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BPA-Free Kids Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4456
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Product safety and quality
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
BPA-Free Kids Act of 2009 - Defines &quot;children's food or beverage container&quot; as any container, except a metal can, that is: (1) designed or intended to be filled with any liquid, food, or beverage primarily for consumption from that container by children three years old or younger; and (2) sold or distributed at retail without containing any liquid, food, or beverage.
 
Requires that any children's food or beverage container that is composed in whole or in part of bisphenol A (BPA) be treated as a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. 
 
Grants the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) jurisdiction over, and authority to enforce, the provisions of this Act, notwithstanding: (1) specified provisions of various Acts; and (2) a specified memorandum of understanding between the CPSC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
 
Requires suppliers and manufacturers to test for BPA plastic resins used in the manufacture and distribution of children's food and beverage containers to ensure that the plastic resins in children's food and beverage containers do not contain BPA. Requires suppliers to certify to manufacturers that plastic resins do not contain BPA. 
 
Imposes labeling and advertising requirements.
 
Allows nonconflicting state and subdivision laws.
 
Requires research to increase understanding of the health effects of BPA exposure in all age groups and in pregnant women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E117)
action_date: 2010-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the payment to the City of New York and Washington, D.C. of amounts attributable to the unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties issued to foreign governments, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4457
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: District of Columbia
Foreign aid and international relief
Intergovernmental relations
New York City
State and local finance
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State in any fiscal year to pay to New York City and Washington, DC, from obligations for assistance to a foreign government an amount equal to the total amount of unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties issued in such fiscal year to that government.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
I-WERC Act

Bill: 111-hr-4458
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Language arts
Law enforcement administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Inmate Work, Education, and Responsibility Curriculum Act of 2009 (
sic
) or the I-WERC Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish a three-year pilot program for making competitive grants to state, tribal, and local corrections agencies to fund a 40-hour work week curriculum of self-improvement activities for inmates that promote responsibility, education, family, work, and parenthood. Includes among the required uses of grant funds working toward and acquiring a general equivalency diploma, literacy training, vocational training and education, jobs and skills training, and mentoring sessions.
 
Requires curriculum participants to undergo an assessment of their mental, physical, intellectual, and vocational abilities. Extends incentives to inmates for participation in the program, including good time credit, monetary compensation, additional and more flexible visitation rights, and letters of recommendation.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to award a grant to the National Institute of Justice to design and conduct a study of the curriculums funded by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a 10-year term of office for any individual appointed as the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration), and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4459
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: 
Replaces the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security in the Department of Transportation (DOT) with the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security as head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
 
Increases the term of office of the Assistant Secretary from 5 to 10 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H113-115, E21)
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Pablo Eduardo Perrone and Maria Cristina Lemos.

Bill: 111-hr-4460
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2010-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Provides for the relief of Pablo Eduardo Perrone and Maria Cristina Lemos.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Banking Integrity Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4461
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2010-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Insurance industry and regulation
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-15
text: 
Banking Integrity Act of 2010 - Amends the Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall Act) to prohibit a member bank from being affiliated with specified organizations engaged principally in the issue, flotation, underwriting, public sale, or distribution of stocks, bonds, debenture, notes, or other securities.
 
Prohibits the staff and personnel of corporations and partnerships (as well as any individual) primarily engaged in the issue, flotation, underwriting, public sale, or distribution, of stocks, bonds, or other similar securities, from serving simultaneously as an officer, director, or employee of any member bank of the Federal Reserve System. Authorizes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to grant limited exceptions.
 
Prohibits a depository institution from engaging in the business of insurance or any insurance-related activity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2010-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Military Tribunals for Terrorists Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4463
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2010-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Military law
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: 
Military Tribunals for Terrorists Act of 2010 - Requires trial only by a military commission for any foreign national who: (1) engages or has engaged in an offense relating to a terrorist attack against persons or property in the United States or U.S. government property or personnel outside the United States; and (2) is subject to trial for that offense by a military commission under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H270)
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2010-01-19
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Terrorists from Reuniting with Terrorist Cells Act

Bill: 111-hr-4464
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2010-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: 
Prevent Terrorists from Reuniting with Terrorist Cells Act - Prohibits the transfer or repatriation for release or detention of any individual detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a nation or region that is recognized by the Department of State or the Department of Defense (DOD) as a haven for terrorist activity or that has been classified as a state sponsor of terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take into account each child a veteran has when determining the veteran's financial status when receiving hospital care or medical services.

Bill: 111-hr-4465
Sponsor: Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8]
Introduced: 2010-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), when examining a veteran's attributable income for purposes of determining whether a veteran is unable to defray the necessary expenses of hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care, to treat as a dependent child of such veteran any unmarried person who: (1) is placed in the legal custody of the veteran for at least 12 consecutive months; (2) either has not attained age 21, has not attained age 23 and is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning, or is incapable of self-support due to mental or physical incapacity; (3) is dependent on the veteran for over one-half of the person's support; and (4) resides with the veteran, unless separated to receive institutional care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4466
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2010-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Law enforcement officers
Political advertising
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: 
State and Local Law Enforcement Hatch Act Reform Act of 2010 - Amends the Hatch Act to: (1) allow state and local law enforcement officers to be candidates for the office of sheriff; and (2) allow sheriffs to engage in campaign activities by attending or speaking at political campaign rallies or events, holding or sponsoring political fundraisers, or appearing on political advertisements.
 
Establishes a limitation period of six months after the later of the date of the alleged violation or the date of enactment of this Act for presenting charges against a law enforcement officer for Hatch Act violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti.

Bill: 111-hr-4467
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2010-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Disaster relief and insurance
Haiti
Income tax deductions
Latin America
Natural disasters
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: 
Treats cash contributions made during January or February 2010 for the relief of earthquake victims in Haiti as having been made on December 31, 2009, for purposes of the tax deduction for charitable contributions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Haiti Action Initiative and Tax Incentive Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4468
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Scott [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2010-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Disaster relief and insurance
Haiti
Income tax deductions
Latin America
Natural disasters
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: 
Haiti Action Initiative and Tax Incentive Act of 2010 - Treats cash contributions made during January 2010 for the relief of earthquake victims in Haiti as having been made on December 31, 2009, for purposes of the tax deduction for charitable contributions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation.

Bill: 111-hr-4469
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2010-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Judicial procedure and administration
Military personnel and dependents
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: 
Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members deployed in support of a contingency operation. States that if a motion for change of custody of a child of such a member is filed while the member is so deployed, no court may enter an order modifying or amending a previous child custody judgment, except if the court finds that it is in the best interest of the child. Prohibits any court from considering a member's absence due to deployment, or possible deployment, in support of a contingency operation in determining the best interest of the child.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Safe Treatment, Avoiding Needless Deaths, and Abuse Reduction in the Detention System Act

Bill: 111-hr-4470
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2010-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: 
Safe Treatment, Avoiding Needless Deaths, and Abuse Reduction in the Detention System Act or the Strong STANDARDS Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) ensure that all individuals subject to detention under the Immigration and Nationality Act (detainees) are treated humanely and granted specified protections; and (2) comply with minimum requirements concerning detainees set forth in this Act.
 
Sets forth requirements concerning a wide range of issues, including: (1) detainee medical care, examinations, and records; (2) detainee releases, transfers, and transportation; (3) detainee access to telephones, legal information and representation, translation services, and recreational activities; (4) protection of detainees from abuse, the unique needs of vulnerable detainees, and the segregation of children; (5) limitations on solitary confinement, shackling, and strip searches; (6) detainee visits with religious individuals and children; (7) detention facility personnel training; (8) detainee grievances; and (9) facility compliance. 
 
Sets forth specific requirements for short-term (72 hours or less) detention facilities, including concerning: (1) provision of basic needs, detainee access to consular officials and health care professionals, and the return of property; and (2) protections for children.
 
Requires the Secretary to appoint and convene an Immigration Detention Commission to conduct independent investigations of detention facility and DHS compliance with requirements under this Act. Establishes reporting requirements concerning any individual who dies while in DHS custody.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2010-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-19
text: Introduced in House
To clarify that revocation of an alien's visa or other documentation is not subject to judicial review.

Bill: 111-hr-4471
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2010-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit judicial review of visa or document revocation. (Judicial review is currently permitted in a deportation proceeding if such revocation is the sole ground for deportation.) 
 
 States that this Act shall: (1) take effect on the date of its enactment; and (2) apply to visa revocations under such Act occurring before, on, or after such date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Close All Routes and Prevent Asian Carp Today Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4472
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2010-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Fishes
Great Lakes
Illinois
Marine and inland water transportation
Michigan
Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: 
Close All Routes and Prevent Asian Carp Today Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of the Army to take actions to ensure: (1) the immediate closure and ceasing of operation of the locks at the O'Brien Lock and Dam and the Chicago Controlling Works until a strategy relating to controlled lock operations is developed; (2) the installation of structures in the North Shore Channel and the Grand Calumet and Little Calumet Rivers to prevent the migration of bighead and silver carps into Lake Michigan; (3) the installation of interim barriers in the Chicago waterway system between the Des Plaines River and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to prevent bighead and silver carps from entering the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal during a flood event; (4) the operation of the Electrical Disbursal Barrier System at optimal operating power and the expedited completion of proposed barrier IIB of such system; (5) the comprehensive monitoring of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and all connected waterways for the presence and location of bighead and silver carps; (6) the eradication of any bighead or silver carps discovered in the Chicago waterway system; (7) the upgrading and making permanent of barrier I of the Electrical Disbursal Barrier System in a location and with the features and operations determined to be the most effective; (8) the implementation of measures recommended in the efficacy study authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 or provided in related interim reports; (9) the implementation of emergency measures to prevent bighead and silver carps from dispersing into the Great Lakes; and (10) the acquisition of real estate necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Electrical Disbursal Barrier System.
 
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on strategies for addressing any effects with respect to commerce and flood control resulting from such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Introduced in House