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S Corporation Modernization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-996
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
S Corporation Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax treatment of S corporations by: (1) permanently reducing from 10 to 7 years the period during which S corporation built-in gains are subject to tax; (2) repealing mandatory termination of S corporation elections for excessive passive investment income; (3) allowing S corporations to increase passive investment income from 25 to 60% without incurring additional tax; (4) allowing nonresident aliens to be potential current beneficiaries of an electing small business trust (ESBT); (5) allowing individual retirement accounts (IRAs) to be S corporation shareholders; (6) allowing ESBTs to claim expanded charitable tax deductions; and (7) making permanent the rule requiring a basis adjustment to stock of an S corporation making charitable contributions of property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5283-5284)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Tax Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-997
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Family Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an additional refundable tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment; and (2) increase the dollar limitation on the tax exclusion for employed-provided dependent care assistance payments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5283-5284)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Arthur Woolweaver, Jr., Social Security Act Improvements for the Terminally Ill Act

Bill: 111-s-998
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Arthur Woolweaver, Jr., Social Security Act Improvements for the Terminally Ill Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting period for disability insurance benefits for terminally ill individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-999
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Medicare
Mental health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to establish programs related to mental health services for children and adolescents, to include: (1) entering into contracts with qualified individuals to pay educational loans in exchange for providing mental health services to children and adolescents; (2) awarding scholarships to students who agree to work as child and adolescent mental health service professionals after graduation or completion of residency or fellowship; (3) awarding competitive grants to higher education institutions to establish or expand internship or other field placement programs for students receiving specialized training or clinical experience in child and adolescent mental health; (4) awarding grants to state-licensed mental heath organizations to pay for programs for preservice or in-service training of paraprofessional child and adolescent mental health workers; and (5) awarding grants to higher education institutions to establish or expand graduate child and adolescent mental health programs.
 
 
 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to adjust the graduate medical education program to: (1) exclude a reasonable number of residents or fellows in child and adolescent psychiatry when calculating the maximum number of residents in the field of allopathic or osteopathic medicine for which the hospital may be paid; and (2) extend the period of board eligibility for residents and fellows in child and adolescent psychiatry. 
Directs the Administrator to study and report to Congress on the distribution of, and need for, child mental health service professionals and on a comparison of such distribution and need on a state-by-state basis.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5285-5287)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5284-5285)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Starting Early Starting Right Act

Bill: 111-s-1000
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Licensing and registrations
State and local finance
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Starting Early Starting Right Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations to carry out the Child Care and Development Block Grant program for FY2011-FY2014.
 
Requires the state plan under the Act to certify that the state has in effect: (1) licensing requirements applicable to child care providers within the state that include one annual announced and one annual unannounced visit to each site at which the provider provides child care services; and (2) licensing or registration requirements pertaining to training.
 
Requires the state plan to: (1) demonstrate the manner in which the state will meet the specific child care needs of low-income and working families and how it is implementing practices and procedures to help ensure that children receive continuous care from the same provider; (2) provide information demonstrating that the state is ensuring that payment rates for the provision of child care services for which assistance is provided are equal to or exceed the 75th percentile of the current market rate for all types of child care; and (3) describe efforts to address the need for child care for special populations.
 
Increases from 4% to 15% the maximum amount of child care and development block grant funds that a state may use for specified activities designed to improve the quality of child care. Provides for minimum funding set-asides for: (1) extension of full-day care; and (2) high-quality care for infants and toddlers.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis, and Training Act

Bill: 111-s-1001
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis, and Training Act or the Health Promotion FIRST Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a plan for health promotion that includes coordinating the health promotion activities of HHS and addressing how best to: (1) develop the basic and applied science of health promotion; (2) synthesize and disseminate health promotion research; (3) meet health promotion needs in rural and low-income inner city areas; (4) support and develop the health promotion and scientific community; and (5) modify or develop resources, policies, structure, and legislation to integrate health promotion into all health professions and sectors of society. Requires the Secretary to request other federal agencies to develop health promotion strategic plans.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, to: (1) develop a plan on how best to develop the science of health promotion through NIH agencies; and (2) conduct or support early research programs and research training regarding health promotion.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a plan to establish a research agenda regarding health promotion for CDC.
 
Requires the Director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion to award grants to develop Health Promotion Research Centers.
 
Requires the Secretary to modify the application process for grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded under this Act to attract the most qualified individuals and organizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Care Facilities Financing Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1002
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Educational facilities and institutions
Housing and community development funding
Preschool education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Child Care Facilities Financing Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to eligible entities to deposit into child care capital funds for technical and financial assistance to eligible child care providers to pay the costs of acquisition, construction, renovation, or improvement of child care facilities or equipment, or for technical assistance to such providers to help them undertake facilities improvement and expansion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Immunization Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1003
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Immunization Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) allow states to purchase vaccines recommended for routine use at rates negotiated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS); (2) require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a demonstration program to improve the delivery of vaccines recommended for routine use; (3) reauthorize the program for free immunizations for children, adolescents, and adults; (4) require group health plans to provide coverage for routine immunizations without cost sharing (i.e., copayments or deductibles); and (5) require the improvement and expansion of immunization information systems as part of the health information technology infrastructure.
 
Amends the Social Security Act to provide: (1) Medicare and Medicaid coverage for vaccines recommended for routine use; and (2) reimbursement to health care providers for administering vaccines to children under the Vaccines for Children program.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the CDC Director to jointly review and update the regional maximum charge for state vaccine administration established under the Vaccines for Children program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5288-5290)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5287-5288)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
RE-Aligning Care Act

Bill: 111-s-1004
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Reaching Elders with Assessment and Chronic Care Management and Coordination Act or RE-Aligning Care Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) coverage of geriatric assessments and chronic care management and coordination services.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct outreach activities to inform likely eligible individuals of such assessments and services. 
 
Authorizes Medicare coverage for telehealth services to furnish such assessments and services.
 
Directs the Secretary to contract for a study and report to Congress and the Secretary on: (1) the effectiveness of such coverage in improving the quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions; and (2) the impact of such assessments and services on reducing Medicare expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act

Bill: 111-s-1006
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Securities
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit the compensation for an employee of an issuer of securities in any single taxable year from exceeding 100 times the average compensation for services performed by all the issuer's employees during such taxable year.
 
Allows higher compensation only if at least 60% of the shareholders have voted to approve it (through a proxy or consent or authorization for an annual or other meeting of the shareholders, occurring within the preceding 18 months).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5291)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5290-5291)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1007
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deductions
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny employers a tax deduction for excessive compensation paid to any employee. Defines: (1) &quot;compensation&quot; to include wages, salary, fees, commissions, fringe benefits, deferred compensation, retirement contributions, options, bonuses, and property; and (2) &quot;excessive compensation&quot; as the amount by which an employee's compensation exceeds 100 times the average compensation paid to all other employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5291)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Retired Pay Fairness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1008
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Military Retired Pay Fairness Act of 2009 - Provides limitations on the recoupment of separation pay, special separation benefits, and voluntary separation incentive payments from members of the Armed Forces subsequently receiving military retired or retainer pay. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to waive such recoupments in cases of financial hardship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5292-5293)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5292)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Care Transitions Program Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1009
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Medicare Care Transitions Program Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Care Transitions Program under which outcomes-based payments are made to community-based transitional care (CTC) suppliers for: (1) furnishing care transition services to an individual after discharge from inpatient care; (2) improving quality of care; and (3) reducing rehospitalization rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
National Foreign Language Coordination Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1010
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
National Foreign Language Coordination Act of 2009 - Establishes, in the Executive Office of the President, a National Foreign Language Coordination Council to: (1) oversee and implement continuing national security and education language initiatives; (2) develop a national foreign language strategy; (3) conduct a survey of the status of federal agency foreign language and area expertise and agency needs for such expertise; and (4) monitoring the implementation of such strategy. 
 
Establishes a National Language Advisor, to be appointed by the President, to: (1) chair the Council; (2) develop and monitor implementation of the strategy, built upon the efforts of the National Security Language Initiative; (3) establish formal relationships among major stakeholders, including federal, state, and local government agencies, academia, industry, labor, and heritage communities; and (4) coordinate and lead a public information campaign.
 
Requires the Council to consult with states to provide for designation of state contact persons. Encourages formation of state interagency councils, or designation of state lead agencies, to coordinate with the Council and state and local agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5294-5295)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5293)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Mother's Day Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 111-s-1012
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Cancer
Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Medical research
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Mother's Day Centennial Commemorative Coin Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 400,000 $1 coins emblematic of the 100th anniversary of President Wilson's proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to issue such coins beginning on January 1, 2014, except that the Secretary may initiate sales of such coins, without issuance, before such date.
 
Terminates such minting authority after December 31, 2014. 
 
Requires coin sales to include a $10 surcharge per coin, with distribution of such surcharges to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the National Osteoporosis Foundation for the purpose of furthering research. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5295)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1013
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental technology
Land use and conservation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: 
Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2009 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a demonstration program for the commercial application of integrated systems for the capture, injection, monitoring, and long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide from industrial sources. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements to provide financial and technical assistance to up to 10 demonstration projects. Sets forth requirements for demonstration projects relating to site safety, environmental protection and remediation, and site closure.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to provide grants for training of state employees involved in permitting and management of carbon capture, transportation, and storage projects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-50.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CRS5373-3574)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR 5/12/2009 S5374-5375)
action_date: 2009-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate