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Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3786
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Free trade and trade barriers
Government studies and investigations
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2009 - Prohibits the President from agreeing to the reduction or elimination of the existing rate of duty on any product in order to carry out a trade agreement entered into between the United States and a foreign country until the President certifies to Congress that: (1) the United States has obtained the reduction or elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers and policies and practices of such foreign country with respect to U.S. exports of any product that has the same physical characteristics and uses as the product for which the President seeks to modify its rate of duty; and (2) any violation of the trade agreement is immediately enforceable by withdrawal of the modification of the existing duty on such foreign product until the United States Trade Representative (USTR) certifies to Congress that the United States has obtained the reduction or elimination of the tariff or nontariff barrier or policy or practice of such foreign government.
 
Requires the withdrawal of such a modification in specified circumstances until the USTR makes such a certification to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2493-2494)
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.

Bill: 111-hr-3787
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: National Guard and reserves
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Deems as active duty service, for purposes of benefits provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), service of a person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled.

action_date: 2010-09-28
text: 
Honors as a veteran any person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled.
 
Provides that such person shall not be entitled to any benefit by reason of such recognition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-29
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7019)
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7019)
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3787.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7019)
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 365.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 111-625.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 111-625.
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-09-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-07-01
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Amtrak Secure Transportation of Firearms Act

Bill: 111-hr-3789
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Amtrak Secure Transportation of Firearms Act - Requires Amtrak, at a station that accepts checked baggage for a specific Amtrak route, to allow a passenger holding a ticket for such route to place an unloaded firearm or starter pistol in a bag that has been checked at the station if: (1) before checking the bag or boarding the train, the passenger declares to Amtrak that an unloaded firearm is in his or her checked bag; (2) the firearm is carried in a locked hard-sided container; and (3) only the passenger has the key or combination to such container.
 
Allows an Amtrak passenger to place small arms ammunition for personal use in a checked bag on an Amtrak route if the ammunition is securely packed in specified kinds of boxes or other packaging specifically designed to carry such ammunition.
 
Prohibits the application of such requirements in any fiscal year in which Amtrak does not receive federal assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner.

Bill: 111-hr-3790
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-10-13
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: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Housing Council Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3793
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Healthy Housing Council Act of 2009 - Establishes in the executive branch an independent Interagency Council on Healthy Housing.
 
Requires the Council to: (1) review federal programs and services that provide housing, health, energy, or environmental services to families and individuals; (2) monitor, evaluate, and recommend improvements in existing programs and services administered, funded, or financed by federal, state, and local agencies; (3) recommend ways to reduce duplication among federal programs and services; and (4) ensure collaboration among and within agencies in the provision and availability of such programs and services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Central Valley Project Improvement Act to assist in efforts to avoid losses of juvenile anadromous fish.

Bill: 111-hr-3794
Sponsor: Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Endangered and threatened species
Fishes
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Amends the Central Valley Project Improvement Act to limit the Secretary of the Interior's share of the costs associated with fish screens in the Patterson Irrigation District to 75% of the total cost of such activities to assist efforts in California to implement measures to avoid losses of juvenile anadromous fish resulting from unscreened or inadequately screened diversions on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, their tributaries, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and the Suisun Marsh. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve per diem grant payments for organizations assisting homeless veterans.

Bill: 111-hr-3796
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Makes the rate of per diem payments provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to organizations assisting homeless veterans the greater of: (1) the daily cost of care, as adjusted by other sources of income received by the organization; or (2) $60 per bed provided by the organization.
 
Directs the Secretary to ensure that 25% of the funds available for such payments are made available to organizations that: (1) meet each, some, or at least one of the transitional and supportive services criteria prescribed by the Secretary; and (2) furnish services to homeless individuals, of which less than 75% are veterans. Provides a higher priority in the making of such per diem payments for organizations that meet all or most of the transitional and supportive services criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Representation Act

Bill: 111-hr-3797
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Census and government statistics
Citizenship and naturalization
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Fairness in Representation Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in conducting the 2010 decennial census and every decennial census thereafter, to include in any questionnaire used for the purpose of determining the total population by states, a checkbox or similar option for respondents to indicate citizenship status or lawful presence in the United States.
 
Requires the Secretary to adjust census figures as necessary so that those who are not U.S. citizens or are not lawfully present in the United States are not counted in tabulating population for purposes of apportioning Representatives in Congress among the states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
School Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3798
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Chemical and biological weapons
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Health personnel
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Nursing
School administration
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
School Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to, and enter contracts with, eligible entities to train elementary and secondary school nurses to serve as first responders and crisis managers in the event of: (1) a biological or chemical attack affecting individuals in a school building or on school grounds; or (2) an outbreak of pandemic influenza among students, faculty, or other individuals under their care.
 
Requires any such training to prepare school nurses to: (1) take necessary measures, particularly in critical early stages, to protect and preserve life; (2) notify public health authorities as appropriate to help contain or mitigate the effects of an attack or outbreak; and (3) preserve evidence of a biological or chemical attack.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Access to Prescription Medications Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3799
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Employee benefits and pensions
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Affordable Access to Prescription Medications Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to prescription drug plans, to limit the required co-payment or coinsurance for any one prescription to $200, and for all prescriptions in any month to $500.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, to expand the formulary tier exception request process to allow Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a prescription drug plan to request an exception for a specialty prescription drug as a non-preferred prescription drug.
 
Requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to study and report to Congress on: (1) the prescription drug program under Medicare part D and the interaction of such program with Medicare beneficiary access to covered drugs under part B; and (2) cost-sharing for prescription drugs under Medicare parts B and D, including an analysis of the impact of eliminating cost-sharing for covered part D drugs for Medicare beneficiaries who incur annual out-of-pocket cost-sharing, after the initial coverage limit, that exceeds 5% of their income and who do not otherwise qualify for an income-related subsidy or other extra help or cost-sharing relief.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3800
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Department of Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Reducing Barriers to Learning Act of 2009 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to create an Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services within the Department of Education to improve specialized instructional support services in schools.
 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a Reduced Barriers to Learning program authorizing the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to states to: (1) establish or expand specialized instructional support services and programs at the state level that are designed to provide technical assistance, coordination, and support to specialized instructional support services and programs addressing barriers to learning within local educational agencies and individual schools; and (2) hire and support specialized instructional support services coordinators to provide such assistance, coordination, and support.
 
Replaces references to pupil services and pupil services personnel with references to specialized instructional support services and specialized instructional support personnel.
 
Defines such services as those provided by school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified professionals that provide assessment, diagnosis, counseling, educational, therapeutic, and other necessary services as part of a comprehensive program to meet student needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
First-Time Homebuyer Credit Continuation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3801
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: District of Columbia
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
First-Time Homebuyer Credit Continuation Act of 2009 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the first-time homebuyer tax credit to: (1) extend such credit and its waiver of recapture provisions through November 30, 2010; (2) extend through December 31, 2009, the election to treat, for tax purposes, a residence purchased in 2009 as having been purchased on December 31, 2008; (3) allow taxpayers to treat, for tax purposes, a residence purchased after December 31, 2009, and before December 1, 2010, as having been purchased on December 31, 2009; and (4) extend through December 31, 2009, the coordination of the first-time homebuyer tax credit for District of Columbia residents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Wireless Freedom Act

Bill: 111-hr-3802
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Wireless Freedom Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the limitation on depreciation for cellular telephones used for personal purposes; and (2) exempt employer-provided wireless devices from taxation as a de minimis fringe benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
Kelsey Smith Act

Bill: 111-hr-3803
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Justice
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Kelsey Smith Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require telecommunication carriers to provide, at the request of a law enforcement agency, call location information of users a commercial mobile service or an IP-enabled voice service (e.g., cell phones) to such agencies and other public safety agencies to respond to emergency situations. 
 
Directs the Attorney General, under the Byrne Law Enforcement Grant Program, to: (1) provide education and training to state and local law enforcement agencies and officials to collect and use call location information in emergency situations; and (2) develop and disseminate procedures to ensure that such agencies and officials have the necessary contact information to request and obtain call location information. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-10-13
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: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in House