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Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization Act

Bill: 111-hr-2099
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Economic development
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: 
Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization Act - Authorizes Sealaska Corporation, the Regional Corporation for southeast Alaska, notwithstanding specified provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and subject to conditions and restrictions, to select and receive conveyance of its remaining land entitlement under the ANCSA from federal land in southeast Alaska from each of the following categories: (1) specified economic development land; (2) sites with sacred, cultural, traditional, or historical significance; and (3) Alaska Native futures sites with traditional and recreational use value.
 
Authorizes the Director of the National Park Service to enter into a cooperative management agreement with Sealaska, other village corporations and urban corporations, and federally recognized Indian tribes with cultural and historical ties to Glacier Bay National Park to recognize and perpetuate National Park Service values, including those associated with the Tlingit homeland and culture, wilderness, and ecological preservation. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete the conveyance of lands to Sealaska within one year of selection.
 
Prohibits Sealaska from selecting or receiving any conveyance of lands under this Act from within any conservation system unit, federally designated wilderness area, or certain land use designation areas.
 
Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to add to the definition of &quot;tribal lands&quot; land held under the ANCSA by incorporated Native groups, regional corporations, and village corporations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-17
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E961-962)
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of certain public land in Mohave Valley, Mohave County, Arizona, administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the Arizona Game and Fish Department, for use as a public shooting range.

Bill: 111-hr-2100
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2009-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Firearms and explosives
Land transfers
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey specified public lands in Mohave County, Arizona, to the Arizona Game and Fish Department to permit the Department to use such lands as a public shooting range. 
 
Instructs the Secretary to require the Arizona Game and Fish Department to pay all survey costs and other administrative costs necessary for the preparation and completion of any patents of, and transfer of title to, those lands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
United States Public Service Academy Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2102
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2009-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Area studies and international education
Department of State
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
School administration
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: 
United States Public Service Academy Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of State a U.S. Public Service Academy for the instruction in and preparation for public service of selected individuals. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) key personnel positions; (2) faculty and departments; (3) student nominations, qualifications, and admission requirements; (4) curriculum standards; and (5) off-campus learning program requirements.
 
Requires each Academy student to sign an agreement for not less than five years of public service following graduation. Imposes cost repayment requirements for students who fail to graduate or to complete such public service. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) public service assignments; and (2) graduate education and the additional service commitment.
 
Establishes a Board of Visitors to oversee and inquire into the efficiency and effectiveness of Academy operations.
 
Directs the President to determine the Academy's location by establishing an advisory commission and through specified procedures. Authorizes the President to acquire land and construct the Academy.
 
Requires each Academy student's education to be fully subsidized by the Academy (or by an international student's home country). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E971)
International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2103
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2009-04-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
Marriage and family status
Women's health
Women's rights
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: 
International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2009 - Authorizes the President to provide assistance, including through multilateral, nongovernmental, and faith-based organizations, to prevent child marriage in developing countries and to promote the educational, health, economic, social, and legal empowerment of girls and women. Sets forth priority assistance criteria.
 
Directs the President, through the Secretary of State, to establish a multi-year strategy to prevent child marriage in developing countries and to promote the empowerment of girls at risk of child marriage. Sets forth strategy elements.
 
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that Department of State country reports on human rights practices include a description of the status of child marriage for countries with specified rates of child marriage. 
 
Defines &quot;child marriage&quot; as the marriage of a girl or boy not yet the minimum age for marriage stipulated in law in the country in which the girl or boy is a resident.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Safety, Efficiency, and Accountability in Transportation Projects Through Public Inspection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2104
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2009-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: 
Safety, Efficiency, and Accountability in Transportation Projects Through Public Inspection Act of 2009 - Requires public employees to perform construction inspections on all surface transportation projects receiving federal funding. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E989)
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
PHIT Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2105
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2009-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax deductions
Physical fitness and lifestyle

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: 
Personal Health Investment Today Act of 2009 or the PHIT Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a medical care tax deduction for up to $1,000 ($2,000 for married couples filing jointly or heads of household) of qualified sports and fitness expenses. Defines &quot;qualified sports and fitness expenses&quot; as amounts paid for fitness center memberships, physical exercise programs, and exercise equipment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Workforce Health Improvement Program Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2106
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2009-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Sports and recreation facilities
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: 
Workforce Health Improvement Program Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of employees: (1) the value of any on-premises employer-provided athletic facility; and (2) fees, dues, or membership expenses paid to an athletic or fitness facility by an employer for its employees, but not exceeding $900 per employee per year.
 
Allows employers a tax deduction for fees, dues, or membership expenses paid to an athletic or fitness facility. Limits the amount of such deduction to $900 per employee per year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Cord Blood Education and Awareness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2107
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2009-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Cell biology and embryology
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medical education
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: 
Cord Blood Education and Awareness Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a publication relating to umbilical cord blood that includes: (1) an explanation of the potential value and uses of umbilical cord blood; (2) the medical processes involved in the collection of cord blood; and (3) options for ownership and future use of donated umbilical cord blood. 
 
Directs the Secretary to develop a written patient informed consent document relating to cord blood disposition to be presented to and signed by the expectant woman not later than two weeks before her estimated delivery date. Requires such document to include: (1) information on the different options to cord blood banking; (2) information on the medical value of cord blood stem cells in treating disease; and (3) a declaration, to be signed, of a woman's chosen option for disposition.
 
Directs each physician or other health care professional who is primarily responsible for furnishing ambulatory prenatal care to a pregnant woman to: (1) provide her with timely information relating to umbilical cord blood banking options; and (2) obtain written informed consent or a document that the woman refused or declined to provide such consent. Applies such requirement to state Medicaid plans and group health insurance plans.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop professional educational materials on umbilical cord blood stem cells for health care providers who provide prenatal services.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to entities for targeted education about umbilical cord blood stem cells and the different options for banking such cells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Predatory Mortgage Lending Practices Reduction Act

Bill: 111-hr-2108
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2009-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Contracts and agency
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: 
Predatory Mortgage Lending Practices Reduction Act - Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to prohibit any person, in connection with a subprime federally related mortgage loan, from providing mortgage lending services or mortgage brokerage services unless such person is certified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as having been adequately trained with regard to subprime lending. 
 
Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require lenders to establish a best practices plan, meeting certain criteria, to ensure compliance with such Act for high cost mortgages. 
Proscribes unfair or deceptive acts or practices in providing: (1) mortgage lending services for either a subprime federally related mortgage loan; (2) mortgage brokerage services for such a loan; and (3) appraisal of a property offered as security for repayment of the loan.
Sets forth civil penalties for violations. 
Consumer Fairness Act - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to declare unenforceable a written provision in any consumer contract or transaction which requires binding arbitration to resolve any controversy arising out of such transaction or contract, or the refusal to perform all or any part of the transaction. (Permits post-controversy arbitration agreements.) 
Amends the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to authorize the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to make grants to nonprofit community development corporations to educate and train borrowers and community groups regarding illegal and inappropriate predatory lending practices.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Childhood Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2109
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2009-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Medical research
Mental health
Minority health
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: 
Childhood Cancer Survivorship Research and Quality of Life Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to expand and intensify the CDC's cancer control programs, including programs for conducting surveillance activities or supporting state comprehensive cancer control programs. 
 
Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute to coordinate the activities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with respect to cancer survivorship, including child cancer survivorship.
 
Requires the Director of NIH, acting through the Director of the Institute, to make grants for research relating to: (1) childhood cancer survivors within minority populations; and (2) health disparities in cancer survivorship outcomes within minority or other medically underserved populations.
 
Requires the Director of NIH to conduct or support research to evaluate systems of follow-up care for childhood cancer survivors.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to establish or improve training programs for health care professionals to: (1) improve the quality of immediate and long-term follow-up care for survivors of childhood cancers and their families; and (2) ensure that such care is linguistically and culturally competent.
 
Requires the Director of NIH to make grants to establish pilot programs to develop, study, or evaluate model systems for monitoring and caring for childhood cancer survivors.
 
Requires the Secretary to make grants to: (1) establish and operate a clinic for comprehensive long-term follow-up services for childhood cancer survivors; and (2) improve physical and psychosocial care for childhood cancer survivors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act

Bill: 111-hr-2110
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2009-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Intergovernmental relations
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: 
Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act - Limits state taxation of the wages or other remuneration of any employee who performs duties in more than one state to: (1) the state of the employee's residence; and (2) the state in which the employee is present and performing employment duties for more than 30 days. Exempts from the definition of &quot;employee&quot; for purposes of this Act a professional athlete or entertainer or certain public figures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Commission on Financial Accountability and Preparedness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2111
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2009-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business ethics
Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: 
Congressional Commission on Financial Accountability and Preparedness Act of 2009 - Establishes the Congressional Commission on Financial Accountability and Preparedness to review and report to Congress on the actions leading up to the 2008 breakdown in the financial markets and failures in the regulatory system.
 
Requires the Commission to submit special reports on: (1) any corporate abuse of taxpayer funds the Commission finds occurred; (2) the current state of the regulatory system and its effectiveness in overseeing the participants in the financial system and protecting consumers; and (3) any fiduciary negligence, fraudulent behavior, poor corporate governance, obstructionism, or media manipulation that the Commission determines was engaged in by relevant corporate officers and elected or appointed government officials.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Injury, Illness, and Fatality Reporting Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2113
Sponsor: Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2009-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Labor
Government information and archives
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: 
Corporate Injury, Illness, and Fatality Reporting Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations requiring large employers, for each of their establishments, to maintain accurate records of, and make periodic and certified reports at least annually on: (1) the numbers and rates of work-related deaths, injuries, and illnesses; and (2) compliance data, including inspection numbers and dates and the total number of violations and citations issued following inspections.
 
 Requires each large employer to identify on all records and reports each establishment and whether one has been acquired, sold, or transferred since the last report required under this Act.
 
Requires the Secretary to issue citations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to any large employer, including those with establishments in states with an approved state plan for development and enforcement of standards, for violations of any of this Act's reporting requirements.
 
Excludes from the meaning of &quot;establishment&quot; a place where business is conducted that has fewer than 10 employees or that is in the construction industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4753)
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Introduced in House