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Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act

Bill: 111-hr-905
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Michigan
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act - Expands, notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation, the boundaries of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve in Lake Huron.

action_date: 2009-09-29
text: 
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act - Expands, notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation, the boundaries of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve in Lake Huron.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 169.
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 286 - 107 (Roll no. 740). (text: CR H10007-10008)
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 286 - 107 (Roll no. 740).(text: CR H10007-10008)
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10040)
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 905.
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10007-10009)
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 151.
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-270.
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-270.
action_date: 2009-07-29
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2009-07-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-29
text: Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2009-07-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a livestock energy investment credit.

Bill: 111-hr-907
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for: (1) the production of renewable energy from qualified energy feedstock using a technology verified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and (2) the sale or use of such energy. Defines &quot;qualified energy feedstock&quot; to include manure of livestock, any nonhazardous, organic agricultural or food industry byproduct or waste material derived from renewable biomass, solid wood waste materials, or agricultural or forestry crops. Allows such credit to offset alternative minimum tax (AMT) liability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Public Diplomacy Resource Centers Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-909
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cultural exchanges and relations
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Libraries and archives
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Public Diplomacy Resource Centers Act of 2009 - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to direct the Secretary of State to ensure that diplomatic and consular mission libraries and resource centers: (1) are open to the general public to the greatest extent practicable, subject to security considerations; and (2) schedule public showings of American films that showcase American culture, society, values, and history. 
 
Directs the Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy to report to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations respecting the functions and effectiveness of such libraries and resource centers. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Judge John S. Unpingco.

Bill: 111-hr-910
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Provides for the relief of Judge John S. Unpingco.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E215-216)
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act

Bill: 111-hr-912
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2009-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Labor
Employee leave
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: 
Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 with respect to the hours-of-service requirement airline flight crews must meet to be eligible for leave under such Act.
 
Declares that a flight attendant or flight crewmember will be considered to meet such requirement if he or she has worked or been paid for: (1) 60% of the applicable monthly guarantee, or the equivalent annualized over the preceding 12-month period; and (2) a minimum of 504 hours during such period.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide, by regulation, a method for calculating such leave for airline flight crews.

action_date: 2009-02-09
text: 

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

 
Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 with respect to the hours-of-service requirement airline flight crews must meet to be eligible for leave under such Act.
 
Declares that a flight attendant or flight crewmember will be considered to meet such requirement if he or she has worked or been paid for: (1) 60% of the applicable monthly guarantee, or the equivalent annualized over the preceding 12-month period; and (2) a minimum of 504 hours during such period.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide, by regulation, a method for calculating such leave for airline flight crews.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1053)
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1053)
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 912.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1053-1055)
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Mr. Bishop (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Mentoring America's Children Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-913
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2009-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Minority education
Performance measurement
Policy sciences
Public-private cooperation
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: 
Mentoring America's Children Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to make miscellaneous changes to the Mentoring grant program under title IV that include: (1) improvement of school connectedness and character education among mentoring's purposes; (2) corporations, universities, and other entities among program providers; (3) a requirement that mentors help children become responsible and successful adults; (4) suburban children in high crime areas and children living in high gang involvement, drug use, or dropout areas among those most in need of mentoring; (5) limitation of each mentor to no more than three children; and (6) mandatory information on grant applicants about plans for monitoring mentor/mentee matches and the satisfaction of grant matching requirements that increase from 10% to 50% over the three-year grant term.
 
Allows grantees to be considered for new grants if: (1) their prior performance was satisfactory; (2) they propose to use the new grant exclusively for expanded service to a new area or population; and (3) they are able to provide a 50% match to the new grant funds. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) provide training and technical assistance to grantees, and track and evaluate their performance; and (2) arrange for research on school-based mentoring, the results of which are to be provided to the mentoring community.
 
 Includes mentoring in ESEA programs for: (1) Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native education; (2) the transitioning of youth offenders into education; and (3) school violence and drug abuse prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E222)
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-914
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2009-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: 
Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a loan program that provides loans to eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs. Requires that such program be an allopathic or osteopathic physician residency training program in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, obstetrics or gynecology, general surgery, preventive medicine, pediatrics, and behavioral and mental health. Requires the Administrator to give preference to hospitals in a rural area or an urban area that is not a large urban area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Preventive Medicine and Public Health Training Act

Bill: 111-hr-916
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2009-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Public contracts and procurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: 
Preventive Medicine and Public Health Training Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to or enter into contracts with certain eligible entities to provide training to graduate medical residents in preventive medicine specialties.
 
Requires grant funds to be used for: (1) residency programs for preventive medicine or public health; (2) financial assistance to resident physicians who plan to specialize in preventive medicine or public health; (3) preventive medicine or public health program costs, including curriculum development and practicum costs; and (4) the improvement of academic administrative units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To increase the health benefits of dependents of members of the Armed Forces who die because of a combat-related injury.

Bill: 111-hr-917
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: 
Amends the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed care program) to require that, when a member of the Armed Forces dies on or after September 11, 2001, because of a combat-related injury incurred while on active duty for a period of more than 30 days, the member's dependents receiving benefits under a contract for medical and dental care shall continue to be eligible for benefits under TRICARE Prime.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-919
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2009-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Education of the disadvantaged
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Higher education
Labor standards
Medical education
Medical research
Nursing
Student aid and college costs
Temporary and part-time employment
Veterans' medical care
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: 
Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to appoint personnel for health care positions within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) not specifically listed as authorized categories for appointment, as long as the Secretary provides prior notification to the congressional veterans' committees and the Office of Management and Budget. Requires newly-appointed nurses to serve a probationary period. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) appoint nurse assistants; and (2) waive required pay offsets for federal annuitants reemployed in VA health care positions. Sets the minimum rate of basic pay for appointees to certain positions in the Office of the Under Secretary for Health at the lowest rate of basic pay for a Senior Executive Service position. Allows for the payment of: (1) comparability pay of up to $100,000 annually for Office positions which are not physicians or dentists; and (2) special incentive pay of up to $40,000 annually to a VHA pharmacist executive.
 
Removes or waives certain pay restrictions for: (1) physicians or dentists occupying administrative or executive leadership positions; (2) nurses; and (3) certified registered nurse anesthetists. Revises locality pay scale computations.
 
Increases from $25,000 to $100,000 the special pay for nurse executives. Makes part-time nurses eligible for additional nurse pay.
 
Provides limitations on overtime duty, weekend duty, and alternative work schedules for nurses, with exceptions for emergency situations.
 
Reinstates the VA's health professionals educational assistance scholarship program, and increases maximum assistance amounts. Authorizes the Secretary to provide an educational loan repayment program for clinical researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 regarding the local coordinating entity of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-920
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2009-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land use and conservation
Pennsylvania
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: 
Amends the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 to make the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Incorporated (the Corporation) the local coordinating entity for the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, assuming the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission's duties in implementing the Cultural Heritage and Corridor Management Plan for the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor. 

Extends the authorization of appropriations to implement the management action plan created by the Commission through FY2012. 

Terminates the Secretary's authority to provide assistance under such Act five years after this Act's enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Sabinoso Wilderness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-921
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: New Mexico
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: 
 Sabinoso Wilderness Act of 2009 - Designates certain land under the jurisdiction of the Taos Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in New Mexico as the "Sabinoso Wilderness" and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Authorization Act

Bill: 111-hr-922
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Intergovernmental relations
New Mexico
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
User charges and fees
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: 
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial and technical assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority to assist in planning, designing, conducting preconstruction activities for, and constructing the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System. 
 
Limits the federal share of the cost of any activity to 75%. Provides that the total cost of the System shall include any costs incurred by the Authority or the state of New Mexico on or after October 1, 2003, for System development.
 
Makes the Authority responsible for annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs. Directs the Authority to develop an operation, maintenance, and replacement plan that establishes rates and fees necessary to ensure that the System is properly maintained and capable of delivering approximately 16,500 acre-feet of water per year. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act until such plan is developed and until the Secretary and the Authority have complied with applicable requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Directs the Secretary to consult with the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and the Authority in preparing any required biological assessment under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
New Mexico Aquifer Assessment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-923
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Hydrology and hydrography
New Mexico
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: 
New Mexico Aquifer Assessment Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to conduct a study of water resources in New Mexico, to include: (1) a survey of groundwater resources and a characterization of surface and bedrock geology; and (2) the Estancia Basin, Salt Basin, Tularosa Basin, Hueco Basin, and middle Rio Grande Basin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Introduced in House