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Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2248
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Mental health
Public housing
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: 
Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to provide grants to to assist states in carrying out inspections of lodging facilities for cimex lectularius, commonly known as the bed bug. Allows states to use grants to conduct inspections, train inspection personnel, contract with a commercial applicator to inspect and treat lodging facilities, and educate lodging proprietors and staff about prevention and eradication of bed bugs. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the effectiveness of the grant program.
 
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to include bed bug prevention and management in public housing agency plans. 
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to include bed bug prevention and control under the block grant program for preventive health services. 
 
Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to investigate the public health implications of bed bugs on lodging and housing and report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2249
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: 
Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid plans to provide that the state will establish and maintain laws to require disclosure of information on hospital charges, to make such information available to the public, and to provide individuals with information about estimated out-of-pocket costs for health care services. 
 
Directs the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to research and report to Congress on: (1) the types of information on the charges and out-of-pocket costs for health care services that individuals find useful in making decisions about where, when, and from whom to receive care; (2) how such types of information vary by whether they have health benefits coverage, and what kinds; and (3) ways in which such information may be available on a timely basis and in easy-to-understand form to individuals facing such decisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5293-5299)
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2251
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: 
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) reduce a hospital's otherwise applicable resident limit by the number of positions unused for the five most recent cost reporting periods; and (2) require the distribution of additional resulting residency positions to certain other hospitals.
 
Requires that all the time spent by a resident in outpatient settings be counted towards the determination of full-time equivalency for the purposes of payments for direct graduate (GME) and indirect (IME) medical education costs, without regard to the setting in which the activities are performed, if the hospital continues to incur the costs of the resident's stipends and fringe benefits during the time the resident spends in that setting.
 
Sets forth rules for counting resident time for didactic and scholarly activities and other activities. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process for the redistribution of residency slots after a hospital closes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-05
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: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
National Health Care Quality Act

Bill: 111-hr-2252
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Medicaid
Medical research
Medicare
Minority health
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: 
National Health Care Quality Act - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Office of National Health Care Quality Improvement, headed by a Director of National Health Care Quality. Sets forth the duties of the Director, including: (1) advising the President on the quality of health care in the United States; (2) determining national priorities for improving health care quality; (3) establishing annual benchmarks for federal agencies to achieve national priorities for health care quality improvement; (4) developing an annual report card on the nation's health; and (5) posting on a website public information relating to national priorities for health care quality improvement and other information relating to health care quality. Establishes within the Office the Quality Interagency Coordinating Council to coordinate health care quality improvement efforts across all federal agencies.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) make the position of Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality a presidential appointment; and (2) require the Agency to incorporate health care quality improvement priorities into research conducted under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), apply health care quality measures to HHS health programs, and conduct a public education campaign to educate health care providers and consumers about health care quality improvement. Establishes a National Quality Resource Center to assist health care providers in understanding and implementing health care quality improvement initiatives.
 
Requires the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to award National Quality Support Extension grants to support and facilitate local health care quality improvement efforts throughout the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-05
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: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Financial Markets Commission Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2253
Sponsor: Rep. Delahunt, Bill [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Financial crises and stabilization
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: 
Financial Markets Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes in the legislative branch the Financial Markets Commission to: (1) examine all causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States, including the collapse of major financial and commercial firms and the deterioration of the credit and housing markets; and (2) investigate the role in the crisis, if any, of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), trading facilities for commodities and self-regulatory organizations, the federal banking agencies, any financial or commercial corporation, partnership, or entity, and any other governmental or non-governmental entity.
 
Requires the Commission to: (1) report its findings and recommendations to the President and Congress; and (2) refer to the U.S. Attorney General and any appropriate state attorney general any person that the Commission finds may have violated federal laws in relation to the crisis.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1094)
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2254
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Disability assistance
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: 
Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009 - Includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam, for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam, such Republic's inland waterways, ports, and harbors, waters offshore, and airspace above.
 
Includes as veterans eligible for such presumption those who: (1) served on Johnston Island during the period beginning on April 1, 1972, and ending on September 30, 1977; or (2) received the Vietnam Service Medal or the Vietnam Campaign Medal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2255
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: 
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2009 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require reports on federal mandates to include: (1) an assessment of the prospective costs of carrying out changes to a condition of federal assistance being imposed on participating state, local, or tribal governments and how these costs compare with the funds being authorized; (2) for reauthorizations, an assessment of the additional costs of changes in those conditions compared with the changes in funding being authorized; (3) in cases where a bill or joint resolution provides necessary sums, an estimate of that amount; and (4) an identification and description of any reasonably foreseeable indirect costs to such governments or the private sector from implementing the federal mandate. 
 
Repeals a provision excluding independent regulatory agencies from reporting requirements.

 Makes requirements under this Act applicable to general notice of any final rule that includes such a mandate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and 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: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Preserving the American Historical Record Act

Bill: 111-hr-2256
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: 
Preserving the American Historical Record Act - Requires the Archivist of the United States to make grants to states to: (1) protect historical records; (2) use such records in new and creative ways; (3) provide education and training to those who care for historical records; and (4) create a wide variety of access tools, including finding aids, documentary editions, indexes, and images of key records maintained on state and local organization websites.
 
Sets forth a formula for the allocation of grant funds to states. Requires the Archivist to consult with state archivists, state secretaries of state, or other appropriate state and local officials who have administrative responsibilities for archival functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2257
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: 
Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans to establish a separate account for the funding of outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and a separate subaccount for the funding of outreach activities of the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the National Cemetery Administration. Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain procedures for ensuring the effective coordination of VA outreach activities between and among such elements, the Office of the Secretary, and the Office of Public Affairs. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to state veterans agencies to carry out, coordinate, and improve outreach by the VA and the states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Liberian Refugee Immigration Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2258
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Immigration status and procedures
Liberia
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Liberian Refugee Immigration Protection Act of 2009 - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain Liberian nationals who were granted, or are eligible to apply for, temporary protected status on or after March 27, 1991.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Stop the Revolving Door in Washington Act

Bill: 111-hr-2259
Sponsor: Rep. Kosmas, Suzanne M. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: 
Stop the Revolving Door in Washington Act - Amends the federal criminal code regarding the two-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Senators with any member, officer, or employee of either chamber, or employee of any other legislative office.
 
Imposes the two-year lobbying ban on all former Members of Congress.
 
Continues the one-year ban, as under current law, on lobbying contacts by former elected officers of the House of Representatives with any House Member, officer, or employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate Greece as a program country for purposes of the visa waiver program established under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Bill: 111-hr-2261
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Europe
Greece
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: 
Deems Greece to be designated as a visa waiver country under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2262
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Disability and health-based discrimination
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
School administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: 
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to require: (1) states to use grants for safe and drug-free schools to collect and report information on the incidence of bullying and harassment; and (2) local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools to use subgrants to prevent and respond to incidents of bullying and harassment.
 
Requires such LEAs or schools to: (1) notify parents and students annually of conduct prohibited in their school discipline policies, that now must include bullying and harassment; and (2) establish grievance procedures for students and parents to register complaints regarding such conduct.
 
Includes bullying and harassment within the Act's definition of violence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1061)
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Disability Equity Act

Bill: 111-hr-2263
Sponsor: Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: 
Disability Equity Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate: (1) the five-month waiting period for an individual (including a disabled widow or widower) to be eligible for benefits based on disability; and (2) the waiting period for benefits under SSA title XVIII (Medicare).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Maria Carlota Tribaldo, Jose Vladimir Orellana-Hernandez, Bernardo Tribaldo, Yulieth Tribaldo, and Yedssi Aceneth Moreno Forero.

Bill: 111-hr-2264
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Provides for the relief of Maria Carlota Tribaldo, Jose Vladimir Orellana-Hernandez, Bernardo Tribaldo, Yulieth Tribaldo, and Yedssi Aceneth Moreno Forero.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-05
text: Introduced in House