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Roosevelt Scholars Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3510
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Roosevelt Scholars Act of 2009 - Establishes the Theodore Roosevelt Scholarship Foundation as an independent establishment in the executive branch.
 
Directs the Foundation to award scholarships in an annual nationwide competition to individuals (to be known as &quot;Roosevelt Scholars&quot;) who are: (1) enrolled in or seeking admission to accredited full-time graduate studies that prepare them for occupations critical to the missions of federal agencies; and (2) nominated by persons that have direct knowledge of their academic or work experience.
 
Sets the maximum scholarship amount at $60,000 for each of up to five academic years, covering tuition, room and board, books, materials, and fees.
 
Requires Roosevelt Scholars to: (1) agree to serve in the federal government for a period of years equal to the number of academic years during which they received their scholarship; (2) complete a federal internship related to their studies while earning their degree; (3) participate in certain extracurricular activities designed to assist their pursuit of federal careers and development of leadership qualities; and (4) serve as sources of information regarding federal scholarship and employment opportunities.
 
Establishes the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund consisting of appropriations and gifts for such scholarships.
 
Sets forth additional duties of the Foundation, including the creation of an online directory of all federal scholarship opportunities available to individuals pursuing federal employment and an online directory of current occupations critical to the missions of federal agencies.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude Roosevelt Scholarships from gross income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on 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: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Visitor Facility Authorization Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-3511
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Monuments and memorials
Northern Mariana Islands
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Visitor Facility Authorization Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct a multipurpose visitor facility in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for the interpretation and public education and enjoyment of the marine environment within the boundaries of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument. 

action_date: 2010-05-18
text: 
Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Visitor Facility Authorization Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct a multipurpose visitor facility in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for the interpretation and public education and enjoyment of the marine environment within the boundaries of the Marine National Monument.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to accept, retain, and expend donations and use property or services donated from private persons and entities or from public entities, in the construction and operation of such visitor facility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 274.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-483.
action_date: 2010-05-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-483.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Capturing On-line Predators Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3512
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Capturing On-line Predators Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 10 years for knowingly misrepresenting one's age in any Internet communication to a minor to persuade, induce, entice, or coerce any individual to engage in illicit sexual activity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3513
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Immigration status and procedures
Pornography
Sex offenses
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to increase criminal penalties for offenses relating to the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, transportation of minors for illicit sexual purposes, child sex trafficking and prostitution, and sex crimes against children resulting in death. 
 
Directs the Attorney General to notify the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security of individuals, including aliens, who are convicted of sex offenses against children. Requires the Secretary of State to deny passports for such individuals and authorizes the Secretary to revoke, restrict, or limit a passport issued to a convicted sex offender if the passport was used to transport a minor for illicit sexual purposes.
 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to place aliens convicted of sex offenses in removal proceedings. 
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) render aliens who are convicted of sexual abuse of a minor inadmissible to the United States; and (2) subject aliens convicted of a sex crime against a minor to deportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act.

Bill: 111-hr-3514
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Includes within the definition of &quot;Indian tribes&quot; for purposes of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Enable Divestment from Sudan and Iran Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3516
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Africa
Arms control and nonproliferation
Capital gains tax
Credit and credit markets
Government information and archives
Income tax deferral
Iran
Middle East
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Mining
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Securities
Sudan
Technology transfer and commercialization
Terrorism
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Enable Divestment from Sudan and Iran Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to promote the divestment of investments in Iran or the Sudan by permitting the deferral of tax on gain from the sale of securities in any business that is engaged in certain discouraged activities in Iran or the Sudan if the holder of such securities purchases replacement securities from a business not engaged in such discouraged activities. 
 
Includes as discouraged activities in Iran: (1) investment of $20 million or more in the energy sector of Iran (i.e., petroleum, natural gas, or nuclear power) or in a person who provides Iran with oil or liquefied natural gas tankers or pipelines; (2) an extension of credit of $20 million or more to a person who invests in the energy sector of Iran; (3) investment that enhances Iran's ability to develop petroleum resources; (4) the sale of goods, services, technology, information, or support to Iran that allows it to maintain or expand its petroleum industry; or (5) providing Iran with refined petroleum resources.
 
Defines &quot;Sudan discouraged activity&quot; as an investment in any business operation described in the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 (e.g., businesses engaged in power production activities, mineral extraction activities, oil-related activities, or the production of military equipment).
 
Includes as an Iran or Sudan discouraged activity business transactions with or charitable donations to any Iranian or Sudanese person designated as a terrorist or to any foreign terrorist organization.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to publish and update every six months a list of business entities engaging in any Sudan or Iran discouraged activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Commute LESS Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3517
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Motor vehicles
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Commute LESS Act of 2009 or the Commute-Leveraging Employer Support and Successes Act of 2009 - Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to revise the composition of metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to include at least one representative designated by an employer advisory council established by this Act.
 
Revises contents of MPO transportation plans prepared for metropolitan planning areas to include proposed activities and strategies to provide outreach to employers in the region to create and expand alternative commuting and commuter benefit programs (i.e. carpools, transit benefit, and telework programs).
 

 
Requires each MPO to establish an employer advisory council consisting of representatives of employers within the MPO's boundaries.
 
Requires an MPO transportation improvement program (TIP) to be developed in coordination with the advisory council and to include projects identified by it. 
 
 Requires the advisory council to: (1) review how long-range transportation plans and TIPs will affect commuting habits; and (2) develop a commuter trip reduction plan.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to create and expand employer investment in transportation and commuter benefit programs. Requires a state receiving funding, in coordination with MPOs, to establish statewide goals for achieving reductions in vehicle miles traveled.
 
Requires a recipient receiving federal-aid highway funding for a project with a value of $100 million or more or that will reduce traffic flow for more than 120 days to prepare, in coordination with the advisory council, a congestion mitigation plan for the project that includes funding for projects that reduce peak hour vehicle miles traveled along an impacted corridor. 
 
Requires the Secretary, when approving a major capital investment grant of $75 million or more for a major new fixed guideway capital project, to consider, among other things, the ability of the grant recipient to work with employers to get commuters to utilize the project. Directs the Secretary to require the grant applicant to include in its request a plan on how it intends to work with local employers and transportation management organizations to create and expand a commuter benefit program for the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Waterfront Brownfields Revitalization Act

Bill: 111-hr-3518
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Floods and storm protection
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Seashores and lakeshores
Soil pollution
Water quality
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Waterfront Brownfields Revitalization Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to require the President to establish a grant program for reuse planning, site characterization and assessment, or remediation at waterfront brownfields sites, including the integration of activities related to the design and implementation of water quality improvements, low impact development approaches, green infrastructure, remediation and management of sediments, or flood damage prevention associated with brownfields remediation and reuse.
 
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide training, research, and technical assistance to individuals and organizations to facilitate waterfront brownfields revitalization.
 
Authorizes funding for brownfields revitalization for FY2010-FY2014.
 
Requires the Administrator to establish and serve as chairperson of a task force on waterfront brownfields revitalization that shall identify: (1) funding and technical assistance resources for such revitalization; (2) barriers to and solutions for revitalization; and (3) methods to coordinate interagency revitalization efforts.
 
Directs: (1) the Administrator to submit to specified congressional committees an annual report on the implementation of the brownfield site characterization and assessment grant program authorized by CERCLA; and (2) such committees to hold hearings each year on such report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2165)
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude capital gains on sales and exchanges of residences purchased in a foreclosure sale.

Bill: 111-hr-3520
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or exchange of a residential property acquired at foreclosure or by operation of law after default on a mortgage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Nicole's Law

Bill: 111-hr-3521
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Nicole's Law - Requires states to have in effect laws and policies to extend protections similar to those afforded to victims of domestic violence to victims of a sex offense who are not in a familiar or dating relationship with the perpetrator of such offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Hardship Outreach for Priority Eights (HOPE) Act

Bill: 111-hr-3522
Sponsor: Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Unemployment
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Veterans Hardship Outreach for Priority Eights (HOPE) Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide grants and other assistance to states for the purpose of providing outreach to veterans who may be able to apply for a change in priority under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) patient enrollment system due to hardship. 
 
Requires priority for such grants and assistance be given to states with: (1) veteran populations of at least 500,000; and (2) unemployment rates exceeding the national average unemployment rate.
 
Sets a limit on the amount of such grants and assistance provided to any one state in any fiscal year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Biofuel Engineering Training Act

Bill: 111-hr-3523
Sponsor: Rep. Teague, Harry [D-NM-2]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Education programs funding
Energy research
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Biofuel Engineering Training Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to award a grant to an appropriate standard-setting or other entity to: (1) develop appropriate standards for the accreditation of undergraduate and graduate biofuel engineering programs at institutions of higher education (IHEs); and (2) study the needs of the biofuel industry for engineering support.
 
Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to IHEs to establish Centers of Excellence for Biofuels Research and Training that: (1) integrate biofuels research, training, and instruction; (2) coordinate the broad range of disciplines relevant to biofuels engineering; and (3) work with companies that are commercializing biofuels technology, and local communities spurring economic development and job creation in the biofuels sector.
 
Directs the Secretary to award portable graduate fellowships to students pursuing doctorates in biofuels engineering. Requires the fellowships, which are for up to three years of study, to provide recipients with an annual living stipend, and cover graduate tuition and incidental expenses.
 
Requires federal agencies, including national laboratories, to make research facilities available to accredited biofuel engineering programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act

Bill: 111-hr-3524
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2009-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Farmland
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: 
Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from the gross estate the value of property used by a decedent and the decedent's family as a farm for farming purposes and certain qualified conservation easements; and (2) impose a recapture tax if such farmland is sold outside the decedent's family or is no longer used for farming purposes or if a qualified conservation easement is likewise sold or used in violation of the terms of such easement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-07-31
text: Introduced in House