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Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act

Bill: 111-hr-368
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Performance measurement
Property rights
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program to protect important coastal and estuarine areas that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic values and that are threatened by conversion from their natural, undeveloped, or recreational state to other uses or that could be managed or restored to effectively conserve, enhance, or restore ecological function. Requires the program to be administered by the National Ocean Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make Program grants to coastal states with approved coastal zone management plans or National Estuarine Research Reserve units for the purpose of acquiring property that will further the goals of an approved Coastal Zone Management Plan or Program, a National Estuarine Research Reserve management plan, a regional or state watershed protection or management plan, or a state coastal land acquisition plan. Provides that grant awards may be used to purchase land, including an easement, only from a willing seller. 
 
Provides that grant funds under the Program shall require a 100% match from nonfederal sources, subject to a waiver. Reserves 15% of program funds for acquisitions benefiting the National Estuarine Research Reserve.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-369
Sponsor: Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Forests, forestry, trees
Indian lands and resources rights
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act of 2009 - Designates the following lands in California as wilderness: (1) certain Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in the Cleveland National Forest, to be part of the Agua Tibia Wilderness; (2) specified lands in the San Bernardino National Forest to be known as the Cahuilla Mountain Wilderness and the South Fork San Jacinto Wilderness and certain BLM land in such Forest as part of the Santa Rosa Wilderness; (3) certain BLM land in Riverside County, to be known as the Beauty Mountain Wilderness; (4) certain land in Joshua Tree National Park, to be part of the Joshua Tree Wilderness; (5) certain BLM land in the county as part of the Orocopia Mountains Wilderness (excluding specified corridors); (6) certain BLM land in the county as part of the Palen/McCoy Wilderness; (7) certain BLM land in the county to be known as the Pinto Mountains Wilderness; and (8) certain BLM land in the county as part of the Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness. 

 Designates certain lands in the Joshua Tree National Park as potential wilderness. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage such land as wilderness until it is incorporated into the Joshua Tree Wilderness, effective when the Secretary publishes notice that all uses of the land prohibited by the Wilderness Act have ceased and that sufficient inholdings have been acquired to establish a manageable wilderness unit. 

Provides for access to the Cahuilla Mountain Wilderness by Indian tribes for traditional cultural purposes. 

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate as wild, scenic, or recreational rivers specified segments of the North Fork San Jacinto River, Fuller Mill Creek, Palm Canyon Creek, and Bautista Creek in California. 

 Amends the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Act of 2000 to include additional lands within the boundaries of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-370
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2009 - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to: (1) extend comparability pay adjustments to Foreign Service members assigned abroad; and (2) amend the death gratuity computation payable to surviving dependents of Foreign Service employees who die from injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Rancho California Water District Recycled Water Reclamation Facility Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-371
Sponsor: Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Rancho California Water District Recycled Water Reclamation Facility Act of 2009 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Rancho California Water District, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities for water recycling, demineralization, and desalination and distribution of non-potable water supplies in Southern Riverside County, California. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To authorize implementation of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-372
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Land transfers
Public contracts and procurement
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary), in cooperation with the state of California, to implement the Stipulation of Settlement dated September 13, 2006, in 
Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Kirk Rodgers, et al.
, United States District Court, Eastern District of California. Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into agreements with California to facilitate or expedite Settlement implementation; and (2) identify impacts of facilities construction or operation decisions and measures to mitigate such impacts on adjacent and downstream water users and landowners before implementing such decisions. Provides that Settlement implementation and the reintroduction of Chinook salmon shall not result in the involuntary reduction in contract water allocations to Central Valley Project long-term contractors other than Friant Division contractors.

Requires the Secretary to prepare an environmental analysis prior to releasing Interim Flows. Authorizes the Secretary to release such flows to the extent that they would not impede or delay completion of specified measures in the Settlement or exceed existing downstream channel capacities.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) purchase property needed to implement the Settlement; and (2) dispose of such property and deposit proceeds into the San Joaquin River Restoration Fund established in the Treasury.

Declares that the Settlement satisfies and discharges the Secretary's obligations under the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992. Provides for the reintroduction of California Central Valley Spring Run Chinook salmon into the San Joaquin River. 

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to provide direct financial assistance to the California Water Institute to study coordination and integration of sub-regional integrated regional water management plans into a unified plan. 

Directs the Secretary to conduct feasibility studies on: (1) restoration of the capacity of the Friant-Kern Canal and Madera Canal; and (2) reverse flow pump-back facilities on the Friant-Kern Canal.

 Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to local agencies within the Central Valley Project for facilities to bank water underground or to recharge groundwater and to recover such water.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render inadmissible and deportable certain aliens convicted of drunk driving, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-373
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Immigration status and procedures
Transportation safety and security
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to make an alien inadmissible or deportable if such alien has been convicted of three offenses for driving under the influence and at least one of the offenses is a felony under federal or state law for which the alien was sentenced to more than one year in prison.
 
Provides that: (1) a court shall not accept a guilty plea for driving under the influence unless the court has administered to the defendant a specified advisal regarding the possible exclusion, deportation, or denial of naturalization to a noncitizen as a result of a conviction for driving under the influence; and (2) if the court fails to so advise and the defendant shows that conviction of the offense to which the defendant pleaded guilty may result in the defendant's deportation, exclusion, or denial of naturalization, the court, upon the defendant's motion, shall vacate the judgment and permit the defendant to withdraw the plea and enter a plea of not guilty. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act

Bill: 111-hr-374
Sponsor: Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caribbean area
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Cuba
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Public contracts and procurement
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Lawful Interrogation and Detention Act - Directs the President, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and remove all detainees held there.
 
Requires each such detainee to be either: (1) charged with a violation of U.S. or international law and transferred to an appropriate U.S. facility for further legal proceedings; (2) transferred for trial to an international tribunal operating under United Nations (UN) authority; (3) transferred (under certain conditions) to the custody of the government of the individual's country of citizenship or a different country; (4) released; or (5) held in accordance with the law of the armed conflict.
 
Prohibits an individual 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.
 
Prohibits the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from allowing a CIA contractor or subcontractor to carry out an interrogation. Requires any interrogation carried out on behalf of the CIA to be conducted only by a CIA employee.
 
Requires the head of an IC element or a contractor or subcontractor of such element who detains or has custody or control over an individual to notify the International Committee of the Red Cross of such detention, and to provide Red Cross access to such individual in a manner consistent with practices of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E59)
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Western Hemisphere Counterterrorism and Nonproliferation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-375
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Arms control and nonproliferation
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Cuba
Currency
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
El Salvador
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Nuclear weapons
Organization of American States
Sanctions
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
Venezuela
Western Hemisphere

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Western Hemisphere Counterterrorism and Nonproliferation Act of 2009 - States that, in order to enhance the security of the Western Hemisphere and bolster regional capacity to counter terrorism, it shall be U.S. policy to promote the signing, ratification, and implementation by all countries in the Western Hemisphere of specified counter terrorism conventions.
 
Amends specified acts with respect to annual country reports on terrorism, as well reports on narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and law enforcement.
 
Authorizes the President to impose specified sanctions on any country in the Western Hemisphere that the President has determined is engaged in state sponsored terrorism, is carrying out policies that threaten U.S. national security interests, or is not fully cooperating with U.S. counterterrorism or nonproliferation efforts.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the International Law Enforcement Academy in San Salvador, El Salvador, should continue to serve as a critical component of United States regional counterterrorism efforts.
 
Redirects 50% of the U.S. contribution to the Organization of American States (OAS) to the OAS Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism, the OAS Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission, and the Western Hemisphere Regional Coordination Centers. Directs the Secretary of State to negotiate the establishment of: (1) Western Hemisphere Regional Coordination Centers; and (2) the Western Hemisphere Nonproliferation Partnership Initiative.
 
States U.S. policy with respect to the prevention of the proliferation of weapons-related nuclear, chemical, and biological materials, technology, and facilities, as well as policy with respect to nuclear fuel fabrication and provides specified directives and sanctions.
 
Places restrictions on nuclear cooperation with countries assisting the nuclear program of Venezuela or Cuba.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Latin America Regional Strategic Initiative should serve as a critical component of U.S. regional counterterrorism and nonproliferation efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
McGee Creek Project Pipeline and Associated Facilities Conveyance Act

Bill: 111-hr-376
Sponsor: Rep. Fallin, Mary [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Land transfers
Oklahoma
Pipelines
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
McGee Creek Project Pipeline and Associated Facilities Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the McGee Creek Authority all U.S. rights to the pipeline and any associated facilities described in the Agreement Between the United States and McGee Creek Authority for the Purpose of Defining Responsibilities Related to and Implementing the Title Transfer of Certain Facilities at the McGee Creek Project, Oklahoma. Excludes the mineral estate from the conveyance. 
 
Provides that any rights and obligations under a specified contract between the Authority and the United States for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the McGee Creek Project shall remain in force. Requires the Secretary to complete any actions required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the National Historic Preservation Act before such conveyance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To make 2 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for fiscal year 2009.

Bill: 111-hr-377
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Makes 2% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for FY2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To make 1 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for fiscal year 2009.

Bill: 111-hr-378
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Makes 1% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for FY2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Expansion Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-379
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Expansion Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow all individual taxpayers a tax deduction for state and local general sales taxes (current law allows taxpayers an election to deduct either state and local income taxes or sales taxes).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Infant Abandonment Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-380
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Infant Abandonment Prevention Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to establish the Task Force on Infant Abandonment to: (1) collect information and maintain a database on incidents of child abandonment, including information on demographics, circumstances, outcomes, and trends; and (2) submit annual reports and recommendations to Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To make 5 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for fiscal year 2009.

Bill: 111-hr-381
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Makes 5% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for FY2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House