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Complete the Fence Act

Bill: 111-hr-3236
Sponsor: Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Congressional oversight
Latin America
Mexico
New Mexico
Pedestrians and bicycling
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: 
Complete the Fence Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to: (1) provide that fencing that does not effectively restrain pedestrian traffic may not be used to meet the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security construct reinforced fencing along not less than 700 miles of the southwest U.S. border; (2) require the Secretary to complete construction of such fencing and installation of related equipment by December 31, 2010; and (3) prohibit any amounts appropriated for such fencing from being withheld because of the Secretary's failure to comply fully with consultation requirements regarding its impact on nearby communities and residents.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress by December 31, 2009, on progress made in completing such fencing and on plans for completing it by the deadline.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House
ABC Act

Bill: 111-hr-3241
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2009-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Books and print media
Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: 
Access to Books for Children Act or the ABC Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to local agencies to provide vouchers to women participating in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) for the purchase of educational books for their infants and children. 
 
Limits to one $5 voucher the maximum amount any one woman may receive, regardless of the number of her infants or children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1814)
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Women's Health Office Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3242
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2009-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: 
Women's Health Office Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office on Women's Health within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office, to establish: (1) a Department of Health and Human Services Coordinating Committee on Women's Health; and (2) a National Women's Health Information Center. Transfers the functions of the Office on Women's Health of the Public of Health Service to the Office on Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Social Security Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish separate Offices of Women's Health within the Office of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Office of the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Office of the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and an Office of Women's Health and Gender-Based Research within the Office of the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Directs the lead officers of each Office of Women's Health to establish goals, provide information on women's health activities, and establish a Coordinating Committee on Women's Health within their respective agencies.
 
Prohibits termination, reorganization, or transfers of powers and duties of any federal office of women's health or appointive position with primary responsibility over women's health issues without adoption of a joint resolution of approval.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1819)
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay.

Bill: 111-hr-3243
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: 
Requires disregard of any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement for purposes of any determination relating to federal eligibility for or the amount of any overtime pay.

action_date: 2010-09-30
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Requires disregard of any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement for purposes of any determination relating to federal eligibility for or the amount of any overtime pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-11-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-09-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-09-30
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/28/2010 H7038)
action_date: 2010-09-30
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 9/28/2010 H7038)
action_date: 2010-09-30
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7379)
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bilbray objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3243.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7038-7039)
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Ms. Chu moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-09-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1822)
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Trafficking Prevention Act

Bill: 111-hr-3244
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2009-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Jurisdiction and venue
Nuclear weapons
Technology transfer and commercialization
Terrorism
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: 
Nuclear Trafficking Prevention Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States that the transfer of a nuclear weapon or device or of nuclear material or technology for terrorist purposes is a crime against humanity and should be punished under customary international criminal law. 
 
Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the transfer of a nuclear weapon or device, or of nuclear material or sensitive nuclear technology, to any foreign terrorist organization or any other person engaged in terrorist activities. Grants extraterritorial jurisdiction to prosecute violations of this Act. Imposes a fine and minimum prison term of 25 years for violations (life imprisonment for violations resulting in death).
 
Requires the Secretary of State to direct the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and representatives to bilateral and multilateral fora to seek international recognition that the transfer of nuclear weapons, devices, material, or technology for terrorist purposes is a crime against humanity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3245
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: 
Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate increased and mandatory minimum penalties for drug offenses involving mixtures or substances which contain cocaine base (i.e., crack cocaine).

action_date: 2010-12-01
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009 - Repeals provisions of the Controlled Substances Act that provide different criminal penalties for the manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing of cocaine and cocaine base (i.e., crack cocaine), including the mandatory minimum five-year prison sentence for simple possessesion of cocaine base.
 
Repeals provisions of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act that provide different criminal penalties for the importing and exporting of cocaine and cocaine base. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 400.
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 111-670, Part I.
action_date: 2010-12-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 111-670, Part I.
action_date: 2009-07-29
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-07-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-16
text: Introduced in House
To establish a social and behavioral sciences research program at the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3247
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Behavioral sciences
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a social and behavioral sciences research program to identify and understand social and behavioral factors influencing energy consumption and acceptance and adoption rates of new energy technologies, and to promote the use of the results of social and behavioral research to improve the development and application of energy technologies.
 
Requires the Secretary to appoint or designate a Director of Social and Behavioral Research to carry out such program.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) develop a research plan in consultation with the Advisory Committee established by this Act; and (2) review such plan every five years and revise it as appropriate. 
 
Instructs the Secretary to provide grants in support of social and behavioral research.
 
Requires the Advisory Committee to: (1) advise the Secretary and the Director on priority areas for research; (2) assist the Director in the development of the research plan; and (3) provide other assistance and advice as requested by the Secretary or the Director. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-29
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-07-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-07-21
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt motor vehicle donations to certain charities from the limitations on such donations.

Bill: 111-hr-3248
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2009-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Motor vehicles
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt donations of motor vehicles to charities from the limitations and substantiation requirements applicable to such donations if: (1) the employees of the charity are solely responsible for, and perform substantially all of the services for, the daily operations of the charity's vehicle donation program; (2) the charity does not regularly use the property or services of a third party in carrying out its vehicle donation program; and (3) not more than 20% of the annual net proceeds from the sale of donated motor vehicles is paid to third parties for services used by the charity's vehicle donation program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1851)
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3251
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2009-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: 
Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2009 - Repeals provisions: (1) authorizing a federal employee representing an exclusive representative in the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement official time for such purpose during the time such employee otherwise would be in a duty status; and (2) requiring the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether any employee participating for, or on behalf of, a labor organization in any phase of proceedings before it shall be authorized official time for that purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President of the United States to agree to an amendment to the agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States concerning the establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation Commission and a North American Development Bank.

Bill: 111-hr-3252
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2009-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Arizona
California
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international banking
Infrastructure development
International organizations and cooperation
Mexico
Multilateral development programs
New Mexico
Solid waste and recycling
Texas
Trade agreements and negotiations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: 
Amends the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act to authorize the President agree to amendments to the Border Environment Cooperation Agreement between the United States and Mexico to expand the purposes and functions of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission to certify, and the North American Development Bank to finance, any infrastructure in the border region between the two countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Advance Directive Promotion Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3253
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2009-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: 
Advance Directive Promotion Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a service provider, Medicare+Choice organization, or prepaid or eligible organization to include the content of an advanced directive in a prominent part of an individual's current medical record. 
 
Requires a service provider to give effect to a valid advance directive executed outside the state in which such directive is presented to the same extent as such provider would give effect to a valid advance directive executed under the law of the state in which it is presented.
 
Requires an initial preventative physical examination to include an end-of-life planning consultation.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to operate a clearinghouse and a 24-hour toll free telephone hotline in order to provide consumer information about advance directives, end-of-life decisionmaking, and available end-of-life and hospice care services. 
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary, directly or through grants to public or nonprofit private entities, to conduct a national public education campaign to increase awareness of advance directive planning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Qualified Personal Service Corporations Clarification Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3255
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2009-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Corporate finance and management
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Qualified Personal Service Corporations Clarification Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the criteria for determining whether a corporation is a qualified personal service corporation. Includes within the definition of qualified personal service corporation a qualifying corporation substantially all of whose stock is held by certain former employees (thus permitting such corporation to use the cash method of accounting).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3256
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-17
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: 2009-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-17
text: Introduced in House