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To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.

Bill: 111-hr-119
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Intergovernmental relations
New Jersey

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the alternative motor vehicle personal credit against the alternative minimum tax.

Bill: 111-hr-120
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an offset against the alternative minimum tax of alternative motor vehicle tax credit amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Protecting the Privacy of Social Security Numbers Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-122
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades
Right of privacy
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Protecting the Privacy of Social Security Numbers Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the display, sale, or purchase of Social Security numbers without the affirmatively expressed consent of the individual, except in specified circumstances. Directs the Attorney General to study and report to Congress on all the uses of Social Security numbers permitted, required, authorized, or excepted under any federal law, including the impact of such uses on privacy and data security.
 
Establishes a public records exception to the prohibition. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on Social Security numbers in public records. Grants the Attorney General rulemaking authority to enforce this Act's prohibition and to implement and clarify the permitted uses occurring as a result of an interaction between businesses, governments, or business and government. 
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit: (1) the use of Social Security numbers on checks issued for payment by governmental agencies; and (2) inmate access to Social Security account numbers.
 
Prohibits a commercial entity from requiring an individual to provide a Social Security number when purchasing a commercial good or service or denying an individual the good or service for refusing to provide that number, with exceptions. Establishes civil and criminal penalties.
 
Extends civil monetary penalties for misuse of a Social Security number.
 
Provides for: (1) criminal penalties under SSA title II for the misuse of a Social Security number; (2) civil actions and civil penalties against persons who violate this Act; and (3) federal injunctive authority with respect to any violation by a public entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Credit Agencies Identity Theft Responsibilities Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-123
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Credit Agencies Identity Theft Responsibilities Act of 2009 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency which has reason to suspect identity theft to: (1) report such suspicion to the U.S. Secret Service; and (2) inform the Attorney General for criminal prosecution.
 
 Requires the Secret Service to forward such information to either the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), respectively, if it has reason to believe that a suspected case of identity theft involves any suspicion of terrorism or immigration violations.
 
Cites factors for suspicion of identity theft.
 
Requires a consumer reporting agency to review, at regular intervals, all information on consumers it maintains or controls in order to determine whether there is any basis for suspicion of identity theft.
 
Sets forth criminal penalties for agency failure to comply with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Secure the Capitol Act

Bill: 111-hr-124
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional operations and organization
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Secure the Capitol Act - Prohibits an office of the legislative branch from entering into a contract for goods or services within the Capitol Complex with any contractor employing individuals unless the contractor: (1) elects to participate in the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to all of its employees and those providing goods or services under the contract; (2) is in compliance with the terms and conditions of such election; and (3) certifies that each of its subcontractors providing goods or services has elected to participate in such program, and is also in such compliance, with respect to all of its employees as well as those providing goods or services under the subcontract.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate the exceptions to the prohibition on adjustment of status of aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States or who accept unauthorized employment.

Bill: 111-hr-125
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make immediate relatives or special immigrants who are in unlawful status, who accept unauthorized employment, or who have failed to maintain continuous lawful U.S. presence ineligible for permanent resident status adjustment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit citizenship at birth, merely by virtue of birth in the United States, to persons with citizen or legal resident mothers.

Bill: 111-hr-126
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit citizenship at birth to persons born in the United States to mothers who are U.S. citizens or legal residents.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change certain requirements relating to a sponsor's affidavit of support for an alien.

Bill: 111-hr-127
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase certain income-related requirements with respect to a sponsor's affidavit of support for an alien.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Respect for the Law Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-128
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Respect for the Law Act of 2009 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish criminal penalties for an alien who is permitted to depart voluntarily and subsequently enters, attempts to enter, or is present in the United States unlawfully. 
 
Revises criminal penalties for an alien subject to an order of removal who fails to depart or to appear for removal to include a one-year minimum prison sentence.
 
Revises criminal criminal penalties for an alien who reenters the United States after having been removed to include a one-year minimum prison sentence.
 
Revises criminal penalties for the reentry of certain aliens who were removed from the United States for specified criminal-related grounds.
 
Revises exclusion provisions for an alien who has been unlawfully present in the United States for: (1) more than 180 days and less than one year; and (2) at least one year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Los Padres National Forest Land Exchange Act

Bill: 111-hr-130
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Los Padres National Forest Land Exchange Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to convey specified National Forest System (NFS) lands to the United Water Conservation District of California in exchange for the conveyance of specified non-federal lands to the Secretary by the District.

Makes the completion of such land exchange a priority for the Forest Service. Instructs the Forest Service to endeavor to complete the exchange within one year after the enactment of this Act. 

Requires the Secretary to reserve easements for all trails and roads that are considered necessary to provide for administrative purposes and to ensure public access to the NFS lands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Total Overhaul of Totalization Agreements Law of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-132
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
International law and treaties
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Total Overhaul of Totalization Agreements Law of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for agreements establishing a totalization arrangement between the United States and another country with respect to the exchange of funds and information between the countries on behalf citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of one country who become entitled to cash benefits under the other country's social security system.
 
Prohibits, in computing an individual's average indexed monthly earnings, the crediting of individuals under OASDI with wages from employment or self-employment in the United States performed while such individuals: (1) are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States; and (2) are not authorized by law to be employed in the United States. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Identity Theft Notification Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-133
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Identity Theft Notification Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to notify individuals and appropriate authorities of evidence of a certain misuse of individual Social Security account numbers.
 
Requires the Commissioner to determine, in certain instances of wage reports involving multiple addresses for the same employee name, whether there is evidence that the wages were not paid to the individual to whom the Social Security account number was assigned.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
EEOICPA Ombudsman Extension and Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-134
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Energy
Department of Labor
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government liability
Public contracts and procurement
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
EEOICPA Ombudsman Extension and Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) to: (1) make permanent the authority of the Office of the Ombudsman of the Department of Labor; and (2) increase the duties of the Ombudsman under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, including to assist in making claims for benefits for Department of Energy (DOE) contractor employees who have contracted a covered illness through exposure at a DOE facility and to act as an advocate for such employees in appropriate cases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-135
Sponsor: Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-7]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Environmental technology
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes the Twenty-First Century Water Commission to: (1) project future water supply and demand; (2) study current water management programs of federal, interstate, state, and local agencies and private sector entities directed at increasing water supplies and improving the availability, reliability, and quality of freshwater resources; and (3) consult with representatives of such agencies and entities to develop recommendations for a comprehensive water strategy. Requires that such strategy: (1) identify incentives intended to ensure an adequate and dependable water supply to meet U.S. needs for the next 50 years; (2) suggest strategies that avoid increased mandates on state and local governments, considering all available technologies; and (3) suggest financing options.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.

Bill: 111-hr-136
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies
California
Department of Energy
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons
Public contracts and procurement
Radiation
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include within the meaning of the term &#147;member of the Special Exposure Cohort&#148; a Department of Energy (DOE) employee, DOE contractor employee, or atomic weapons employee who was so employed for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days before January 1, 2006, at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.
 
Provides that a claim that an individual qualifies for compensation or benefits under such Act shall be considered notwithstanding any denial of any other claim for compensation with respect to such individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To require Federal contractors to participate in the basic pilot program for employment eligibility verification.

Bill: 111-hr-138
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Amends the the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require federal contractors and subcontractors (as defined by this Act) to participate in the employment eligibility verification pilot program.
 
Directs the Attorney General to ensure that the pilot program is applied to all of the contractor's or subcontractor's employees and not just to those performing the contract or subcontract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House