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Teen Dating Violence Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-789
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Assault and harassment offenses
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Religion
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: 
Teen Dating Violence Prevention Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to state, local, or tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and community and faith-based organizations to provide services and education and counseling programs for runaway and homeless youth or other at-risk youth who are the victims of domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Georges Bank Preservation Act

Bill: 111-hr-790
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2009-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts
Monuments and memorials
Oil and gas
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: 
Georges Bank Preservation Act - Prohibits the issuance of any lease or other authorization by the federal government for exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in: (1) any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary; or (2) the fishing grounds known as Georges Bank in the waters of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E172)
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Introduced in House
First Responder Funding Modernization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-791
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Homeland security
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Terrorism
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: 
First Responder Funding Modernization Act of 2009 - Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from limiting the amount of grant funds provided under the Urban Area Security Initiative or the State Homeland Security Grant Program that may be used to pay salaries or overtime pay of law enforcement officials engaged in antiterrorism activities. Requires DHS to treat such a proposed use of grant funds as at least as effective as all other proposed uses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Prohibit Aid to Saudi Arabia Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-792
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Government lending and loan guarantees
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Middle East
Sanctions
Saudi Arabia

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: 
Prohibit Aid to Saudi Arabia Act of 2009 - Prohibits obligating or spending funds appropriated for Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs to finance directly any assistance for Saudi Arabia. Includes in such prohibition direct loans, credits, insurance, and guarantees of the U.S. Export-Import Bank.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Child Tax Credit Preservation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-793
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Child Tax Credit Preservation Act of 2009 - Makes permanent the increases in the child tax credit enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, and the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004. 

Provides for an annual inflation adjustment to child tax credit amounts, beginning in 2009. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer enemy combatants detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Florence Federal Correctional Complex in Colorado, or to construct facilities for such enemy combatants at such location.

Bill: 111-hr-794
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Caribbean area
Colorado
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Latin America
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any enemy combatant detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Florence Federal Correctional Complex, Colorado; or (2) construct housing facilities for such individuals at the Florence Complex.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act

Bill: 111-hr-795
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Policy sciences
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress on policy issues associated with the recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work.
 
Directs the Commission to study and report to Congress on issues facing the social work profession, including: (1) fair market compensation, high social work educational debt, social work workforce trends, translating social work research to practice, and social work safety; and (2) state-level social work licensure policies and reciprocity agreements for providing services across state lines. Requires such study to assess the professional capacity of the social work workforce to serve and respond successfully to the increasing biopsychosocial needs of individuals, groups, and communities in certain areas, including aging and child welfare. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award: (1) workplace improvement grants to eligible entities and individuals to address workplace concerns for the social work profession, including caseloads, compensation, social work safety, supervision, and working conditions; and (2) research grants, education and training grants, and community-based programs of excellence grants.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract with a national social work research entity to serve as a coordinating center and clearinghouse for information on activities funded under the grants; and (2) develop a multi-media outreach campaign and issue public service announcements that advertise and promote the social work profession.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E232-234)
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into private debt collection contracts.

Bill: 111-hr-796
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into contracts with private debt collection agencies for the collection of unpaid taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Maximize Offshore Resource Exploration Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-797
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Budget deficits and national debt
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy revenues and royalties
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Maximize Offshore Resource Exploration Act of 2008 or the MORE Act of 2008 - Declares without force or effect all federal prohibitions against the expenditure of appropriated funds to conduct natural gas leasing and preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). 
 
Revokes all withdrawals of federal submerged lands from leasing for oil and natural gas exploration and production.
 
Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from granting an oil or natural gas lease for any OCS located within 25 miles of a state coastline unless the state has enacted a law approving the issuance of such leases by the Sectretary.
 
Sets forth an allocation schedule for a 75% state share of revenues derived from U.S. royalties under qualified oil and gas leases on submerged lands located within the seaward boundaries of a state.
 
Extends the jurisdiction of state civil and criminal law, as appropriate, to the Alaska, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic OCS Region State Adjacent Zones and OCS Planning Areas.
 
Establishes a separate account in the Treasury to be known as the Renewable Energy Reserve, consisting of 12.5% of revenues derived from U.S. royalties under such oil and gas leases.
 
Makes the Reserve available to offset the cost of subsequently enacted legislation to: (1) accelerate the use of cleaner domestic energy resources and alternative fuels; (2) promote the utilization of energy-efficient products and practices; and (3) increase research, development, and deployment of clean renewable energy and efficiency technologies and job training programs for those purposes.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, 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: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Adrian Rodriguez.

Bill: 111-hr-798
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Provides for the relief of Adrian Rodriguez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Francisco Rivera and Alfonso Calderon.

Bill: 111-hr-799
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Provides for the relief of Francisco Rivera and Alfonso Calderon.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Farming Flexibility Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-800
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Fruit and vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Farming Flexibility Act of 2009 - Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to limit the pilot project permitting the planting of cucumbers, green peas, lima beans, pumpkins, snap beans, sweet corn, and tomatoes grown for processing on base acres to crop year 2009. (Under current law such pilot program is authorized through crop year 2012.)
 
Provides that: (1) as of crop year 2010 producers on a farm may reduce the base acres for any covered commodity if such acres are used for the production of fruits or vegetables for processing; (2) such acres devoted to fruits or vegetables shall be included in base acres for the covered commodity for the subsequent crop year unless the producers on the farm make the election to produce fruits and vegetables for the subsequent crop year; and (3) if a farm's base acres are recalculated the production of fruits or vegetables shall be considered to be the same as the planting, prevented planting, or production of the covered commodity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Fair Copyright in Research Works Act

Bill: 111-hr-801
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Intellectual property
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Fair Copyright in Research Works Act - Prohibits any federal agency from imposing any condition, in connection with a funding agreement, that requires the transfer or license to or for a federal agency, or requires the absence or abandonment, of specified exclusive rights of a copyright owner in an extrinsic work. 
 
Prohibits any federal agency from: (1) imposing, as a condition of a funding agreement, the waiver of, or assent to, any such prohibition; or (2) asserting any rights in material developed under any funding agreement that restrain or limit the acquisition or exercise of copyright rights in an extrinsic work. 
 
Defines &quot;funding agreement&quot; as any contract, grant, or other agreement entered into between a federal agency and any person under which funds are provided by a federal agency for the performance of experimental, developmental, or research activities.
 
Defines &quot;extrinsic work&quot; as any work, other than a work of the U.S. government, that is related to a funding agreement and is also funded in substantial part by, or results from a meaningful added value contributed by, one or more nonfederal entities that are not a party to the funding agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the first-time homebuyer credit.

Bill: 111-hr-802
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the tax credit for first-time homebuyers through 2009; (2) expand such credit to include all purchasers of a principal residence; (3) waive the repayment requirement for a residence purchased after 2008 unless such residence is sold or vacated within 36 months of purchase; and (4) require a minimum 5% downpayment on home purchases to qualify for such credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Green Transit Act

Bill: 111-hr-803
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Public transit
Roads and highways
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Green Transit Act - Requires long-range transportation plans and transportation improvement programs for public transportation and highways to: (1) be developed after metropolitan planning organizations have considered emissions of greenhouse gases as defined by the Clean Air Act; and (2) provide for reductions in such emissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Understanding and Research of PLS Act

Bill: 111-hr-804
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Understanding and Research of PLS Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate research and other activities with respect to primary lateral sclerosis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening America's Public Health System Act

Bill: 111-hr-805
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Computers and information technology
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency communications systems
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mexico
Student aid and college costs
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Strengthening America's Public Health System Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) establish the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Grant Program to assist public health agencies in improving surveillance for, and response to, infectious diseases and other conditions of public health importance; and (2) issue guidelines for public health entities relating to information systems to receive, monitor, and report infectious diseases and other such conditions.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director, to: (1) address documented workforce shortages in state and local health departments in applied public health epidemiology and public health laboratory science and informatics; and (2) provide for the expansion of applied epidemiology training programs.

Requires the Director, upon request, to assist the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists in developing or improving a process for states to conduct surveillance and submit reports to the Director on nationally notifiable diseases and conditions.

Requires the Secretary to adopt and use guidelines to develop improved standards and protocols for binational epidemiology, surveillance, laboratory analyses, and control of infectious diseases between the United States and Mexico.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to establish a committee to: (1) evaluate best practices in public health surveillance; and (2) assess systems needed for improving coordination among public health surveillance and monitoring systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House