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Senior Investment Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3551
Sponsor: Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2009-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Consumer affairs
Credit and credit markets
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Insurance industry and regulation
Law enforcement administration and funding
Marketing and advertising
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: 
Senior Investment Protection Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a program of grants to states to: (1) investigate and prosecute misleading and fraudulent marketing practices; or (2) develop educational materials and training aimed at reducing misleading and fraudulent marketing of financial products toward seniors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3552
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2009-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: 
Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2009 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to revise requirements for the treatment of provisional ballots in federal elections. 
 
Prohibits any election recount until all provisional votes have been counted. Requires the chief state election official, in determining whether to count a provisional vote, to review not only official registered voter lists but also any information an individual voter submitted during the registration process.
 
Requires a provisional ballot in a federal election to be treated as a voter registration application if it is rejected on the ground that the individual is not registered to vote in the election.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Introduced in House
National Guard Education Equality Act

Bill: 111-hr-3554
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2009-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Disability and paralysis
Disaster relief and insurance
National Guard and reserves
Transportation safety and security
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: 
National Guard Education Equality Act - Includes as qualifying service for veterans educational assistance purposes (Post-9/11 Educational Assistance): (1) certain active duty service in the reserve components (including service such as part of an airport security mission or counterdrug activity); and (2) discharge from active duty service in the reserve components because of a service connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Introduced in House
United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act

Bill: 111-hr-3555
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
First Amendment rights
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Public participation and lobbying
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: 
United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act - Establishes the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security to study how the government may provide for both security in, and public access to, federal buildings and other federal property and sites. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight.
action_date: 2009-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to House Homeland Security
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2243)
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a self-referral disclosure protocol under the Medicare Program to enable health care providers of services and suppliers to disclose violations of section 1877 of the Social Security Act.

Bill: 111-hr-3556
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2009-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health personnel
Medical ethics
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in cooperation with the Inspector General of the Department of HHS, to establish a self-referral disclosure protocol (SRDP) to enable health care service providers and suppliers to disclose an actual or potential violation of the prohibition against certain physician referrals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-09-14
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: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Introduced in House
To provide an emergency cost-of-living increase for Social Security benefits for 2010.

Bill: 111-hr-3557
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2009-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prescribe a formula for an emergency cost-of-living increase for Social Security benefits for calendar 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Fair Competition Act

Bill: 111-hr-3558
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, Parker [D-AL-5]
Introduced: 2009-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: 
Small Business Fair Competition Act - Allows an incumbent contractor to recompete for a proposed contract in the case of a government solicitation for bids or proposals for goods or services that are substantially the same as under a current contract, provided the contractor currently performing the contract represents in good faith that it is a small business.
 
Permits such representation to be made if the incumbent contractor: (1) meets the definition of a small business concern applicable to the solicitation and has not been determined by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to be other than a small business; or (2) was a small business when the current contract was awarded, is no longer a small business at the time of the solicitation, and will revert to being a small business if not awarded the proposed contract.
 
Allows the government to qualify a contract being awarded to the incumbent contractor as a small business set-aside for the duration of the contract. 
 
Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to implement this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to House Small Business
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology .
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Supporting ColoRectal Examination and Education Now (SCREEN) Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3559
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2009-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: 
Supporting ColoRectal Examination and Education Now (SCREEN) Act of 2009 - Declares the sense of Congress that colorectal cancer screening tests and the provisions of this Act should be included as part of any basic benefit package in any legislation that may be enacted to provide health insurance coverage, public or private, to persons under age 65. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to states and Indian tribes for colorectal health programs.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a program to notify all beneficiaries annually about coverage of colorectal cancer screening tests under title XVII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA).
 
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid), as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to require any state Medicaid plan that includes colorectal cancer screening tests to provide for a program to notify individuals at risk for colon cancer, including high-risk minorities, who are over an appropriate age, of the availability of medical assistance for colorectal cancer screening tests.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to eliminate coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests. 
 
Prescribes annual reporting requirements under the Medicare Advantage program with regard to colorectal cancer screening tests.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a national minimum standard for basic knowledge, training, continuing education, and documentation for suppliers who furnish colorectal cancer screening tests; (2) determine age-based goal rates for such tests; and (3) establish an upward preventive service payment modifier for qualifying tests furnished on or after January 1, 2010, which reflects the Secretary's annual determination of the appropriate amount of additional payment sufficient to increase the rate of colorectal cancer screening tests.
 
Extends Medicare coverage to an office visit or consultation prior to a qualifying screening colonoscopy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-09-14
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: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2256-2257)
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Global Health Technology Act

Bill: 111-hr-3560
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2009-09-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child health
Foreign aid and international relief
HIV/AIDS
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Nutrition and diet
Research and development
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: 
21st Century Global Health Technology Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish in the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) the Health Technology Program which shall: (1) coordinate and lead research and development efforts; (2) be funded by USAID on a competitive basis; and (3) serve as a national laboratory and technology development program for global health.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of educational assistance provided to certain veterans for flight training.

Bill: 111-hr-3561
Sponsor: Rep. Teague, Harry [D-NM-2]
Introduced: 2009-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: 
Increases the amount of educational assistance provided to certain veterans for flight training from 60% to 75% of tuition and fees which similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same flight course are required to pay.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-09-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3563
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Dams and canals
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Lakes and rivers
Montana
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009 - Ratifies the water rights compact between the Crow Tribe and the state of Montana. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to promptly execute the compact and comply with applicable environmental statutes.
 
Requires the Secretary, through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to carry out activities necessary to: (1) rehabilitate and improve the water diversion and delivery features of the Crow Irrigation Project in accordance with an agreement to be negotiated with the Tribe; and (2) design and construct such features of the reservation's municipal, rural, and industrial water system.
 
Ratifies tribal water rights, which shall be held in trust for the use and benefit of the Tribe. Grants the Tribe sole authority to allocate, distribute, and lease such rights, subject to specified limitations. Applies specified provisions of the Act of February 8, 1887, relating to using water for irrigation, to the tribal water rights.
 
Directs the Secretary to allocate to the Tribe 300,000 acre-feet per year of water stored in Bighorn Lake, under a water right held by the United States, as measured at the Yellowtail Dam outlet works.
 
Requires the Tribe, as a condition of receiving an allocation, to enter into an agreement with the Secretary to establish the terms and conditions. Declares that the benefits provided satisfy all claims of the Tribe and allottees.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Crow Settlement Fund. Grants the Tribe the exclusive right to develop and market power generation as a water development project on the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam. 
 
Repeals this Act on January 1, 2016, if the Secretary does not publish by March 31, 2016, a statement of findings that specified conditions have been fulfilled (including court approval and ratification of the compact).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
CARE Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3564
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Labor
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 
Children's Act for Responsible Employment of 2009 or the CARE Act of 2009 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to repeal certain exemptions from child labor prohibitions for agricultural employment.
 
Applies such child labor prohibitions with respect to any employee under 18 employed in agriculture unless employed by a parent or a person standing in place of a parent on a farm owned or operated by such parent or person.
 
Eliminates any waiver of such prohibitions for hand-harvesting of certain crops.
 
 
Increases civil and establishes criminal penalties for child labor violations.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to analyze data and report to Congress on work-related injuries to children and related matters. Requires employers to report on work-related serious injuries, illnesses, or deaths of agricultural employees under age 18.
 
Directs the Secretary to revise federal child labor regulations to prohibit the employment of children under 18 in occupations that prohibit exposure to pesticides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9494)
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on dry adhesive copolyamide pellets.

Bill: 111-hr-3565
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on dry adhesive copolyamide pellets.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Orgasol.

Bill: 111-hr-3566
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Orgasol.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Respect for Marriage Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3567
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2009-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 
Respect for Marriage Act of 2009 - Amends the Defense of Marriage Act to repeal provisions allowing states, territories, possessions of the United States, or Indian tribes to give no effect to a public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other such entity respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under that entity's laws or a right or claim arising from such relationship.
 
Amends the federal rules of construction added by such Act concerning the definitions of &quot;marriage&quot; and &quot;spouse&quot; to provide that, for purposes of any federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual's marriage is valid in the state where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any state, if the marriage is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Introduced in House