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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the use of foreign law as authority in Federal courts.

Bill: 111-hjres-106
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2010-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
International law and treaties
Judicial procedure and administration
Religion
State and local courts
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits U.S. courts, including the Supreme Court, from basing opinions or rulings on international laws, treaties, or religious laws. Makes any action of a court in violation of such prohibition null and void.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the effect of treaties, Executive orders, and agreements with other nations or groups of nations.

Bill: 111-hjres-107
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2010-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
International law and treaties
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any treaty, executive order, or any agreement with any nation or group of nations or any of the provisions of such agreements, from being construed to diminish any of the rights or privileges guaranteed to U.S. citizens under the Constitution and federal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Introduced in House
TEACH for Our Future Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-13
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Teacher Education Assistance Creating Hope for Our Future Act of 2009 or TEACH for Our Future Act of 2009 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the loan forgiveness available to public elementary and secondary school teachers under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Direct Loan (DL) programs.
 
Makes inapplicable to public school teachers the requirements limiting loan forgiveness to: (1) new borrowers on or after October 1, 1998; and (2) highly qualified teachers in certain schools that serve a high proportion of disadvantaged students. Maintains the requirement that such teachers teach full-time for five consecutive complete school years before becoming eligible for loan forgiveness.
 
Raises to $25,000 the amount of the FFEL or DL outstanding that may be forgiven after a public school teacher's fifth complete school year of teaching. 
 
Maintains current loan forgiveness eligibility requirements for private elementary and secondary school teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
FOARAM Act

Bill: 111-hr-14
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Atmospheric science and weather
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
International scientific cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 or FOARAM Act - Defines &quot;ocean acidification,&quot; for this Act, as the decrease in pH of the Earth's oceans and changes in ocean chemistry caused by chemical inputs from the atmosphere, including carbon dioxide.
 
Requires the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the National Science and Technology Council to develop a strategic plan for federal ocean acidification research and monitoring that provides for an assessment of ocean acidification impacts on marine organisms and ecosystems and the development of adaptation and mitigation strategies to conserve marine organisms and ecosystems.
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to conduct research and monitoring and authorizes the Secretary to establish an ocean acidification program in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) consistent with the strategic research plan, including: (1) providing grants for critical research projects exploring the effects of ocean acidification on ecosystems and the socioeconomic impacts of increased ocean acidification; and (2) incorporating a competitive merit-based process for awarding grants that may be conducted jointly with other participating agencies or under the National Oceanographic Partnership Program.
 
Requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) director to continue to carry out ocean acidification research supporting competitive, merit-based, peer-reviewed proposals for research and monitoring of ocean acidification and its impacts.
 
Requires the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to ensure that space-based monitoring assets are used in as productive a manner as possible for monitoring of ocean acidification and its impacts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.

Bill: 111-hr-16
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the election to deduct state and local sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-17
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Firearms and explosives
Lawyers and legal services
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009 - Declares that a person not prohibited under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act from receiving a firearm shall have the right to obtain firearms for security and to use firearms in defense of: (1) self or family against a reasonably perceived threat of imminent and unlawful infliction of serious bodily injury; (2) self or family in the course of the commission by another person of a violent felony against the person or a member of the person's family; and (3) the person's home in the course of the commission of a felony by another person. 
Authorizes persons whose rights under this Act have been violated to bring an action in U.S. district court against the United States, any state, or any person for damages, injunctive relief, and such other relief as the court deems appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-18
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate the disparity in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine, with regard to trafficking, possession, importation, and exportation of such substances, by changing the applicable amounts for powder cocaine to those currently applicable to crack cocaine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.

Bill: 111-hr-19
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Foreign labor
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Renames the basic employment eligibility verification pilot program established under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 as the Employment Eligibility Verification System. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide for permanent nationwide implementation of the System.
 
Requires entities hiring individuals for employment in the United States to participate in such System. Phases in compliance requirements over a seven-year period according to the number of persons employed by the entity. Establishes sanctions for noncompliance. Provides for voluntary participation by entities not required to participate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Ocean Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act

Bill: 111-hr-21
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquatic ecology
Atlantic Ocean
Atmospheric science and weather
Caribbean Sea
Department of Commerce
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Government trust funds
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Pacific Ocean
Postal service
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
 Ocean Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to secure for future U.S. generations the full range of benefits of healthy marine ecosystems.
 
Specifies a national ocean policy and related principles. Requires each federal agency to act in accordance with that policy.
 
Reestablishes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its leadership. (NOAA was created by the Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970.) Includes in NOAA the National Weather Service and the Science Advisory Board.
 
 Establishes a National Ocean Advisor in the Executive Office of the President. 
 
Reestablishes in the Executive Office of the President the Committee on Ocean Policy, which was originally established by executive order.
 
Establishes a Council of Advisors on Ocean Policy to advise the President.
 

 
Designates nine ocean regions to promote coordinated regional efforts to implement the national ocean policy. Requires the NOAA Administrator to establish or designate a Regional Ocean Partnership for each region and requires each Partnership to prepare a Regional Ocean Strategic Plan.
 
Establishes the Ocean and Great Lakes Conservation Trust Fund.
 
Requires payments to coastal states for Regional Ocean Strategic Plan activities.

Requires the United States Postal Service (USPS) to print a special postage stamp to enable the public to help protect, maintain, and restore marine ecosystems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Science and Technology
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.

Bill: 111-hr-24
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military command and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Redesignates: (1) the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) the Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps. Makes similar redesignations with respect to the Department Under Secretary, the Department Assistant Secretaries, and the General Counsel.

action_date: 2010-05-04
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Redesignates: (1) the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) the Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps. Makes similar redesignations with respect to the Department Under Secretary, the Department Assistant Secretaries, and the General Counsel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-05
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3094)
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3094)
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 24.
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3094-3096)
action_date: 2010-05-04
text: Mr. Heinrich moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Fair Tax Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-25
Sponsor: Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-7]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Department of the Treasury
Employment taxes
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign and international corporations
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Gambling
Games and hobbies
General taxation matters
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Intergovernmental relations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification
Taxation of foreign income
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Fair Tax Act of 2009 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2009.

 
 
 
Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services. Sets the sales tax rate at 23% in 2011, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. Allows exemptions from the tax for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes, and for state government functions. 
Sets forth rules relating to: (1) the collection and remittance of the sales tax; and (2) credits and refunds. Allows a monthly sales tax rebate for families meeting certain size and income requirements.
Grants states the primary authority for the collection of sales tax revenues and the remittance of such revenues to the Treasury. Sets forth administrative provisions relating to: (1) the filing of monthly reports and payments of tax; (2) accounting methods; (3) registration of sellers of goods and services responsible for reporting sales; (4) penalties for noncompliance; and (5) collections, appeals, and taxpayer rights. 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to allocate sales tax revenues among: (1) the general revenue; (2) the old-age and survivors insurance trust fund; (3) the disability insurance trust fund; (4) the hospital insurance trust fund; and (5) the federal supplementary medical insurance trust fund. 
 Prohibits the funding of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after FY2013. Establishes in the Department of the Treasury: (1) an Excise Tax Bureau to administer excise taxes not administered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); and (2) a Sales Tax Bureau to administer the national sales tax. 
Terminates the sales tax imposed by this Act if the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (authorizing an income tax) is not repealed within seven years after the enactment of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Eating Disorders Awareness, Prevention, and Education Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-26
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Eating Disorders Awareness, Prevention, and Education Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the use of innovative assistance funds for programs to: (1) improve identification of students with eating disorders; (2) increase awareness of such disorders among parents and students; and (3) train educators with respect to effective eating disorder prevention and assistance methods. 
Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to broadcast public service announcements to improve public awareness, and to promote the identification and prevention, of eating disorders. 
Requires the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Center for Health Statistics to: (1) study the impact eating disorders have on educational advancement and achievement; (2) report on current state and local programs to educate youth on the dangers of eating disorders; and (3) recommend federal, state, and local measures that could be undertaken.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2009-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Tax Reduction Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-28
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2009-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deductions
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: 
Teacher Tax Reduction Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $250 to $500 the dollar limit on the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and to extend such deduction through 2011. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-06
text: Introduced in House