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Border Law Enforcement Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-339
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Canada
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mexico
New Mexico
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Border Law Enforcement Relief Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants on a competitive basis to eligible law enforcement agencies to assist such agencies in addressing border-related criminal activity within their jurisdictions. Defines &quot;eligible law enforcement agency&quot; as a tribal, state, or local law enforcement agency located or performing duties in a county that is within 100 miles of the Mexican or Canadian border or a county that has been designated by the Attorney General as a high impact area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Troubled Asset Relief Program Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-s-340
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Financial crises and stabilization
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Troubled Asset Relief Program Enhancement Act - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to require the Comptroller General to oversee the performance of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in meeting EESA purposes involving public accountability for the exercise of its authority.
 
Grants the Comptroller General access, upon request, to any information, data, schedules, books, accounts, financial records, reports, files, electronic communications, or other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by the TARP, any entity established by the Secretary under EESA, or any entity participating in a program established under EESA, and to any of their officers, employees, directors, independent public accountants, financial advisors and any and all other agents and representatives.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to be afforded full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or securities held by depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians.
 
Prohibits the Comptroller General from disclosing publicly any proprietary or trade secret information obtained under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Main Street Manufacturing Communities Reinvestment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-341
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Economic development
Employment and training programs
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Public-private cooperation
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Main Street Manufacturing Communities Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to revise the economic adjustment assistance grant program.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) waive the requirement that a manufacturing area suffering from severe unemployment or severe changes in economic conditions have a comprehensive economic develop strategy prior to a request for a grant for a project to alleviate such special need, provided it has a streamlined economic development strategy plan approved by the Governor; and (2) provide assistance to alleviate economic dislocation in a manufacturing area regardless of whether it was sudden or arose more than 24 months before the filing for a grant.
 
Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to award national emergency grants to an eligible entity to provide employment and training assistance to manufacturing workers who lost employment due to a plant closure, or mass layoff, or experienced a change in employment status due to a plant shutdown, at a single employment site for 50 or more workers. Allows the use of such a grant to provide a job search allowance and a relocation allowance of up to $1,250 each, as well as needs-related payments to an eligible manufacturing worker. 
 
Revises energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program eligibility requirements. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) award advanced training partnership grants to eligible institutions of higher education for the design, engineering, manufacture, or supply of equipment for new technologically advanced, energy efficient, and renewable fuel powered motor vehicles; and (2) provide other services to upgrade the skills of automobile industry workers (including equipment supply industry workers) to manufacture such vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the treatment of service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay for members of the Armed Forces.

Bill: 111-s-342
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alaska
Military history
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Treats the service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II of any individual who was honorably discharged therefrom as active service for purposes of eligibility for, and the computation of, retired pay for members of the Armed Forces.
 
Makes such provision applicable for retired pay for months beginning on or after August 9, 2000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S997)
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S997)
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-343
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2009-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: 
Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover the services of a qualified respiratory therapist performed under the general supervision of a physician.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Hedge Fund Transparency Act

Bill: 111-s-344
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2009-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Currency
Department of the Treasury
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: 
Hedge Fund Transparency Act - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940, Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Internal Revenue Code to convert exceptions to the definition of an investment company into exemptions from mandatory registration as one.
 
Exempts an investment company with assets, or assets under management, of at least $50 million from ordinary registration and filing requirements only if that company: (1) registers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); (2) files with the SEC a specified annual electronic information form, made available to the public, concerning ownership structure, investors, primary accountant and broker, and current assets value; (3) maintains such books and records as the SEC may require; and (4) cooperates with any request for information or examination by the SEC.
 
Requires any investment company meeting such exemption requirements to establish an anti-money laundering program, according to rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and report suspicious transactions.
 
Requires such rules to require exempted investment companies to use risk-based due diligence policies, procedures, and controls reasonably designed to ascertain the identity of, and evaluate, any foreign person that supplies funds, or plans to supply funds, to be invested with the investment company's advice or assistance.
 
 Requires such rules also to require exempted investment companies to comply with the same requirements as other financial institutions for producing records requested by a federal regulator, particularly within 120 hours of receiving such a request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1058-1059)
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Life at Conception Act

Bill: 111-s-346
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2009-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Constitution and constitutional amendments

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: 
Life at Conception Act - Declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being beginning at the moment of fertilization, cloning, and other moment at which an individual comes into being.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to distinguish between the severity of a qualifying loss of a dominant hand and a qualifying loss of a non-dominant hand for purposes of traumatic injury protection under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-347
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2009-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Life, casualty, property insurance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: 
Allows the schedule of payments under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) for a traumatic injury to distinguish between the severity of a loss of a dominant hand and a non-dominant hand.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-29
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-81.
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act.

Bill: 111-s-348
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2009-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Appropriations
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Libraries and archives
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make federal provisions which prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds either in excess of appropriated amounts or in violation of sequestration orders under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1986 inapplicable to: (1) any amount collected or received as federal universal service contributions; or (2) the expenditure or obligation of amounts attributable to such contributions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1063-1064)
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 111-s-349
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2009-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Outdoor recreation
Pennsylvania

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: 
Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania. Designates the Lancaster-York Heritage Region as the management entity for the Area. Requires the Lancaster-York Heritage Region to prepare and submit a management plan for the Area. 

action_date: 2010-09-27
text: 
Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania. Requires the inclusion of Lancaster and York Counties within the boundaries of the Area. 
 
Designates the Susquehanna Heritage Corporation as the local coordinating entity for the Area. 
 
Prohibits the Corporation from using federal funds under this Act for the acquisition of real property or any interest in real property. 
 
Requires the Corporation to prepare and submit a management plan for the Area and sets forth procedures for its approval or disapproval. 
 
Authorizes appropriations. Limits the federal cost share for any activity carried out using funds under this Act to half of that activity's cost.
 
Terminates the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance under this Act 15 years after its enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 589.
action_date: 2010-09-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-303.
action_date: 2010-09-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-303.
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-645.
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1064-1066)
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1064)
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Support for Iraq Oil Trust Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-351
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2009-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Iraq
Middle East
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: 
Support for Iraq Oil Trust Act of 2009 - Withholds specified percentages of Economic Support Fund assistance for Iraq unless the Secretary of State certifies within specified time periods to the appropriate congressional committees that U.S. government representatives have presented an oil trust plan to Iraqi government representatives. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act

Bill: 111-s-353
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2009-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: 
Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements for planning, establishing, and providing basic operating support for up to 20 national pediatric research consortia. Requires each such consortium to: (1) supplement, but not replace, the establishment of a comprehensive pediatric research portfolio; (2) conduct basic, clinical, behavioral, social, and translational research; and (3) conduct training and demonstration of advanced diagnostic and treatment methods relating to pediatrics.

Requires the Director of NIH to provide for the coordination of information and ensure regular communication between consortia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-354
Sponsor: Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2009-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Employee leave
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Library of Congress
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: 
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2009 - Allows federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the: (1) birth of a child; or (2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. Makes available (subject to specified requirements) for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) four eight administrative weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved; and (2) any accumulated annual or sick leave.
 
Authorizes the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to promulgate regulations to increase the amount of paid parental leave available to such an employee to a total of eight administrative workweeks, based on the consideration of: (1) the benefits to the federal government, including enhanced recruitment and employee retention; (2) the cost to the government; (3) trends in the private sector and in state and local governments; and (4) the federal government's role as a model employer.
 
Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow the same substitution for covered congressional employees, Government Accountability Office (GAO) employees, and Library of Congress employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-20
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Increasing America's Global Development Capacity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-355
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2009-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: 
Increasing America's Global Development Capacity Act of 2009 - Requires the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to increase the number of full-time Foreign Service officers employed by USAID.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1066-1067)
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1066)
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Choice in Real Estate Act

Bill: 111-s-356
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: 
Community Choice in Real Estate Act - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Secretary of the Treasury, respectively, from determining that real estate brokerage activity or real estate management activity is financial in nature, is incidental to any financial activity, or is complementary to a financial activity. (In effect, prohibits financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities.)
 
Exempts from such prohibition: (1) activities of a bank holding company (or any affiliate) that directly relate to managing any real property owned by national banks or their affiliates; and (2) the right, power, or ability of any financial holding company to engage in any activity, or acquire or retain the shares of any company engaged in an activity authorized for financial holding companies on December 6, 2001 ("grandfather clause").

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1067)
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-357
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal appellate courts
Judicial review and appeals
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-30
text: 
Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code to allow for review by writ of certiorari of certain cases denied relief or review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1125)
action_date: 2009-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1125)
action_date: 2009-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate