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Blueprint for Health Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2535
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Blueprint for Health Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create the Blueprint for Health program to provide a national infrastructure for disease prevention, health promotion, and education about, and better management of, chronic conditions. Sets forth elements to be included in the Blueprint, including: (1) a strategic plan for designing an integrated medical home model of care; (2) chronic management programs; (3) incentives for the prevention of chronic diseases, including investments in health and sustainable local and regional food systems; and (4) a plan for the assessment of current health information technology initiatives. Requires the Secretary to convene an executive committee to advise the Secretary on the creation and implementation of the Blueprint for Health.
 
Requires the Blueprint for Health to promote the effective, efficient, national use of health care information technology initiatives. Directs the Secretary to commission an assessment that examines the implementation of the health information technology provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
 
Requires the Secretary to recommend to Congress legislation to implement the Blueprint for Health, including the establishment of programs designed to enhance primary care, promote multidisciplinary care coordination, prevent disease, improve quality, contain costs, more effectively manage chronic illness, and promote good health and prevention initiatives.


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
Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act

Bill: 111-hr-2536
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2009-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Allied health services
Citizenship and naturalization
Department of Homeland Security
Education programs funding
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Immigration status and procedures
Medical education
Nursing
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees
Visas and passports
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-20
text: 
Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act - Amends the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 to lift until September 30, 2012, the numerical limitations on employment-based immigrants (and accompanying family members) hired as nurses and physical therapists, subject to a cap of 20,000 visas.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award annual grants to nursing schools to increase the number of faculty and students at such schools. Establishes in the Treasury a Domestic Nursing Enhancement Account to fund such grant program.
 
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) allow an alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence and is a physician or other health care worker to work in a candidate country (defined to include a lower middle income country or one experiencing a natural disaster) without losing eligibility for naturalization; and (2) make inadmissible alien physicians or health care workers who have an outstanding obligation to their country of origin based upon financial assistance received from such country for medical training. Allows a waiver of inadmissibility under certain circumstances.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a partnership program to award grants to certain healthcare and training entities to provide education to nurses and create a pipeline to nursing for incumbent ancillary health care workers who wish to advance their careers.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to collect and report to Congress on specified data on alien workers employed as professional nurses or physical therapists. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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
Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2537
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Labor-management relations
Organized crime
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2009 - Amends the Hobbs Act to authorize imposition of a fine of up to $100,000, 20 years imprisonment, or both for: (1) obstructing, delaying, or affecting commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce by robbery or extortion (or attempting or conspiring to do so); and (2) threatening physical violence to any person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to interfere with commerce by threats or violence. 
Makes provisions regarding any such interference inapplicable to conduct that: (1) is incidental to otherwise peaceful picketing during the course of a labor dispute; (2) consists solely of minor bodily injury, or minor damage to property, or threat or fear of such minor injury or damage; and (3) is not part of a pattern of violent conduct or of coordinated violent activity. Subjects such conduct to prosecution only by the appropriate state and local authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Charles August "CAL" Long Undiagnosed Diseases Registry Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2538
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
 Charles August &quot;CAL&quot; Long Undiagnosed Diseases Registry Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and maintain an undiagnosed diseases registry to facilitate the early recognition, prevention, treatment, cure, and control of such diseases. Authorizes the Secretary to make the information in the registry publicly available, except for: (1) individually identifiable information; or (2) trade secrets or commercial or financial information.
 
Requires such database to be operational one year after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Investment in Oil shale the Next generation of Environmental, Energy and Resource Security (PIONEERS) Act

Bill: 111-hr-2540
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Energy research
Energy revenues and royalties
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Protecting Investment in Oil shale the Next generation of Environmental, Energy and Resource Security (PIONEERS) Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to hold a lease sale offering an additional 10 parcels for lease for research, development, and demonstration of oil shale resources under the terms offered in the solicitation of bids for such leases published on January 15, 2009.
 
Applies the oil shale management final rules published by the Department of the Interior on November 18, 2008, to all commercial leasing for the management of federally owned oil shale, and any associated minerals, located on federal lands.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to reduce temporarily any royalties, fees, rentals, bonus, or other payments for leases of federal lands for oil shale resources development and production as necessary to incentivize and encourage development of such resources, if the Secretary determines that such payments, otherwise authorized by law, are hindering production of such resources. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Gang Task Force Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2541
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Organized crime
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Anti-Gang Task Force Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General to establish, staff, and fund anti-gang task forces, consisting of federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities, to coordinate efforts to combat criminal gangs and offenders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
American Shipping Reinvestment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2542
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Marine and inland water transportation
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
American Shipping Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal shipping investment withdrawal tax rules; and (2) allow U.S. corporate shareholders an election to deduct dividends attributable to foreign base company shipping income received from a controlled foreign corporation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2543
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Energy revenues and royalties
Forests, forestry, trees
Income tax rates
Mining
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) the reduction in the rate of tax on the net timber gain of corporations; and (2) rules for the treatment of timber real estate investment trust (REIT) gains, mineral royalty income, and prohibited transactions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Legal Interrogation Procedures Act

Bill: 111-hr-2544
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Legal Interrogation Procedures Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit any person in the custody or control of an element of the intelligence community (IC) or contractor or subcontractor thereof, regardless of the individual's nationality or physical location, from being subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized by the U.S. Army Field Manual on Human Intelligence Collector Operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Classified Information Accountability Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2545
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Classified Information Accountability Act of 2009 or CIA Act - Provides a civil penalty of up to $10,000 against a member of the intelligence community who, as part of a communication to a U.S. Senator or Representative that involves classified material: (1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up a material fact; (2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or misrepresentation; or (3) makes or uses any false writing or document known to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry. Prohibits any federal department or agency from indemnifying a person from such liability.
 
Authorizes the Senator or Representative concerned to bring a civil action for such a violation. Requires the court involved to review the classified information in camera.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-2547
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act - Prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, considering any person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or experiencing an extended loss of consciousness from being considered adjudicated as a mental defective for purposes of the right to receive or transport firearms without the order or finding of a judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2548
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquaculture
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Outdoor recreation
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act of 2009 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program to make a grant, through a regionally equitable, competitive funding process, to any coastal state to implement a plan to preserve and expand access to coastal waters for persons engaged in commercial fishing, recreational fishing, aquaculture, boatbuilding, or other water-dependent coastal-related business.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award planning grants to coastal states to develop or revise comprehensive working waterfront plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Municipal Bond Fairness Act

Bill: 111-hr-2549
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Financial services and investments
Performance measurement
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
 Municipal Bond Fairness Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require each registered nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NSRO) (credit rating agency) to establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to: (1) establish and maintain credit ratings with respect to securities and money market instruments designed to assess the risk that investors in such instruments may not receive payment in accordance with their terms of issuance; and (2) define clearly any rating symbol and apply it consistently.
 
Permits an NSRO to use or consider the following when assessing the risk that an investor in a security or money market instrument will not receive repayment in accordance with the terms of issuance: (1) additional credit factors that it has documented and disclosed; (2) credit factors that are unique to municipal securities that are not backed by the issuer's full faith and credit; or (3) an additional credit rating symbol to distinguish ratings of a certain type of security or money market instrument from ratings of any other types.
 
Prohibits the SEC from imposing any requirement that prevents an NSRO from establishing ratings that are complementary to such mandatory ratings and that are created to measure a discrete aspect of risk.
 
Directs the SEC to establish performance measures to consider when deciding whether to initiate a review concerning whether an NSRO has failed to adhere to its procedures and methodologies for issuing ratings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Municipal Advisers Regulation Act

Bill: 111-hr-2550
Sponsor: Rep. Driehaus, Steve [D-OH-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Financial services and investments
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
 Municipal Advisers Regulation Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for a person not associated with a municipal financial adviser to make use of the mails or means of interstate commerce to act as a municipal financial adviser unless such person is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a municipal financial adviser in accordance with this Act.
 
Defines &quot;municipal financial adviser&quot; as a person who, for compensation, engages in the business of: (1) providing advice to a municipal securities issuer with respect to issuance of securities, investment of proceeds from such securities, the hedging of risks associated with such securities, or preparation of disclosure documents; (2) assisting a municipal securities issuer in selecting or negotiating guaranteed investment contracts or other investment products; or (3) assisting a municipal securities issuer in the primary offering of securities not involving a public offering.
 
Provides requirements concerning sanctions (including revocation of registration), fair practices, compliance with standards of operational capability, and the fiduciary duty of such an adviser.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House