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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of bonds issued to finance renewable energy resource facilities, conservation and efficiency facilities, and other specified greenhouse gas emission technologies.

Bill: 111-hr-3525
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Public utilities and utility rates
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax exemption of the interest on bonds issued to finance renewable energy resource facilities, conservation and efficiency facilities and projects, and zero emission vehicles and related facilities or projects. 


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
Tony Cardenas Community-Based Gang Intervention Act

Bill: 111-hr-3526
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Crime prevention
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Tony Cardenas Community-Based Gang Intervention Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States must acknowledge and address social conditions such as poverty, homelessness, inadequate educational systems, and limited economic opportunities in developing a comprehensive gang violence reduction strategy. 
 
Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to: (1) require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to nonprofit community-based gang intervention agencies to provide services for reducing and stopping gang-related and gang-motivated violence and crime; (2) include representatives of community-based gang intervention agencies in juvenile justice and delinquency prevention advisory groups established by state plans; and (3) include community-based gang intervention and prevention activities in state and local grant programs for delinquency prevention.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
GPS Protection & Safety Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3528
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Motor vehicles
Sex offenses
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
GPS Protection & Safety Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make grants to states and local governments to establish or expand global positioning systems to monitor convicted sex offenders, individuals subject to a protection or restraining order, and individuals charged or convicted of driving while intoxicated as an alternative to incarcerating such individuals; and (2) provide for a public service awareness campaign on the importance of reporting instances of stalking.


Legislative actions:
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
To amend the Small Business Act to increase the maximum loan amount under the Express Loan Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3529
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Amends the Small Business Act to increase the maximum loan amount under the Express Loan Program from $350,000 to $2,000,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Tax.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Greener Gardens Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3530
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental technology
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Greener Gardens Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 25%, up to $1,000, of the cost of qualified nonroad equipment. Defines &quot;qualified nonroad equipment&quot; as equipment that is primarily used for lawn, garden, or forestry purposes and is powered by certain alternative and renewable power sources. 


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
Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act

Bill: 111-hr-3531
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Aging
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections for Separated Children Act or the HELP Separated Children Act - Sets forth: (1) apprehension procedures for immigration enforcement-related activities engaged in by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or by other entities under agreement with DHS; and (2) related protections for apprehended persons who belong to specified vulnerable population groups.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) authorize an alien who has been arrested or detained pending a removal determination to be represented by counsel (at no cost to the government); and (2) require that an alien who has been in such custody for more that 48 hours be brought for a custody determination not later than 72 hours after commencement of detention.
 
Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require that state plans for foster care and adoption assistance include provisions regarding foster care children with a parent, legal guardian, or primary caregiver relative who is in immigration detainment or has been removed from the United States.
 
Directs the Secretary of DHS to: (1) mandate vulnerable population and child welfare training for immigration enforcement personnel; and (2) ensure that immigration detention facilities take steps to preserve family unity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Accept Chinese Talent Now Act

Bill: 111-hr-3532
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
China
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Accept Chinese Talent Now Act - Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual People's Republic of China (PRC) immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act. 
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
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
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to clarify and ensure the effective implementation of certain children's product safety provisions added by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.

Bill: 111-hr-3533
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2009-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: 
Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), by regulation, to: (1) initiate a program by which a manufacturer or private labeler of a toy or durable nursery product shall label a product as complying with third party testing requirements; and (2) base certification labeling requirements for toys and durable infant and toddler products, at minimum, upon specified product safety design analysis and testing standards (including randomness and frequency standards).
 
Repeals the general product conformity certification requirements of the Act.
 
Delays until August 14, 2010, the effective date of requirements that a manufacturer place permanent, distinguishing marks on a children's product and its packaging that enable the manufacturer to ascertain the product's specific source and the ultimate purchaser to ascertain its production date, location, and cohort information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in House
ALERT Drivers Act

Bill: 111-hr-3535
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2009-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: 
Avoiding Life-Endangering and Reckless Texting by Drivers Act of 2009 or the ALERT Drivers Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold 25% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway program funds for the fiscal year if the state has not enacted or is not enforcing a law that: (1) prohibits, except in an emergency, an operator of a motor vehicle from writing, sending, or reading a text message using a hand-held mobile telephone (excluding a vehicle-integrated, voice-activated device); and (2) requires, upon conviction of a violation of such prohibition, the imposition of certain minimum penalties.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Social Security COLA Fix for 2010 Act

Bill: 111-hr-3536
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2009-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: 
Social Security COLA Fix for 2010 Act - Authorizes an increase of $150 in Social Security benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of a cost-of-living adjustment for that year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.

Bill: 111-hr-3540
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2009-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Michigan

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: 
 Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan. 
 
Requires the review of certain modifications and federal or federally assisted undertakings with respect to Whitefish Point. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Rafael Camacho, Rosa B. Camacho, and Rosa Camacho.

Bill: 111-hr-3541
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2009-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Provides for the relief of Rafael Camacho, Rosa B. Camacho, and Rosa Camacho.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a product carbon disclosure program to facilitate carbon content labeling, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-3543
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2009-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: 
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing a national program for measuring, reporting, publicly disclosing, and labeling products or materials sold in the United States for their carbon content, including regarding: (1) whether such a program would be effective in achieving greenhouse gas reductions; (2) criteria for identifying and prioritizing sectors, products, and processes that should be covered; (3) an identification of products, processes, or sectors whose inclusion could have a substantial carbon impact; (4) suggested methodology and protocols for measuring the carbon content of products across their entire carbon lifecycle; (5) options for educating consumers about product carbon content and the program; (6) an analysis of the associated costs and timelines; and (7) an evaluation of incentives to determine whether reductions in emissions can be accelerated through encouraging more efficient manufacturing or by encouraging preferences for lower-emissions products over higher-emissions products whose level of performance is no better.
 
Requires the Administrator, upon concluding the study, to establish a national product carbon disclosure program, participation in which shall be voluntary and which may involve a product carbon label with broad applicability to the wholesale and consumer markets to enable and encourage knowledge about carbon content by producers and consumers and to inform efforts to reduce energy consumption nationwide.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Introduced in House
National Cemeteries Expansion Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3544
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2009-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: 
National Cemeteries Expansion Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), in selecting a location for the establishment of a new national cemetery, to give priority to a location where at least 110,000 veterans reside within a 75-mile radius.
 
Requires the Secretary, in conducting an annual performance measure of the percentage of veterans served by a cemetery, to: (1) use census tracts, rather than counties, to test and identify potential cemetery locations and to determine the percentage of veterans served; (2) use methods to avoid the double counting of veterans in overlapping service areas; and (3) count veterans who reside in counties bisected by a service area using a proportional overlay method.


Legislative actions:
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: 2009-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3545
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2009-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Child health
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Family relationships
Health care coverage and access
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Public-private cooperation
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: 
Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to: (1) consortia composed of a local educational agency and one or more community-based, nonprofit, or other public or private entities to assist public elementary or secondary schools to function as full-service community schools; and (2) state collaboratives to support the development of full-service community school programs. 
 
Requires such schools to: (1) participate in community-based efforts to coordinate educational, developmental, family, health, and other comprehensive services through community-based organizations and public and private partnerships; and (2) provide access to such services to students, families, and the community.
 
Gives local grant priority to consortia that: (1) will serve at least two full-service community schools eligible for schoolwide programs under the Act, and more than one full-service community school as part of a community or districtwide strategy; (2) demonstrate a record of effectiveness in coordinating multiple qualified services; and (3) will be connected to a school and community partnership group that brings together key stakeholders across varied sectors to improve results for students and their families.
 
Establishes a Full-Service Community Schools Advisory Committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Lending Promotion Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3546
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2009-09-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: 
Small Business Lending Promotion Act of 2009 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to carry out the Community Express Program in the same manner as the SBA's Community Express Pilot Program was carried out on September 8, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Tax.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Introduced in House
National September 11 Memorial & Museum Commemorative Coin Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3549
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2009-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Currency
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York City
Pennsylvania
Terrorism
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: 
National September 11 Memorial & Museum Commemorative Coin Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and the establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center, to mint and issue up to two million $1 coins emblematic of the courage, sacrifice, and strength of those who perished and who risked their lives to save others during such attacks.
 
Requires: (1) all coin sales to include a surcharge of $10 per coin; and (2) all surcharges received from the sale of coins to be paid to support the operations and maintenance of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Senior Investor Protections Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3550
Sponsor: Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2009-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Aging
Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Securities
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: 
Senior Investor Protections Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to authorize the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to impose, in addition to any other civil penalty, a maximum civil penalty of $50,000 for each violation that is directed toward, targets, or is committed against a person who at the time of the violation is age 62 or older.
 
Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and amend federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements to ensure that guideline offense levels and enhancements appropriately punish criminal violations of the securities laws against seniors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial 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: 2009-09-10
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Introduced in House