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Military Voters' Equal Access to Voter Registration Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3274
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2009-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: 
Military Voters' Equal Access to Voter Registration Act of 2009 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require designating direct each Secretary of a military department to designate an office on each Armed Forces installation to ensure that certain individuals are provided the opportunity to register to vote in federal elections, update voter registrations, and request absentee ballots under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. 
 
Designates as those individuals those who are: (1) members of the Armed Forces and are undergoing a permanent change of duty station, deploying overseas for at least 6 months, returning from an overseas deployment of at least 6 months, or requests assistance related to voter registration; and (2) are dependents of members of the Armed Forces, request assistance, and are at least 18 years old.
 
Considers an office so designated to be a voter registration agency for all purposes of the Act. 
 
Requires informing Armed Forces members and their dependents of the assistance available under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the definition of commercial motor vehicle in section 31101 of title 49, United States Code, to exclude certain farm vehicles, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3275
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Betsy [D-CO-4]
Introduced: 2009-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Motor vehicles
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: 
Revises the definition of &quot;commercial motor vehicle&quot; with respect to federal commercial motor vehicle safety laws to include a vehicle with farm-designated license plates engaged in the transportation of agricultural commodities or farm supplies, or a vehicle controlled by a farmer and used to transport such items to or from a farm, having a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight the greater of which exceeds the minimum weight of a commercial motor vehicle as established by the state. (Current law applies to vehicles having a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of at least 10,001 pounds, whichever is greater.)
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from withholding commercial motor vehicle safety improvement grants from a state solely because it authorizes drivers of farm vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of between 10,000 and 26,001 pounds to operate without complying with federal commercial motor vehicle safety laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1862)
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Student Breakfast and Education Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3277
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2009-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: 
Student Breakfast and Education Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to award competitive grants to state or local educational agencies (LEAs) for the establishment or enhancement of school breakfast programs at, and through the provision of subgrants to, schools where at least 65% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches under the school lunch program.
 
Authorizes schools to use the school breakfast subgrants to: (1) increase the quantity of local or fresh food available under their programs; (2) provide nutrition education and first-hand knowledge of food systems to students; (3) extend the period during which breakfast is available, including during the school day; (4) increase participation in their breakfast programs, including through the provision of universal free breakfasts; or (5) collaborate with institutions of higher education or other research entities in compiling data and reports on their breakfast programs.
 
Gives priority to subgrant applicant schools at least 75% of whose students are eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches and which intend to use the funds to procure local produce, provide universal free breakfasts, or provide breakfast during the school day.
 
Directs grantees, at least 180 days before the end of a grant term, to evaluate whether it would be cost-effective for subgrantee schools to provide universal free breakfasts under the school breakfast program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a hospital in Cass County, Minnesota.

Bill: 111-hr-3278
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2009-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Minnesota

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: 
Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to permit the designation of a certain critical access hospital in Cass County, Minnesota, by exempting it from the requirement that it be certified by the state on or after January 1, 2006, as being a necessary provider of health care services to residents in the area. (Thus restores to Minnesota state authority to waive the application of the 35-mile rule.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs centers of excellence for rural health research, education, and clinical activities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3279
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2009-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Health facilities and institutions
Medical education
Medical research
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and operate at least one, and up to five, centers of excellence for rural health research, education, and clinical activities. Requires the submission of annual reports on those centers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program to assist veterans in highly rural areas by providing transportation to medical centers.

Bill: 111-hr-3280
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2009-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Rural conditions and development
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a grant program to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in highly rural areas. Requires an annual report concerning such grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out demonstration projects related to providing care for veterans in rural areas.

Bill: 111-hr-3281
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2009-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out demonstration projects to examine alternatives for expanding care for veterans in rural areas. Requires a report on such projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain veterans with readjustment and mental health care services, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3282
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2009-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Mental health
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Terrorism
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program to provide peer support, readjustment, and mental health services to veterans who served in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (and related services to their family members). Requires an initial, and follow-up, report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow for reimbursement of certain travel at a set rate, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3283
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2009-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay travel expenses for veterans receiving treatment at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities at the rate of 41.5 cents per mile. (Under current law the rate is that provided to federal employees in connection with the performance of official duties.) Requires an annual report concerning such expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Reduce Iranian Cyber-Suppression Act

Bill: 111-hr-3284
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2009-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Human rights
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Iran
Middle East
Public contracts and procurement
Technology transfer and commercialization
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: 
Reduce Iranian Cyber-Suppression Act - Prohibits the heads of executive agencies from entering into or renewing contracts for the procurement of goods or services from a person that exports sensitive technology (technology that restricts the free flow of information) to Iran.
 
Authorizes the President to waive such requirement if: (1) it is in the national interest of the United States; and (2) the President reports to Congress the reasons for such determination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend that portion of title 28, United States Code, commonly called the Tort Claims Act, in order to assure that individuals accompanying Federal employees who are engaged in missions for the United States Government in foreign countries have legal recourse against the Government for certain tort claims, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3285
Sponsor: Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2]
Introduced: 2009-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government liability
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: 
Amends the federal law commonly known as the &quot;Tort Claims Act&quot; to apply it to individuals accompanying, with the knowledge and consent of the U.S. government, federal employees engaged in missions for the U.S. government in foreign countries (thus assuring them of legal recourse against the U.S. government for certain tort claims).
 
Declares that the law of the place where the act or omission occurred which gives rise to the tort claim shall be deemed to be the law of the claimant's current or last U.S. domicile.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3286
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: 
Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2009 - Authorizes appropriations for conducting and supporting research on Alzheimer's disease in FY2010-FY2014.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute on Aging to: (1) give priority to conducting and supporting Alzheimer's disease research; (2) increase the emphasis on the need to conduct Alzheimer's disease prevention trials within the National Institutes of Health (NIH); (3) ensure that Alzheimer's disease is maintained as a high priority for NIH's neuroscience initiative; and (4) conduct and support cooperative clinical research regarding Alzheimer's disease.
 
Requires the Director to conduct research related to: (1) the early detection, diagnosis, and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and its potential precursors; (2) early onset Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; (3) the relationship of vascular disease and Alzheimer's disease; and (4) interventions designed to help caregivers and improve patient outcomes.
 
Authorizes the Director to establish a National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center to facilitate collaborative research among the Alzheimer's Disease Centers and Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers.
 
Expands the research of Alzheimer's Disease Centers to include outcome measures and disease management.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convene a National Summit on Alzheimer's Disease.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct activities related to risk factors and early recognition of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administration on Aging, to award a cooperative grant for the establishment and operation of an Alzheimer's Call Center.
 
Extends and expands demonstration projects relating to Alzheimer's disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1887)
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Childcare Accountability and Responsibility Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3287
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Sex offenses
State and local government operations
User charges and fees
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: 
Childcare Accountability and Responsibility Act of 2009 or the CARE for Kids Act of 2009 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require a national criminal background check for employees of child care providers in any state that receives funds from the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program. Requires that such background check include: (1) a search of the national Sex Offender Registry, the National Crime Information Center, state criminal registries, and state-based abuse and neglect registries and databases; and (2) a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint check. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Unlawful Border Entry Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3289
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Latin America
Mexico
New Mexico
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: 
Unlawful Border Entry Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to construct an additional 350 or more miles of reinforced fencing along the southwest border.
 
Prohibits fencing or any other similar physical infrastructure along the southwest border in existence on December 31, 2009, from being considered in meeting such mileage requirement.
 
Requires the Secretary to submit a plan to Congress to gain operational control of any sector of the southwest border in which there has been a 40% increase over the preceding fiscal year of DHS apprehensions of individuals unlawfully entering the United States.
 
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Mutual Holding Company Beneficial Owners' Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3291
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
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: 2009-07-22
text: 
Mutual Holding Company Beneficial Owners' Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and the Bank Holding Company Act to prohibit any savings association, savings and loan holding company, insured depository institution, or bank holding company that is a subsidiary of a mutual holding company from establishing or implementing any plan (or plan amendment ) to award stock options or to provide stock or any stock interest as compensation or benefits to either management or employees, unless a majority of the total (non-mutual holding company) votes eligible to be cast for it approve.
 
Declares void and unenforceable any provision of the charter or bylaws of such entities which has the effect of excluding or preventing such votes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Judicial Survivors Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3292
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2009-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: 
Judicial Survivors Protection Act of 2009 - Authorizes a six-month open enrollment period starting 30 days after enactment of this Act for a federal judicial official to opt into the Judicial Survivors' Annuities System and begin contributing toward an annuity for his or her surviving spouse and dependent children.
 
Allows judicial officials enrolled in the System before or after enactment of this Act to purchase, in three-month increments, up to an additional year of service credit for each year of federal judicial service completed.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1889)
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Introduced in House