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Drinking Water Adaptation, Technology, Education, and Research (WATER) Act

Bill: 111-hr-3727
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Research administration and funding
Water quality
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Drinking Water Adaptation, Technology, Education, and Research (WATER) Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and provide funding for a program of directed and applied research, to be conducted through a nonprofit water research foundation and sponsored by drinking water utilities, to assist the utilities in adapting to the effects of climate change.
 
Requires research areas to include: (1) water quality impacts and solutions; (2) impacts on groundwater supplies from carbon sequestration; (3) water quantity impacts and solutions; (4) infrastructure impacts and solutions for water treatment and wastewater treatment facilities and underground pipelines; (5) desalination, water reuse, and alternative supply technologies; (6) energy efficiency and greenhouse gas minimization; (7) regional and hydrological basin cooperative water management solutions; (8) utility management, decision support systems, and water management models; (9) greenhouse gas emissions reduction and improvement of energy demand management; (10) water conservation and demand management; and (11) communications, education, and public acceptance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 31 of the Small Business Act with respect to awarding contract opportunities to qualified HUBZone small business concerns, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3729
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Economic development
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) program to authorize (under current law, requires) a contracting opportunity to be awarded under the program on the basis of competition restricted to qualified HUBZone small businesses if the contracting officer expects that not less than two qualified HUBZone small businesses will submit offers and that the award can be made at a fair market price.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology .
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2453)
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Financial Education for Teachers and Students Act

Bill: 111-hr-3730
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Financial Education for Teachers and Students Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to states to: (1) integrate financial literacy education into their public middle and secondary schools; and (2) provide training to financial literacy teachers in such schools.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the provision of financial literacy training and assistance to parents and students. Encourages LEA grantees to partner with community organizations, financial institutions, or local businesses when implementing such program.
 
Directs the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to coordinate the activities funded under this Act with the activities carried out by any financial education research center operated by a Federal Reserve bank.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Community College Energy Training Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3731
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Agricultural education
Agricultural practices and innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Higher education
Solid waste and recycling
Vocational and technical education
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Community College Energy Training Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, to create a program awarding grants to community colleges to provide workforce training and education in sustainable energy industries and practices, such as: (1) alternative energy; (2) energy efficient construction, retrofitting, and design; (3) sustainable energy technologies; (4) water and energy conservation; (5) recycling and waste reduction; and (6) sustainable agriculture and farming.
 
Requires at least one-half of the grant funds to be awarded to community colleges with existing sustainability programs leading to certificates or degrees in one or more of the industries or practices listed above.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3732
Sponsor: Rep. Mitchell, Harry E. [D-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Economic performance and conditions
Executive agency funding and structure
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act of 2009 - Prohibits a federal agency from establishing or implementing an internal policy that discourages or prohibits the selection of a travel, event, meeting, or conference location because it is perceived to be a resort or vacation destination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2459)
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Armed Forces Education Parity Act

Bill: 111-hr-3733
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Coast guard
Higher education
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Armed Forces Education Parity Act - Makes enlisted members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard eligible to participate in the higher education programs offered by the Community College of the Air Force. (Currently, only enlisted members of the Air Force and other enlisted members of the Armed Forces who are serving as Air Force training school instructors are eligible to participate in such programs.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Korean War.

Bill: 111-hr-3735
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun for acts of valor during the Korean War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Minerals Management Service Reform Act

Bill: 111-hr-3736
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Energy revenues and royalties
Executive agency funding and structure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Minerals Management Service Reform Act - Reestablishes the Minerals Management Service (MMS) as an independent establishment in the executive branch (currently, it is a bureau of the Department of the Interior). 
 
Requires the MMS Director to exercise all powers and discharge all duties of MMS and to carry out all functions, powers, and duties that are vested in the Department of the Interior relating to: (1) bidding, leasing, and managing all offshore oil and gas, including with respect to the Gulf of Mexico and other areas of the Outer Continental Shelf; and (2) collection of revenue (other than taxes) generated by such oil and gas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3740
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business investment and capital
Corporate finance and management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Small Business Administration
Small business
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase the amount that a state or local governmental entity may invest in a small business investment company (SBIC) applicant or licensee from 33% to 45% of the private capital of such applicant or licensee.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) approve within 60 days after receipt an application for licensing as an SBIC, as long as the applicant meets specified experiential and operational requirements; and (2) notify and provide an opportunity to an applicant to cure any nonconformance with such requirements.
 
Revises the maximum amount of outstanding leverage of SBICs. Provides a limit on the maximum rate of interest authorized to be charged by SBICs for long-term small business loans.
 
Directs the Administrator to exclude the cost basis of any equity investment made by an SBIC in small businesses owned and controlled by veterans when calculating outstanding SBIC leverage limits.
 
Authorizes an SBIC to invest in certain passive entities wholly-owned by the SBIC. 
 
Provides that an SBIC with earmarked assets shall not be deemed in capital impairment during the first 72 months after licensing if its impairment does not exceed 85%.
 
Requires the SBA Associate Administrator for Investment to establish an agency record of evidence referring or relating to each application for an SBIC license. Directs the Administrator to provide a written explanation of any denial of a license application based upon evidence in such record.
 
Provides FY2010-FY2011 levels for the SBA purchase of participating securities and guarantee of debentures under the SBIC program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Provisions of Measure Incorporated into H.R. 3854.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Tax.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Assuring Coverage for Americans with Pre-existing Conditions Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3741
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Assuring Coverage for Americans with Pre-existing Conditions Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide to each state an amount equal to 50% of the state's expenditures to provide for the use of a high-risk pool, reinsurance pool, or other risk-adjustment mechanism to subsidize the purchase of private health insurance for the high-risk population (not to exceed 50 cents multiplied by the average number of state residents in a fiscal year).
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.

Bill: 111-hr-3742
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Amends the Act commonly known as the Indian Reorganization Act to apply the Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when any tribe became recognized. (This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in 
Carcieri v. Salazar, 
which held that the Secretary of the Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Act was enacted.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-04
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-hr-3744
Sponsor: Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Foreign labor
Housing industry and standards
Immigration status and procedures
Labor standards
Livestock
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the H-2A nonimmigrant visa category (temporary agricultural workers) an alien coming temporarily to the United States to work as a sheepherder or dairy worker. Provides for a three-year initial period of admission with additional three-year extensions.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue housing regulations for workers engaged in the range production of livestock.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
CAP Act

Bill: 111-hr-3745
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Educational technology and distance education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Television and film
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Community Access Preservation Act or the CAP Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require, with a specified waiver authority, that public, educational, and government (PEG) channels be: (1) carried in the same channel capacity as local commercial television channels, or if no such stations are required to be carried, in the same channel capacity as network-affiliated commercial television stations carried on cable; and (2) provided to every cable subscriber without additional service or equipment charges.
 
Requires a cable operator to: (1) carry PEG signals to subscribers without material degradation and without altering content; and (2) provide facilities adequate to fulfill such requirements.
 
Requires cable operators in states that have adopted statewide franchising to: (1) make PEG support payments equal to the greater of the cash payment required under state law or the value of historically-provided PEG support; (2) carry PEG signals from the point of origin to subscribers; and (3) provide at least the number of channels for PEG use provided as of May 31, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Water Efficiency and Conservation Investment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3746
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Housing industry and standards
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Securities
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Water Efficiency and Conservation Investment Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow, through 2014, individual taxpayers a tax credit for 50% of the cost, up to $750 per year, of installing qualified water efficiency property in a residence; (2) allow building contractors, through 2014, a $1,500 tax credit for each qualified, new, water efficient home constructed and sold to a homeowner; (3) allow the issuance of tax-exempt water conservation bonds; and (4) exempt prepayments under a qualified electricity supply contract from tax-exempt bond arbitrage rules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act

Bill: 111-hr-3749
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federally chartered organizations
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act - Requires federal public land management officials to exercise their authority under existing law, including regarding land use planning, to provide for the use of, and access to, federal public lands and waters for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting, except as described in this Act.
 
Requires the heads of federal public land management agencies to exercise their discretion in a manner that supports, promotes, and enhances recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting opportunities, to the extent authorized under applicable law. 
 
States that Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service lands, excluding lands on the Outer Continental Shelf, shall be open to recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting unless the managing agency acts to close lands to such activity. Permits closures or restrictions on such lands for purposes including resource conservation, public safety, energy or mineral production, energy generation or transmission infrastructure, water supply facilities, national security, or compliance with other law. Requires publication of a public notice preceding any such closures or restrictions, unless mandated by other law. 
 
Requires annual reports on closures of federal public lands to recreational fishing, sport hunting, or shooting. Sets forth requirements for specified closures or significant restrictions involving 640 or more acres of federal public lands or waters to fishing or hunting. 
 
Establishes the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council and the Sporting Conservation Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2009-10-07
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in House