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To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit any national securities exchange from effecting any transaction in a security issued by a corporation unless the corporation's registration with the exchange includes a certification that the corporation currently is in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 governing contributions and expenditures by corporations which were in effect with respect to elections held during 2008.

Bill: 111-hr-4435
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Licensing and registrations
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the application for registration of a security on a national securities exchange, as well as periodic reports by issuers of securities, to contain a statement certifying that the issuer is in compliance with the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to contributions and expenditures it made in the most recent quarter and year, as such Act applied to elections held in 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Belarus Arms Transfers Accountability Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4436
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Belarus
Europe
Iran
Latin America
Middle East
Nuclear weapons
Sanctions
Terrorism
Venezuela

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Belarus Arms Transfers Accountability Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Secretary of State should consider reports of arms sales by Belarus to state sponsors of terrorism and states that do not cooperate with the United States in its anti-terrorism efforts, as well as any information gathered for a certain congressional report concerning Belarus' proliferation of conventional and nuclear weapons to such countries, including Venezuela, in determining whether to impose terrorism and nonproliferation sanctions to deter such arms sales by Belarus; and (2) any use by Iran of nuclear cooperation agreements with other countries as a means to proliferate weapons technology and expertise to countries such as Venezuela, either directly or by arrangements with Belarus or other countries, would not be in the interest of the United States.
 
Directs the Secretary to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees on exports of weapons and related services by the government of Belarus and Belarusian enterprises, especially to state sponsors of terrorism or countries not fully cooperating with U.S. antiterrorism efforts, including Venezuela.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
HIRING Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4437
Sponsor: Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Hiring Incentives to Reinvest and Incentivize New Growth Act of 2010 or the HIRING Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers, including tax-exempt employers, a refundable tax credit for increases in wages paid during 2010 and 2011.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to work with state employment agencies to inform businesses of the availability of the tax credit allowed by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Tobacco Tax Parity Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4439
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Tobacco Tax Parity Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the excise tax on pipe tobacco equal to the tax on roll-your-own tobacco (i.e., $24.78 per pound).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
COMBAT Act

Bill: 111-hr-4440
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health personnel
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Combat Operations and Medical Benefit Authorization for Our Troops Act of 2010 or COMBAT Act - Increases the maximum monthly rates of: (1) hazardous duty pay; (2) hostile fire or imminent danger pay; (3) special pay for service as a member of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team; (4) special pay for members extending duty at designated overseas locations; (5) combat-related injury rehabilitation pay; and (6) the family separation allowance.
 
Increases the maximum annual rates of special pay for: (1) officers serving as psychologists and nonphysician health care providers; and (2) special warfare officers extending their active-duty period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Stop Terrorist Entry Program Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4441
Sponsor: Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Middle East
Military facilities and property
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Terrorism
Visas and passports
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Stop Terrorist Entry Program Act of 2010 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar the admission of any alien (other than an immediate relative or a diplomat/foreign government official) who is a national of, or residing in, a country determined to be a state sponsor of terrorism.
 
Authorizes the waiver of such prohibition for: (1) emergency medical treatment; or (2) admission as a refugee or asylee.
 
Treats Yemen as a state sponsor of terrorism until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) reports to Congress that Yemen has addressed terrorism issues within its borders and that the issuance of visas to aliens who are nationals of, or residing in, Yemen no longer poses a significant U.S. security threat.
 
Prohibits funds from being used to: (1) transfer an enemy combatant detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any military or prison installation located in the United States; or (2) build or modify any facility in the United States for the purpose of housing any such enemy combatant.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
PLANES Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4442
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Aviation and airports
Homeland security
Technology assessment
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Protect the Lives of Americans Now through Enhanced Screening Act of 2010 or PLANES Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), acting through the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]), to: (1) study and report to Congress on the use and effectiveness of explosives detection technologies, including whole-body imaging technology, explosives trace detection technology, and explosives detection canine teams, for screening cargo, passenger checked and carry-on baggage, and air passengers on domestic and foreign aircraft; (2) submit to Congress an explosives detection technologies rapid deployment plan; and (3) ensure that each U.S. commercial service airport has at least one explosives detection canine team, and that a sufficient number of such teams be deployed to meet 100% of federal air cargo screening requirements for domestic and foreign passenger aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
VET Act

Bill: 111-hr-4443
Sponsor: Rep. Halvorson, Deborah L. [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Income tax credits
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Veterans Employment Today Act of 2010 or the VET Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of disabled and unemployed veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Defund the Crooks Act

Bill: 111-hr-4444
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Business ethics
Corporate finance and management
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Defund the Crooks Act - Prohibits any federal contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other form of agreement from being awarded to or entered into with any organization that: (1) has been convicted of a violation of any federal or state law; (2) had its corporate charter revoked due to its failure to comply with federal or state laws; (3) has submitted a fraudulent claim to a federal or state agency; (4) knowingly employs an individual who has been convicted of a violation of federal or state law, hires any such individual as a contractor, or extends authority to such an individual to act on its behalf; or (5) is the parent company of, subsidiary of, or subsidiary of the parent company of, or owns 50% or more of, such an organization.
 
Prohibits: (1) any federal funds from being provided to such an organization, except for goods or services provided before this Act's enactment; and (2) any federal employee, in the course and scope of employment, or any federal contractor, during the performance of the contract, from promoting such an organization. Provides for the termination of contracts awarded before, or awarded to an entity that becomes such an organization after, enactment of this Act.
 
Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to carry out provisions of this Act relating to contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Outcomes for America's Juvenile and Family Courts Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4446
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Judges
Lawyers and legal services
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Strengthening Outcomes for America's Juvenile and Family Courts Act of 2010 - Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to revise the grant program for juvenile and family court personnel to direct the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office of Justice Programs in the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to national nonprofit organizations with expertise in family law matters, including child abuse and neglect, elder abuse, and violence against women and family members, to improve training, education, technical assistance, and research to assist courts, judges, judicial personnel, attorneys, child welfare personnel, and lay child advocates in handling family law matters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
STAY PUT Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4447
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Suspending Travel After Years of Pleasure Trips on Unwitting Taxpayers Act of 2010 or the STAY PUT Act of 2010 - Prohibits the use of appropriated funds, including official funds of the House of Representatives or funds available under any federal law, rule, or regulation, to pay for official travel outside of the United States by any Member, officer, or employee of the House, until the Comptroller General studies and reports to the Speaker of the House and the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and of State on the use of certain appropriated funds for such travel and recommendations for appropriate restrictions on, and reporting requirements applicable to, such travel which will promote transparency and cost savings.
 
Exempts from the prohibition and requirements of this Act any travel: (1) to a military installation or to a theater of operations of the Armed Forces; and (2) by Members and employees of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, if the travel is for official committee business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Newtown Battlefield located in Chemung County, New York, and the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4448
Sponsor: Rep. Massa, Eric J. J. [D-NY-29]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Europe
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Newtown Battlefield in Chemung County, New York (where the Battle of Newtown was fought on August 29, 1779, during the Revolutionary War), as well as the suitability and feasibility of the Battlefield's inclusion in the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Online Voter Empowerment Registration Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4449
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Responsible Online Voter Empowerment Act of 2010 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to reimburse each eligible state for the costs incurred in establishing, if it so chooses, an online voter registration program meeting specified requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Federal Housing Finance Agency Inspector General Technical Corrections Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4450
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Federal Housing Finance Agency Inspector General Technical Corrections Act of 2009 - Deems the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), for purposes of the Inspector General Act of 1978, to be a designated federal entity during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending upon the date that an Inspector General of the FHFA is first appointed and confirmed.
 
Establishes in the FHFA the Office of the Inspector General.
 
Instructs the Director of the FHFA to appoint an Inspector General of the FHFA within 30 days after enactment of this Act.
 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise (LIFE) Act

Bill: 111-hr-4452
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise (LIFE) Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to carry out a national program to conduct and support activities regarding individuals who are overweight or obese in order to make progress toward the goal of significantly reducing obesity in the United States. Requires such activities to include: (1) training health professionals; (2) educating the public; and (3) developing and demonstrating intervention strategies for use at worksites and in community settings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E26-27)
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
INTERPOL Immunities Oversight Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4453
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
International organizations and cooperation
Tariffs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
INTERPOL Immunities Oversight Act of 2010 - Directs the The President to revoke Executive Order 13524 and amend Executive Order 12425 so as to restore the words removed by Executive Order 13524. (Restores certain limitations on property search, customs duty, and taxation immunities in the United States for the International Criminal Police Organization's [INTERPOL].)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 to require the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to make a preliminary report no later than June 15, 2010.

Bill: 111-hr-4454
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Financial crises and stabilization
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Amends the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA) to require the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to submit a preliminary report on the current financial and economic crisis in the United States by June 15, 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Industrial Energy Efficiency Incentives Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4455
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Expanding Industrial Energy Efficiency Incentives Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase megawatt and horsepower capacity limitations for the combined heat and power system property energy tax credit; and (2) allow new tax credits to improve advanced motor system energy efficiency, to replace chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerant chillers, and for investment in any qualifying efficient industrial process water use project. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House