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To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include the Territory of Guam in the list of affected areas with respect to which claims relating to atmospheric nuclear testing shall be allowed, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-1630
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Cancer
Government information and archives
Government liability
Guam
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include the Territory of Guam among the affected areas for which health claims relating to atmospheric nuclear testing are allowed. 
 
Sets forth periods of required presence during testing periods for persons in Guam filing leukemia or specified disease claims. 
 
Authorizes assistance for residents of Guam not otherwise covered, to be determined on a case-by-case basis by the National Cancer Institute.
 
Makes covered individuals eligible for the costs of screening, follow-up referrals, work-up diagnosis, and disease-specific treatment.
 
Directs the Health Resources and Services Administration to conduct an education program about the health risks of fallout exposure from the U.S. nuclear-weapons testing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E722-723)
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to include participation in clean-up operations at Eniwetok Atoll as a radiation-risk activity for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 111-hr-1631
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Marshall Islands
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Oceania
Radioactive wastes and releases
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Includes participation in clean-up operations at Eniwetok Atoll as a radiation-risk activity for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E713)
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income of long-term capital gains on property purchased before the end of 2009.

Bill: 111-hr-1632
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income long-term gain on capital assets acquired between the date of enactment of this Act and December 31, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Honor the WISH Act

Bill: 111-hr-1633
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Honor the Written Intent of our Soldier Heroes Act or Honor the WISH Act - Includes, as a person authorized to direct disposition of the remains of a member of the Armed Forces who dies while on active duty, the person identified by the decedent on the record of emergency data maintained by the Secretary of the military department concerned as the Person Authorized to Direct Disposition, regardless of the relationship of the designee to the decedent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3690)
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, to extend the period during which States may allow low emission and energy-efficient vehicles to use high occupancy vehicle facilities.

Bill: 111-hr-1634
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Extends through July 1, 2012, the period a state may allow low emission and energy-efficient vehicles to use high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane highways.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E728-729)
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Northern Virginia Metrorail Extension Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1635
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: District of Columbia
Maryland
Public transit
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Northern Virginia Metrorail Extension Act of 2009 - Authorizes alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering for specified Metrorail new fixed guideway capital projects in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E729)
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to the qualification of the director of food services of a Medicare skilled nursing facility or a Medicaid nursing facility.

Bill: 111-hr-1636
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Food industry and services
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the full-time director of food services at a Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) or a Medicaid nursing facility, if not a qualified dietitian, to be a Certified Dietary Manager meeting the requirements of the Certifying Board for Dietary Managers or have equivalent military or academic qualifications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-03-19
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: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E728)
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1637
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from: (1) using any adverse information concerning any consumer, including any in a consumer report or any change in the consumer's credit score, as the basis for increasing any annual percentage rate of interest (APR) for a credit card account of the consumer's under an open end consumer credit plan; or (2) removing or increasing any introductory APR for that account, for reasons other than actions or omissions of the consumer directly related to the account.
 
Requires such limitation on the use of adverse information to be clearly and conspicuously described to the consumer by the credit card issuer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to facilities or locations in Virginia or to house such individuals at such facilities or locations.

Bill: 111-hr-1638
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Terrorism
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any individual detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility or location in Virginia; or (2) house any such individual at a Virginia facility or location.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Border Health Care Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1639
Sponsor: Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Immigrant health and welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Border Health Care Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend through FY2012 federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Interest Rate Reduction Act

Bill: 111-hr-1640
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Interest Rate Reduction Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit the annual percentage rate of interest (APR) applicable to any extension of credit to a consumer from exceeding 15% on unpaid balances, inclusive of all finance charges.
 
Authorizes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish an APR ceiling exceeding the 15% annual rate for periods not to exceed 18 months, upon a determination that: (1) money market interest rates have risen over the preceding six-month period; and (2) prevailing interest rate levels threaten the safety and soundness of individual lenders, as evidenced by adverse trends in liquidity, capital, earnings, and growth.
 
Declares the interest rate limitation inapplicable to an extension of credit by an insured credit union.

Subjects a creditor who violates this Act to a civil penalty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Nursing Facility Fire Safety Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1642
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Fires
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Nursing Facility Fire Safety Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to establish programs of direct loans and grants for retrofitting nursing facilities with automatic fire sprinkler systems. Gives priority to grant applications that demonstrate a need or hardship.
 
Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to determine if there are loan programs or other funds available for such retrofitting. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate where a nursing facility may not have an adequate structure to retrofit the entire facility within a reasonable timeframe and work with the facility to identify other remedial actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Access to Community Health Centers (MATCH) Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1643
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Medicare Access to Community Health Centers (MATCH) Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the definition of &quot;federally qualified health center services&quot; to include ambulatory services furnished by a federally qualified health center (FQHC) for which payment may otherwise be made under Medicare if such services were furnished by a non-FQHC health care provider or health care professional employed by or under contract with an FQHC.
 
Permits payment for hospital-based services. 
 
Provides for a Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for Medicare-covered services provided by FQHCs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-03-19
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: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Incentive to Serve Tax Act

Bill: 111-hr-1644
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Incentive to Serve Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for 25% of wages paid to employees while such employees are performing certain services (e.g., services advancing the improvement of education, health care access, energy conservation, economic opportunities for economically disadvantaged individuals, and disaster preparedness and response) for charitable organizations and community agencies. Limits the amount of wages eligible for such credit to $100,000 per employee. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1645
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Government information and archives
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award formula matching grants to states or partnerships between states, experienced nonprofit providers of financial and economic literacy education, and experienced nonprofit providers of teacher training in such fields.
 
Requires grantees to use 25% of the grant funds to: (1) develop financial and economic literacy standards and assessments for at least three grade levels; (2) create teacher training programs to embed financial and economic literacy education into core academic subjects; and (3) evaluate the impact such education has on students' financial and economic literacy.
 
Requires the remaining grant funds to be used for subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or partnerships between LEAs and community organizations, local businesses, or other educational entities to implement such financial literacy activities, including student assessments and teacher training. 
 
Directs the Secretary to maintain a Financial and Economic Literacy and Economic Education Clearinghouse of best practices, tools, and instructional materials that are aligned with voluntary nationally recognized curriculum standards in such areas.
 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or partnerships between IHEs, experienced nonprofit providers of financial and economic literacy education, and experienced nonprofit providers of teacher training in such fields for activities that increase student knowledge in consumer, economic, and personal financial concepts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act

Bill: 111-hr-1646
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Income tax credits
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit of up to $500 for the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for an individual who is either: (1) age 55 or older; or (2) is claimed as a dependent of the taxpayer. Denies such tax credit to any taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds $200,000.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
VETS Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1647
Sponsor: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2009-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: 
Veterans' Employment Transition Support Act of 2009 or the VETS Act of 2009- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a general business tax credit for hiring certain veterans certified by designated local agencies as having served on active duty (other than for training) in the Armed Forces for a period of more than 180 days or having been discharged or released from active duty for a service-connected disability. Sets the amount of such credit at 40% of the first-year wages of such veterans and increases the percentage of such credit for disabled veterans based upon their disability ratings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-19
text: Introduced in House