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Comprehensive Problem Gambling Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2906
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2009-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Gambling
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Mental health
Professional sports
Research administration and funding
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: 
Comprehensive Problem Gambling Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to establish and implement programs for the identification, prevention, and treatment of problem and pathological gambling. 
 
Requires the Secretary to carry out a national campaign to increase knowledge and raise awareness of problem gambling.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) administer and coordinate the voluntary donation of resources to assist in implementing new programs and augmenting existing national campaigns to provide national strategies for dissemination of information intended to address problem gambling; (2) encourage media outlets to provide information aimed at preventing problem gambling; and (3) target radio and television audiences of, but not limited to, sporting events and gambling.
 
Requires the President to: (1) establish and implement a national program of research on problem gambling; (2) appoint an advisory commission to coordinate federal research; and (3) consider the National Gambling Impact Study Commission's recommendations.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to states, local, and tribal governments, and nonprofit agencies to provide comprehensive services with respect to treatment and prevention of, and education about, problem gambling.
 
Directs the President, acting through the Administrator, to develop a Treatment Improvement Protocol for problem gambling
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that every state should contribute a percentage of its revenue from gambling towards prevention and treatment of, and services and education about, problem gambling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1448)
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to ensure that recipients of assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program repay such assistance only if they would remain well capitalized after such repayment.

Bill: 111-hr-2907
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2009-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Financial crises and stabilization
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: 
Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to allow recipients of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds to repay such funds if they will be well capitalized after such repayment, as determined by the federal banking agency having supervisory authority over such recipients.
 
Eliminates the requirement that the Secretary of the Treasury liquidate warrants associated with repaid TARP funds at the current market price.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Enhanced Supply and Price Reduction Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2908
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Oil and gas
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Enhanced Supply and Price Reduction Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to publish a plan to: (1) sell light grade petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and acquire an equivalent volume of heavy grade petroleum or refined petroleum product; (2) deposit the cash proceeds from such sales into the SPR Petroleum Account established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act; and (3) withdraw, from the cash proceeds deposited, the amount necessary to pay for the direct administrative and operational costs of the sale and acquisition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (E1464-1465)
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Measuring American Poverty Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2909
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Measuring American Poverty Act of 2009 - Amends part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau), in collaboration with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), to calculate modern poverty thresholds and modern poverty rates for each calendar year.
 
Directs the Census Bureau and the BLS to choose: (1) the most appropriate distribution of consumption expenditures on food, clothing, and shelter, which may, if appropriate, exclude families receiving subsidies for food, clothing, or shelter; and (2) the reference family for the modern poverty measure.
 
Declares that the modern poverty threshold for a reference family shall be an amount equal to the average of 120% of the 33rd percentile of the distribution chosen, allowing for calculations to rely on a limited band converging on this percentile, during four or more of the most recent years for which data is available from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, a superior federal government source of data, or some combination of such sources. Prescribes requirements for determining modern poverty rates.
 
Directs the Census Bureau, in collaboration with the BLS, to contract with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to develop and publish methods of: (1) calculating a decent living standard threshold; and (2) measuring the extent to which the income of families in the United States is sufficient to meet it. 
 
Directs the Census Bureau, in collaboration with the BLS, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to contract with NAS to develop and publish a method of: (1) measuring the extent of medical care risk in the United States; and (2) calculating the number and percentage of individuals in the United States who lack adequate health insurance, leaving them at risk of being unable to afford needed treatment. 
 
Directs the Census Bureau to contract with NAS to develop a set of recommendations for methods to implement annual modern poverty measurement at the state and local level and a timeframe for the implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
S Corporation Modernization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2910
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
S Corporation Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax treatment of S corporations by: (1) permanently reducing from 10 to 7 years the period during which S corporation built-in gains are subject to tax; (2) repealing mandatory termination of S corporation elections for excessive passive investment income; (3) allowing S corporations to increase passive investment income from 25 to 60% without incurring additional tax; (4) allowing nonresident aliens to be potential current beneficiaries of an electing small business trust (ESBT); (5) allowing individual retirement accounts (IRAs) to be S corporation shareholders; (6) allowing ESBTs to claim expanded charitable tax deductions; and (7) making permanent the rule requiring a basis adjustment to stock of an S corporation making charitable contributions of property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To authorize and request the President to award the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Felix Sosa-Camejo for his gallant and heroic actions during the Vietnam War, ending with his death in combat on February 13, 1968.

Bill: 111-hr-2912
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Florida
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Authorizes and requests the President to award the congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Felix Sosa-Camejo of Florida for his actions during the Vietnam War, ending with his death in combat on February 13, 1968. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to terminate marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for mohair producers.

Bill: 111-hr-2914
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Government lending and loan guarantees
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to terminate marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for mohair producers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit United States contributions to the International Fund for Ireland.

Bill: 111-hr-2915
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Ireland
Multilateral development programs
Northern Ireland

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Prohibits U.S. contributions from being made to the International Fund for Ireland as of FY2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide that no recreation grants made using funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund may be used to acquire land or make improvements in State or local parks.

Bill: 111-hr-2916
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government trust funds
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Prohibits recreation grants made using funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund from being used for acquiring land or making improvements in state or local parks. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for advertising prescription drugs.

Bill: 111-hr-2917
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for advertising and related expenses to promote the sale or use of any prescription drug.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Efficiency Incentive Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2919
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Medicare Efficiency Incentive Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize an incentive payment equal to 5% of the payment amount for certain physicians' services furnished by a participating physician in an efficient area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1477-1478)
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an annual review by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on geographic access to services.

Bill: 111-hr-2921
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to report annually to Congress an evaluation, by Medicare administrative contractor area, of access to care, quality of care, increases or decreases in volume of services among such areas, and the potential effects of MEDPAC's most recent policy recommendations on access to care in such areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-06-17
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: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1477-1478)
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Federal Assistance Downpayment Reform Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2922
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Federal Assistance Downpayment Reform Act of 2009 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from making loans for housing and buildings on adequate farms to any borrower or providing any guarantee, under the Doug Bereuter section 502 single family housing loan guarantee program, for any loan to any borrower, unless the borrower has paid, in cash or its equivalent, on account of the property to be acquired or refinanced, at least 3.5% of the property's appraised value or such larger amount as the Secretary may determine. (Thus requires downpayments for rural housing service direct and guaranteed single-family home loan programs).
 
Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to repeal the downpayment assistance initiative that assists low-income families in achieving homeownership.
 
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of grants under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for downpayment assistance on behalf of any family or person for the acquisition of a residence.
 
Amends the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 to impose the same prohibition on amounts made available under the Neighborhood Stabilization program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Commission to Study the Culture and Glorification of Violence in America Act

Bill: 111-hr-2924
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Economic performance and conditions
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
News media and reporting
Television and film
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Presidential Commission to Study the Culture and Glorification of Violence in America Act - Establishes the Presidential Commission to Study the Culture and Glorification of Violence in America. Sets forth the duties of such Commission, including an examination of: (1) the glorification of violence in the United States; (2) the relationship between psychological factors and increased violence; (3) the role of media; (4) the correlation between economic frustration and increased violence; (5) the correlation between ease of access to firearms and increased violence; and (6) the role of the schools in preventing violent behaviors and identifying potential perpetrators of violence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1473-1474)
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Communities Building Access Act

Bill: 111-hr-2925
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Self-employed
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Communities Building Access Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities to carry out demonstration projects for the purpose of making health care coverage available, on a cost-sharing basis, to: (1) employees through employers that have not contributed to health care benefits for employees during the prior 12 months; and (2) self-employed individuals who have been without such coverage during the prior 12 months.
 
Requires the Secretary to make matching grants to public or nonprofit private entities to carry out demonstration projects for the purpose of forming and maintaining networks composed of health care specialists who volunteer health services to eligible individuals.
 
Directs the Secretary to make an award of a grant or contract for the establishment and operation of a clearinghouse for information on demonstration projects under this Act and similar projects that are community initiated. Allows the Secretary to carry out a program to encourage public and private entities that plan or operate such projects to submit information to the clearinghouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide, without expiration, hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for certain Vietnam-era veterans exposed to herbicide and veterans of the Persian Gulf War.

Bill: 111-hr-2926
Sponsor: Rep. Nye, Glenn C. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2009-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Iraq
Kuwait
Middle East
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide, without expiration, hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for certain Vietnam-era veterans exposed to herbicides, veterans of the Persian Gulf War, and veterans who served on active combat duty during a period of war after the Persian Gulf War, or in combat against a hostile force. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Introduced in House