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Patient-Controlled Healthcare Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3478
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Consumer affairs
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax exclusion
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Patient-Controlled Healthcare Protection Act of 2009 - Establishes an Advantage HSA (health savings account) program to provide payments to individuals in lieu of benefits under the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments made to an Advantage HSA and premium payments for a high deductible health plan under an Advantage HSA.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for payment by debit card of HSA medical expenses.
 
Establishes the HSA Healthcare Panel to review information relating to treatments, services, and products treatable as medical expenses under an HSA.
 
Requires health care providers to disclose to patients the actual price to be charged for services or treatment and different payment rates applicable to other health care entities.
 
Prohibits the issuance or renewal of an immigrant visa to an alien unless such alien presents evidence of coverage under a high deductible health plan and an HSA. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose criminal penalties on an alien who reenters the United States after receiving emergency medical assistance prior to removal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Scrapping Unsustainable Redundant Programs Leaves Us Solvent Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3479
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Scrapping Unsustainable Redundant Programs Leaves Us Solvent Act of 2009 or the SURPLUS Act - Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services (HHS), Homeland Security (DHS), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Interior, Labor, State, Transportation (DOT), Treasury, and Veterans Affairs (VA), the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) determine if any federal programs within his or her agency are duplicative; (2) submit to Congress, and make available to the public, a report on the results; and (3) terminate or consolidate programs performing similar functions, except for any program that is required or authorized by statute.
 
Considers to be duplicative: (1) a grant program the purpose of which the Secretary determines to be to benefit a specific group that is identical or substantially similar to a group that is eligible for another grant program; and (2) any other program the Secretary determines to be performing the same essential function as another program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Bear Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3480
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Crimes against animals and natural resources
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Bear Protection Act of 2009 - Prohibits any person from: (1) importing bear viscera into, or exporting it from, the United States; or (2) selling bear viscera, bartering, offering it for sale or barter, or purchasing, possessing, transporting, delivering, or receiving it in interstate or foreign commerce. Subjects persons who violate such prohibitions to specified penalties. Waives such prohibition for wildlife law enforcement purposes where a valid permit has been issued. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to continue discussions concerning trade in bear viscera with the appropriate representatives of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and with other representatives of countries that are not party to the Convention which are determined to be the leading importers, exporters, or consumers of such products, in order to establish coordinated efforts with such countries to protect bears. 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect state regulation of bear population or to affect the lawful hunting of bears under state law.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Lower Colorado River Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-3481
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Arizona
California
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Nevada
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water resources funding
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Lower Colorado River Protection Act - Establishes: (1) the Lower Colorado River Management Conference to develop a Lower Colorado River Pollution Elimination and Ecosystem Restoration Plan; and (2) the Lower Colorado River Protection Program within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 office to provide staff and support services to the Conference. 
 
Directs the Administrator of EPA, acting through the Director of such Program, to establish a multidisciplinary environmental research program for the Lower Colorado River. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to conduct environmental and pollution control projects in the River Basin.
 
Requires the Conference to publish such Plan within two years. Sets forth provisions regarding Plan contents, public review, and approval. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants for work necessary for Plan development. Requires the Program Director, after Plan approval, to take specified steps to implement it, including providing multiagency oversight and coordination.
 
Authorizes the Administrator, through the Director, to carry out qualified projects to monitor or evaluate the release or discharge of pollutants in the Lower Colorado River Basin, to prevent, reduce, or eliminate pollution in the River, or to restore or maintain the ecosystem health of the River in accordance with the Plan. Directs the Administrator to develop a list of existing federal programs that are authorized to conduct projects that fit such qualified project requirements and to work with the responsible agencies to avoid committing resources under this Act to projects other programs will implement. 
 
Requires the Secretary, in cooperation with the Colorado River Regional Sewer Coalition or other regional or local entities, to participate in the planning, design, and construction of systems for municipal wastewater treatment.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Development Act

Bill: 111-hr-3482
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Arizona
California
Colorado
Department of the Interior
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Idaho
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Washington State
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Renewable Energy Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a program for the leasing of federal lands to advance, develop, assess, install, and operate commercial renewable solar, wind, and geothermal energy systems. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) identify lease sites comprised of a total of 6,400,000 acres under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming which are suitable for the installation and operation of solar, wind, or geothermal energy systems; and (2) incorporate renewable energy development into the relevant agency's land use and resource management plans, or equivalent plans for the identified lands.
 
Specifies the total annual amount of acreage that is to be released for leasing under this Act from 2010 to 2019. Excludes specified federal lands from inclusion within the program. 
 
Sets forth requirements for competitive leasing sales and noncompetitive leasing of the lands to be leased. 
 
Makes any lease of lands under this Act effective for a 30-year period. 
 
Directs the Secretary to complete a programmatic environmental impact statement for the program and to publish a final regulation to implement this Act. 
 
Directs the Secretary to study: (1) barriers to additional access to federal lands for the transmission of energy produced under leases awarded under such program; and (2) the need for energy transmission corridors on public lands to address identified congestion or constraints. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2009-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority for certain qualifying work-study activities for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 111-hr-3484
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Extends to June 30, 2014, the period during which the following work-study activities qualify for an additional veterans' educational assistance allowance: (1) outreach services furnished by employees of a state approving agency; (2) provision of hospital and domiciliary care in a state home; and (3) activity relating to the administration of a national cemetery or state veterans' cemetery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Pensions Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-3485
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Veterans Pensions Protection Act - Excludes monetary veterans' benefits paid to a veteran from a state or municipality from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Short Sea Shipping Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3486
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Canada
Great Lakes
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Saint Lawrence Seaway
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Short Sea Shipping Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax commercial cargo (other than bulk cargo) loaded at: (1) a port in the U.S. mainland and unloaded at another such port after transport solely by coastal route or river or unloaded at a port in Canada located in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System; or (2) such a port in Canada and unloaded at a port in the U.S. mainland.
 
 Defines the &quot;Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System&quot; as the waterway between Duluth, Minnesota, and Nova Scotia, encompassing the five Great Lakes, their connecting channels, and the Saint Lawrence River. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
International Parental Child Abduction Deterrence Act

Bill: 111-hr-3487
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
International law and treaties
Separation, divorce, custody, support
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Amends federal criminal law, pending the disposition of a case in which a foreign national removes from or retains outside of the United States a child who is a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident with the intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights, to direct: (1) a court to freeze such national's U.S. financial assets (including property); and (2) the Secretary of State to identify such national's foreign-held assets and request that the appropriate countries freeze such assets. 
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend visa ineligibility for aliens involved in U.S. child abductions to situations in which the child is located in a foreign state that is a party to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Clean Cities Program Authorization Act

Bill: 111-hr-3488
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Intergovernmental relations
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Clean Cities Program Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to carry out a Clean Cities program, as a partnership between government and industry, to encourage and accelerate the use of non-petroleum based fuels, alternative fuel vehicles, and other advanced vehicle technologies and practices that achieve significant reduction in the overall use of petroleum in the transportation sector.
 
Requires the program to: (1) promote the establishment of vehicle and infrastructure projects that incorporate petroleum reduction technologies, including educational efforts on the benefits and advantages of using alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles; (2) provide training, technical assistance, and tools to end-users that adopt petroleum reduction technologies; (3) collaborate with and train fire officials, emergency first responders, and safety code officials; (4) undertake coordinating efforts between federal, local, and state agencies and the alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicle industry; (5) facilitate the development of necessary refueling and service support infrastructure for petroleum reduction technologies; and (6) develop Internet-based tools and resources for the education and training of consumers and program stakeholders.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to local and state government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicle stakeholders who are working with Clean Cities coalitions to support the deployment and use of alternative fuels and petroleum reduction technologies in on-road vehicles.
 
Directs the Secretary to encourage and support the voluntary formation of local Clean Cities organizations around the country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds that the individual resides in a household in the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure proceedings or that the jurisdiction was adversely affected by a hurricane or other major disaster, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3489
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Housing finance and home ownership
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state or local election official from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for federal office in a jurisdition or to vote in an election for federal office in a jurisdiction if the challenge is not based on good cause.
 
Declares that a challenge is not based on good cause if it is based on residence in property subject to foreclosure proceedings or in an area damaged by hurricane or other major disaster.

action_date: 2010-03-25
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state or local election official from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for federal office in a jurisdition or to vote in an election for federal office in a jurisdiction if the challenge is not based on good cause.
 
Declares that a challenge is not based on good cause if it is based on residence in property subject to foreclosure proceedings or in an area damaged by hurricane or other major disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 111-457.
action_date: 2010-03-25
text: Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 111-457.
action_date: 2009-11-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-11-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for employer-provided wellness programs.

Bill: 111-hr-3490
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a tax credit to develop and implement a wellness program that: (1) conducts health risk assessments for each program participant; (2) offers annually at least two preventive services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force; (3) offers annual counseling sessions and seminars on preventive health topics; and (4) includes as participants not less than 60% of an employer's full-time employees. Provides an additional tax credit for full-time employees who participate in their employer's qualified wellness program. Terminates such credits after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House