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To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Department of Defense to support the Ocean for Life Program of the National Marine Sanctuaries under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including covering the cost of participants in the Ocean for Life Program.

Bill: 111-hr-3294
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Area studies and international education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
International exchange and broadcasting
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Military civil functions
Science and engineering education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: 
Authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD), including combatant commands and Regional Centers, to: (1) provide material and personnel support to assist in the planning and execution of the Ocean for Life Program of the National Marine Sanctuaries under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); and (2) pay all or a portion of the costs for citizens of the United States and foreign nationals to participate in the Program. Allows amounts available to the Regional Centers from the DOD &quot;Voice&quot; programs to be used to make those payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Removing Impediments to Students Education Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3295
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: 
Removing Impediments to Students Education Act of 2009 or the RISE Act of 2009 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal a provision which makes persons convicted of drug offenses ineligible to receive federal student financial assistance for specified periods.
 
Requires institutions of higher education to notify students who lost eligibility for such assistance due to a drug conviction and had not regained it prior to this Act's enactment that they are now eligible for such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on cellulose nitrate.

Bill: 111-hr-3296
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on cellulose nitrate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride.

Bill: 111-hr-3297
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Discretionary Spending Control Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3298
Sponsor: Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: 
Discretionary Spending Control Act of 2009 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to extend through FY2014 the spending limits (spending caps) for the discretionary categories in new budget authority and outlays. 
 
 Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in either chamber to consider: (1) legislation that increases the discretionary spending limits for any ensuing fiscal year after the budget year or would cause the discretionary spending limits for such year to be breached; (2) a budget resolution that would cause the discretionary spending limits for the budget year to be breached; or (3) any appropriation bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that provides advance discretionary new budget authority that first becomes available for any fiscal year after the budget year at an amount for any program, project, or activity above the amount of appropriations for FY2007 for them.
 
Amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to require preview and final discretionary sequestration reports to set forth estimates for the current year and each subsequent year through FY2014 of the applicable discretionary spending limits for each category and an explanation of any adjustments in such limits.
 
Amends the Act to extend Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) enforcement mechanisms through FY2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Seed Availability and Competition Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3299
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural trade
Genetics
Government trust funds
Horticulture and plants
Intellectual property
Tariffs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: 
Seed Availability and Competition Act of 2009 - Permits a person who plants patented seed or seed derived from patented seed to retain harvested seed for replanting by such person if that person: (1) notifies the Secretary of Agriculture of the type and quantity of seed to be retained; and (2) pays the appropriate fee established by the Secretary. 
 
Establishes the Patented Seed Fund in the Treasury into which such fees shall be deposited and from which the Secretary shall pay appropriate fees to patent holders.
 
Imposes an additional duty on the imported product of exported genetically modified seed on which royalties or other fees are charged by the patent owner to purchasers of the seed in the United States and on which no fees or lesser fees are charged to purchasers of the exported seed in a foreign country. Requires that such duties be deposited in the Fund for distribution to the appropriate patent holders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Derivative Trading Accountability and Disclosure Act

Bill: 111-hr-3300
Sponsor: Rep. McMahon, Michael E. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: 
Derivative Trading Accountability and Disclosure Act - Establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Office of Derivatives Supervision (Office) to: (1) implement this Act and oversee the registration of derivatives traders; (2) coordinate with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in developing comprehensive, standardized regulations for derivatives transactions; and (3) facilitate information exchange among specified agencies regarding the development of derivatives regulations.
 
Makes it unlawful for any unregistered derivatives trader to make use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce to effect any transactions in, or to induce or attempt to induce the purchase or sale of any type of derivative.
 
Prescribes registration requirements for derivatives traders.
 
Grants the SEC and CFTC authority to: (1) issue separate proposed regulations imposing specified requirements governing trading in the derivative instruments over which each Commission has jurisdiction; (2) impose civil penalties; (3) issue cease and desist orders; and (4) order an accounting and disgorgement.
 
Requires the Office to invite representatives of the SEC, the CFTC, regulators of domestic and foreign boards of trade, and other experts, to participate in a working group of international regulators to review international standards in order to evaluate international regulations regarding harmonization of substantive commodities and securities regulation for economically equivalent instruments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-07-22
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: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies.

Bill: 111-hr-3301
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the eligibility of certain small insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) for the alternative corporate income tax by increasing the premium limitation used to determine such eligibility to $2.025 million (from $1.2 million), with an annual inflation adjustment after 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3302
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Income tax exclusion
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: 
Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2009 - Provides for the treatment of qualified forest conservation bonds as tax-exempt facility bonds under the Internal Revenue Code. Defines &quot;qualified forest conservation bonds&quot; as bonds issued for certain forestry organizations within 48 months after the enactment of this Act. Requires 95 percent or more of the net proceeds of such bonds to be used for specified forestry project costs, including the acquisition of forest lands subject to a conservation restriction. 
 
Exempts from income tax income, gains, and other tax incidents generated by certain harvesting activity on forest lands purchased with qualified forest conservation bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Wage Theft Prevention Act

Bill: 111-hr-3303
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Judicial procedure and administration
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Wage Theft Prevention Act - Amends the Portal-to-Portal Act to toll the statute of limitations for bringing a cause of action for unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation, or liquidated damages under the Fair Standards Act and certain other Acts, starting from the time the Secretary of Labor notifies an employer of the initiation of an investigation regarding the cause of action until such employer is notified of its conclusion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To designate the current and future Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky, as the "Robley Rex Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

Bill: 111-hr-3304
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Kentucky
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky, and any successor to such medical center, as the &quot;Robley Rex Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the "H. Dale Cook Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 111-hr-3305
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges
Oklahoma

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the &quot;H. Dale Cook Federal Building and United States Courthouse.&quot; 

action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the &quot;H. Dale Cook Federal Building and United States Courthouse.&quot; 

action_date: 2009-11-17
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the &quot;H. Dale Cook Federal Building and United States Courthouse.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H13029)
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H13029)
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3305.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H13029-13030)
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Mr. Cummings moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 117.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-286.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-286.
action_date: 2009-09-24
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2009-09-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-09-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3306
Sponsor: Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Social security and elderly assistance
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) specify restrictions on the sale and display to the general public of Social Security account numbers (SSNs) by governmental entities; (2) prohibit the display of SSNs (or any derivatives) on checks issued for payment by such entities; (3) prohibit governmental entity display of SSNs (or any derivatives) on employee identification cards or tags (IDs); (4) prohibit access to the SSNs of other individuals by prisoners employed by governmental entities; (5) prohibit the selling, purchasing, or displaying of SSNs (with certain exceptions) to the general public, or the acquisition or use of any individual's SSN to locate or identify such individual with the intent to physically injure or harm him or her, or to use the individual's ID for any illegal purpose by any person; (6) provide for uniform standards for truncation of an SSN; and (7) establish new criminal penalties for the misuse of SSNs.
 
Amends SSA title XI to provide for the imposition of civil monetary penalties for specified offenses involving SSNs or Social Security cards.
 
Establishes: (1) new criminal penalties upon Social Security Administration employees who knowingly and fraudulently issue Social Security cards or SSNs; and (2) enhanced penalties in cases of terrorism, drug trafficking, crimes of violence, or prior offenses.
 
Amends SSA title XI with respect to regulatory and enforcement authority with respect to misuse of SSNs.
 
Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to enter into an arrangement with the National Research Council to study and report to the Commissioner and Congress on: (1) the extent of the use of SSNs as a primary means of authenticating identity or for verification in commercial transactions; and (2) the feasibility of a prohibition on such use. Requires the study also to examine possible alternatives to SSNs for such uses.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1916-1917)
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study of the population of the South Atlantic red snapper fishery, and to limit the authority of the Secretary to promulgate any interim rule that prohibits fishing in the South Atlantic red snapper fishery.

Bill: 111-hr-3307
Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Atlantic Ocean
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Fishes
Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study of the population of the South Atlantic red snapper fishery and report to Congress.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from promulgating any interim rule under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act that prohibits fishing in the South Atlantic red snapper fishery before such report demonstrates the need for interim rules.
 
Prohibits any interim rule that was promulgated before enactment of this Act from having any force or effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to postpone the increase in the minimum wage for 1 year.

Bill: 111-hr-3309
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2009-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: 
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to postpone for one year (until July 24, 2010) the increase in the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Introduced in House