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Iran Diplomatic Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1985
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Iran
Middle East
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Iran Diplomatic Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to direct the President to impose two or more sanctions under such Act if a person has, with actual knowledge: (1) on or after the date of enactment of such Act made an investment of $40 million or more (or any combination of investments of at least $10 million which in the aggregate equals or exceeds $40 million in any 12-month period) that significantly contributed to Iran's ability to develop its petroleum resources; (2) on or after the date of enactment of the Iran Diplomatic Enhancement Act of 2009 made an investment of $20 million or more (or any combination of investments of at least $5 million which in the aggregate equals or exceeds $20 million in any 12-month period) that directly and significantly contributed to Iran's ability to develop its petroleum resources; or (3) on or after the date of enactment of the Iran Diplomatic Enhancement Act of 2009 provided Iran with refined petroleum resources, engaged in an activity that could contribute to the enhancement of Iran's ability to import refined petroleum resources, or provided Iran with goods, services, or technology for refining petroleum. (Current law imposes sanctions upon investments of $40 million or more and does not include refined petroleum resource imports.)
 
Extends existing presidential waiver authority to such activities. 
 
Directs the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees every six months on such activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E918)
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax, increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $4,000,000, reduce the maximum estate tax rate to 40 percent, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-1986
Sponsor: Rep. Childers, Travis [D-MS-1]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Repeals provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 eliminating the estate tax and related carryover basis provisions (thus restoring such tax after 2009). 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the estate tax unified credit to $4 million; and (2) reduce the maximum estate tax rate to 40%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Microfinance Capacity-Building Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1987
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Financial services and investments
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Microfinance Capacity-Building Act of 2009 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide grants to eligible private non-profit microfinance institution networks that provide direct financial services (including credit, savings, insurance, remittances and cash transfers) to the poor and very poor in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan African countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E917)
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Conflicted Investment Advice Prohibition Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1988
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business ethics
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Conflicted Investment Advice Prohibition Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to allow an individual account plan and a participant or beneficiary who controls the investment of such plan's assets to receive investment advice from an independent investment adviser that is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and meets certain other qualifying requirements, including that the adviser (and any affiliate) does not provide or manage any investments in which the plan assets of any individual account plan are invested.
 
Prescribes requirements for an investment advice program.
 
Prohibits a fiduciary of an individual account plan that permits a participant or beneficiary to direct the investment of assets in the individual account from appointing or contracting with an investment adviser that is not an independent adviser.
 
Requires an independent adviser, before providing investment advice, to provide a written notification: (1) of the past performance and historic rates of return of investment options available to the plan, together with comparisons to relevant benchmarks; and (2) that such investment adviser is acting as a fiduciary of such plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 8 .
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E914-915)
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Section 538 Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1989
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Section 538 Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 regarding the Rural Housing Service-Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account.
 
Repeals the declaration that, for applications received under the 2009 notice of funding availability, section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans funded under such Act shall not be subject to a guarantee fee and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to: (1) reduce the funding under such Act for section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans by up to $29.09 million; and (2) use such amounts as equivalent funds to subsidize the interest on such guaranteed loans for which applications are received under the 2009 notice of funding availability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1990
Sponsor: Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program of 2009 - Directs the Bureau of Prisons to conduct a pilot program to determine the effectiveness of the routine issuance of Oleoresin Capsicum spray (pepper spray) to staff. Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress on an evaluation of such pilot program and on tools to improve officer safety in federal prisons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Judicial District of the Virgin Islands Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1991
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Caribbean area
Federal district courts
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue
Land transfers
State and local courts
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Judicial District of the Virgin Islands Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code to establish a two-judge Article III court in the Virgin Islands (with court held in Christiansted for the Saint Croix Division, and in Charlotte-Amalie for the Saint Thomas and Saint John Division). Requires pleadings and procedures to be conducted in the English language.
 
Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to state that: (1) the judicial power of the Virgin Islands shall be vested in an appellate court and lower local courts as may have been or may hereafter be established by local law (eliminates references to the district court of the Virgin Islands); and (2) the U.S. district court of the Virgin Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all income-tax related criminal and civil proceedings in the Virgin Islands, except for ancillary tax laws enacted by the Virgin Islands legislature. 
 
Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) assignment of additional judges; and (2) relations between U.S. courts and local courts under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Immigration Fraud Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1992
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Immigration Fraud Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to subject a person to fine, imprisonment, or both, who: (1) willfully and knowingly executes a scheme in connection with any federal immigration law-related matter to defraud a person, or to obtain money or anything else of value from a person by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises; or (2) willfully, knowingly, and falsely represents that such person is an attorney or an accredited representative in any federal immigration law-related matter. 
 
 Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) use the Executive Office of Immigration Review to investigate such immigration fraud crimes; and (2) educate immigrant communities about who may provide legal services and representation in immigration proceedings.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that: (1) aliens in removal proceedings be provided with a description of who may represent them, including notice that immigration consultants, visa consultants, and other unauthorized individuals may not provide such representation; and (2) the Attorney General provide for lists of persons who are prohibited from providing representation in immigration proceedings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1993
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit and the waiver of recapture requirements for such credit through 2010; and (2) expand the election to treat a purchase of a principal residence as made in a prior taxable year for purposes of such credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Citizen Soldier Equality Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1994
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Citizen Soldier Equality Act of 2009 - Requires that, in the case of a member of the reserves who is retired or placed on the temporary disability retired list because of an incurred disability for which the member is awarded the Purple Heart, the member shall be credited with the number of years of service that would be counted under the computation of years of service for retired pay for non-regular service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the inclusion of earmarks in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.

Bill: 111-hr-1996
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Prohibits the inclusion of earmarks in the enactment of a bill authorizing intelligence activities for FY2010. (Thus prohibits earmarks in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1998
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of such hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing emergency and post-stabilization services on or after January 1, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Temporary Recession Aid for Schools and Taxpayers Act

Bill: 111-hr-1999
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
State and local finance
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Temporary Recession Aid for Schools and Taxpayers Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award three-year grants to local governments for elementary and secondary education programs within their jurisdiction if they experience at least a 15% decrease in property tax revenues from FY2008 to FY2009 or from FY2009 to FY2010.
 
Allows local governments to apply for two separate grants if they experience at least a 15% decrease in property tax revenues in each of such time periods.
 
Gives priority to local governments that experience the largest decreases in property tax revenues relative to their tax base and whose decrease is attributable to the permanent or temporary shutdown or closure of a large employer or several small employers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty.

Bill: 111-hr-2000
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Bangladesh
Business investment and capital
Congressional tributes
Credit and credit markets
Economic development
Economic theory
Poverty and welfare assistance
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation on behalf of Congress of a gold medal of appropriate design to Dr. Muhammad Yunus in recognition of his many enduring contributions to the fight against global poverty. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefields Commemorative Coin Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2001
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
Currency
Europe
Military history
U.S. history
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefields Commemorative Coin Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue five-dollar gold coins, one-dollar silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Patient IVIG Access Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2002
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Immunology and vaccination
Medicare
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Medicare Patient IVIG Access Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect data on the differences, if any, between: (1) payments to physicians for immune globulins using average sales price payment methodology; and (2) costs incurred by physicians for furnishing these products. Requires the Secretary also to review data on the access of eligible individuals to immune globulins.
 
Requires the Secretary, after completion of the review, to provide, if appropriate, an additional payment to such physicians for all items related to the furnishing of immune globulins as part of hospital outpatient services. 
 
Provides for Medicare coverage of and payment for intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) administered in the home.
 
Directs the Secretary to contract for the collection of data on the practice of IVIG infusion if the Secretary determines that collection of additional data is necessary.
 
Directs the Secretary to review data collected under such a contract as well as data submitted by members of the medical community related to the current infusion payment codes under part B (SupplementaryMedical Insurance) of SSA title XVIII.
 
Requires the Secretary, upon completion of any data collection and review, to: (1) notify the appropriate Medicare administrative contractors regarding which existing infusion codes shall be used for purposes of part B IVIG reimbursement; or (2) report to Congress and the RBRVS Update Committee (RUC) on why an additional infusion payment code is necessary.
 
Extends the meaning of durable medical equipment to include a disposable pump prescribed, instead of a non-disposable external infusion pump, for administration of a drug used as part of a chemotherapy regimen for treatment of colorectal cancer, if a non-disposable external infusion pump would have been covered to administer the same drug for the same indication as of July 1, 2008. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-04-21
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: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act

Bill: 111-hr-2003
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2009-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: 
Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of &quot;children's hospital&quot; for purposes of payments associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs to include a freestanding psychiatric hospital: (1) with 90% or more inpatients under the age of 18; (2) that has its own Medicare provider number as of December 6, 1999; and (3) that has an accredited residency program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E896-897)
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-04-21
text: Introduced in House