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TRICARE Mail-Order Pharmacy Pilot Program Act

Bill: 111-hr-806
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Medicare
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
TRICARE Mail-Order Pharmacy Pilot Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a two-year pilot program to: (1) educate beneficiaries about the mail-order pharmacy available under TRICARE (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed care program); and (2) motivate such beneficiaries to increase their mail-order pharmacy use.
 
Requires the program to include at least 2,000 eligible beneficiaries in each TRICARE region, of whom at least 1,000 in each region shall be enrolled in Medicare Part B.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to require a public database of the executive compensation of the institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Assets Relief Program.

Bill: 111-hr-807
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Government information and archives
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish an Internet website containing a searchable database of the executive compensation of the institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
 
Requires any institution receiving any TARP assistance to disclose annually to the Secretary the total compensation of: (1) each of its 100 most highly paid executives, officers, or employees; or (2) for an institution with fewer than 1,000 employees, each of the top 5% of its most highly paid executives, officers, or employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce from age 57 to age 55 the age after which the remarriage of the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation otherwise payable to that surviving spouse.

Bill: 111-hr-809
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Reduces from age 57 to age 55 the age after which the remarriage of the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation otherwise payable to that surviving spouse. Prohibits payment of retroactive benefits. Permits eligibility for such benefits by an individual who but for having remarried would be eligible for such benefits by reason such age reduction and whose remarriage was before the date of the enactment of this Act and after the individual had attained age 57 only if the individual submits an application for such benefits within one year of enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to employers for the value of the service not performed during the period employees are performing service as members of the Ready Reserve or the National Guard.

Bill: 111-hr-810
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide employers a business tax credit for up to ten percent of compensation not paid to their employees who were members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard absent from work to perform active duty. Limits such credit to $2,000 for any one Ready Reserve-National Guard employee per year.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Retired Pay Restoration Act

Bill: 111-hr-811
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Retired Pay Restoration Act - Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Provides a phase-in for the concurrent receipt of retired pay with respect to retirees with service-connected disabilities rated at 40% or less.
 
Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Commonsense Consumption Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-812
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Food industry and services
Marketing and advertising
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Commonsense Consumption Act of 2009 - Prohibits new, and requires dismissal of pending, civil actions by any person against a manufacturer, marketer, distributor, advertiser, or seller of food, or a trade association, for any injury related to a person's accumulated acts of consumption of food and weight gain, obesity, or any associated health condition. Subjects to such prohibition: (1) any action brought by a person other than the person on whose weight gain, obesity, or health condition the action is based; and (2) any derivative action brought by or on behalf of any person or any representative, spouse, parent, child, or other relative of that person.

Excludes from this prohibition any actions alleging: (1) a breach of express contract or express warranty provided that the grounds of recovery are unrelated to a person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; (2) a knowing violation of a federal or state statute applicable to the marketing, advertisement, or labeling of food with intent for a person to rely on that violation, where such person relied on that violation, and where such reliance was the proximate cause of injury related to that person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; or (3) a violation brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Federal Trade Commission Act or by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Tracing and Recalling Agricultural Contamination Everywhere Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-814
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Business records
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Tracing and Recalling Agricultural Contamination Everywhere Act of 2009 or TRACE Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a traceability system for all stages of manufacturing, processing, packaging, and distribution of food.
 
States that cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, and poultry presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce shall be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary to trace: (1) each animal to any location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and (2) each carcass or part of a carcass and food product forward from slaughter through processing and distribution to the ultimate consumer. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a traceability system for all stages of production, processing, and distribution of meat and meat food products produced through the slaughter of such animals. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) prohibit or restrict entry to a slaughtering establishment of an animal not so identified; and (2) require a person or entity to maintain records.
 
Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Egg Products Inspection Act to establish similar provisions for poultry and poultry products and for eggs and egg products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Safe And Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-815
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business records
Consumer affairs
Department of Agriculture
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Safe And Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2009 or the SAFER Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require a person (other than a household consumer) who has reason to believe that a meat or poultry article handled by such person is adulterated or misbranded to notify the Secretary of Agriculture of the identity and location of the article. Directs the Secretary, upon finding that the article is adulterated or misbranded and there is a reasonable probability that human consumption would present a threat to public health, to: (1) provide all appropriate persons an opportunity to cease distribution of the article, make appropriate notifications, and recall the article; and (2) require an immediate cessation of distribution if voluntary action is not taken.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) refuse to provide, or to withdraw, inspections of an establishment for willful or repeated violations of the respective Act; (2) deny or suspend inspection in the public interest to protect the health or welfare of consumers or to ensure the effective performance of an official duty under the respective Act; and (3) assess civil penalties for violations.
 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a person (other than a household consumer or other individual who is an intended consumer) who has reason to believe that an article of food introduced into interstate commerce is adulterated or misbranded in a manner that, if consumed, may result in illness or injury to notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary, upon finding that to be the case, to: (1) provide all appropriate persons an opportunity to cease distribution of such article, make appropriate notifications, and recall the article; and (2) require an immediate cessation of distribution if voluntary action is not taken. Allows the Secretary to assess penalties for prohibited acts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Military Retirees Health Care Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-816
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Hospital care
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Military Retirees Health Care Protection Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) and the nation have a committed health benefits obligation to retired military personnel that exceeds the obligation of corporate employers to civilian employees; and (2) DOD has many additional options to constrain the growth of health care spending in ways that do not disadvantage beneficiaries, and should pursue such options rather than seeking large fee increases for beneficiaries.
 
Prohibits an increase after: (1) April 1, 2006, in a premium, deductible, copayment, or other charge prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for medical and dental health care coverage for military personnel; and (2) September 30, 2009, in the dollar amount of a cost-sharing requirement under the DOD pharmacy benefits program.
 
Prohibits: (1) charges for DOD inpatient care from exceeding $535 per day; and (2) beginning on January 1, 2009, an increase in premiums under TRICARE (a DOD managed health care program) for certain members of the Selected Reserve. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to facilities in Georgia or to house such individuals at such facilities.

Bill: 111-hr-817
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Georgia
Military facilities and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any individual detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any military installation or federal detention center in Georgia; or (2) house any such individual at a Georgia installation or detention center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To require advertising for any automobile model to display information regarding the fuel consumption and fuel cost for that model, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-818
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Marketing and advertising
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Requires any advertisement for any model of automobile or light duty truck to include the Environmental Protection Agency's Combined Miles Per Gallon Rating, City Miles Per Gallon Rating, Highway Miles Per Gallon Rating MPG, and Estimated Annual Fuel Cost Rating for that model. Treats a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act and requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who died on or before September 30, 1999, under the same eligibility conditions as apply to payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of former prisoners of war who die after that date.

Bill: 111-hr-819
Sponsor: Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Amends veterans' benefit provisions to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of veterans rated totally disabled at the time of death who were former prisoners of war (under current law, to the survivors of such veterans who died after September 30, 1999).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Mercury Emissions Reduction Act

Bill: 111-hr-821
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Mercury Emissions Reduction Act - Declares that this Act's purpose is to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate a rule that requires mercury emissions from electric utility steam generating units to be subject to Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards under the Clean Air Act for hazardous air pollutants.
 
Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator to promulgate standards for mercury emissions from electric utility steam generating units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Paget's Cancer Awareness Act

Bill: 111-hr-822
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Medical research
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Paget's Cancer Awareness Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a program to provide information and education to health professionals and the public on the symptoms of and treatment for Paget's disease of the breast. Requires the Secretary to study aspects of the disease concerning the range of symptoms, time lapse between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis and treatment, and demographic distribution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-823
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Hate crimes
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Hate Crime Statistics Act to require the Attorney General to acquire data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E191)
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House