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Recoupment of Wall Street Bonus Act

Bill: 111-hr-3452
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Housing and community development funding
Income tax rates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Recoupment of Wall Street Bonus Act - Imposes an additional income tax on bonuses paid to employees or former employees of covered Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) recipients. Defines &quot;covered TARP recipient&quot; to include: (1) entities and their affiliates that received capital infusions under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 exceeding $5 billion; and (2) the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). Exempts entities that repay TARP amounts exceeding a $5 billion threshold.
 
Sets the rate of such tax at 100% of the lesser of: (1) the bonus amounts paid; or (2) the amount of such taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeding $250,000 ($125,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return). Exempts any employee who irrevocably waives or returns a bonus payment before the close of the taxable year in which such payment is due.
 
Requires tax revenues generated by this Act to be paid to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to fund community development programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9249)
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Recovery Improvement Act

Bill: 111-hr-3453
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Housing industry and standards
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Disaster Recovery Improvement Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to increase the maximum total contributions for a major disaster by 5% under such Act if, at the time of a declaration of a major disaster, the affected state has in effect and is actively enforcing an approved building code.
 
Sets forth state building code submission and approval requirements, including use of the nationally recognized model building code as a minimum standard. 
 
Directs the President, in making a contribution to a state or local government or a person that owns a nonprofit facility for repair, restoration, and replacement of a damaged facility, to provide not less than 50% of the President's initial estimate of the federal share as an initial payment. Provides for expedited payments. 
 
Requires the federal share for debris removal to be increased by 5% for states and local governments that have: (1) a debris management plan approved by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); (2) prequalified two or more debris and wreckage removal contractors before the date of declaration of the major disaster; and (3) resubmitted such plan to the Administrator for approval every four years. Allows a recipient of a debris removal grant to: (1) use funds for the costs of recycling debris and wreckage resulting from a major disaster; and (2) retain any financial benefit received from the salvage.
 
Increases the period for appeals of disaster assistance decisions. Directs the Administrator to review, update, and revise the factors considered to measure the severity, magnitude, and impact of a disaster. 
 
Authorizes the President to provide emergency assistance to pets and animals and their owners. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Hospice Reform and Savings Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3454
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Medicare Hospice Reform and Savings Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise payments and coverage for hospice care under the Medicare program.
 
Prescribes conditions for recovery by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) of repayment demands from a hospice program for any accounting year during the four-year period ending on October 31, 2009.
 
Requires the Secretary to issue evidence-based national coverage determinations for life expectancies covering at least each of those terminal medical diagnoses currently covered by Local Coverage Determinations promulgated by Medicare's fiscal intermediaries.
 
Directs the Secretary to restore the application (and reduce the phase out) of the budget neutrality adjustment factor in the Medicare hospice wage index for FY2010-FY2013 in a manner that will result in an aggregate increase in Medicare expenditures equivalent to the aggregate reductions in expenditures resulting from the issuance of the national coverage determinations.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-07-31
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: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To make available funds from the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for funding a voluntary employees' beneficiary association with respect to former employees of Delphi Corporation.

Bill: 111-hr-3455
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial crises and stabilization
Health care costs and insurance
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with a volunteer employees' beneficiary association (VEBA) established after enactment of this Act for the benefit of eligible separated employees of Delphi Corporation (and their dependents) in order to transfer amounts to the VEBA for purposes of establishing, or obtaining coverage under, a health care plan for the benefit of such employees (and dependents).
 
Limits the application of this Act to employees with respect to whom the obligation of Delphi Corporation or General Motors Corporation to provide health care coverage has been discharged in a bankruptcy proceeding.
 
Directs the Secretary to make available up to $3 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds, under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA), to provide health care coverage that is substantially the same as the coverage the obligation for which was so discharged.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-07-31
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: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Gray Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Hazel Hainsworth Young Post Office Building".

Bill: 111-hr-3456
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Gray Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Hazel Hainsworth Young Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Credit Card Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3457
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Credit and credit markets
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
 Small Business Credit Card Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to cover any qualified small business as a consumer with respect to a credit card account under an open end credit plan (thereby extending credit card protections under such Act to small businesses).
 
Defines &quot;qualified small business&quot; under the Act as any business concern having 50 or fewer employees, whether or not: (1) the credit card account is in the name of an individual or a business entity; and (2) any credit transaction involving such account is for business or personal purposes.
 
Permits a qualified small business to elect to opt out of coverage by the Act.
 
Exempts from coverage by the Act any credit transaction in which the total amount financed exceeds $50,000 (currently $25,000).
 
Requires certain creditor disclosures before opening any account under an open end consumer credit plan for a qualified small business.
 
Prohibits a creditor from: (1) discriminating against any business concern having 50 or fewer employees in connection with any credit card account under an open end credit plan; or (2) requiring any qualified small business to make an opt-out election as a condition for opening a credit card account, or for providing more advantageous terms for such an account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3458
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competition and antitrust
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to set the policy of the United States regarding various aspects of the Internet, including access, consumer choice, competition, ability to use or offer content, applications, and services, discriminatory favoritism, and capacity.
 
Makes it the duty of each Internet access service provider to: (1) not block, interfere with, discriminate against, impair, or degrade the ability of any person to use an Internet access service; (2) not impose certain charges on any Internet content, service, or application provider; (3) not prevent or obstruct a user from attaching or using any lawful device in conjunction with such service, provided the device does not harm the provider's network; (4) offer Internet access service to any requesting person; (5) not provide or sell to any content, application, or service provider any offering that prioritizes traffic over that of other such providers; and (6) not install or use network features, functions, or capabilities that impede or hinder compliance with these duties.
 
Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate related rules. 
 
Prohibits construing this Act to prohibit an Internet access provider from engaging in reasonable network management.
 
Requires the FCC to: (1) promulgate rules to ensure that an Internet access service provider does not require a consumer, as a condition on the purchase of any Internet access service, to purchase any other service or offering; and (2) take certain actions, including regarding private transmission capacity services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3459
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Insurance industry and regulation
Legal fees and court costs
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Comprehensive Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 2009 - Limits the non-economic damages that an individual may recover from a health care provider for an injury or death as the result of health care malpractice to $250,000 as adjusted for inflation from 1975.
 
Requires a medical malpractice action to be dismissed unless the signer of complaint certifies its validity.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) develop voluntary performance standards applicable to state medical boards; and (2) establish an interstate patient reporting and physician tracking database.
 
Directs the Attorney General to make grants to states and health care entities to carry out mediation programs to resolve health care malpractice allegations without litigation.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the voluntary disclosure of patient safety information to patient safety organizations. Makes such information privileged. Directs the Secretary to establish a database to receive relevant non-identifiable patient safety information.
 
Limits the liability of a health care provider that provides information to a state medical board regarding the competence or professional conduct of a physician.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Clean Air Act to include algae-based biofuel in the renewable fuel program and amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include algae-based biofuel in the cellulosic biofuel producer credit.

Bill: 111-hr-3460
Sponsor: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to include algae-based biofuel in the renewable fuel program. Defines &quot;algae-based biofuel,&quot; for purposes of such Act, as liquid fuel derived from the biomass of single- or multi-cellular organisms which are inherently aquatic and classified as non-vascular plants and that have lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are at least 60% less than the baseline for such emissions.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) expand the definition of cellulosic biofuel to include algae-based biofuel for purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit; and (2) allow accelerated depreciation of property used to produce algae-based biofuel. Defines &quot;algae-based biofuel&quot; as any liquid fuel which is produced from the biomass of an algal organism (i.e., an organism that is primarily aquatic and classified as a non-vascular plant).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-07-31
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: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Orphan Highway Restoration Act

Bill: 111-hr-3461
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Orphan Highway Restoration Act - Defines &quot;orphan highway&quot; to mean a highway that: (1) formerly was a U.S. numbered highway; (2) no longer is a principal route for traffic passing through a state; and (3) because of decreased importance to statewide transportation, has received only routine maintenance but needs significant restoration.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) make grants and provide technical assistance to states and local government units to restore orphan highways; and (2) allocate funds to grant recipients for FY2010-FY2015 based on a calculated formula. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2139)
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Corrosion Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3462
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Metals
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Corrosion Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a two-year business-related tax credit for 50% of net expenditures for engineering design, materials, and application and installation of corrosion prevention and mitigation technology for energy-related property comprised primarily of metals susceptible to corrosion. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3463
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2009 - Makes permanent the provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) that repeal the estate and generation skipping transfer taxes and that make reductions in the gift tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
National Future Farmers of America Commemorative Coin Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3464
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Currency

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
National Future Farmers of America Commemorative Coin Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue gold and silver coins in commemoration of the National Future Farmers of America Organization and the 85th anniversary of such Organization.
 
Authorizes the issuance of coins under this Act only for a one year period, beginning on January 1, 2012. 
 
Requires all sales of coins minted under this Act to include a surcharge of $25 per gold coin and $10 per silver coin. 
 
Requires all of the surcharges received from the sale of such coins to be paid to the National Future Farmers of America Foundation in Indianapolis, Indiana, for the creation of an endowment to enhance and expand programs that encourage the development of leadership skills, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education and the Future Farmers of America. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House