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Wasatch-Cache National Forest Land Conveyance Act of 2010

Bill: 111-s-1719
Sponsor: Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2009-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: 
 Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the town of Alta, Utah, all interest of the United States in and to parcels of National Forest System land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah, that are located in and adjacent to parcels of land subject to special use permit SLC102708. 
 
Requires the town to use the land conveyed under this Act for public purposes. 

action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Wasatch-Cache National Forest Land Conveyance Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the town of Alta, Utah, all interests of the United States in and to specified parcels of National Forest System land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Salt Lake County, Utah. 
 
Requires the town to use the land conveyed under this Act for public purposes. 
 
Instructs that such conveyance be executed by quitclaim deed and provides for the reversion of the federal land, at the election of the Secretary, if it is used for a purpose other than a public purpose. 
 
Requires the boundaries of the conveyed federal land to be determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Town, subject to the condition that such land not exceed a total of two acres.
 
 Requires the town to pay the administrative costs of such conveyance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 529.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-259.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-259.
action_date: 2010-06-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2009-12-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-364.
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act

Bill: 111-s-1720
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2009-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Dental care
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: 
Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to hospitals, medical schools, and other entities to train primary care providers to provide care through patient-centered medical homes and to develop tools and curricula and provide continuing education relevant to patient-centered homes.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (National Center) to collect, analyze, and report data related to health workforce issues in coordination with the State and Regional Centers for Health Workforce Analysis; (2) award grants to, or enter into contracts with, states, state workforce commissions, and other health care entities to collect, analyze, and report to the National Center data on programs related to health workforce issues; and (3) increase the amount of grants or contracts awarded for the establishment and maintenance of a longitudinal tracking system (a system that tracks students, residents, fellows, interns, or faculty who have received education, training, or financial assistance from Health Professions Education and Training programs for at least five years).
 
Requires the Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages and the Advisory Council on Graduate Medical Education to develop, publish, and implement performance measures for health professions education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9870-9871)
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9869-9870)
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Transportation Low Emissions Energy Plan 2020 Act

Bill: 111-s-1721
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2009-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Infrastructure development
Motor fuels
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: 
Transportation Low Emissions Energy Plan 2020 Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), in coordination with the Secretary of Energy (DOE) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to establish a stakeholder-driven process to develop a national transportation low emissions energy plan. 
 
Requires such plan to: (1) project the near- and long-term need for and location of electric drive vehicle refueling infrastructure at strategic locations across all major national highways, roads, and corridors; (2) identify infrastructure and standardization needs for electricity providers, infrastructure providers, vehicle manufacturers, and electricity purchasers; (3) establish a goal of achieving strategic deployment of electric vehicle infrastructure by 2020; (4) prioritize the development of standardized public charge access ports with wireless or smart card billing capability and level I and level II charge port systems (that charge an electric vehicle over a period of 8 to 14 hours and 4 to 8 hours, respectively) that will meet the energy requirements of the majority of plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles; (5) examine the feasibility of level III charge port systems that can charge over a period of 10 to 20 minutes; and (6) focus on infrastructure that provides consumers with the lowest cost while providing convenient charge system access.
 
 Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) designate within DOT a LEEP coordinator to oversee Plan development and the implementation of regional pilot projects; and (2) establish four pilot projects to demonstrate electric drive vehicles and infrastructure in rural locations and in commercial use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain rayon staple fibers.

Bill: 111-s-1722
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2009-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a duty on certain rayon staple fibers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1723
Sponsor: Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN]
Introduced: 2009-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Public-private cooperation
Securities
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: 
TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act of 2009 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to delegate to a private entity management authority over troubled assets with respect to any entity assisted under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
 
Prohibits any expenditure of TARP funds until the Secretary transfers all voting, nonvoting, and common equity in any designated TARP recipient to a limited liability company, to be held and managed in trust on behalf of U.S. taxpayers.
 
Requires the trustees to liquidate the trust and its assets by December 24, 2011, unless: (1) the trustees report to Congress that liquidation would not maximize profitability of the company and the return on investment to the taxpayer; and (2) Congress enacts into law a joint resolution disapproving the liquidation plan of the Secretary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9932-9933)
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Fighting Real Estate Fraud Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1724
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: 
Fighting Real Estate Fraud Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants on a competitive basis through the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to states, local governments, and Indian tribal governments to assist prosecutors in investigating and prosecuting real estate fraud. Defines &quot;real estate fraud&quot; to include crimes involving purposeful misrepresentations, forgeries, omissions to general applications, tax returns, financial statements, appraisals and valuations, verifications of deposit and employment, escrow and closing documents, credit reports, and any actions that may defraud a secured creditor.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the effectiveness of the grant program in investigating and prosecuting real estate fraud. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Retroactive Immunity Repeal Act

Bill: 111-s-1725
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2009-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: 
Retroactive Immunity Repeal Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to repeal provisions relating to retroactive immunity protection for electronic communication service providers that participated in the Terrorist Surveillance Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
USA PATRIOT Reauthorization and Additional Weapons Against Terrorism Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1726
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2009-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial review and appeals
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: 
USA PATRIOT Reauthorization and Additional Weapons Against Terrorism Act of 2009 - USA PATRIOT Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Makes permanent the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act: (1) granting roving electronic surveillance authority and authorizing the production of tangible things (including books, records, papers, and documents) for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations; and (2) revising the definition of an &quot;agent of a foreign power&quot; to include any non-U.S. person who engages in international terrorism or preparatory activities (&quot;lone wolf&quot; provision).
 
Classified Information Procedures Reform Act of 2009 - Amends the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) to: (1) require courts to grant certain ex parte government requests for CIPA protective orders; (2) restrict access to classified information obtained from nondocumentary sources; and (3) allow interlocutory appeals from any order for access to classified information (currently, appeals lie only from orders entered under CIPA).
 
Additional Government Weapons Against Terrorism Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose criminal penalties for providing material support or resources to a perpetrator of international terrorism, or to a family member of or other person associated with such perpetrator, with the intent to facilitate, reward, or encourage international terrorism; (2) prohibit attempts or conspiracies to provide material support or resources to terrorist organizations; (3) impose criminal penalties for the use of false travel documents; and (4) deny release to individuals detained pending sentencing or appeal who have been convicted of certain terrorism crimes or crimes against children. 
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9934-9936)
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9933-9934)
action_date: 2009-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1727
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2009-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alaska
Arizona
California
Federal appellate courts
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Montana
Nevada
Northern Mariana Islands
Oregon
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: 
Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit into the Ninth Circuit (to be composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and the Northern Mariana Islands) and the Twelfth Circuit (to be composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington).
 
Requires the President to appoint five additional circuit judges for the new Ninth Circuit and two temporary judges for the former Ninth Circuit, to be stationed in California.
 
Specifies the locations where new circuits are to hold regular sessions. Locates the offices of the new Twelfth Circuit in Phoenix, Arizona.
 
Assigns active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits. Allows senior circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to elect assignment.
 
Sets forth provisions governing the disposition of cases pending in the former Ninth Circuit before the effective date of this Act.
 
Authorizes the temporary assignment of circuit and district judges of the former Ninth Circuit among the new circuits. 
 
Provides that the former Ninth Circuit shall cease to exist for administrative purposes two years after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1728
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2009-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military personnel and dependents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: 
Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt members of the uniformed services, the Foreign Service, and employees of the intelligence community on official extended duty service from the recapture requirements of the first-time homebuyer tax credit; (2) extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit through November 30, 2010, for individuals serving on official extended duty service outside the United States for at least 90 days in 2009; (3) exclude from gross income payments to military personnel to compensate for declines in housing values due to a base closure or realignment; and (4) increase penalties for failure to file a partnership or S corporation tax return.
 
Amends the Corporate Estimated Tax Shift Act of 2009 to increase corporate estimated tax payments in the third quarter of 2014 by an additional 0.5%. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish driver education curriculum for teenage drivers and to provide grants to States and tribal governments to carry out driver education training for licensed teenage drivers.

Bill: 111-s-1729
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Roads and highways
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to award grants to states and tribal governments to provide continued driver training courses for teenagers (between 16 and 20) who are licensed drivers. 
 
Requires the Secretary to give priority to applicants that: (1) maximize participation of teenage drivers in the proposed driver training course; and (2) supplement the grant funds from other sources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness in Health Insurance Act

Bill: 111-s-1730
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2009-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: 
Fairness in Health Insurance Act - Prohibits a health insurance issuer from offering health insurance coverage unless the issuer demonstrates that such coverage has a medical loss ratio of at least 90%. 
 
Directs the Secretary: (1) to establish a uniform definition of &quot;medical loss ratio&quot; and methodology for calculating it, which shall take into account the circumstances of different plans and activities related to health services, such as chronic disease management and quality assurance; and (2) by December 31, 2010, to develop, publish, and implement the standardized data elements and definitions to be used by health insurance issuers in the reporting of data necessary to calculate such ratio. 
 
Requires each issuer: (1) beginning in plan year 2011, to provide the Secretary with data to enable the Secretary to determine whether the issuer is in compliance with this Act; and (2) to provide payment rebates to enrollees for any plan year in which the coverage has a medical loss ratio below 90%.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9984)
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9983-9984)
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Homes and Communities Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1731
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2009-09-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Financial crises and stabilization
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: 
Preserving Homes and Communities Act of 2009 - Prohibits a covered mortgagee from initiating or continuing a foreclosure proceeding against a covered mortgagor that is otherwise authorized under state law unless: (1) the mortgagee has determined whether the mortgagor is eligible for a qualified loan modification (QLM); (2) the mortgagee has offered a QLM to the mortgagor, if eligible; and (3) the mortgagee has made available to the mortgagor, if ineligible for a QLM, the note, deed of trust, or any other document necessary to establish the mortgagee's right to foreclose on the mortgage.
 
Prohibits a covered mortgagee from charging a mortgagor a QLM or other specified fees.
 
Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to award grants to state housing finance agencies (or state-designated eligible agencies) to enable them to provide: (1) one-time emergency grants or subsidized loans to assist eligible homeowners in satisfying any amounts past due on their home loans; (2) grants or subsidized loans to eligible homeowners for a specified number of future mortgage payments; and (3) stipends of up to $1,500 to assist with relocation expenses for homeowners not eligible for the program.
 
Directs the Secretary to make competitive grants to state and local governments to establish compulsory mortgagee-mortgagor mediation programs that assist mortgagors facing foreclosure.
 
 
Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a plan to monitor: (1) conditions and trends in homeownership and the mortgage industry in order to predict foreclosure trends; and (2) the effectiveness of public efforts to reduce mortgage defaults and foreclosures. Requires the Secretary also to develop recommendations for a national database on mortgage defaults and foreclosures to provide relevant information to federal regulatory agencies as well as federal, state, and local governments.
 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer and credit $1 billion to the Housing Trust Fund from funds received from the sale of warrants under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9985-9988)
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9984-9985)
action_date: 2009-09-30
text: Introduced in Senate