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Families of Veterans Financial Security Act

Bill: 111-hr-2774
Sponsor: Rep. Halvorson, Deborah L. [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2009-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Life, casualty, property insurance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: 
Families of Veterans Financial Security Act - Makes permanent the two-year extension of the free Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance coverage period for totally disabled veterans following separation from active or reserve duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-06-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit, as a banned hazardous substance, certain household dishwashing detergent containing phosphorus.

Bill: 111-hr-2775
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2009-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquatic ecology
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Product safety and quality
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: 
Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue regulations declaring dishwashing detergent intended for individual household use that contains phosphorus to be a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Living Organ Donor Job Security Act

Bill: 111-hr-2776
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2009-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee leave
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: 
Living Organ Donor Job Security Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to entitle employees covered by FMLA to leave to provide a living organ donation, including for time spent for: (1) tests to determine medical suitability of the employee for donation; (2) physical, psychological, and social evaluations of the donor; (3) pretransplant outpatient services; (4) postoperative inpatient and outpatient transplantation services; (5) travel in connection with such tests, evaluations, and services; and (6) recuperation.
 
Amends federal civil service law to entitle civilian federal employees the same leave allowance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2777
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2009-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: HIV/AIDS
Health facilities and institutions
Indian social and development programs
Medicare
Minority health
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: 
Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to the annual out of pocket threshold, to count costs incurred in providing prescription drugs by the Indian Health Service, a federally-qualified health center, an AIDS drug assistance program, certain hospitals, or a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program.
 
Amends SSA title XI, with respect to criminal penalties for certain illegal remunerations, to exclude from prohibited remunerations (provide safe harbor for) any remuneration paid by a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program, either in cash or through the distribution or donation of covered Part D drugs, to an individual enrolled in a Part D plan or a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under SSA title XVIII part C.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2778
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2009-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Minority health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to rename the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities. Revises and expands the duties of the Director of such Institute relating to coordination of research activities conducted by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and review of a strategic plan and budget for minority health disparity research.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Defined Contribution Plan Fee Transparency Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2779
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2009-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Sales and excise taxes
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: 
Defined Contribution Plan Fee Transparency Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a penalty tax on employers maintaining defined contribution pension plans for the failure of their plan administrators to provide plan participants or beneficiaries, prior to enrollment in a plan, with certain notices and disclosures pertaining to fees and charges, investment alternatives, and the manner for making elections among designated investment alternatives. Sets forth the types of information about investment alternatives required in a plan notice or disclosure. Requires plan administrators to provide plan participants and beneficiaries, after enrollment, with quarterly notices describing the investment alternatives and associated fees and charges in their plans.
 
Imposes a penalty tax on a provider of services to a defined contribution plan for failure to provide a plan administrator with certain disclosures, including the total fees and expenses expected to be paid by a plan and any relationships of such service provider with third parties offering investment products.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue final regulations on the written formats allowed for providing the notices and disclosures required by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1355-1356)
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-2780
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2009-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Firearms and explosives
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: 
Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the prohibition against entering restricted federal buildings or grounds. Defines &quot;restricted buildings or grounds&quot; as a posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of a building or grounds: (1) where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service is or will be termporarily visiting; or (2) so restricted due to a special event of national significance. 

action_date: 2010-07-27
text: 
Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the prohibition against entering restricted federal buildings or grounds to impose criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly enters any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority. Defines &quot;restricted buildings or grounds&quot; as a posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of a building or grounds: (1) where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting; or (2) so restricted due to a special event of national significance.
 
Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6134)
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6134)
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2780.
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6134-6135)
action_date: 2010-07-27
text: Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, to incorporate regional transportation planning organizations into statewide transportation planning, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-2782
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2009-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: 
Requires states, at a minimum, to cooperate with affected nonmetropolitan local officials responsible for transportation through regional transportation planning organizations to develop and implement long-range statewide transportation plans and statewide transportation improvement programs, with emphasis on addressing the transportation needs of nonmetropolitan areas of the state.
 
Defines a regional transportation planning organization as a multi-jurisdictional organization composed of nonmetropolitan local officials (or their designees) and representatives of local transportation systems who all volunteer for such organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Elimination of the Single Parent Tax Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2783
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2009-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Poverty and welfare assistance
Separation, divorce, custody, support
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: 
Elimination of the Single Parent Tax Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement that states impose a $25 annual fee for successful child support collection for a family that has never received Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) under SSA title IV part A. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Partnership to Improve Seniors Access to Medicare Act

Bill: 111-hr-2784
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2009-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medical education
Medicare
Nursing
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: 
Partnership to Improve Seniors Access to Medicare Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a student loan repayment program for qualified physicians and nurse practitioners participating in Medicare who agree to accept Medicare individuals who seek the services of such health professionals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2785
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2009-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medicare
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: 
 Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009 - Establishes the Commission on Health Care Billing Codes and Forms Simplification which shall make recommendations regarding: (1) standardizing and simplifying credentialing and billing forms for health care claims; (2) reducing and simplifying billing codes; (3) reforming the Medicare regulatory and appeals processes to ensure that the Secretary of Health and Human Services provides appropriate guidance to providers for submitting Medicare claims and does not target inadvertent billing errors; and (4) updating electronic forms of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to ensure simplicity and privacy.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process under which a physician may request from a carrier written assistance in addressing questionable codes and procedures under the Medicare program. 
 
Requires the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to restore the toll-free telephone hotline so that physicians may call for information and questions about the Medicare program.
 
Prohibits the Administrator from implementing any new evaluation and management (E&M) guidelines under the Medicare program unless the Administrator: (1) has provided for an assessment of the proposed guidelines by physicians; (2) has established a plan that contains specific goals, including a schedule for improving participation of physicians in such assessment; (3) has carried out a minimum of four pilot projects in at least four different regions to test E&M guidelines; and (4) finds that specified objectives will be met in the implementation of such guidelines.
 
Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) physician participation and pilot program testing requirements and objectives for new E&M guidelines under Medicare; and (2) notice, administrative, and penalty requirements with respect to Medicare overpayments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-06-10
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Patient Fairness and Indigent Care Promotion Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2786
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2009-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: 
Patient Fairness and Indigent Care Promotion Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain medical care providers a tax deduction for uncompensated medical care provided to individuals with income below 135% of the poverty line.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Introduced in House
Medical Liability Procedural Reform Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2787
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2009-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Specialized courts
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: 
Medical Liability Procedural Reform Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to states to develop, implement, and evaluate health care tribunals. Defines &quot;health care tribunal&quot; to mean a trial court or administrative tribunal: (1) the sole function of which is to adjudicate disputes over injuries allegedly caused by health care providers; (2) to which all or a portion of such disputes within a jurisdiction are assigned; and (3) the judges for which have health care expertise and render decisions about the standard of care in dispute adjudication, with reliance on independent expert witnesses commissioned by such court or tribunal.
 
Permits the Attorney General to provide technical assistance to states to: (1) develop common definition, formats, and data collection infrastructure for states to use in reporting in order to facilitate aggregation and analysis of data within and between states; and (2) provide guidance about the identification and selection of heath care tribunal judges and independent expert witnesses, compensation of injured patients, and clinical resources relating to the standard of care. 
 
Requires the Attorney General to contract with a research organization to evaluate and report on the effectiveness of grants awarded, to include an analysis of the effect of such grants on: (1) the number, nature, and costs of health care liability claims; (2) the liability environment; (3) health care quality; and (4) patient safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Introduced in House
To confer certain Federal jurisdiction on the High Court of American Samoa, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-2789
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-06-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: American Samoa
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Judges
Jurisdiction and venue
Law enforcement officers
State and local courts
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: 
Gives the High Court of American Samoa the jurisdiction over any criminal case arising under any law of the United States applicable to American Samoa in which a defendant resides in American Samoa and the violation occurred in the territory of American Samoa. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to appoint: (1) two or more justices to the High Court of American Samoa as needed; and (2) a special prosecutor for American Samoa, whose responsibility shall be to prosecute all criminal violations of laws of the United States over which the High Court of American Samoa has jurisdiction under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-10
text: Introduced in House