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Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1324
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2009-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Agriculture
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food industry and services
Nutrition and diet
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: 
Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish science-based nutrition standards for foods served in schools other than foods served under the school lunch or breakfast programs.
 
Applies such standards to all food sold outside such programs anywhere on school campuses during the extended school day, with the possible limited exemption of food sold at school fundraisers.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) consider the recommendations of authoritative scientific organizations and evidence concerning the relationship between diet and health when establishing the standards; and (2) review the standards as soon as practicable after the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services publish a new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
To require financial literacy counseling for borrowers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-1325
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Financial literacy
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) to provide at least four hours of financial literacy counseling to each student borrower: (1) under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program, at or prior to their receipt of such loan; and (2) under the FFEL, Direct Loan, or Perkins Loans programs, during their enrollment at the IHE or when their studies end.
 
Requires such counseling to include information on: (1) banking; (2) budgeting; (3) credit cards and ratings; (4) loans, grants, education tax credits, and scholarships; (5) renting and housing; and (6) investing.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage IHEs to perform these duties using interactive programs that test each borrower's understanding of the financial literacy information they receive.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Great Ape Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1326
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2009-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Mammals
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Research ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: 
Great Ape Protection Act of 2009 - Prohibits: (1) conducting invasive research on great apes; (2) knowingly breeding, possessing, renting, loaning, donating, purchasing, selling, housing, maintaining, leasing, borrowing, transporting, moving, delivering, or receiving a great ape for the purpose of conducting such research; or (3) using federal funds to conduct such research.
 
Defines &quot;invasive research&quot; as research that may cause death, bodily injury, pain, distress, fear, injury, or trauma to great apes, including drug testing or exposure to a substance that may be detrimental to the ape's health or psychological well-being. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other appropriate federal authorities to provide for the permanent retirement of all great apes that are owned or under the control of the federal government and that are being maintained in any facility for the purpose of breeding for, holding for, or conducting invasive research.
 
Sets forth civil penalties for violations of this Act.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E751)
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1328
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Farmland
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: 
Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an estate and gift tax exclusion for real property located in the United States which at the time of a decedent's death was being used as a farm for farming purposes or exclusively for conservation purposes. Imposes: (1) an additional estate or gift tax with respect to such property if an heir or donee disposes of or uses such property for other than farming or conservation purposes; and (2) a federal tax lien on such property until liability for estate or gift tax with respect to such property has been satisfied or has become unenforceable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Clean, Low-Emission, Affordable, New Transportation Efficiency Act

Bill: 111-hr-1329
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2009-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Infrastructure development
Land use and conservation
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Public transit
Railroads
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: 
Clean, Low-Emission, Affordable, New Transportation Efficiency Act - Establishes the Low Greenhouse Gas Transportation Fund.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for each of calendar 2012-2050, to auction 10% of emission allowances established under any EPA program providing for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the auctioning of emission allowances.
 
Requires deposit of auction proceeds into the Fund to implement state and eligible regional or local entity greenhouse gas emission reduction plans, and provide funding to transit projects that help reduce such emissions.
 
Requires states and eligible regional or local entities representing populations of more than 200,000 people to: (1) establish goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector for the next 10 years; and (2) develop transportation greenhouse gas emission reduction plans, including supporting lists of prioritized transit projects, that are integrated into state and eligible regional or local entity long-range transportation and transportation improvement plans. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation and the EPA Administrator to contract with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences to study and report recommendations for improving research tools and federal data sources necessary to assess the effect of state and local transportation, land use, and environmental plans on motor vehicle use rates and transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E580)
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1330
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2009-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Cancer
Consumer affairs
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: 
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Age of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan to provide coverage for colorectal screening for any participant or beneficiary who is 50 years of age or older or at high risk for colorectal cancer under terms and conditions that are no less favorable than those applicable to other screening benefits provided under the plan. Sets forth exceptions, including limiting the amount of coinsurance for such screenings and limiting waiting periods. Prohibits specified actions by group health plans to avoid the requirements of this Act, including denying enrollment, penalizing the provision of required services, or providing incentives for care inconsistent with this Act.
 
Requires such plan to provide certain disclosures to participants and beneficiaries, including regarding covered benefits, cost sharing, and participating providers. 

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to modify coverage requirements under this Act to incorporate new scientific and technological advances, practice pattern changes, or other updated medical practices regarding colorectal screening.
 
Applies such requirements to health insurance coverage offered in the individual market and coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and 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: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
REFI for Homeowners Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1331
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2009-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: 
Responsible, Equitable, and Fair Insurance for Homeowners Act of 2009 or the REFI for Homeowners Act of 2009 - Amends the National Housing Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to insure any mortgage covering a troubled homeowner's one- to four-family primary residence that is made to pay or prepay (refinance) outstanding obligations under an existing mortgage or mortgages meeting specified requirements.
 
Prohibits the refinancing of liar loans, zero-down loans, or loans with equity removed.
 
Authorizes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to purchase mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA [Ginnie Mae]) that are either backed by loans originated under this Act, or whole loans originated and purchased under this Act. Authorizes GNMA to hold, sell, and securitize such whole loans.
 
Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to reduce Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds to offset costs of this Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Safe FEAST Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1332
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2009-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Agricultural trade
Animal and plant health
Business records
Department of Agriculture
Department of Health and Human Services
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
International organizations and cooperation
Licensing and registrations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: 
Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards, and Targeting Act of 2009 or the Safe FEAST Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to regulate food, including by authorizing the Secretary to: (1) suspend the registration of a food facility; and (2) order a cessation of distribution, or a recall, of food. 
 
Requires each food facility to evaluate hazards and implement preventive controls. 
 
Directs the Secretary to allocate inspection resources based on the risk profile of food facilities or food.
 
Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare the National Agriculture and Food Defense Strategy.
 
Directs the Secretary to assess and collect fees related to: (1) food facility reinspection; (2) food recalls; and (3) the voluntary qualified importer program. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) recognize bodies that accredit food testing laboratories; (2) identify preventive programs and practices to promote the safety and security of food; and (3) improve the capacity of the Secretary to track and trace raw agricultural commodities.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to enhance foodborne illness surveillance systems.
 
Provides for: (1) foreign supplier verification activities; (2) a voluntary qualified importer program; and (3) the inspection of foreign facilities registered to import food. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Executive Comment Requested from HHS, USDA.
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 40 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt the transportation, shipment, receipt, or importation of explosive materials for delivery to a federally recognized Indian tribe or an agency of such a tribe from various Federal criminal prohibitions relating to explosives.

Bill: 111-hr-1333
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2009-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to extend the exemption from prohibitions on the transportation, shipment, receipt, or importation of explosive materials to federally-recognized Indian tribes or agencies of such tribes.

action_date: 2009-09-30
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to extend the exemption from prohibitions on the transportation, shipment, receipt, or importation of explosive materials to federally-recognized Indian tribes or agencies of such tribes. Defines &quot;Indian tribe&quot; as any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10101)
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H10101)
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1333.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10101)
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Mr. Schiff moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Federal Living Wage Responsibility Act

Bill: 111-hr-1334
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2009-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judicial review and appeals
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Tax-exempt organizations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Federal Living Wage Responsibility Act - Requires the federal government and any employer under a federal contract or subcontract exceeding $10,000 to pay each of their respective workers: (1) an hourly wage (or salary equivalent) necessary for such employee to earn, while working 40 hours a week on a full-time basis, not less than the amount of the federal poverty level for a family of four; and (2) an additional amount, based on the locality in which a worker resides, sufficient to cover the costs to such worker to obtain specified fringe benefits not provided by the worker's employer. 
Exempts employers that are: (1) small business concerns; or (2) nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations, if the ratio of the total compensation of the chief executive officer to that of the full-time equivalent of their lowest-paid employee is not greater than 25 to 1. 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to enforce this Act. Makes federal contractors that are part of a pattern or practice of violations of such wage requirements subject to federal contract suspension, a five-year ineligibility period, and liability for government costs of obtaining a replacement contractor. Provides for judicial review of the Secretary's determinations, and authorizes the President to suspend the provisions of this Act in times of emergency. Allows an aggrieved worker to bring a civil action against an employer for appropriate relief for a violation of this Act, if the employer has not paid or reinstated the worker as a result of the administrative action.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E580)
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments from veterans who are catastrophically disabled.

Bill: 111-hr-1335
Sponsor: Rep. Halvorson, Deborah L. [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2009-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: 
Prohibits the collection by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of copayments or other fees for hospital or nursing home care in the case of catastrophically disabled veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-05
text: Introduced in House