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Bonus Depreciation Extension Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-212
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
New York City

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Bonus Depreciation Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for two years the additional 50% depreciation allowance for business assets (bonus depreciation) and the accelerated depreciation allowance for property located in the New York Liberty Zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-213
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2009 - Exempts provisions expanding the adoption tax credit and adoption assistance programs enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 from the general terminating (sunset) provisions of that Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain home purchases.

Bill: 111-hr-214
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow purchasers of a single-family principal residence a one-time tax credit for up to $15,000 of the purchase price. Requires such a residence to be purchased after February 29, 2008, and before March 1, 2009, and that it be: (1) a new previously unoccupied residence for which a building permit has been issued and construction began on or before September 1, 2007; (2) an owner-occupied residence with a mortgage indebtedness in default on or before March 1, 2008; or (3) in foreclosure and owned by the mortgagor or the mortgagor's agent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Pay Reform Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-215
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Congressional Pay Reform Act of 2009 - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress. Requires the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress to be the rate payable as of the enactment of this Act, until such rate is adjusted following recommendations by the President under the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (or under any other law).
 
Requires any bill or resolution, or its amendment, providing for any increase in such payable rate (other than a pay adjustment recommended by the President under the Federal Salary Act of 1967) to be adopted by the House of Representatives or the Senate only by a recorded vote so as to reflect the vote of each Member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to acquire a parcel of land adjacent to Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina.

Bill: 111-hr-217
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Land transfers
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) acquire a specified parcel of land in Beaufort, South Carolina, to be used for expansion of the Beaufort National Cemetery; and (2) report to Congress on the acquisition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Living Organ Donor Tax Credit Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-218
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Income tax credits
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Living Organ Donor Tax Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable tax credit for a donation of a qualified life-saving organ for transplantation by a living individual into another individual. Defines &quot;qualified life-saving organ&quot; as a kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, intestine, bone marrow, or any part thereof. Limits the annual amount of such credit to $5,000 of the unreimbursed costs and lost wages incurred by an organ donor in connection with an organ transplant.

Amends: (1) the Public Health Service Act to reduce federal living organ donation grants by any tax credit for organ donation received under this Act; and (2) the National Organ Transplant Act to provide that any such tax credit shall not be deemed valuable consideration for purposes of the ban against organ purchases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Preservation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-219
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Budget deficits and national debt
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
Securities
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Social Security Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (Social Security Trust Funds) to ensure that the annual surplus of the Social Security Trust Funds is invested in: (1) marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed by the United States; or (2) certificates of deposit in insured depository institutions. Outlines requirements for determining the annual surplus of the Trust Funds.
 
Prohibits disinvestment of Social Security Trust Fund amounts from public debt obligations, any refraining from making such investments, or any delay in making normal deposits in such Trust Funds for public debt limit-related purposes. Authorizes, with certain conditions, the sale of Social Security Trust Fund public debt obligations for the payment of cash benefits and administrative expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E3)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-220
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Crime prevention
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Property rights
Public contracts and procurement
Right of privacy
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit using a Social Security account number except for specified Social Security and tax purposes. Prohibits the Social Security Administration from divulging the Social Security account number of an individual to any federal, state, or local government agency or instrumentality, or to any other individual. 
 
Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to prohibit any federal, state, or local government agency or instrumentality from requesting an individual to disclose his Social Security account number on either a mandatory or a voluntary basis. 
 
Prohibits any two federal agencies or instrumentalities from implementing the same identifying number with respect to any individual (except as authorized by the Social Security Act). 
 
Prohibits any federal agency from: (1) establishing or mandating a uniform standard for identification of an individual that is required to be used by any other federal or state agency, or by a private person, for any purpose other than that of conducting the authorized activities of the standard-establishing or -mandating federal agency; or (2) conditioning receipt of any federal grant, contract, or other federal funding on the adoption, by a state or local government, or by a state agency, of such a uniform standard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E7-8)
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Adoption Information Act

Bill: 111-hr-221
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Family planning and birth control
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Adoption Information Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require family planning service projects or programs, as a condition of receiving certain grants or contracts, to assure the Secretary of Health and Human Services that they will provide each person who inquires about their services with a pamphlet containing a comprehensive list of adoption centers in their state.
 
Directs the Secretary to prepare, annually update, and distribute such pamphlets to such projects or programs.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Northern Neck National Heritage Area Study Act

Bill: 111-hr-222
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Northern Neck National Heritage Area Study Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Northern Neck National Heritage Area in Virginia to be comprised of: (1) the part of eastern coastal Virginia between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers; (2) Westmoreland, Northumberland, Richmond, King George, and Lancaster Counties, Virginia; and (3) other areas adjacent to or in the vicinity of those areas that have similar heritage aspects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-223
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
California
Department of Commerce
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act - Declares that it is U.S. policy to protect and preserve living and other resources of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Farallones NMS) and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Cordell Bank NMS) marine environments.
 
Makes certain adjustments to expand the boundaries of the Farallones NMS and the Cordell NMS. 
 
Prohibits the issuance of a lease or permit authorizing mineral or hydrocarbon exploration, development, production, or transportation by pipeline within the boundaries of the sanctuaries, as modified by this Act. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to complete: (1) a draft supplemental management plan for each of the sanctuaries that focuses on management in the areas added by this Act; and (2) a revised management plan for each of the sanctuaries.
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out an assessment of necessary revisions to the regulations for the sanctuaries, including considering regulations regarding the deposit or release of introduced species and the alteration of stream and river drainage into the sanctuaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries of newspaper printing presses and components thereof.

Bill: 111-hr-224
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Directs the United States Customs and Border Protection to liquidate or reliquidate certain entries of large newspaper printing presses and components thereof.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-225
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13]
Introduced: 2009-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: 
Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act - Amends federal bankruptcy law governing a Chapter 13 debtor (adjustment of debts of an individual with regular income). Excludes from computation of debts the secured or unsecured portions of: (1) debts secured by the debtor's principal residence if the current value of that residence is less than the secured debt limit; or (2) debts secured or formerly secured by debtor's principal residence that was either sold in foreclosure or surrendered to the creditor if the current value of such real property is less than the secured debt limit.
 
Declares the credit counseling requirement inapplicable to a Chapter 13 debtor who certifies that he or she has received notice that the holder of a claim secured by the debtor's principal residence may commence a foreclosure on the debtor's principal residence.
 

 

 
Allows modification of the rights of claim holders, in the event of a foreclosure notice for a chapter 13 debtor, among other means by: (1) reducing a claim to equal the value of the debtor's interest in the residence securing such claim, and any adjustments to a related adjustable rate of interest; (2) waiving early repayment or prepayment penalties; and (3) extending the repayment period.
 
Denies debtor liability for certain fees and charges incurred while the bankruptcy case is pending and arising from a debt secured by the debtor's principal residence, unless the claim holder observes specified requirements.
 
Adds to conditions for court confirmation of a plan in bankruptcy that: (1) the holder of a claim secured by the debtor's principal residence retain the lien securing the claim until the later of the payment of such claim as reduced and modified or the discharge of a debtor from all debts; and (2) the plan modifies the claim in good faith. 
 
Excludes from final discharge of a debtor from all debts: (1) any payments to claim holders whose rights are modified under this Act; and (2) any unpaid portion of a claim as reduced. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-226
Sponsor: Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2009-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: 
Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding any other provision of any Act, from having the authority to require broadcasters to present opposing viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance, commonly referred to as the Fairness Doctrine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Sanctity of Human Life Act

Bill: 111-hr-227
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2009-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: 
Sanctity of Human Life Act - Declares that: (1) the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human and is the person's paramount and most fundamental right; (2) each human life begins with fertilization, cloning, or its functional equivalent, at which time every human has all legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood; and (3) Congress, each state, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories have the authority to protect all human lives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H66)
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a scholarship program for students seeking a degree or certificate in the areas of visual impairment and orientation and mobility.

Bill: 111-hr-228
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Education programs funding
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Higher education
Medical education
Minority education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and carry out a scholarship program of financial assistance for individuals who: (1) are accepted for, or currently enrolled in, a program of study leading to a degree or certificate in visual impairment or orientation and mobility, or both; and (2) enter into an agreement to serve, after program completion, as a full-time Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee for three years within the first six years after program completion. Sets maximum assistance amounts of $15,000 per academic year and $45,000 total. Requires pro rate repayment for failure to satisfy education or service requirements, while allowing the Secretary to waive or suspend such repayment whenever noncompliance is due to circumstances beyond the control of the participant, or when waiver or suspension is in the best interests of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Provisions of measure incorporated into H.R. 3949.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the retention of the name of Mount McKinley.

Bill: 111-hr-229
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2009-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidential administrations
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: 
Requires retention of the name of Mount McKinley in Alaska. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E33)
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-07
text: Introduced in House