, warning of the dangers of dealing financially with such states and state-owned corporations, and congressional scrutiny of requests for aid made by such states; and (3) protection of the authority of the U.S. courts by preventing such states from willfully flouting the judgments of those courts.
 
Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to: (1) deny a judgment evading foreign state access to U.S. capital markets unless the proceeds of borrowing or securities issuance are to be used in the first instance to satisfy in full all final judgments that form the basis for such designation as such a state; and (2) require all periodic filings made by such a state with the SEC to prominently bear a warning describing its failure to satisfy outstanding judgments. Imposes similar restrictions on state-owned corporations of such states.
 
Requires: (1) a proposal to extend bilateral or multilateral assistance to a judgment evading state to bear notice that such state is a judgment evading state; and (2) the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually to Congress identifying each such state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
New York/New Jersey High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Expansion Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2494
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2009-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
New Jersey
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: 
New York/New Jersey High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Expansion Act of 2009 - Designates the counties of Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, and St. Lawrence in the state of New York as high-intensity drug trafficking areas and incorporates such counties into the New York/New Jersey high-intensity drug trafficking area program administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Introduced in House