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Pine River Indian Irrigation Project Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1264
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2009-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Colorado
Government studies and investigations
Indian lands and resources rights
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: 
Pine River Indian Irrigation Project Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project, Colorado, and develop a list of activities that are recommended to be implemented over a 10-year period to repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct that infrastructure.
 
Requires the Secretary to prioritize activities based on: (1) a review of specified priority factors (i.e., threats to health and safety; the extent of disrepair and its effect on the ability of Project users to irrigate agricultural land; the extent to which infrastructure repair would provide an opportunity to conserve water; the economic and cultural impacts the disrepair has, and benefits the repair would have, on the Tribe; the opportunity to address water supply or environmental conflicts through repair; and overall benefits of the activity to efficient water operations on the land of the Tribe); (2) recommendations of the Tribe; and (3) a consideration of projected benefits on Project completion. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the Tribe to repair, rehabilitate, reconstruct, or replace the Project's irrigation infrastructure. Prohibits such assistance from being used for on-farm improvements. Requires the Secretary, in providing assistance, to coordinate the activity with any work being conducted under the irrigation operations and maintenance program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
 
Caps the federal share of the total cost at 75%, subject to a waiver or limitation on the nonfederal share, at the Tribe's request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-18
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2010-04-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-631.
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6607-6608)
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6607)
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Voters' Equal Access to Voter Registration Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1265
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2009-06-15 in the Senate
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: 2009-06-15
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: 2009-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1266
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2009-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Roads and highways
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: 
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require states to install broadband conduits (conduits for fiber optic cables or wireless facilities that support broadband service) in certain highway construction projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Evidence-Based Home Visitation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1267
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2009-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Medicaid
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: 
Evidence-Based Home Visitation Act of 2009 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award competitive planning and operating grants to local agencies to provide home visitation services to low-income pregnant women and low-income families with young children.
 
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to give states the option of providing for simplified billing by approved home visitation agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Homeowner Tax Fairness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1268
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2009-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: 
Homeowner Tax Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the standard tax deduction for real property taxes available to taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize their deductions; and (2) repeal the $500 limitation on such deduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Food Safety Rapid Response Act

Bill: 111-s-1269
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2009-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Intergovernmental relations
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: 
Food Safety Rapid Response Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen and expand foodborne illness surveillance systems to: (1) inform and evaluate efforts to prevent foodborne illness; and (2) enhance the identification and investigation of, and response to, foodborne illness outbreaks.
 
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) enhance foodborne illness surveillance systems to improve the collection, analysis, reporting, and usefulness of data on foodborne illnesses; and (2) improve capacity for foodborne illness surveillance in states. 
 
Requires the Secretary to establish five regional Food Safety Centers of Excellence to serve as regional resources for state and local public health professionals in investigating and responding to foodborne illnesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Lower Rogue Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1271
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2009-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: 
Lower Rogue Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2009 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to add specified segments of creeks to the designation of the Rogue River in Oregon as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6652-6653)
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-1272
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2009-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: 
Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2009 - Designates certain federal land in Oregon administered by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as the Devil's Staircase Wilderness and as wilderness and a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate Franklin and Wasson Creeks in Oregon as wild rivers and as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 

action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2010 - Designates certain federal land in Oregon administered by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as the Devil's Staircase Wilderness and as wilderness and a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). 
 
Specifies this Act's effect on: (1) the jurisdiction and responsibilities of the state of Oregon with respect to fish and wildlife; (2) protective perimeters and buffer zones around the Wilderness; (3) activities and uses outside of the boundary of the Wilderness; and (4) treaty rights of Indian tribes. 
 
Transfers the administrative jurisdiction over BLM land north of the Umpqua River to the Forest Service. 
 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate Franklin and Wasson Creeks in Oregon as wild rivers and as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 527.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 111-257.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 111-257.
action_date: 2010-06-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-285.
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6652-6653)
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
National MS and Parkinson's Disease Registries Act

Bill: 111-s-1273
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2009-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: 
National MS and Parkinson's Disease Registries Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) , acting through the Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, to: (1) develop a system to collect data on multiple sclerosis (MS) and a system to collect data on Parkinson's disease; (2) establish a national surveillance system for the collection and storage of data for each such disease, including population-based registries of U.S. cases of MS and Parkinson's disease; (3) provide analysis regarding expansion of national disease surveillance systems for other neurological diseases and disorders; and (4) establish the Advisory Committee on Neurological Disease Registries.
 
Allows the Secretary, acting through the Director, to provide for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on MS and Parkinson's disease.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to: (1) identify, build upon, expand, and coordinate existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure wherever possible; and (2) provide for research access to Parkinson's disease and MS data.
 
Requires the Secretary to ensure that epidemiological and other types of information collected are made available to agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Department of Defense (DOD).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
American Communities' Right to Public Information Act

Bill: 111-s-1274
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2009-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government information and archives
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: 
Amends the SAFE Port Act with respect to existing prohibitions against the disclosure of information contained in maritime transportation security plans (including facility security plans, vessel security plans, and port vulnerability assessments) and other information related to security plans, procedures, or programs for vessels or facilities.
 
 Declares that such prohibitions shall not be construed to authorize the classification of information as sensitive security information to: (1) conceal a violation of law, inefficiency, or administrative error; (2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency; (3) restrain competition; or (4) prevent or delay the release of information that does not require protection in the interest of transportation security.
 


action_date: 2010-12-17
text: 
American Communities' Right to Public Information Act - Amends the SAFE Port Act with respect to existing prohibitions against the disclosure of information contained in maritime transportation security plans (including facility security plans, vessel security plans, and port vulnerability assessments) and other information related to security plans, procedures, or programs for vessels or facilities.
 
 Declares that such prohibitions shall not be construed to authorize the designation of information as sensitive security information to: (1) conceal a violation of law, inefficiency, or administrative error; (2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency; (3) restrain competition; or (4) prevent or delay the release of information that does not require protection in the interest of transportation security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 111-387.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: By Senator Rockefeller from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 111-387.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 708.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Private Fund Transparency Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1276
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2009-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Financial services and investments
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: 
Private Fund Transparency Act of 2009 - Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to: (1) repeal the exemption from its registration requirements for private investment advisers; and (2) continue to exempt from such requirements only foreign private advisers.
 
Authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require any registered investment adviser to maintain and submit records for federal supervision of systemic risk.
 
Shields the SEC from any compulsion to disclose any supervisory report or information that is required to be filed with the SEC.
 
Repeals the general disclaimer that no provision of the Act shall be construed to require, or to authorize the SEC to require any investment adviser engaged in rendering investment supervisory services to disclose the identity, investments, or affairs of any of its clients.
 
Empowers the SEC to ascribe different meanings to terms (including the term &quot;client&quot;) used in different sections of the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6654)
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6653-6654)
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on bitolylene diisocyanate (TODI).

Bill: 111-s-1277
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on bitolylene diisocyanate (TODI).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumers Health Care Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1278
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicaid
Medicare
Sales and excise taxes
Tax-exempt organizations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) an Office of Health Plan Management to establish and administer the Consumer Choice Health Plan to provide for health insurance coverage that is made available to all eligible individuals in the United States and its territories. Requires the Plan to comply with all regulations and requirements that are applicable with respect to other health insurance plans offered through the National Health Insurance Exchange. (The National Health Insurance Exchange has not been established.)
 
Makes an individual or employer who is eligible to purchase coverage from a health insurance plan through the Exchange eligible to enroll in the Plan or purchase coverage for their employees from the Plan. 
 
Treats an individual's enrollment with the Plan as satisfying any requirement under federal law for such individual to demonstrate enrollment in health insurance or benefits coverage.
 
Requires Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) providers to provide services to any individual enrolled in the Plan for three years following establishment of the Plan, after which the provider may opt-out. Sets forth provisions governing payment rates.
 
Requires repayment of funds necessary for the establishment of the Plan. Requires the Plan to be financially self-sustaining.
 
Authorizes the establishment of the America's Health Insurance Trust as a nonprofit corporation, to provide information on, and oversight of, health insurance plans provided through the Exchange. 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the America's Health Insurance Trust Fund.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a fee on accident and health insurance policies and self-insured health plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6723-6727)
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6722-6723)
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1279
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to extend for an additional five years the rural community hospital demonstration program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1280
Sponsor: Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act of 2009 - Amends Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to delegate to a private entity management authority with respect to any entity assisted under the Act.
 
Prohibits any expenditure of funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) until the Secretary transfers all voting, nonvoting, and common equity in any designated TARP recipient to a limited liability company, to be held and managed in trust on behalf of U.S. taxpayers.
 
Requires the trustees to liquidate the trust, including the assets it holds, by December 24, 2011, unless the trustees report to Congress that liquidation would not maximize profitability of the company and the return on investment to the taxpayer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6727-6728)
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6727)
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate