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Food Protection Training Institute Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2513
Sponsor: Rep. Schauer, Mark H. [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Food Protection Training Institute Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) create a list of uniform food protection training standards for federal, state, and local food regulatory officials and food protection officials as part of overall regulatory program standards; and (2) ensure funding is used to advance food protection and effectiveness and equivalency throughout the food protection system.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to establish and maintain a Food Protection Training Institute to conduct activities to improve the safety of the U.S. food supply, including: (1) improving the response and prevention controls capabilities of the national food protection system; and (2) acting as a clearinghouse for research, studies, and findings concerning all aspects of food protection programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2514
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Outdoor recreation
Product safety and quality
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act of 2009 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to expand the definition of consumer product to include amusement rides permanently fixed to a site (thereby granting the Consumer Product Safety Commission jurisdiction over such rides). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1219)
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Domestic Violence Leave Act

Bill: 111-hr-2515
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Domestic violence and child abuse
Employee leave
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Personnel records
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Domestic Violence Leave Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee, his or her same-sex spouse, or domestic partner to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period: (1) to care for such individual's family member, if the family member is addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects; or (2) because such individual is addressing such matters, he or she is unable to perform any of the functions of his or her position.
 
Authorizes such individual to substitute any of his or her accrued paid vacation leave, personal leave, family leave, or medical or sick leave for any of the 12-week period of such leave.
 
Authorizes an employer to require an employee to certify with documentation the basis of the leave request.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall require an employer to provide paid sick leave or paid medical leave in any situation in which such employer would not normally provide any such paid leave.
 
Amends federal civil service law to entitle civilian federal employees, their same-sex spouses, or domestic partners to the same leave allowance. Provides for the substitution of accrued paid annual or sick leave for any part of the 12-week period. Authorizes the employing agency to require an employee to certify with documentation the basis of the leave request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Medical Rights Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2516
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Medical Rights Act of 2009 - Prohibits federal funds from being used to permit any federal officer or employee to exercise any supervision or control over: (1) the practice of medicine, the practice of other health care professions, or the manner in which health care services are provided; (2) the provision by a physician or a health care practitioner of advice to a patient about the patient's health status or recommended treatment for a condition or disease; (3) the selection, tenure, or compensation of any officer, employee, or contractor of any institution, business, nonfederal agency, or individual providing health care services; or (4) the administration or operation of any such institution, business, nonfederal agency, or individual with respect to the provision of health care services to a patient. Sets forth exceptions for the Veterans Health Administration, the Department of Defense (DOD), the United States Public Health Service, the Indian Health Service, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Health Resources and Services Administration.
 
Prohibits federal funds from being used by any federal officer or employee to prohibit: (1) any individual from receiving health care services from any provider under terms and conditions mutually acceptable to the patient, the provider, and the patient's group health plan; or (2) any person from entering into a contract with any group health plan, health insurance issuer, or other business for the provision of, or payment to other parties for, health care services.
 
Sets forth provisions to prohibit specified actions to avoid the prohibitions under this Act.
 
Repeals Medicare provisions restricting private contracts between beneficiaries and physicians or practitioners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1222-1223)
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Innocent Sellers Fairness Act

Bill: 111-hr-2518
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Innocent Sellers Fairness Act - Exempts a lawful seller from liability for personal injury, monetary loss, or damage to property arising out of an accident or transaction involving a seller's products, unless the claimant proves one or more of the following non-sale activities by the seller: (1) the seller was the manufacturer of the product; (2) the seller participated in the design of the product; (3) the seller participated in the installation of the product; or (4) the seller altered, modified, or expressly warranted the product in a manner not authorized by the manufacturer. 
 
Requires, where a claimant proves one or more of such activities, that: (1) the activity be negligent; and (2) damages be limited to those directly caused by the activity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases.

Bill: 111-hr-2519
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Income tax deductions
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a tax deduction for expenses and court costs advanced in a contingency fee case, which shall be determined as if such expense or cost was not subject to repayment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
HEARTH Act

Bill: 111-hr-2523
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act or the HEARTH Act - Extends to any Indian tribe the discretion granted under current law only to the Navajo Nation to lease restricted lands without the approval of the Secretary of the Interior in specified circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-07-22
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5808)
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Dave Thomas Adoption Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2524
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Dave Thomas Adoption Act of 2009- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans if used to pay adoption expenses, including an enhanced allowance for expenses related to the adoption of a special needs child. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2525
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medicare
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2009, to apply budget neutrality on a national basis in the calculation of the Medicare hospital wage index floor, including a minimum wage index, for each all-urban and rural state for discharges occurring during FY2008 under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (through a uniform, national adjustment to the area wage index).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Medical FSA Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2526
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax exclusion
Self-employed

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Medical FSA Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an increased exclusion from gross income through 2011 for distributions from a medical flexible spending arrangement; and (2) make self-employed individuals eligible for benefits under medical flexible spending arrangements and accident and health plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To provide authority for certain debt refinancing with respect to financings approved under title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-2527
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Betsy [D-CO-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Allows, for a two-year period, any financing approved under title V of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (Small Business Administration [SBA] guaranteed small business loans) to include debt refinancing relating to a conventional loan that is not SBA-guaranteed, if certain conditions are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Tax.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1219-1220)
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit period for certain open-loop biomass facilities.

Bill: 111-hr-2528
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the credit period for open-loop biomass facilities eligible for the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Freight Rail Economic Development Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2530
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Railroads
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Freight Rail Economic Development Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to make capital grants to a class I, class II, or class III railroad or a state or local government for freight rail economic development projects, particularly projects to construct freight rail switches and sidings.
 
Prescribes prevailing wage rate requirements for such projects in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health in Schools Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2531
Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Mental Health in Schools Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a community children and violence program to assist local communities and schools in applying a public health approach to mental health services, including by: (1) revising eligibility requirements for a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement; and (2) providing for comprehensive school mental health programs that are culturally and linguistically appropriate and age appropriate. Makes only a partnership between a local educational agency and at least one community program or agency that is involved in mental health eligible for such funding. 
 
 Sets forth assurances required for eligibility, including that: (1) the local education agency will enter into a memorandum of understanding with relevant community-based entities that clearly states the responsibilities of each partner; (2) the program will include training of all school personnel, family members of children with mental health disorders, and concerned members of the community; and (3) the program will demonstrate the measures to be taken to sustain the program after funding terminates.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop a process for evaluating grant program activities, including: (1) the development of guidelines for the submission of program data by recipients; and (2) the development of measures of outcomes to be applied by recipients in evaluating programs, to include student and family measures and local educational measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Community Development Block Grant Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2532
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Child care and development
Crime prevention
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Health programs administration and funding
Housing and community development funding
Law enforcement administration and funding
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Community Development Block Grant Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to revise requirements for activities eligible for community development block grant (CDBG) assistance.
 
Increases from 15% to 50% the limitation on the amount of CDBG assistance that may be used to provide public services (e.g., those concerned with employment, crime prevention, child care, health, drug abuse, education, energy conservation, welfare or recreation needs).
 
Repeals certain conditions on the use of such assistance by a local government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Sanctity of Life Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2533
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Federal district courts
Jurisdiction and venue
State and local government operations
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Sanctity of Life Act of 2009 - Deems human life to exist from conception, without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or condition of dependency and requires that the term &quot;person&quot; include all such human life. Recognizes that each state has authority to protect the lives of unborn children residing in the jurisdiction of that state .
 
Amends the federal judicial code to remove Supreme Court and district court jurisdiction to review cases arising out of any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, or practice, or any act interpreting such a measure, on the grounds that such measure: (1) protects the rights of human persons between conception and birth; or (2) prohibits, limits, or regulates the performance of abortions or the provision of public funds, facilities, personnel, or other assistance for abortions.
 
Makes this Act and the amendments made by this Act applicable to any case pending on, or commenced on or after, the date of enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1221)
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2534
Sponsor: Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with regard to a laboratory-furnished technical component of certain physician pathology services, to treat such component as a service for which payment shall be made to the laboratory, and not as an inpatient hospital or hospital outpatient service for which payment is made to the hospital.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-05-20
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: Introduced in House