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Patent Reform Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1260
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Government studies and investigations
Intellectual property
Judges
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Patent Reform Act of 2009 - Amends federal patent law to rewrite provisions concerning the conditions for patentability.
 
Defines &quot;effective filing date of a claimed invention&quot; as the filing date of the patent or the application for patent containing the claim to the invention (thus establishing a first-to-file system).
 
Revises various other rights and requirements related to patents, including regarding: (1) damages; (2) post-grant procedures; (3) citation of prior art; and (4) 
inter partes 
reexaminations; (5) preissuance submissions by third parties; (6) venue and jurisdiction; and (7) the regulatory authority of the Patent and Trademark Office.
 
Replaces the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
 
Revises provisions concerning the residency of federal circuit judges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E536-537)
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Federal Retirement Reform Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1263
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Military personnel and dependents
Temporary and part-time employment
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Federal Retirement Reform Act of 2009 - Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009 - Requires the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to provide for: (1) automatic enrollment in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) at a specified default percentage (between 2% and 5%) of basic pay of anyone appointed, transferred, or reappointed to a position in which that individual is eligible to contribute to TSP; (2) the inclusion in TSP of a qualified Roth contribution program and (3) the addition of a self-directed investment window under TSP, if it would be in the best interests of participants, limited to low-cost, passively-managed index funds that offer diversification. 
 
Requires the total service of an employee who retires eligible for an annuity under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) or who dies leaving a survivor entitled to benefits, to include the employee's days of unused sick leave for annuity computation purposes. 
 
Exempts a federal employee's part-time service performed before April 7, 1986, from proration requirements for purposes of annuity computation under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS).
 
District of Columbia Court, Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees Equity Act of 2009 - Entitles any individual who is treated as a federal employee under CSRS or FERS to have certain qualifying District of Columbia service included in calculating that individual's creditable federal service for specified purposes, including annuity eligibility.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow federal annuitants and members of the Armed Forces to elect to exclude retirement plan distributions for health insurance and long-term care premiums from gross income.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1266
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alaska
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Hawaii
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009 or the Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009 - Revises federal employee locality-based comparability payments provisions to include U.S. territories and possessions, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, within a pay locality. Sets forth maximum rates of pay for Senior Executive Service (SES) personnel in such areas.
 
Revises the calculation of allowances based on living costs and conditions of environment for pay of employees stationed outside the continental United States or in Alaska to apply it only to areas designated as of December 31, 2009. Provides a formula for adjustment of such rate using a transition schedule for calendar years 2010-2012.
 
Requires adjustment of special rates of pay determined to be necessary to obtain or retain the services of persons specified by statute in such a cost-of-living area in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) under this Act. Allows a temporarily raised limitation on the amount of special rates during the transition period of January 1, 2010, to January 1, 2012.
 
Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to pay disparities and locality areas for federal positions located in Alaska, Hawaii, or a U.S. territory.
 
Defines &quot;covered employees&quot; for purposes of this Act, including employees who were eligible, before enactment, to be paid a cost-of-living allowance (COLA) but not a locality-based comparability payment. Describes application of this Act to postal employees.
 
Allows an employee subject to this Act's transition schedule who retires from service during the period from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2012, to elect to have any COLA paid during that period considered as basic pay for purposes of annuity computation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1267
Sponsor: Rep. Bean, Melissa L. [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Health facilities and institutions
Illinois
Land transfers
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary), upon the conclusion of a resource-sharing agreement between the Secretary and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to transfer to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) the Navy ambulatory care center, parking structure, supporting facilities, and related medical personal property and equipment in Great Lakes, Illinois, to be known as the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer to the VA functions necessary for Center operation.
 
Extends through FY2020 a joint Department of Defense (DOD)-VA program to identify, implement, and evaluate creative health care coordination and sharing initiatives at the facility, intraregional, and nationwide levels.
 
Deems the Center a military facility for purposes of the eligibility of members of the Armed Forces to receive care and services there.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit issuance of residential mortgages to any individual who lacks a Social Security account number.

Bill: 111-hr-1268
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Consumer credit
Housing finance and home ownership
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit credit from being extended in any consumer credit transaction in which a security interest will be retained or acquired in property located within the United States which will be used as the consumer's principal residence if such consumer lacks a Social Security account number.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Marriage Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1269
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Intergovernmental relations
Jurisdiction and venue
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Marriage Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code to deny federal courts jurisdiction to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution, of the provision of the Defense of Marriage Act declaring that no state shall be required to give effect to any marriage between persons of the same sex under the laws of any other state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Housing and Community Development Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1270
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Affordable Housing and Community Development Act of 2009 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations in a specified amount for FY2011 and each fiscal year thereafter for the community development block grant program and for related technical assistance and grantee training. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, following a study, to establish an inflation index for such amount for the following fiscal years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conversion of a temporary judgeship for the district of Hawaii to a permanent judgeship.

Bill: 111-hr-1272
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Hawaii
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Converts a temporary judgeship for the district of Hawaii to a permanent judgeship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E532-533)
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Susan B. Anthony Birthday Act

Bill: 111-hr-1273
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Voting rights
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Susan B. Anthony Birthday Act - Honors Susan B. Anthony by celebrating her legacy on the third Monday in February.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E533)
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Working Families Flexibility Act

Bill: 111-hr-1274
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations
Library of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Working Families Flexibility Act - Authorizes an employee to request from an employer a change in the terms or conditions of the employee's employment if the request relates to: (1) the number of hours the employee is required to work; (2) the times when the employee is required to work; or (3) where the employee is required to work. Sets forth certain employer duties with respect to such requests.
 
Makes it unlawful for an employer to interfere with any rights provided to an employee under this Act. Authorizes an employee to file a complaint with the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor for any violations of such rights. Provides for the investigation and assessment of civil penalties or the award of relief for alleged violations, including the review in federal courts of appeal of orders of the Administrator.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to carry out a research, education, and technical assistance program for employers, labor organizations, and the general public regarding compliance with this Act.
 
Applies the requirements of this Act to certain classes of employees, including employees of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Library of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E529)
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1276
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Employment taxes
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (Social Security trust funds) from being included in the federal budget baseline for any fiscal year and from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of offsetting any tax decrease or spending increase. Excludes Social Security trust fund receipts and disbursements totals from official Office of Management and Budget and Congressional Budget Office budget pronouncements.
 
Makes proceeds to the Social Security trust funds from Social Security taxes available solely for OASDI purposes. Prohibits their availability for the establishment or funding of private accounts.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Welfare Reform Restoration Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1277
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Financial crises and stabilization
Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Welfare Reform Restoration Act of 2009 - Amends title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to repeal the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (Emergency Fund), as added by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and eliminate related provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 111-hr-1278
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Members of Congress
Racial and ethnic relations
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act - Authorizes the posthumous award of a congressional gold medal in commemoration of Shirley Chisholm, in recognition of her activism, independence, and ground-breaking achievements in politics, her election as the first African-American woman in Congress, and her campaign to be the first African-American to gain the nomination of a major political party for President of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the contribution limits to dependent care flexible spending accounts and to provide for a carryover of unused dependent care benefits.

Bill: 111-hr-1279
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a maximum annual benefit of $3,750 ($7,500 for married couples filing a joint tax return) for a dependent care flexible spending arrangement; and (2) allow a carryover of unused dependent care benefits in tax-exempt cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements into the next plan year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E526)
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.

Bill: 111-hr-1280
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Marine and inland water transportation
Michigan
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: 
Modifies a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan. 

action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 

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

 
Modifies a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6021-6022)
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6021-6022)
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1280.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6021-6022)
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Mrs. Christensen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-03
text: Introduced in House