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Investment in After-School Programs Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1281
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Investment in After-School Programs Act of 2009 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to local educational agencies, educational service agencies, community-based organizations, or other entities to improve, expand, or establish rural after-school programs that provide students with a broad array of activities when school is not in session that improve their academic performance and promote their positive development.
 
Requires eligible programs to be implemented in active collaboration with the schools the students attend and take place in safe and easily accessible facilities.
 
Gives priority to applicants that are partnerships between eligible entities or propose to serve students a majority of whom are eligible for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish a Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies.

Bill: 111-s-1282
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Establishes the Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies. Directs the President to designate two Commission co-chairpersons.
 
Requires the Commission to: (1) establish a systematic method for assessing the effectiveness and accountability of agency programs; (2) divide such programs into four equal budgetary parts; (3) evaluate executive agencies and their programs identified in each unit identified in the assessment; and (4) submit to Congress each of the next four years a plan recommending agencies and programs that should be realigned or eliminated and proposing implementing legislation. Provides for expedited consideration of such legislation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6728-6729)
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Regional Carrier Discloser Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1283
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Regional Carrier Discloser Act of 2009 - Prohibits any person operating an Internet website that sells airline tickets from selling a ticket without disclosing in the first listing of the flight that may be seen by a purchaser the name of the air carrier operating the flight, including the name of each air carrier operating on each segment of a multiple segment flight.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring One Level of Aviation Safety Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1284
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Labor standards
Licensing and registrations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Ensuring One Level of Aviation Safety Act of 2009 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to: (1) implement certain aviation safety recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); and (2) notify Congress, within 180 days after the NTSB provides the Administrator with a safety recommendation, of determinations with respect to future and pending NTSB recommendations.
 
Directs the Administrator to: (1) submit to Congress a plan that contains a process for each air carrier to certify to the FAA that it has received an airworthiness directive or other FAA issued order, including a plan for ensuring air carrier compliance with such directives and orders; and (2) perform, at least annually, random, unannounced, onsite inspections of regional air carriers to ensure their compliance with FAA safety standards.
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) issue a final rule with respect to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2009, regarding training programs for flight crewmembers and aircraft dispatchers; (2) revise federal aviation safety regulations to increase the minimum number of hours of flight experience required for pilots to conduct flight operations; (3) prescribe regulations to limit the number of hours allowed for pilots to address pilot fatigue problems as well as to provide guidance to air carriers to develop, and submit to the FAA, fatigue management plans; and (4) submit to Congress a plan for overseeing federally-certified pilot training schools.
 
Requires an air carrier, before allowing an individual to begin service as a pilot, to request and receive from the FAA records pertaining to any failed attempt of the individual to pass a practical test required to obtain a certificate or type rating under federal regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6729)
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Keeping Families Safe Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1286
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Keeping Families Safe Act of 2009 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow foster care maintenance payments to be made on behalf of a child who is in a residential family treatment center. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate and report to Congress on the foster care maintenance payments made on behalf of a child who is in a residential family treatment center, including an analysis of the outcomes for such children.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6807)
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Defense Financial Accountability Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1287
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Department of Defense Financial Accountability Act of 2009 - Requires annual audits of the financial statements of the: (1) Department of Defense (DOD); (2) Department of the Army; (3) Department of the Navy; (4) Department of the Air Force; and (5) Defense Logistics Agency. Sets forth deadlines concerning the completion of such audits and the validation of such financial statements as ready for audit. 
 
Requires validation of the financial statements of the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and the Defense Logistics Agency as ready for audit by specified deadlines with respect to: (1) military equipment; (2) real property; (3) inventory; (4) operational material and supplies; (5) environmental liabilities; and (6) the fund balance with the Treasury. 
 
Provides for the submission of a report to specified congressional committees if DOD or a component of DOD is unable to achieve compliance with the completion date for a requirement under this Act. 
 
Requires semiannual reports to such committees on the financial improvement audit readiness (FIAR) plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6808-6809)
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6807-6808)
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Management Assistance Compact Grant Reauthorization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1288
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Emergency Management Assistance Compact Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to authorize the use of Emergency Management Assistance Compact grants to: (1) educate emergency response providers by offering training materials and courses relating to the Compact; (2) conduct exercises regarding deployments under the Compact and related procedures; (3) establish a system for tracking resources deployed under the Compact; and (4) conduct after-action assessments, prepare reports, and carry out recommendations in response to large-scale activations, as determined appropriate by Compact administrators.
 
Authorizes appropriations for Compact grants for FY2010-2012.

action_date: 2009-12-09
text: 
Emergency Management Assistance Compact Grant Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to authorize appropriations for Emergency Management Assistance Compact grants for FY2010-FY2012.

action_date: 2010-07-14
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on December 9, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Emergency Management Assistance Compact Grant Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to authorize appropriations for Emergency Management Assistance Compact grants for FY2010-FY2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5867; text as passed Senate: CR S5867)
action_date: 2010-07-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5867; text as passed Senate: CR S5867)
action_date: 2009-12-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 223.
action_date: 2009-12-09
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-103.
action_date: 2009-12-09
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-103.
action_date: 2009-07-29
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the income tax deduction for dependent care to include part-time students for purposes of calculating  earned income under the credit.

Bill: 111-s-1290
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Higher education
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who are part-time students to claim the tax credit for dependent care expenses (currently, only full-time students may claim such credit). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1291
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Computers and information technology
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for the cost of teleworking equipment used by employees to telework and for expenses to maintain such equipment. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to the lesser of $500 for each teleworking employee or $50,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1292
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health facilities and institutions
Prescription drugs
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an ultimate user who has lawfully obtained a controlled substance to deliver that substance to another person, without being registered, for the purpose of disposal if: (1) the person receiving the substance is authorized to engage in such activity; and (2) the disposal takes place in accordance with regulations issued by the Attorney General to prevent diversion of controlled substances.
 
Permits the Attorney General to authorize long-term care facilities to dispose of controlled substances on behalf of ultimate users in a manner that will provide effective controls against diversion and that is consistent with public health and safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Enhancing Child Health with Automatic School Meal Enrollment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1293
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Enhancing Child Health with Automatic School Meal Enrollment Act of 2009 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make performance awards to states that demonstrate outstanding performance or show substantial improvement in directly certifying children whose families are eligible for supplemental nutrition assistance under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 as eligible for free meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs. (Direct certification eliminates the need for such families to submit applications for participation in the school lunch and breakfast programs.)
 
Requires each state that directly certifies less than 95% of their children who are eligible for direct certification to implement a direct certification improvement plan that is approved by the Secretary.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to report to Congress on how statewide databases used to track compliance with the requirements of the school improvement program under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 can be used for the purposes of direct certification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6811-6812)
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6811)
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Transitional Care Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1295
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care quality
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Medicare Transitional Care Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of benefits for transitional care services for qualified individuals following discharge from a hospital or critical access hospital.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6813-6814)
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6812-6813)
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to increase the number of non-dual status technicians employable by the National Guards.

Bill: 111-s-1296
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Increases (from 1,600 to 3,200) the limitation on the number of non-dual status technicians employed by the Army National Guard.
 
Increases (from 1,950 to 3,550) the permanent limitation on the total number of such personnel employed by the National Guard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Retirement Security for Life Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1297
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Retirement Security for Life Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income for 50 percent of the amount otherwise includible in gross income as guaranteed payments from certain annuity or life insurance contracts. Limits the amount of such exclusion to $20,000 in any taxable year. Provides for an inflation adjustment of the $20,000 limitation beginning in 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6815-6816)
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6814-6815)
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Worker Infection Protection Act

Bill: 111-s-1299
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Worker Infection Protection Act - Directs the Secretaries of Labor and of Health and Human Services (HHS) to jointly develop and issue workplace standards, recommendations, and plans to protect health care workers and first responders and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop and issue an emergency temporary standard and, not later than 180 days after such issuance, a permanent standard for the protection of workers at risk of exposure, to prevent occupational exposure to infectious agents and toxins. Sets forth minimum requirements for such standards concerning: (1) an infectious agent control plan in settings where health care is delivered; (2) personal protective equipment; (3) training and information, including providing job-specific training and education regarding the prevention of transmission of infectious agents and providing instructional materials for patients and visitors; and (4) medical surveillance for exposed workers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Community and Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1300
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Medical education
Medicare
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Community and Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the counting of time spent in outpatient settings by full-time-equivalent residents in approved medical residency training programs, for purposes of indirect medical education (IME) and direct graduate medical education (D-GME) payments.
 
Defines all, or substantially all, of the costs for the training program in that nonhospital setting as the residents' stipends and benefits and other costs, if any, as determined by the training hospital and the entity (wholly owned or operated by the hospital) operating the nonhospital setting.
 
Declares that the hospital is not required to pay the entity any amounts other than those determined by the hospital and the entity in order for the hospital to be considered to have incurred all, or substantially all, of the costs for the training program in that setting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act

Bill: 111-s-1301
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Florida
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act - Directs the Attorney General to make annual grants to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in recovering missing children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate