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Reducing Emergency Department Utilization through Coordination and Empowerment Demonstration Program Act

Bill: 111-s-1781
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2009-10-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: 
Reducing Emergency Department Utilization through Coordination and Empowerment Demonstration Program Act or the REDUCE Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the REDUCE demonstration program under which the Secretary shall enter into agreements with states to provide for the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative approaches to coordinated care management and increased access to community support services for targeted beneficiaries under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act in order to reduce hospital admissions and the use of emergency health care services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Dairy COOL Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1783
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2009-10-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural trade
Food supply, safety, and labeling

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: 
Dairy COOL Act of 2009 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to extend mandatory country of origin labeling to dairy products (fluid milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, butter, and other dairy products).
 
Requires a dairy product retailer to designate the product's origin as: (1) each country in which or from the one or more dairy ingredients were produced or originated, and each country in which the product was processed; and (2) if a U.S.-produced dairy product, the state, region, or locality where the product was produced.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10438)
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10438)
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that State approving agencies provide timely responses to applications for approval of courses of education and provide justifications for disapproval of courses, to provide for the review of the disapproval of courses by State approving agencies, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-1784
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2009-10-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: 
Requires a state approving agency (agency) that receives an application from an educational institution for approval of a course of education for purposes of the veterans' educational assistance program to respond in writing to such institution within 90 days. Requires an agency that disapproves of a course of education to transmit to the institution a justification for such disapproval. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to review and, if appropriate, overturn a negative agency determination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require State approving agencies to approve courses of education that have been accredited and approved by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-1785
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2009-10-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: 
Requires (current law authorizes) a state approving agency to approve, for purposes of the veterans' educational assistance program, courses of education that have been accredited and approved by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain ski boots, cross country ski footwear, and snowboard boots.

Bill: 111-s-1786
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2009-10-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain ski boots, cross country ski footwear, and snowboard boots.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1787
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-10-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: 
 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009 - Amends the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act to reauthorize the program for the completion of appraisals and satisfaction of other legal requirements for the sale or exchange of public land identified for disposal under approved land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. 
 
Makes the Act non-applicable to land eligible for sale under specified public land laws. 

action_date: 2010-08-05
text: 
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2009 - Amends the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA) to reauthorize, until July 25, 2020, the program for the completion of appraisals and satisfaction of other legal requirements for the sale or exchange of public land identified for disposal under approved land use plans under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
 
Revises the FLTFA definition of &quot;federally designated area&quot; to include all the lands within specified boundaries. (Current law is limited to lands which, as of July 25, 2000, were within such specified boundaries.)
 
Makes the FLTFA non-applicable to land eligible for sale under specified public land laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 530.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 111-260.
action_date: 2010-08-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 111-260.
action_date: 2010-06-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2009-12-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-364.
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1788
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2009-10-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Nursing
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: 
Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Labor to propose a standard on safe patient handling and injury prevention to prevent musculoskeletal disorders for direct-care registered nurses and all other health care workers that requires the use of engineering controls to lift patients and the elimination of manual lifting of patients through the use of mechanical devices, except where patient care may be compromised.
 
Requires health care employers to: (1) develop and implement a safe patient handling and injury prevention plan; (2) provide their workers with training on safe patient handling and injury prevention; and (3) post a uniform notice that explains the standard and the procedures to report patient handling-related injuries. Requires the Secretary to conduct unscheduled inspections to ensure compliance with safety standards.
 
 Allows health care workers to: (1) refuse to accept an assignment in a health care facility that violates safety standards or for which such worker has not received required training; and (2) file complaints against employers who violate this Act. Prohibits employers from taking adverse actions against any health care worker who in good faith reports a violation, participates in an investigation or proceeding, or discusses violations. 
 
Authorizes health care workers who have been discharged, discriminated, or retaliated against in violation of this Act to bring legal action for reinstatement, reimbursement of lost compensation, attorneys' fees, court costs, and other damages.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program for purchasing safe patient handling and injury prevention equipment for health care facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-11
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-1138.
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10489-10490)
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10488-10489)
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act

Bill: 111-s-1791
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2009-10-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Evidence and witnesses
Fires
Higher education
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: 
Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make competitive demonstration grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs), fraternities, and sororities for up to half the cost of installing fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in student housing and dormitories owned or controlled by such entities.
 
Gives grant priority to applicants that demonstrate the greatest financial need. 
Reserves the following portions of grant funds made available for each fiscal year: (1) at least 10% for historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, tribally controlled colleges and universities, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, and IHEs that are eligible for Institutional Aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965; and (2) at least 10% for social fraternities and sororities. 
Provides that any application for assistance under this Act, any negative determination on the part of the Secretary with respect to such application, or any statement of reasons for the determination, shall not be admissible as evidence in any proceeding of any court, agency, board, or other entity (except a proceeding to enforce an agreement entered into between the Secretary and a grantee under this Act).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the requirements for windows, doors, and skylights to be eligible for the credit for nonbusiness energy property.

Bill: 111-s-1792
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2009-10-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the qualification standard for exterior windows (including skylights) and exterior doors for purposes of the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property to require such standard to meet criteria established by the 2010 Energy Star Program.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Korean War.

Bill: 111-s-1794
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2009-10-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: 
Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun for acts of valor during the Korean War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Private Investment in Commuter Vanpooling Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1795
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2009-10-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commuting
Intergovernmental relations
Motor carriers
Public transit
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: 
Private Investment in Commuter Vanpooling Act of 2009 - Allows the local matching share provided by a public transportation capital project assistance recipient to include expenditures by a private commuter vanpooling service provider to acquire rolling stock (vans).
 
Authorizes such a private provider to use vanpool revenues exceeding operating costs to acquire such vans, if there is a binding agreement requiring the vans to be used in the state or local government's service area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary reduction of the duty on certain textured rolled glass sheets.

Bill: 111-s-1797
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2009-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary reduction of duty on certain textured rolled glass sheets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Automatic Reserve Component Enrollment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1798
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2009-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Dental care
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: 
Automatic Reserve Component Enrollment Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to jointly provide for the enrollment of members of the National Guard and reserve being discharged or released from active duty in the health and dental care programs for veterans of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) during their participation in the demobilization and discharge process.
 
Requires for such members: (1) the protection of privacy and personal information; (2) appropriate assistance in the completion of enrollment activities; and (3) education and outreach about the VA programs, benefits, and services for which they may be eligible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act

Bill: 111-s-1799
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2009-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Federal Reserve System
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: 
Fairness and Accountability in Receiving Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 or FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a depository institution from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with overdraft coverage, or in acts designed to evade the provisions of this Act.
 
Requires each depository institution that provides overdraft coverage for transaction accounts to clearly and conspicuously disclose overdraft coverage fees.
 
Subjects to the consumer's written, electronic, or other consent overdraft coverage fees for withdrawals from either automated teller machines or from debit card transfers.
 
Requires a depository institution to provide specified consumer disclosures regarding its overdraft protection program, including: (1) periodic statements for any transaction account that has an overdraft coverage program feature; and (2) prompt notification of the account's overdraft status.
 
Prescribes overdraft coverage fee limits.
 
Prohibits an overdraft coverage fee if the overdraft results solely from a debit hold amount that exceeds the actual dollar amount of the transaction. 
 
Requires a depository institution to provide consumers who have not consented to participate in an overdraft coverage program transaction accounts with the same terms as those provided to consumers who have consented to participate in such program.
 
Prohibits a depository institution from charging a non-sufficient fund fee for any transaction at an automated teller machine or any debit card transaction.
 
Prohibits a depository institution from reporting negative information regarding consumer use of overdraft coverage to any consumer reporting agency when the overdraft amounts and coverage fees are paid under the terms of an overdraft coverage program.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10522-10524)
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10521-10522)
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to provide compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Feed Materials Production Center (commonly referred to as "Fernald") or the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor in Ohio.

Bill: 111-s-1800
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Department of Energy
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Nuclear weapons
Ohio
Public contracts and procurement
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: 
Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include as a member of the Special Exposure Cohort entitled to compensation with respect to chronic beryllium disease under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program any Department of Energy (DOE) employee or a DOE contractor or subcontractor employee who was employed for an aggregate number of at least 250 work days before January 1, 2009, at the Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald) or the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor in Ohio.
 
Requires any claim that an individual qualifies by reason of this Act for compensation or benefits to be considered for such compensation or benefits notwithstanding any denial of any other claim for compensation with respect to the individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in Senate
First State National Historical Park Act

Bill: 111-s-1801
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Delaware
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: 
First State National Historical Park Act - Establishes the First State National Historical Park in Delaware as a unit of the National Park System. 
 
Specifies that the purpose of the Park is the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the historic and cultural resources associated with Dutch, Swedish, and English settlement in Delaware and the resources associated with the role of the state of Delaware as the first state to ratify the Constitution. 
 
Requires the preparation of a general management plan for the Park. 
 
Requires completion of a study regarding the preservation and interpretation of additional properties in Delaware that relate to the Park's purposes, including an assessment of: (1) the potential for designating them as National Historic Landmarks; and (2) options for maintaining their historic integrity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-645.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10571-10572)
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1802
Sponsor: Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL]
Introduced: 2009-10-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: 
United States Civil Rights Trail Special Resource Study Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a a special resource study to evaluate a range of alternatives for the protection and interpretation of sites associated with the struggle for civil rights in the United States, including alternatives for potential addition of some or all of the sites to the National Trails System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-645.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-20
text: Introduced in Senate