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Upper Connecticut River Partnership Act

Bill: 111-hr-2643
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Fishes
Historic sites and heritage areas
Lakes and rivers
New Hampshire
Outdoor recreation
Travel and tourism
Vermont
Watersheds
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Upper Connecticut River Partnership Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Connecticut River Grants and Technical Assistance Program to provide grants and technical assistance to the governments of New Hampshire and Vermont, local governments, nonprofits, and the private sector to carry out projects for the conservation, restoration, and interpretation of historic and other resources in the upper Connecticut River watershed. Limits to a maximum of 75% the federal share of the cost of any project funded by a grant under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To waive the 35-mile rule to permit recognition of Gadsden Community Hospital as a critical access hospital under the Medicare Program.

Bill: 111-hr-2644
Sponsor: Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Waives the 35-mile requirement for designation of a critical access hospital (CAH) under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit recognition as a CAH of Gadsden Community Hospital in Quincy, Florida.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Elvira Arellano, Juan Carlos Arreguin, Maria I. Benitez, Francisco J. Castro, Jaime Cruz, Martha Davalos, Maria A. Martin, Juan Jose Mesa, Domenico Papaianni, Juan Manuel Castellanos, Juan Jose Rangel Sr, Dayron S. Rios Arenas, Araceli Contreras-Del Toro, Doris Oneida Ulloa, Bladimir I. Caballero, Arnulfo Alfaro, Consuelo Castellanos, Eliseo Pulido, Gilberto Romero, Maria Liliana Rua-Saenz, Aurelia Martinez-Garcia, Tomas F. Martinez-Garcia, Flor Crisostomo, Gloria M. Alcantara, Roberto Barrera - lopez, Toribio Barrera-Vieyra, Carolina Carrillo de Uribe, Adan Rosales Del Valle, Marie Teresa Herenandez, Consualo Constella, Lucia Larios Arreola, Maria Guadalupe Lopez, Jose Martinez de la Cerde, Ruben Mendoza Lagunas, Jesus de Parafox, German Raminez, Josefina Santoyo, Noelia Corona, Teresa Figueroa-Villasenoe, and Fatima Karuma.

Bill: 111-hr-2645
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Provides for the relief of Elvira Arellano, Juan Carlos Arreguin, Maria I. Benitez, Francisco J. Castro, Jaime Cruz, Martha Davalos, Maria A. Martin, Juan Jose Mesa, Domenico Papaianni, Juan Manuel Castellanos, Juan Jose Rangel Sr, Dayron S. Rios Arenas, Araceli Contreras-Del Toro, Doris Oneida Ulloa, Bladimir I. Caballero, Arnulfo Alfaro, Consuelo Castellanos, Eliseo Pulido, Gilberto Romero, Maria Liliana Rua-Saenz, Aurelia Martinez-Garcia, Tomas F. Martinez-Garcia, Flor Crisostomo, Gloria M. Alcantara, Roberto Barrera - lopez, Toribio Barrera-Vieyra, Carolina Carrillo de Uribe, Adan Rosales Del Valle, Marie Teresa Herenandez, Consualo Constella, Lucia Larios Arreola, Maria Guadalupe Lopez, Jose Martinez de la Cerde, Ruben Mendoza Lagunas, Jesus de Parafox, German Raminez, Josefina Santoyo, Noelia Corona, Teresa Figueroa-Villasenoe, and Fatima Karuma.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 111-hr-2648
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his contributions to the nation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6081)
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
Next Generation Homes Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2649
Sponsor: Rep. Bean, Melissa L. [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing industry and standards
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Next Generation Homes Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the dollar limits on the new energy efficient home tax credit and revise the energy savings requirements for such credit; and (2) allow a new tax credit for the purchase of an energy efficient principal residence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
Federal Youth Coordination Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2653
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Intergovernmental relations
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Federal Youth Coordination Act of 2009 - Amends the Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act to establish in the Executive Office of the President the White House Office of National Youth Policy, headed by a Director, to: (1) develop, coordinate, promulgate, oversee the implementation of, and evaluate the National Youth Strategy to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of youth services; (2) review and make recommendations with respect to the budgets for federal youth services to ensure the adequacy of those budgets; (3) coordinate the youth services provided by federal departments and agencies and coordinate federal interagency youth services; (4) consult, coordinate with, facilitate joint efforts among, and support state, local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, with respect to improving youth services; and (5) make grants and provide training and technical assistance to states to support state Youth Services Coordinating Entities and state Youth Advisory Boards. 
 
Requires the Director to submit to the President and Congress, and make available to the public, a National Youth Strategy that shall set forth a comprehensive plan for that year to improve outcomes for youth in the United States, particularly disadvantaged youth.
 
Requires coordination of federal departments and agencies with the White House Office.
 
Places the existing National Youth Development Council within the White House Office to assist the Director by coordinating: (1) the youth services provided by federal departments and agencies; and (2) federal interagency youth services. Requires the Council also to assist in the development, coordination, implementation, evaluation, and promulgation of the Strategy.
 
Establishes within the White House Office the National Youth Advisory Board.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
To extend temporarily the suspension of duty on polyethylene HE1878.

Bill: 111-hr-2654
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the duty treatment of polyethylene HE1878.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and extend the first-time homebuyer credit.

Bill: 111-hr-2655
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit to all individuals who purchase a principal residence (currently, only first-time homebuyers as so defined); (2) extend such credit and the waiver of recapture requirements for such credit through 2010; and (3) expand the election to treat a purchase of a principal residence as made in a prior taxable year for purposes of such credit. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
To require amounts remaining in Members' representational allowances at the end of a fiscal year to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-2656
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional operations and organization
Government information and archives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Requires any amounts remaining of a House Member's Representational Allowance after all payments are made for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for which there is no federal budget deficit, to reduce the federal debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
Depositor Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2657
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Financial crises and stabilization

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Depositor Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to limit the authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to engage in activities relating to systemic risk without a congressional declaration of a financial emergency.
 
Requires an Act of Congress to declare that severe financial conditions exist, threatening the stability of a significant number of insured depository institutions or of insured depository institutions possessing significant financial resources, before the FDIC may exercise its existing authority to engage in certain transactions with an insured depository institution in order to lessen the risk to the FDIC posed by the institution under such threat of instability. 
 
Declares that FDIC authority to borrow from the Treasury amounts &quot;required for insurance purposes&quot; shall not be construed as authorizing the FDIC to borrow any amount for purposes of funding any action taken under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to adjust such amount for inflation, to repeal the 1-year termination of the estate tax, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-2658
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the unified credit against the estate and gift tax to $5 million after 2009 and to adjust such amount for inflation for estates opened after 2010.
 
Restores previous estate tax and carryover basis provisions temporarily repealed by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA). Modifies the general termination date of such Act (i.e., December 31, 2010) as it applies to certain EGTRRA estate and gift tax provisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
To convey certain submerged lands to the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-2659
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Caribbean area
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Conveys to the U.S. Virgin Islands specified submerged lands in the area between the island of Saint Croix and the islands of Saint Thomas and Saint John. 
 
States that for purposes of U.S. laws, and except as otherwise provided by international law or any international agreement in force for the United States, the territorial waters of the U.S. Virgin Islands shall consist of all waters in the belt of the seas measured from the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the open sea and the line marking the seaward limit of inland waters, and extending seaward a distance of nine miles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
Regulatory Capital Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2660
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments
National Credit Union Administration
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Regulatory Capital Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require each appropriate federal banking agency to prescribe capital standards, including a leverage limit and a risk-based capital requirement, for special purpose entities, or similar types of vehicles or entities, that are sponsored by insured depository institutions it regulates. Requires such capital standards to conform, to the extent practicable, with the capital standards prescribed under the Act.
 
Authorizes an appropriate federal banking agency, by regulation, to establish any additional relevant capital measures for such entities or vehicles necessary to guard against the risk that they become undercapitalized.
 
Requires the appropriate federal banking agencies to define jointly a &quot;special purpose entity,&quot; with a focus on trusts and other legal entities established by or for an insured depository institution to fulfill narrow, specific, or temporary objectives, including: (1) the holding of financial assets transferred during a securitization process; (2) issuing applicable securities representing claims on such assets; (3) receiving and reinvesting cash flows from such assets; and (4) distributing proceeds to holders of the securities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
Court Security Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2661
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Federal district courts
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement officers
Right of privacy
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Court Security Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to increase from 5 to 10 years the prison term for individuals who disclose restricted personal information about a federal employee or other individual performing official duties on behalf of the federal government (e.g., judges, jurors, informants, and law enforcement officers), or a family member of such employee or individual, with the intent to threaten such employees or individuals or incite the commission of a crime against them.

action_date: 2009-06-15
text: 
Court Security Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to increase from 5 to 10 years the prison term for individuals who disclose restricted personal information about a federal employee or other individual performing official duties on behalf of the federal government (e.g., judges, jurors, informants, and law enforcement officers), or a family member of such employee or individual, with the intent to threaten such employees or individuals or incite the commission of a crime against them.
 
Amends the federal judicial code to repeal a provision specifically including certain judges in and retired from regular active service among the U.S. district court judges required to appoint U.S. magistrate judges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6775)
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6775)
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2661.
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6775-6776)
action_date: 2009-06-15
text: Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
Clean Energy Promotion Act

Bill: 111-hr-2662
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Department of the Interior
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local finance
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Clean Energy Promotion Act - Requires the United States to annually deposit into the BLM Wind Energy and Solar Energy Permit Processing Improvement Fund up to $5 million received as annual wind energy and solar energy right-of-way authorization fees under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
 
Makes the amounts deposited available for salaries and expenses related to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offices dedicated to the coordination and processing of wind energy and solar energy permit applications.
 
Authorizes the expenditure or transfer of such amounts as are necessary to: (1) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; (2) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and (3) state agencies involved in the processing of wind and solar permits on federal lands under the jurisdiction of the BLM. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6080)
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2663
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infrastructure development
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2009 or TIFIA of 2009 - Revises terms of secured loans and lines of credit used to finance certain transportation infrastructure projects to increase the maximum loan amount for such projects from the lesser of 33% to the lesser of 49% of the eligible project costs or, if the loan does not receive an investment grade rating, the amount of the senior project obligations.
 
Increases the total amount of the line of credit for such projects from 33% to 49% of the reasonably anticipated eligible project costs.
 
Declares that, in the event of the obligor's bankruptcy, insolvency, or liquidation, a direct loan from the Secretary of Transportation for an infrastructure project shall not be subordinated to the claims of any holder of project obligations entered into after (not including such obligations issued to refund prior project obligations), or not contemplated by the parties at the time, the Secretary's agreement to provide the line of credit is entered into.
 
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-FY2015 for such projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House