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To prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to facilities in Virginia or to house such individuals at such facilities.

Bill: 111-hr-1186
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Terrorism
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any individual detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any military installation or federal detention center in Virginia; or (2) house any such individual at a Virginia installation or detention center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1188
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009 - Establishes the United States Bipartisan Commission on Access to Emergency Medical Services to: (1) identify and examine factors in the health care delivery, financing, and legal systems that affect the effective delivery of screening and stabilization services furnished in hospitals that have emergency departments pursuant to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); and (2) make specific recommendations to Congress with respect to federal programs, policies, and financing needed to assure the availability of such screening and stabilization services and the coordination of state, local, and federal programs for responding to disasters and emergencies. 
 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for additional payments for certain physicians' emergency services furnished pursuant to EMTALA.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to convene a working group that includes experts in emergency care, inpatient critical care, hospital operations management, nursing, and other relevant disciplines to develop boarding and diversion standards for hospitals and guidelines, measures, and incentives for implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of such standards.
 
Requires the CMS working group to: (1) identify barriers contributing to delays in timely processing of patients requiring admission as inpatients who initially sought care through the hospital's emergency department; (2) identify best practices to improve patient flow within hospitals; and (3) report to Congress and the Secretary a detailed description of the standards, guidelines, measures, and incentives developed, as well as identified barriers and best practices.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a mechanism to make public information regarding any hospital that fails to report information requested by the CMS working group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-02-25
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: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1189
Sponsor: Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states and Indian tribes for colorectal cancer programs that include: (1) providing colorectal cancer screening to individuals who are over 50 years of age or at high risk for such cancer; (2) providing case management and referrals for medical treatment; (3) ensuring the full continuum of follow up and cancer care for individuals screened; (4) carrying out activities to improve the education, training, and skills of health professionals in the detection and control of colorectal cancer; and (5) developing and disseminating public information and education programs for the detection and control of colorectal cancer and promoting the benefits of receiving screenings through this program. Gives priority to low-income individuals who lack adequate coverage under health insurance and health plans with respect to screenings for colorectal cancer.
 
Allows the Secretary to provide training and technical assistance with respect to the planning, development, and operation of programs funded by a grant under this Act.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow states to provide medical assistance to individuals who have been screened for colorectal cancer under this Act and who need treatment for complications due to screening or colorectal cancer. Applies provisions related to breast and cervical cancer programs to programs under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1190
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Forests, forestry, trees
Solid waste and recycling
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2009 - Amends the Clean Air Act to redefine the term &quot;renewable biomass&quot; as: (1) materials, precommercial thinnings, or exotic species that are removed as byproducts of preventive treatments to reduce hazardous fuels, to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation, or to restore ecosystem health, that would not otherwise be used for higher-value products, and that are harvested from National Forest System land or public lands in accordance with federal and state law, land management plans, and requirements for old-growth maintenance, restoration, management direction, and large-tree retention under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003; or (2) any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis from non-federal land or Indian land held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States, including renewable plant material (including feed grains, other agricultural commodities, other plants and trees, and algae) and waste material (including crop residue, other vegetative waste material, animal waste and byproducts, and construction, food, and yard waste).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Safe Drug Disposal Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1191
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Justice
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Prescription drugs
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Safe Drug Disposal Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Attorney General to promulgate regulations to: (1) authorize an ultimate user or care taker (a person responsible for taking care of one or more individuals or animals) to dispose of a controlled substance in accordance with a prescribed state program; (2) include five model state programs providing for such disposal through delivery to a designated facility; and (3) allow a state to work with the Attorney General to devise an alternative disposal program that is consistent with this Act.
 
Requires each such program to: (1) require a state to enact legislation as a prerequisite to its adoption and implementation; (2) protect the public safety; (3) allow disposal of controlled substances through persons other than law enforcement personnel; (4) incorporate environmentally sound practices for disposal; (5) be cost-effective; (6) include convenient take-back options for urban and rural locations; and (6) not restrict the funding a state may use to implement it. Allows such a program to apply similarly to a drug or biological product other than a controlled substance.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to collect data on state take-back disposal programs and periodically report to Congress.
 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services: (1) in approving drug applications and in licensing biological products, to ensure that the drug or product labeling does not include any recommendation or direction to dispose of the drug by means of a wastewater treatment system, such as by flushing it down the toilet; and (2) to review the labeling of existing drugs and products and order revision of any labeling that includes such a recommendation or direction. Deems any drug or product whose labeling is in violation of such an order to be misbranded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E386)
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Alzheimer's Family Assistance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1192
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Family relationships
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Alzheimer's Family Assistance Act of 2009- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a phased-in tax credit ($2,000 in 2009 increasing by $500 each year until allowing $3,500 in 2012 and thereafter) for family caregivers of spouses and dependents who have long-term care needs; (2) allow a tax deduction for long-term care insurance premiums; and (3) apply certain consumer protection standards to long-term care insurance contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1194
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Fires
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify automatic fire sprinkler systems as five-year depreciable property. Makes this Act applicable to property placed in service after April 11, 2003.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 111-hr-1195
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
California
Connecticut
Currency
Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Libraries and archives
Missouri
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins and $1 silver coins emblematic of the life and legacy of Mark Twain. 
 
Limits issuance of such coins to calendar year 2013. 
 
Requires specified surcharges in the sale of such coins, which shall be promptly paid, in specified percentages, to: (1) the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, to support the continued restoration of the house and grounds, and ensure continuing growth and innovation in museum programming to research, promote, and educate on the legacy of Mark Twain; (2) the Mark Twain Project at the Bancroft Library of University of California, Berkeley, California, to support programs to study and promote Mark Twain's legacy; (3) the Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College, New York, for the same purposes; and (4) the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum in Hannibal, Missouri, to preserve historical sites related to Mark Twain and help support study and promotion programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Medal of Honor Health Care Equity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1197
Sponsor: Rep. Mitchell, Harry E. [D-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Medal of Honor Health Care Equity Act of 2009 - Assigns a priority status for Medal of Honor recipients equal to that of former prisoners of war or Purple Heart recipients with respect to the provision of veterans' hospital care and medical services provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


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: 2009-06-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Part-Time Federal Employees Equity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1198
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Part-Time Federal Employees Equity Act of 2009 - Exempts a federal employee's part-time service performed before April 7, 1986, from proration requirements for purposes of annuity computation under the Civil Service Retirement System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E413-414)
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Scott Gardner Act

Bill: 111-hr-1199
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Scott Gardner Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to share immigration information with the Attorney General. Requires a joint report from such officials to Congress on improving the performance of federal immigration databases to ensure the prompt entry of immigration information.
 
Requires: (1) the director of each state and local law enforcement agency to collect and report to the Secretary all immigration and DWI (driving while intoxicated) information collected in the course of normal duties as a condition of receipt of state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) funding; (2) such information to appear as a flag on the wants/warrants page of the National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) database; and (3) state or local detention of an arrested flagged alien pending federal transfer.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) require the Secretary to reimburse the costs of training state and local law enforcement employees on federal immigration laws; and (2) authorize the apprehension and detention of an alien for DWI or a similar violation, as long as the alien is deportable on any other grounds or is an illegal alien. Requires each state motor vehicle administrator to share with the Secretary all information concerning aliens with records of DWI convictions or refusals to take sobriety tests.
 
Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a formula for the allocation of federal detention facilities for aliens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to House Homeland Security
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Air Medical Safety Act

Bill: 111-hr-1201
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Air Medical Safety Act - Requires a pilot of an aircraft providing emergency medical services, whenever there is a medical crew on board, regardless of whether there are patients on board, to comply with federal safety operating requirements governing commuter and on demand operations as well as persons on board aircraft.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to: (1) initiate a rulemaking to establish a standardized checklist of risk evaluation factors which shall be used by pilots of aircraft providing emergency medical service to determine whether a mission should be accepted; and (2) initiate a collaborative effort with the air medical community to establish performance-based flight dispatch procedures for such pilots and to develop a method to measure compliance with such procedures.
 
Requires the Administrator to initiate and complete: (1) a feasibility study of requiring flight data and cockpit voice recorders on new and existing aircraft used for emergency medical service operations; and (2) a rulemaking to require such devices on board such aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To require a report on business and investment climates in foreign countries, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-1202
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2009-02-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Business ethics
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Crimes against property
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Free trade and trade barriers
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Human rights
Intellectual property
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Property rights
Rule of law and government transparency
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) report annually to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations regarding each foreign country in which acts of unfair business and investment practices have resulted in poor business and investment climates; and (2) establish a system to inform the U.S. business and investing communities of such conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Introduced in House