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Five-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 111-s-455
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Higher education
Kansas
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Five-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury ( Secretary) to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 Silver Coins, and half dollar clad coins in recognition and celebration of the Five-Star Generals' attendance and graduation from the Command and General Staff College (CGSC).
 
Requires the design of such coins to include the portraits of Generals George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Henry &quot;Hap&quot; Arnold, and Omar N. Bradley.
 
Restricts the issuance of such coins to calendar 2013. 
 
Requires specified surcharges in the sale of such coins, which shall be paid promptly to the CGSC Foundation to help finance its support of the College.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-456
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Allergies
Child care and development
Child health
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and make available to local educational agencies, schools, early childhood education programs, and other interested entities voluntary guidelines to develop plans for individuals to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs. Directs that such guidelines address: (1) parental obligation to provide the documentation of their child's allergies; (2) the creation of an individual food allergy management plan for each such child; (3) communication between schools or programs and emergency medical services; (4) reduction of exposure to anaphylactic causative agents; (5) food allergy management training; and (6) administration of epinephrine.
 
Allows the Secretary to award matching grants to assist local educational agencies in implementing such food allergy and anaphylaxis management guidelines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2369-2370)
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2368-2369)
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-457
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2009-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: 
Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct pilot projects under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for the purpose of providing incentives to home health agencies to utilize home monitoring and communications technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Uniformed Personnel by Providing Oversight and Relevant Treatment for Substance Use Disorders Act

Bill: 111-s-459
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2009-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Medical research
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: 
Supporting Uniformed Personnel by Providing Oversight and Relevant Treatment for Substance Use Disorders Act or SUPPORT for Substance Use Disorders Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a comprehensive review of Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities for the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and management of, and research on, substance use disorders (disorders) among members of the Armed Forces (members). Requires the Secretary to submit to the congressional defense and appropriations committees a plan for the improvement and enhancement of such programs and activities for members and their dependent family members, which shall include mechanisms to ensure the availability of appropriate treatment for such disorders and facilitate their prevention and reduction. Requires the plan to include instructions on: (1) the prevention of such disorders; (2) the appropriate training of health care professionals in the treatment of such disorders; (3) services for the dependents of members with such disorders; and (4) the dissemination of disorder prevention materials.

Directs the Secretary to study such disorders in members and establish within DOD a Center of Excellence in the Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Management of Substance Use Disorders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946 to foster efficient markets and increase competition and transparency among packers that purchase livestock from producers.

Bill: 111-s-460
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2009-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Livestock
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: 
Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require that 25% of a covered packer's daily kill comes through spot market sales from nonaffiliated producers. 
 
Sets forth a different percentage for covered packers who reported in the 2008 annual report that more than 75% of their livestock were captive supply livestock 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.

Bill: 111-s-461
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2009-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the allowable amount of the railroad track maintenance tax credit; (2) revise the types of expenditures eligible for such credit; and (3) extend such credit through 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Captive Primate Safety Act

Bill: 111-s-462
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Department of the Interior
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Smuggling and trafficking
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: 
Captive Primate Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add nonhuman primates to the definition of &quot;prohibited wildlife species&quot; for purposes of the prohibition against the sale or purchase of such species in interstate or foreign commerce.

Makes it unlawful for a person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase a live animal of any prohibited wildlife species in interstate or foreign commerce (i.e., for pet trade purposes). Sets forth exceptions to such prohibition, including, under certain conditions, for: (1) transporting a nonhuman primate to or from a veterinarian; (2) transporting a nonhuman primate to a legally designated caregiver as a result of the death of the preceding owner; and (3) transporting a single primate of the genus Cebus that was obtained from and trained by a charitable organization to assist a permanently disabled individual with a severe mobility impairment. 

Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act. Extends the authorization of appropriations to carry out such prohibition for FY2010-FY2014.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for FY2010 for use in hiring additional law enforcement personnel of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to enforce the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
TARP Taxpayer Protection and Corporate Responsibility Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-463
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2009-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business ethics
Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: 
TARP Taxpayer Protection and Corporate Responsibility Act of 2009 - Prohibits any recipient of assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) from sponsoring, hosting, or paying for entertainment or holiday events during the calendar year in which such assistance is received or the next occurring calendar year.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to waive such prohibition.
 
Subjects violations of this Act to civil penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2429)
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
ACTION Act

Bill: 111-s-464
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2009-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Corporation for National and Community Service
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: 
AmeriCorps: Together Improving Our Nation Act or the ACTION Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to base the calculation of the amount of the national service educational award on the average cost of attending a four-year institution of higher education, rather than a portion of a veteran's basic educational assistance allowance.
 
Excludes the national service educational award from an individual's gross income for tax purposes.
 
Permits the Corporation for National and Community Service to support a national service program that is carried out by another federal agency and implements the priorities of such agency.
 
Makes Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation a Cabinet position. Raises the Officer's compensation to Level I of the Executive Schedule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2429-2430)
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Semester of Service Act

Bill: 111-s-465
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2009-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: American Samoa
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Guam
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Northern Mariana Islands
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Virgin Islands
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: 
Semester of Service Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to direct the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies or their nonprofit partners and, through them, competitive subgrants to schools or their nonprofit partners for Semester of Service programs that allow high school juniors and seniors to earn academic credit for service-learning that meets unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs in their communities.
 
Gives grant priority to applicants that propose to direct subgrants toward programs at schools that receive school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
 
Requires Semester of Service programs to engage youth in service-learning for a minimum of 70 hours over a minimum of 12 weeks and have: (1) a weekly classroom-based component that is integrated into schools' regular curricula and aligned with applicable state academic content standards; and (2) a field-based component covering at least 24 of the minimum 70 hours.
 
Directs the Chief Executive Officer to reserve funds for: (1) competitive grants to Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands for such programs; (2) technical assistance and training to grantees and subgrantees, and program outreach activities; and (3) independent evaluations of the programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2429-2430)
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Summer of Service Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-466
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2009-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: American Samoa
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Guam
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Northern Mariana Islands
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Virgin Islands
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: 
Summer of Service Act of 2009 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to create Summer of Service programs providing at least 100 hours of summer community service learning opportunities to youth who will subsequently enroll in grades six through nine. 
 
Requires the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service to provide competitive three-year grants to: (1) states under a State Grant program; and (2) public or private organizations under a National Direct Grant program, when a state does not apply for funding or the community service program includes multiple states. 
 
Requires states and organizations, in making project subgrants, to favor entities with established track records that: (1) have leadership positions in the communities from which participating youth will be drawn; (2) focus on youth service during the transition year before high school; (3) encourage or enable youth to continue providing community service throughout the school year; (4) involve youth in the design and operation of the community service project; and (5) include youth of diverse backgrounds, at least 50% of which are from low-income families. Permits such entities to charge the parents of participants an income-based fee to contribute to the nonfederal share of project costs.
 
Makes each youth serving at least 100 hours in a service-learning project eligible for an educational award of up to $500.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2429-2430)
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Encore Service Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-467
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2009-02-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Corporation for National and Community Service
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: 
Encore Service Act of 2009 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to make eligible for assistance under the National Service Trust program Encore Service programs that engage individuals age 50 or older in national service addressing specific community needs.
 
Gives Encore Service participants age 50 or older five options for their term of service, ranging from full-time to minimum time.
 
Makes such participants eligible for national service educational awards, which they may transfer to others for use within 20 years.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that, by 2019, 25% of National Service Trust program participants should be age 50 or older. Requires the Corporation for National and Community Service to identify and address the barriers to program participation by such individuals.
 
Establishes Encore Fellowship programs providing Encore Fellowships to professionals age 50 or older who serve as full-time volunteers for nine months to one year with public or nonprofit organizations that address unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs. Makes such Fellows ineligible for national service educational awards. 
 
Creates Silver Scholarship programs providing Silver Scholarships to individuals who, over a one-year period, complete: (1) at least 500 hours of volunteer service after attaining age 55; or (2) between 250 and 500 hours of such service and present compelling personal experiences. Allows such individuals to transfer their scholarships to others for use within 20 years.
 
Directs the Corporation to specify the services that qualify volunteers for scholarships, including: (1) tutoring or mentoring in educational settings; and (2) assisting persons with special needs. 
 
Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to allow anyone age 55 or older (currently, 60 or older) whose income does not exceed 200% (currently, 125%) of the poverty level to volunteer under the Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion programs that provide supportive services to persons with exceptional needs.
 
Reauthorizes appropriations for the National Senior Volunteer Corps, including the Retired and Senior Volunteer, Foster Grandparent, and Senior Companion programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2429-2430)
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-468
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 - Establishes the United States Bipartisan Commission on Access to Emergency Medical Services to: (1) identify and examine factors in the health care delivery, financing, and legal systems that affect the effective delivery of screening and stabilization services furnished in hospitals that have emergency departments pursuant to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and (2) make specific recommendations to Congress with respect to federal programs, policies, and financing needed to assure the availability of such screening and stabilization services and the coordination of state, local, and federal programs for responding to disasters and emergencies. 
 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for additional payments for certain physicians' emergency services furnished pursuant to EMTALA.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to convene a working group that includes experts in emergency care, inpatient critical care, hospital operations management, nursing, and other relevant disciplines to develop boarding and diversion standards for hospitals and guidelines, measures, and incentives for implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of such standards.
 
Requires the CMS working group to: (1) identify barriers contributing to delays in timely processing of patients requiring admission as inpatients who initially sought care through the hospital's emergency department; (2) identify best practices to improve patient flow within hospitals; and (3) report to Congress and the Secretary a detailed description of the standards, guidelines, measures, and incentives developed, as well as identified barriers and best practices.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a mechanism to make public information regarding any hospital that fails to report information requested by the CMS working group.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate