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Gulf Oyster Industry Jobs Protection Act

Bill: 111-s-2752
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2009-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: 
Gulf Oyster Industry Jobs Protection Act - Prohibits the use of funds made available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require that oysters be treated with post-harvest processing or other treatment or cooking requirements that result in a prohibition on selling or consuming raw oysters. 
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) and in cooperation with the oyster industry and the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference, to conduct an education campaign to increase awareness of the risks associated with consuming raw oysters.
 
Prohibits any proposed regulation or guidance issued by the Secretary that affects the harvesting, processing, or transportation of seafood harvested in the United States from becoming final or taking effect until the Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains: (1) a cost-benefit analysis, economic impact study, and health impact analysis of such proposed regulation or guidance; and (2) an analysis that compares such proposed regulation or guidance to any similar regulations or guidance with respect to other regulated foods and that compares the risks associated with seafood and the instances of those risks in such other regulated foods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the suspension of duty on RSD 1235.

Bill: 111-s-2753
Sponsor: Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC]
Introduced: 2009-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on RSD 1235.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
National STEM Education Tax Incentive for Teachers Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2754
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: 
National STEM Education Tax Incentive for Teachers Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain full-time elementary and secondary school teachers of math, science, engineering, or technology courses a refundable tax credit for 10% of their undergraduate tuition up to $1,000 in any taxable year. Increases such credit amount to $1,500 for teachers in schools serving disadvantaged children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Solar Manufacturing Jobs Creation Act

Bill: 111-s-2755
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2009-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: 
Solar Manufacturing Jobs Creation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 30% energy tax credit for equipment used to fabricate solar energy property.
 
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 to allow grants in lieu of energy tax credits for equipment used to fabricate solar energy property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Families Act

Bill: 111-s-2757
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2009-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: 
Military Families Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General to adjust the status of an eligible alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if the alien: (1) applies for adjustment (with a time limit for an alien applying as a family member of a deceased Armed Forces member); (2) is admissible to the United States as an immigrant; (3) pays the application fee (unless waived); and (4) is physically present in the United States.
 
Applies such provision to an alien who is: (1) a parent, spouse, child, son, or daughter (and their spouse, child, son, or daughter, if any) of a living Armed Forces member or of a deceased Armed Forces member who died as a result of service-incurred injury or disease; or (2) a son or daughter of a Filipino parent who was naturalized based upon active duty World War II service in the Philippine Army, Philippine Scouts, or a recognized guerilla unit.
 
Defines &quot;Armed Forces member&quot; as a person who: (1) is, or was at the time of the person's death, a U.S. citizen or lawfully admitted permanent resident; (2) is serving, or has served honorably on or after October 7, 2001, as a member of the National Guard or the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, or in an active-duty status in the U.S. military; and (3) if separated from service was separated under honorable conditions.
 
Waives specified grounds of inadmissibility and authorizes the waiver of additional grounds of inadmissibility.
 
 

 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Growing Safe Food Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2758
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2009-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: 
Growing Safe Food Act of 2009 - Amends the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance, with respect to foods under the authority of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA), to: (1) farm owners and operators; (2) small food processors; and (3) small fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to farms that have, or are transitioning to, certified organic production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2759
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2009-11-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: 
 Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2009 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to treat as a disability for OASDI and SSI disability payment purposes any service-connected total disability, as rated and certified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
 
Applies the same treatment to related child's insurance and widow's and widower's insurance benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the annual amount authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans.

Bill: 111-s-2760
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-11-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: 
Increases and extends through FY2010 the annual authorization of appropriations for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11346)
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Introduced in Senate
GO Zone Bonus Depreciation Extension Act

Bill: 111-s-2761
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2009-11-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Business investment and capital
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Louisiana
Mississippi

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: 
GO Zone Bonus Depreciation Extension Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2012 the additional depreciation allowance for nonresidential real property or residential rental property in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (GO Zone).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-09
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Introduced in Senate
San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2762
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2009-11-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: 
San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act of 2009 - Designates specified lands in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests and the San Juan Resource Area of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Colorado as wilderness areas and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
Designates specified lands in such National Forests and San Juan National Forest as the Sheep Mountain Special Management Area. 
 
Withdraws lands designated as wilderness or a special management area under this Act, as well as land within the Naturita Canyon Mineral Withdrawal Area, from all forms of: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
 
Sets forth provisions regarding water rights and access to and the operation of water resource facilities in lands designated as wilderness or a special management area by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11347-11349)
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11346-11347)
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to terminate the preemption of State and local laws that prohibit or regulate gaming or the operation of bucket shops, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-2763
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2009-11-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commodities markets
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Federal preemption

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: 
Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the Act's preemption of any state or local law that prohibits or regulates gaming or operation of bucket shops.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2765
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2009-11-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: 
Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee up to 90% of the amount of a loan, up to specified loan amounts, to a small business health professional to be used for the acquisition and installation of health information technology for the professional's medical practice. Defines the term &quot;health information technology&quot; to mean computer hardware, software, and related technology that supports the meaningful electronic health record use requirements of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and is purchased by an eligible professional to aid in the provision of health care, including electronic medical records, but excludes information technology whose sole use is financial management, maintenance of inventory of basic supplies, or appointment scheduling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11349)
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Foods Equity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2766
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2009-11-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Food assistance and relief
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: 
Medical Foods Equity Act of 2009 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to include coverage of: (1) medically necessary food and food modified to be low protein; and (2) pharmacological doses of vitamins and amino acids used for the treatment of inborn errors of metabolism. Provides for similar coverage under the TRICARE program (military health care).
 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to provide coverage in group and individual plans of such food and vitamins and amino acids.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine the minimum yearly coverage for all health insurance plans based upon the expanded coverage provided by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11349)
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Port of Entry Personnel and Infrastructure Funding Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2767
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2009-11-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Land transfers
Law enforcement officers
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: 
Emergency Port of Entry Personnel and Infrastructure Funding Act of 2009 - Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010 to allocate certain FY2010 appropriations to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to pay the salaries and related compensation for an additional 250 CBP officers and 25 associated support personnel who shall be devoted to new inspection lanes at new land ports of entry along the Southern border between the United States and Mexico.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to hire, train, and assign to duty, by the end of FY2013, an additional: (1) 2,500 full-time CBP officers to serve on all inspection lanes and enforcement teams at U.S. lands ports of entry on the Northern border between the United States and Canada and the same number of CBP officers for the same purposes on the Southern border; and (2) 350 full-time support staff for all U.S. ports of entry.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on DHS plans for placing sufficient CBP officers on outbound inspections and agriculture specialists at all Southern border land ports of entry, respectively.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make incentive payments of $5,000 to $10,000, during FY2010-FY2015, to recruit and retain qualified CBP port of entry officers.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) equip each CBP officer with a secure two-way communication and satellite-enabled device that allows communication between ports of entry and inspection stations, and with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement entities; and (2) establish a grant program for the purchase of detection equipment at land ports of entry and mobile, hand-held, two-way communication and biometric devices for state and local law enforcement officers along the Southern border.
 
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to allocate certain construction funds for infrastructure improvements, expansion, and new construction (or reimbursement for new construction costs incurred during FY2007-FY2009) of high-volume ports of entry in Texas, regardless of port ownership.
 
Grants the CBP additional authority for port of entry construction along the Northern and Southern U.S. borders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Post-9/11 Veterans' Job Training Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2769
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2009-11-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: 
Post-9/11 Veterans' Job Training Act of 2009 - Amends requirements for the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to entitle an eligible veteran of the Armed Forces (including eligible dependents) pursuing a full-time educational program of apprenticeship or other on-job training to a monthly benefit payment equal to: (1) 75% of the monthly benefit payment otherwise payable to such individual for each of the first six months of the program; (2) 55% of such payment for each of the second six months of the program; and (3) 35% of such payment for each of the months following the first 12 months of the program.
 
Reduces the payment an individual receives in any month in which the individual fails to complete 120 hours of training under the program of education.
 
Entitles an eligible veteran of the Armed Forces receiving such monthly benefit to receive also a monthly housing stipend equal to the basic allowance for housing payable for an Armed Forces member with dependents in pay grade E-5 residing in the military housing area that encompasses the ZIP code area in which the individual resides.
 
Requires an individual's entitlement for each monthly benefit payment to be charged at the rate of: (1) 75% of a month for each of the first six months of the program; (2) 55% of a month for each of the second six months of the program; and (3) 35% of a month for each of the months following the first 12 months of the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11361)
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Business Center Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-2770
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-11-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Executive agency funding and structure
National Guard and reserves
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
Small Business Administration
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: 
Veterans Business Center Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish within the SBA a Veterans Business Center program (program), headed by a Director, to provide entrepreneurial training and counseling to veterans.
 
Requires the Director to establish a program of grants to centers that will develop specialized programs to assist veteran-owned small businesses in securing capital and repairing damaged credit, counsel on how to improve financial presentations, facilitate access to financing, and assist unemployed veterans become entrepreneurs.
 
Requires the Director to establish a program of grants to centers to: (1) assist veteran-owned small businesses to identify contracts that are suitable to such businesses; (2) prepare veteran-owned small businesses to be ready as subcontractors and prime contractors for contracts made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, particularly with respect to the construction trades; and (3) provide veteran-owned small businesses technical assistance with respect to the federal procurement process.
 
 
Requires the Director to establish a program of grants to centers to develop outreach programs for service-disabled veterans to promote self-employment opportunities and to train and assist such veterans with respect to developing business plans and securing business opportunities.
 
Authorizes the Director to carry out a veterans entrepreneurial development summit.
 
 Requires an annual report from the Administrator to Congress on appointments made to, and activities of, the interagency task force on veteran-owned small businesses.
 
 Directs the Comptroller General to carry out a study of the effects of this Act on small businesses owned and controlled by veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2009-11-10
text: Introduced in Senate