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To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a program in the maritime environment for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security.

Bill: 111-hr-752
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal justice information and records
Marine and inland water transportation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) conduct, through the Coast Guard in the maritime environment, a program for the mobile biometric identification of suspected individuals, including terrorists, to enhance border security and for other purposes; (2) ensure such program's coordination with other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) biometric identification programs; and (3) report to the appropriate congressional committees respecting the cost of expanding the Coast Guard's biometric identification capabilities for use by other Coast Guard and DHS vessels and units. 
 
Defines &quot;biometric identification&quot; as the use of fingerprint and digital photography images.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-23
text: For Further Action See H.R.3619.
action_date: 2009-09-22
text: For Further Action See H.R.3619.
action_date: 2009-03-24
text: For Further Action See H.R.1148.
action_date: 2009-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: For Further Action See H.R.1148.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Homeland Security
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act

Bill: 111-hr-753
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Emergency communications systems
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Intergovernmental relations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
 Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require owners or operators of publicly owned treatment works to: (1) institute monitoring systems to provide timely alerts of sewer overflows; (2) notify the public, not later than 24 hours after receiving knowledge, of such overflows in areas where human health is potentially affected; (3) notify public health authorities and other affected entities, in the case of an overflow that may imminently and substantially endanger human health, immediately after the owner or operator knows of the overflow; (4) report each overflow on discharge monitoring reports to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the state; and (5) annually report to the Administrator or the state on the total number of overflows in a calendar year.

Makes specified exceptions to notification and reporting requirements for backups into single-family residences and for overflows that occur in the course of treatment works maintenance, respectively.
 
Requires annual summary reports by states to the Administrator.
 
Requires the Administrator to issue regulations, including to establish overflow assessment guidance and develop communications measures to provide notification under this Act. 
 
Makes the monitoring systems eligible for state water pollution control revolving fund assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of George Henry White.

Bill: 111-hr-754
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: House of Representatives
Members of Congress
North Carolina
Postal service
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Requires the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of George Henry White.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income the gain from the sale or exchange of certain residences acquired before 2013.

Bill: 111-hr-755
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an exclusion from gross income of the gain from the sale or exchange of up to two residences (other than a principal residence) acquired after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2012. Limits the amount of such exclusion to $250,000 ($500,000 for married taxpayers filing a joint return). Allows a $500,000 exclusion amount for a surviving spouse who sells a residence within two years of the death of a spouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the Federal building and United States Courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street in Midland, Texas, as the "George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Courthouse and George Mahon Federal Building".

Bill: 111-hr-757
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Presidential administrations
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Redesignates the federal building and courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street in Midland, Texas, known as the George Mahon Federal Building, as the &quot;George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Courthouse and George Mahon Federal Building.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-760
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Business records
Department of Commerce
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Securities
Small business
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in qualified advanced broadband infrastructure bonds. Limits the issuance authority for such bonds in 2009, 2010 and 2011 to $1 billion for state and local government issuers and $10 billion for all other issuers. Requires the use of bond proceeds to finance broadband infrastructure projects to provide residential or small business consumers with high-speed access to the Internet.

Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the Department of Commerce to: (1) approve requests for qualified advanced broadband infrastructure projects; (2) monitor the implementation of such projects; and (3) make determinations regarding increases in the transmission speed requirements of the advanced broadband infrastructure bond program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-28
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: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility of parents of certain deceased veterans for interment in national cemeteries.

Bill: 111-hr-761
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Family relationships

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Authorizes the burial in a national cemetery of a parent of a deceased veteran who, at the time of the parent's death, does not have a spouse, surviving spouse, or child who has been interred, or who, if deceased, would be eligible to be interred, in a national cemetery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-28
text: Provisions of measure incorporated into H.R. 3949.
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Carson City Vital Community Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-763
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Gambling
Historical and cultural resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Nevada
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Religion
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Carson City Vital Community Act of 2009 - Provides for the conveyance of specified Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land or interest in such land (the federal land) in Nevada by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior in exchange for specified non-federal land by Carson City Consolidated Municipality, Nevada. 

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to reserve a perpetual conservation easement to the Silver Saddle Ranch and Carson River Area. 

Releases the reversionary interest of BLM in certain of the conveyed federal land. Provides for the conveyance of such land by the City. 

Makes the non-federal land part of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. 

Provides for the conveyance of specified non-federal land administered by the City to the BLM. 

Transfers administrative jurisdiction over certain Forest Service land from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior. Requires the City to be granted a right-of-way for maintenance of flood management facilities on such land. 

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct sales of specified BLM land to qualified bidders. 

Amends the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 to make amounts in the special account available to the City for the development of parks, trails, and natural areas and for the reimbursement of costs incurred by BLM local offices in arranging sales or exchanges under the Act. Makes the City eligible to nominate for expenditure amounts to acquire lands or interests for parks and natural areas and for conservation initiatives adjacent to and within the floodplain of Carson River. 

Provides for specified land to be held in trust for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. Prohibits the use of such land for class II and class III gaming. 

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a cooperative agreement ensuring access by the Tribe's members and others in its community across National Forest System land from the City to Lake Tahoe for cultural and religious purposes. 

Requires the City to notify the Tribe of proposed ground disturbing activities to provide the Tribe with time for inventorying and collecting tribal artifacts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
American Elections Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-764
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Indian social and development programs
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
American Elections Act of 2009 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require, except as provided for under this Act, that all ballots and balloting material used in federal elections be only in the English language.
 
Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the requirement that certain jurisdictions provide ballots and other voting materials in languages other than English. Restricts such requirement to certain political subdivisions with populations of American Indians or Alaska Natives. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-765
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Land transfers
Military facilities and property
Motor vehicles
Nevada
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified land to Clark County, Nevada, for use for: (1) a centralized off road vehicle recreation park; and (2) a designated area and facilities to discourage unauthorized use of off-highway vehicles in environmentally sensitive areas. Provides for the reservation of specified airspace easements above the surface of the land conveyed to the county. 
 
Designates the Nellis Dunes as the Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. 
 
Transfers administrative jurisdiction over certain land from the Bureau of Land Management to the Department of the Air Force for the enlargement and protection of Nellis Air Force Base.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-05
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Community Assistance Act for Persons with Mental Illness

Bill: 111-hr-766
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Financial literacy
Financial services and investments
Health programs administration and funding
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mental health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Community Assistance Act for Persons with Mental Illness - Authorizes the use of specified funds, by state and local governments under the community development, mental health services, and substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant programs of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act, to provide housing counseling and financial counseling for individuals before their release from institutions for individuals with mental illness.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to include in a state plan for comprehensive community-based mental health systems: (1) housing counseling; (2) financial counseling; and (3) support services for individuals released from inpatient or residential institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
National Financial Literacy Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-767
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Financial literacy
Financial services and investments
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax credits
National Credit Union Administration
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
National Financial Literacy Act of 2009 - Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to require federal financial supervisory agencies jointly to prescribe regulations establishing: (1) minimum standards to be met by a community-based financial literacy program in order to be eligible for consideration as a qualified community-based financial literacy program; (2) procedures for financial institutions to apply to a federal financial supervisory agency for approval of such a program; and (3) a requirement that financial institutions submit a regular report on how the institution supported and promoted financial literacy in its entire community, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
 
Authorizes a federal financial supervisory agency to take an institution's direct support of a qualified community-based financial literacy program into account when it assesses the institution's record of meeting the community's credit needs.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit to small businesses for 35% of the expenses paid or incurred for providing qualified continuing financial education to their employees.
 
Requires that preference in federal contracts, loans, and other financial or nonfinancial assistance for small businesses and corporations be given to those providing continuing financial education to their employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Tax.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Small Business
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Commission on Financial Crisis Accountability Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-768
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Budget deficits and national debt
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Commission on Financial Crisis Accountability Act of 2009 - Establishes the Commission on Financial Crisis Accountability to study and report to Congress on the U.S. financial system. Requires the Commission to examine the current financial crisis, its causes, and its impact on the federal deficit and tax revenues. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2009-01-28
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in House