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Pandemic Protection for Workers, Families, and Businesses Act

Bill: 111-hr-4092
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2009-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional officers and employees
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: 
Pandemic Protection for Workers, Families, and Businesses Act - Requires certain covered employers to provide annually to each of their covered: (1) full-time employees at least seven days of paid sick time, and specified employment benefits; and (2) part-time employees the same employment benefits and a number of days or hours of paid sick time, determined under a specified pro rata formula.
 
Allows the covered employee to use such sick time for an absence: (1) resulting from a medical condition involving symptoms of a contagious illness (including influenza-like illnesses such as the 2009 H1N1 virus), the need to obtain medical diagnosis or care, or to obtain preventive care for such illness; (2) due to determination by a health authority or a health care provider that the employee's presence on the job, after exposure to a contagious illness, would jeopardize the health of others; (3) to care for a child experiencing such symptoms; or (4) to care for a child due to determination by a health authority or a health care provider that the child's presence in the community, after exposure to a contagious illness, would jeopardize the health of others.
 
Permits use of sick leave if the covered employee's place of business is closed due to a contagious illness or his or her need to care for a child whose school or child care or early childhood program has been closed for such reason.
 
Specifies prohibited acts by an employer, and penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2009-11-17
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to purchase the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4093
Sponsor: Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2009-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Building construction
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Illinois
Land transfers
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: 
Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to purchase the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois. 
 
Prohibits the use of any funds authorized by this Act to transfer any enemy combatant from the Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Thomson Correctional Center or to build, modify, or enhance Thomson Correctional Center or any other facility in Illinois to house any such enemy combatant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2782)
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Drywall Victims Insurance Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4094
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2009-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Asia
Building construction
China
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Evidence and witnesses
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing finance and home ownership
Insurance industry and regulation
Legal fees and court costs
Life, casualty, property insurance
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: 
Drywall Victims Insurance Protection Act of 2009 - Declares it is unlawful for an insurer to cancel, or decline to renew, any coverage for homeowners' insurance for any single-family housing based on the presence, or possibility of presence, of any drywall that: (1) was imported from, or originated in, China at any time during calendar years 2004 through 2007; or (2) contains elevated levels of sulphur or strontium.
 
Prohibits an insurer from issuing discriminatory terms in any renewal of homeowners' coverage based on the presence, or possibility of presence, in the structure of such drywall. 
 
Permits an insured adversely affected by a violation of this Act by an insurer to bring a civil action for relief against such insurer in federal or state court. Directs the court to allow a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorneys' fee as part of the costs, including any expert fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Introduced in House
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Modernization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4096
Sponsor: Rep. Perriello, Thomas S.P. [D-VA-5]
Introduced: 2009-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government liability
Immunology and vaccination
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: 
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the limitation period for filing a petition to compensate a vaccine-related injury under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Thomson Correctional Center, Thomson, Illinois.

Bill: 111-hr-4097
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2009-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Illinois
Latin America
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: 
Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available to any federal department or agency from being used to transfer any individual detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Thomson Correctional Center, Thomson, Illinois.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Energy Efficiency Modernization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4099
Sponsor: Rep. Kilroy, Mary Jo [D-OH-15]
Introduced: 2009-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Federal preemption
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: 
Energy Efficiency Modernization Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make: (1) payments (green dividends) to owners of assisted multifamily rental housing projects who undertake utility cost-saving measures; and (2) loans funded from residual receipts to owners of assisted multifamily rental housing projects for undertaking green retrofit measures for such projects.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study and report to Congress on the benefits of a federal statutory exemption from compliance with state and local building codes to enable and encourage the construction and installation in assisted multifamily rental housing projects of distributive energy generation and water efficiency measures.
 
Requires owners of assisted multifamily rental housing projects to report to the Secretary on consumption of electricity, water, gas, and other utilities by such projects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2793)
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Jumpstarting Our Business Sector Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4100
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2009-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Capital gains tax
Employment taxes
Financial crises and stabilization
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: 
Jumpstarting Our Business Sector Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income in 2009 and 2010 long-term capital gains and dividend income; (2) reduce for a two year period the employment and self-employment tax rates; (3) reduce corporate income tax rates in 2009 and 2010; and (4) reduce the income tax rate for taxpayers in the lowest income tax bracket in 2009 and 2010.
 
Rescinds all unobligated balances of the discretionary appropriations made available by division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (stimulus funds). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to House Appropriations
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to provide detailed briefings to Congress on any recent discussions conducted between United States Government and the Government of Taiwan and any potential transfer of defense articles or defense services to the Government of Taiwan, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4102
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2009-11-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Taiwan

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State to provide briefings to Congress at least once a year regarding: (1) discussions conducted between any executive branch agency and the government of Taiwan; and (2) potential defense article or defense service transfers to the government of Taiwan.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional year, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4103
Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]
Introduced: 2009-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend by one year, from July 2010 to July 2011, the Secretary of Education's authority to purchase or enter into forward commitments to purchase: (1) Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) from lenders, upon the determination that there is an inadequate availability of loan capital to meet the demand for such loans; and (2) rehabilitated loans that eligible lenders purchased under the FFEL default reduction program.
 
Extends by one year, from June 30, 2010 to June 30, 2011, the authority of institutions of higher education (IHEs), with the Secretary's approval, to participate in the FFEL lender-of-last-resort program for borrowers otherwise unable to obtain such loans (thereby requiring guaranty agencies serving as lenders-of-last-resort to make FFELs to student and parent borrowers of such IHEs, until such date, regardless of their ability to otherwise obtain such loans).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Responders Highway Safety Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4104
Sponsor: Rep. Ellsworth, Brad [D-IN-8]
Introduced: 2009-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Law enforcement officers
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: 
Emergency Responders Highway Safety Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a highway emergency responders safety grant program.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to nonprofit and not-for-profit organizations for projects to: (1) increase awareness of state laws that require a motorist to change lanes or reduce speed if passing a highway emergency responder, including the penalties for noncompliance with such laws; and (2) provide highway emergency responders with training on the prevention of injuries and fatalities resulting from roadside collisions.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a multidisciplinary advisory group to make program recommendations; and (2) an incident reporting system to compile information on roadside collisions involving highway emergency responders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Air for Federal Workers Act

Bill: 111-hr-4105
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2009-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: 
Healthy Air for Federal Workers Act - Prohibits the smoking of tobacco products in any area outside of any federal executive, legislative, or judicial building which is within 25 feet of any of the building's entrances, exits, windows that open, or ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area of the building where smoking is prohibited.
 
Excludes the smoking of tobacco products which occurs solely for purposes of research on smoking conducted by an agency.
 
Requires the Administrator of General Services, in conjunction with agency heads, regarding executive branch buildings, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, regarding judicial branch buildings, to inform all employees and visitors to such buildings about the smoke-free policy, educate employees about the dangers of exposure to secondhand smoke, and undertake necessary related activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, 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: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Green Affordable Housing Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4106
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2009-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Solid waste and recycling
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: 
Green Affordable Housing Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a program of grants and loans to owners of specified eligible federally assisted housing projects for making eligible green retrofit improvements to such projects.
 
Conditions such grants or loans on a HUD approved retrofit plan by the owners of such projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
National Right-to-Work Act

Bill: 111-hr-4107
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2009-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
Railroads
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: 
National Right-to-Work Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Gold Hill-Wakamatsu Preservation Act

Bill: 111-hr-4108
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2009-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
California
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: 
Gold Hill-Wakamatsu Preservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to acquire the Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, California, that was the location of the founding of Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony in 1869, in exchange for consideration not to exceed a specified amount.
 
Instructs that acquisition of Gold Hill Ranch be only from willing sellers and not through eminent domain.
 
Requires the American River Conservancy and the Gold Hill Wakamatsu Colony Foundation, for the consideration required by this Act, to contribute any private funds or state or federal grants received by the Conservancy and the Foundation to acquire the Ranch. 
 
Allows the Secretary, upon acquiring the Wakamatsu Colony site, to work with the Conservancy and the Foundation to develop a visitor center that provides for the interpretation of: (1) the Wakamatsu Colony; (2) early pioneer history; and (3) the contribution of traditional Japanese crops and practices to California's extensive agricultural economy. 
 
Requires the costs of construction of the visitor center and the conduct of restoration activities at the Ranch to be leveraged by amounts received by the Conservancy and the Foundation as private funds and state or federal grants provided for such purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Low Income Housing Tax Credit Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4109
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2009-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: 
Low Income Housing Tax Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low income housing tax credit, to increase the offset of such credit against regular income tax liability and permit a five-year carryback of credit amounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
TARP Sunset Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4110
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2009-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Financial crises and stabilization

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: 
TARP Sunset Act of 2009 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to terminate, on December 31, 2009 (as under current law), the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to implement the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
 
Repeals the Secretary's authority to extend the TARP program through October 3, 2010, upon submission of a written certification to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the prosecution of unprivileged enemy combatants by the Department of Justice.

Bill: 111-hr-4111
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2009-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Military law
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: 
Prohibits the Department of Justice (DOJ) from prosecuting any unprivileged enemy combatant (any individual who has engaged in or supported hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners or was a part of al Qaeda) for any offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-18
text: Introduced in House