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American Samoa Protection of Industry, Resources, and Employment Act

Bill: 111-hr-3583
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: American Samoa
Economic development
Food industry and services
Government trust funds
Income tax exclusion
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
U.S. territories and protectorates
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: 
American Samoa Protection of Industry, Resources, and Employment Act or ASPIRE Act - States that the federal government should provide American Samoa with employment stabilization and economic development assistance, including incentives for the operation and development of its tuna processing industry. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical assistance to American Samoa through grants in specified per metric ton amounts to sellers and buyers of whole tuna directly delivered to tuna processors located within American Samoa for processing in American Samoa.
 
States that a grantee may be eligible either as a seller of direct-delivered whole tuna or as a processor buying direct-delivered whole tuna.
 
 
 Exempts such grants from inclusion as gross income under the Internal Revenue Code.
 
Establishes: (1) an annual fee for vessels that make less than three direct deliveries of whole tuna to processors on American Samoa for processing in American Samoa; and (2) a per ton fee for each delivery by a U.S.-documented vessel that delivers tuna to another vessel or other location for transshipment.
 
Establishes within the Treasury the American Samoa Economic Development Trust Fund.
 

 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Consumer Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3584
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2009-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: 
Health Care Consumer Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an issuer of group health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan that cancels or does not renew the coverage by reason of nonpayment of premiums to: (1) provide to the administrator of the plan and to each participant receiving coverage, during the 14-day period beginning on the date of such cancellation or non-renewal, written notice of the cancellation or non-renewal, the reason for such cancellation or non-renewal, and the right of reinstatement; and (2) reinstate the coverage as if it had not lapsed if the premiums due and such reasonable administrative fee as the state regulating such coverage may specify are paid to the issuer by not later than 60 days after the date the cancellation or non-renewal would otherwise have become effective.
 
Applies such requirement in the same manner to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in the individual market. Requires the notice to be provided to an association or other organization responsible for paying premiums as well as the individuals whose coverage is affected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
S Corporation ESOP Promotion and Expansion Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3586
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2009-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Corporate finance and management
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
Small business
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: 
S Corporation ESOP Promotion and Expansion Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored employer stock ownership plan (ESOP); (2) allow a tax deduction for interest incurred on loans to S corporation-sponsored ESOPs for the purchase of employer securities; (3) transfer liability for payment of estate tax on transfers of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored ESOP from the estate executor to the ESOP; and (4) allow an estate tax deduction for 50% of the proceeds from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored ESOP.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership Assistance Office to foster increased employee ownership of S corporations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Nutritious Food for Health Families Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3587
Sponsor: Rep. Schauer, Mark H. [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2009-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: 
Nutritious Food for Health Families Act of 2009 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to reduce the maximum interval for the issuance of supplemental nutrition assistance (formerly known as food stamp) benefits from 40 days to 17 days.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, to include disclosures made by Department of Defense contract employees to their immediate employers in the provisions providing protections against reprisals for certain disclosures.

Bill: 111-hr-3588
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2009-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business ethics
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: 
Includes certain disclosures made by a Department of Defense (DOD) contract employee to his or her employer among those for which reprisal (discharge, demotion, or other discriminatory acts) is prohibited.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2295)
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
National Oilheat Research Alliance Reauthorization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3589
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Energy prices
Energy research
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Oil and gas
Research and development
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: 
National Oilheat Research Alliance Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000 to extend the national oilheat research alliance program until February 6, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3591
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Education programs funding
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Elementary and secondary education
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Constitution Day Grant Program awarding competitive grants to local educational agencies and charter schools to commemorate, and enhance educational programs that teach students about, the U.S. Constitution and their state constitution.
 
Requires such program to occur annually on Constitution Day, September 17, or the following Monday if that day falls on a weekend, and give students the ability to register to vote.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Plastics Recycling Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3592
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Oil and gas
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Plastics Recycling Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit equal to 60 cents per gallon of qualified synthetic oil produced from recycled waste plastics. Defines &quot;qualified synthetic oil&quot; as oil derived from post-consumer and post-industrial waste plastics and which has a minimum market value of 90% of crude oil.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to persons eligible for the waste plastic recycling tax credit provided by this Act in lieu of such credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3594
Sponsor: Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Public-private cooperation
Securities
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act of 2009 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to delegate to a private entity management authority over troubled assets with respect to any entity assisted under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
 
Prohibits any expenditure of TARP funds until the Secretary transfers all voting, nonvoting, and common equity in any designated TARP recipient to a limited liability company, to be held and managed in trust on behalf of U.S. taxpayers.
 
Requires the trustees to liquidate the trust and its assets by December 24, 2011, unless: (1) the trustees report to Congress that liquidation would not maximize profitability of the company and the return on investment to the taxpayer; and (2) Congress enacts into law a joint resolution approving continuation of the TARP management plan established under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Surface Transportation and Taxation Equity Act

Bill: 111-hr-3595
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Surface Transportation and Taxation Equity Act or the STATE Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the federal excise tax on gasoline and special fuels (but not below two cents per gallon) by corresponding increases in fuel taxes imposed by states after March 17, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3596
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 - Declares that nothing in the McCarran-Ferguson Act shall be construed to permit health insurance issuers or issuers of medical malpractice insurance to engage in any form of price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations in connection with providing health insurance coverage or coverage for medical malpractice claims or actions.
 
Makes this Act nonapplicable to any information gathering and rate setting activities of any state commission of insurance or any other state regulatory entity with authority to set insurance rates.

action_date: 2009-11-02
text: 
Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 - Declares that nothing in the McCarran-Ferguson Act shall be construed to permit health insurance issuers or issuers of medical malpractice insurance to engage in any form of price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations in connection with providing health insurance coverage or coverage for medical malpractice claims or actions.
 
 Provides that this Act shall not apply to: (1) making a contract or engaging in a combination or conspiracy to collect, compile, or disseminate historical loss data, to determine a loss development factor applicable to historical loss data, or to perform actuarial services if such contract, combination, or conspiracy does not involve a restraint of trade; or (2) any information gathering and rate setting activities of any state commission of insurance or any other state regulatory entity with authority to set insurance rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 184.
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 111-322.
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 111-322.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 9.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2318)
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3597
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment taxes
Poverty and welfare assistance
Railroads
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend the $250 economic recovery payment payable to certain individuals through calendar year 2010.
 
Applies the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance tax in 2010 to certain earnings in excess of $250,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Deposit Restricted Qualified Tuition Programs Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3599
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Deposit Restricted Qualified Tuition Programs Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prescribe requirements for deposit restricted qualified tuition programs which are exempt from federal income tax.
 
Defines such a program as one in which: (1) the cash provided to it by a contributor may be invested only in deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); (2) the contributor may become a participant in the program by depositing funds into an account at a depository institution participating in the program; and (3) the program may include multiple depository institutions.
 
Deems a deposit restricted qualified tuition program to be an identified banking product for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
Denies treatment as a security under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Investment Company Act of 1940 of: (1) the investment of cash in deposits at an insured depository institution through a deposit restricted qualified tuition program; (2) any certificate of deposit or other instrument evidencing any such deposit; or (3) any participation by a contributor to a deposit restricted qualified tuition program.
 
Declares that in no event shall a deposit restricted qualified tuition program be deemed to be an issuer of a security or an investment company.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2305)
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the sale and counterfeiting of Presidential inaugural tickets.

Bill: 111-hr-3600
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful to knowingly and willfully sell or forge a ticket to a presidential inaugural ceremony or to use, unlawfully possess, or exhibit a forged ticket with the intent to defraud. Exempts the sale of tickets to a presidential inaugural ceremony that has already occurred or by an official presidential inaugural committee. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to one year for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Credit CARD Act Effective Date Change Act

Bill: 111-hr-3601
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Interest, dividends, interest rates
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Amends the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (also known as the Credit CARD Act of 2009) to make it effective upon its date of enactment (May 22, 2009), instead of nine months after such date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To allow certain newspapers to be treated as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.

Bill: 111-hr-3602
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2009-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
News media and reporting
Sales and excise taxes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from income taxation a newspaper corporation or organization if: (1) it publishes on a regular basis a newspaper for general circulation; (2) its newspaper contains local, national, and international news stories of interest to the general public and the distribution of such newspaper is necessary or valuable in achieving an educational purpose; and (3) the preparation of the material contained in such newspaper follows a methodology generally accepted as educational. 
 
Exempts the advertising income of a tax-exempt newspaper corporation or organization from taxation as unrelated business income and allows a charitable tax deduction for contributions to such newspaper corporation or organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2313)
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-09-17
text: Introduced in House