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Post 9/11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-s-1932
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2009-10-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: 
Post 9/11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act - Amends the Troops-to-Teachers program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (which provides veterans with teacher certification stipends in exchange for three years of service in a high-need local educational agency [LEA] or public charter school).
 
 Expands program eligibility to cover certain individuals: (1) who, on or after September 11, 2001, serve at least 90 continuous days on active duty in the Armed Forces before being honorably released from such service; or (2) who, on or after January 8, 2002, are separated or released from active duty after at least four (currently, six) years of continuous active duty immediately preceding such separation or release, and agree to serve in the Armed Forces Reserves for at least three years.
 
 Makes any LEA that is receiving school improvement funds eligible to host Troops-to-Teachers program participants.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to establish an Advisory Board, composed of federal, state, and veteran service organization representatives, to collect, study, and disseminate feedback from the program and report to Congress on how the program is operating and might be improved.
 
Reserves specified funding to carry out the Troops-to-Teachers program through FY2014. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10780)
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act

Bill: 111-s-1933
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-10-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: 
Natural Resources Climate Adaptation Act - Declares as the purposes of this Act to: (1) integrate federal agency activities to respond to ongoing and expected impacts of climate change by protecting, restoring, and conserving the natural resources and associated ecosystem services of the United States; and (2) provide financial support and incentives for authorized programs, strategies, and activities to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources and associated ecosystem services in response to threats and effects of climate change.
 
Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce (Secretaries) to: (1) establish procedures for coordinating among federal agencies the development and dissemination of science and information necessary to address the impacts of climate change on natural resources; and (2) issue, with the Secretary of Agriculture, a climate change impact survey that identifies natural resources likely to be adversely affected by climate change.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish the National Fish and Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information Program to develop a national database regarding fish and wildlife habitat and corridors.
 
Requires the Secretaries and the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Natural Resources Adaptation Science Advisory Board to advise federal agencies on the impacts of climate change and natural resources adaptation.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish the National Climate Change and Wildlife Center within the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
 
Requires the President to establish a Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel to develop a Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. Requires each federal agency on the Panel to complete a natural resources adaptation plan.
 
Requires each state seeking funds under this Act to prepare a state natural resources adaptation plan to address the ongoing and expected impacts of climate change on natural resources within the state. 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Fund to provide funding to states to carry out natural resources adaptation activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10781-10785)
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10780-10781)
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1934
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2009-10-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Foreign and international banking
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: 
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise and add reporting and other requirements relating to income from assets held abroad, including by: (1) requiring foreign financial and nonfinancial institutions to withhold 30% of payments made to such institutions by U.S. individuals unless such institutions agree to disclose the identity of such individuals and report on their bank transactions; (2) denying a tax deduction for interest on non-registered bonds issued outside the United States; (3) requiring any individual who holds more than $50,000 in a depository or custodial account maintained by a foreign financial institution to report on such accounts; (4) imposing an enhanced tax penalty for underpayments attributable to undisclosed foreign financial assets; (5) extending the limitation period for assessment of underpayments with respect to assets held outside the United States; (6) requiring certain tax advisors who assist U.S. individuals in acquiring a direct or indirect interest in a foreign entity to file an information return disclosing the identity of the foreign entity and the individual investors; (7) requiring shareholders of a passive foreign investment company to file informational returns; (8) enhancing tax rules and penalties relating to foreign trusts with U.S. beneficiaries; and (9) requiring withholding of tax on dividend equivalent payments received by foreign individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10785)
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain boots constructed by hand of natural rubber.

Bill: 111-s-1935
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2009-10-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain boots constructed by hand of natural rubber.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1936
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2009-10-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Montana

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: 
Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2009 - Extends federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. Makes the Tribe and each member eligible for all services and benefits provided by the United States to Indians and federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near an Indian reservation. 
 
Directs the Tribe, as a condition of receiving recognition, services, and benefits pursuant to this Act, to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll consisting of the name of each individual enrolled as a member of the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to maintain such membership roll. 
 
Directs the Secretary to acquire, for the benefit of the Tribe, trust title to 200 acres of land within the Tribe's service area to be used for a tribal land base. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 5-year carryback of operating losses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-1937
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2009-10-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a five-year carryback of net operating losses, including the operating losses of life insurance companies, incurred in 2008 and 2009.
 
Denies such extended loss carryover period to: (1) taxpayers in whom the federal government acquires an equity interest under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008; (2) the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac); and (3) members of certain affiliated groups.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make transfers to the general fund to cover reductions in revenues resulting from this Act. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1939
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-10-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Disability assistance
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: 
Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009 - Includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam, for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam, such Republic's inland waterways, ports, and harbors, waters offshore, and airspace above.
 
Includes as veterans eligible for such presumption those who: (1) served on Johnston Island during the period beginning on April 1, 1972, and ending on September 30, 1977; or (2) received the Vietnam Service Medal or the Vietnam Campaign Medal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-623.
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a study on the effects on children of exposure of their parents to herbicides used in support of the United States and allied military operations in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-1940
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-10-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Conflicts and wars
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Neurological disorders
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to complete, and report to the congressional veterans committees on, a study of the effects on children of their parents' exposure to herbicides used in support of U.S. and allied military operations in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-623.
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple fiber.

Bill: 111-s-1941
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple fiber.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple fiber.

Bill: 111-s-1942
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple fiber.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple fiber.

Bill: 111-s-1943
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple fiber.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Regent 800.

Bill: 111-s-1944
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Regent 800.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Triticonazole.

Bill: 111-s-1945
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Triticonazole.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Solvent Red 227.

Bill: 111-s-1946
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Solvent Red 227.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2-Aminothiophenol.

Bill: 111-s-1947
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2-Aminothiophenol.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 3,4-Dimethoxybenzaldehyde.

Bill: 111-s-1948
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 3,4-Dimethoxybenzaldehyde.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pyromellitic Dianhydride.

Bill: 111-s-1949
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pyromellitic Dianhydride.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures of Chlorsulfuron (2-Chloro-N-[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1, 3, 5-triazin-2-yl)aminocarbonyl]benzenesulfonamide) and metsulfuron methyl (Methyl 2[[[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1, 3, 5-triazin-2-yl)arnino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl] benzoate) and inert ingredients.

Bill: 111-s-1950
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures of Chlorsulfuron (2-Chloro-N-[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1, 3, 5-triazin-2-yl)aminocarbonyl]benzenesulfonamide) and metsulfuron methyl (Methyl 2[[[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1, 3, 5-triazin-2-yl)arnino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl] benzoate) and inert ingredients.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Gum Rosin.

Bill: 111-s-1951
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Gum Rosin.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Firestorm.

Bill: 111-s-1952
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Firestorm.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on p-toluidine.

Bill: 111-s-1953
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on p-toluidine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on p-nitrotoluene.

Bill: 111-s-1954
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on p-nitrotoluene.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on acrylic resin solution.

Bill: 111-s-1955
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on acrylic resin solution.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Benzenamine, 4 Dodecyl.

Bill: 111-s-1956
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Benzenamine, 4 Dodecyl.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to make loans to publicly owned electric utilities to finance and refinance projects to comply with any Federal energy efficiency resource standard, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-1957
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-10-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: 
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to instruct the Secretary of Energy to make loans to publicly owned electric utilities to carry out qualified projects, approved by the Secretary, which comply with federal energy efficiency resource standards.
 
Authorizes such loans to be used to: (1) finance or refinance the costs of the acquisition, construction, or improvement of an electric generation, transmission, distribution facility, or utility property or assets, including the costs of any indirect acquisition of such facility, utility property or assets; and (2) refinance bonds issued by specified state utilities.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to disapprove a loan application for a project if the Secretary determines that revenues available to repay the loan are unlikely to be sufficient to cover its repayment obligations.
 
 
Sets a maximum loan terms of 30 years. Authorizes appropriations.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Introduced in Senate