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To use tradable greenhouse gas emission allowances under the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 to provide assistance to residential and commercial consumers of home heating oil and propane in reducing the effective costs of such fuels through State programs to deliver cost-effective efficiency programs and other consumer assistance.

Bill: 111-hr-2371
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Consumer affairs
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), by September 30 of each calendar year 2012-2030, to distribute among the states 1.5% of the emission allowances that the Administrator has established for the year.
 
Requires the Administrator to distribute emission allowances among the states ratably each year, based on the ratio of: (1) the carbon content of home heating oil and propane sold to consumers within each state in the preceding year for residential or commercial purposes; to (2) the carbon content of home heating oil and propane sold that year for such purposes throughout the United States. 
 
Directs each state receiving emission allowances to sell them within one year of receipt, either directly or through consignment to the Administrator for auction. Requires any emission allowances that are not sold within one year of receipt to be returned to the Administrator, who shall distribute them to the remaining states ratably in accordance with the formula.
 
Requires states to use the proceeds from such sales exclusively for the benefit of consumers of home heating oil or propane for residential or commercial purposes, particularly: (1) cost-effective energy efficiency programs; or (2) rebates or other direct financial assistance programs for them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Rebating America's Deposits Act

Bill: 111-hr-2372
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Licensing and registrations
Nevada
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Public utilities and utility rates
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Rebating America's Deposits Act - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the President to publish in the Federal Register a notice certifying that the Yucca Mountain site (Nevada) is the selected site for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
 
Declares that, if the President fails to publish the certification or revokes it, each entity: (1) that is required to make a payment to the Nuclear Waste Fund shall not be required to make any additional payment; and (2) that has made a payment shall receive a refund, 75% of which shall be used for rebates to the entity's ratepayers, and 25% shall be used to carry out upgrades to the entity's nuclear power facilities to enhance the storage and security of materials used to generate nuclear power.
 
Requires the Secretary of Energy to initiate by January 1, 2017, the transportation to the Yucca Mountain site of defense waste from each state in which it is located.
 
Imposes penalties on the Secretary for failure to initiate such transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5588)
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2373
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to restore Medicare payment for the rent of oxygen and oxygen equipment.
 
Repeals the limitation of Medicare payment to the supplier for such equipment (including portable oxygen equipment) to 36 months of continuous use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-12
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: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Credit Score Fairness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2374
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Credit Score Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require: (1) each consumer reporting agency to make credit scores available to consumers once each year without charge; and (2) certain creditors (other than mortgage lenders) to disclose consumer credit scores that were used in making any determination with respect to extending the consumer credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps Designation Implementation Act

Bill: 111-hr-2375
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Iran
Iraq
Middle East
Militias and paramilitary groups
Sanctions
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps Designation Implementation Act - Directs the President to identify in the Federal Register and apply specified sanctions against: (1) a foreign person or foreign entity that is a representative or affiliate of the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); or (2) such a person or entity that has committed or risks committing destabilizing violence against Iraq or its government.
 
Excludes such persons from U.S. entry.
 
Directs the President, with specified waiver authority, to notify the appropriate congressional committees and apply specified sanctions against a foreign person or foreign entity that provides material, financial, or commercial support to the IRGC. Includes additional sanctions if the entity is a foreign government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To withhold United States funding from the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Bill: 111-hr-2376
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2009-05-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Middle East
Political movements and philosophies
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United Nations Human Rights Council should: (1) be a body that upholds the ideals enumerated in the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights; (2) allow full participation by Israel in Council operations; and (3) be made up of countries that hold regular democratic elections, permit freedom of expression, and have a credible civil society. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not support the Council, and should withhold financial support for the Council until meaningful human rights reforms are carried out.
 
 Directs the Secretary of State to withhold from a U.S. contribution to a regularly assessed biennial U.N. budget an amount equal to the percentage of such contribution that the Secretary determines would be allocated by the United Nations to the Council. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Group Life Insurance Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2379
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Veterans' Group Life Insurance Improvement Act of 2009 - Allows veterans insured under Veterans' Group Life Insurance, no more than once in each five-year period, to increase such coverage amount if: (1) the veteran is under 60 years of age; (2) the increase is not more than $25,000; and (3) the total amount of such insurance does not exceed $400,000 (the limit authorized for a veteran under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-06-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1132)
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Raise Wages, Cut Carbon Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2380
Sponsor: Rep. Inglis, Bob [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coal
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Inflation and prices
Legislative rules and procedure
Medicare
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Sales and excise taxes
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Raise Wages, Cut Carbon Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an environmental tax on: (1) any taxable carbon substance (i.e., coal, including lignite and peat, petroleum and any petroleum product, and natural gas that is extracted, manufactured, or produced in, or imported into, the United States); and (2) imported taxable products that account for a specified level of carbon substances used in the United States. Sets the amount of the tax at $15.00 per ton in 2010, and increases and adjusts for inflation such amount each year until the tax is $100 in 2040 and in subsequent years.
 
Provides for a reduction in social security taxes by an amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to reflect the amount of revenues generated by the taxes imposed by this Act. Appropriates net revenues from such taxes to the social security trust funds. 
 
Requires a two-thirds vote of the House of Representatives or the Senate to increase the amount of the tax on taxable carbon substance or imported products beyond the amount required to compensate for the aggregate reduction in revenues resulting from the lower rates of social security taxes provided by this Act (i.e., revenue neutrality).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2381
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Nursing
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Labor to propose a standard on safe patient handling and injury prevention to prevent musculoskeletal disorders for direct-care registered nurses and all other health care workers that requires the use of engineering controls to lift patients and the elimination of manual lifting of patients through the use of mechanical devices, except where patient care may be compromised.
 
Requires health care employers to: (1) develop and implement a safe patient handling and injury prevention plan; (2) provide their workers with training on safe patient handling and injury prevention; and (3) post a uniform notice that explains the standard and the procedures to report patient handling-related injuries. Requires the Secretary to conduct unscheduled inspections to ensure compliance with safety standards.
 
 Allows health care workers to: (1) refuse to accept an assignment in a health care facility that violates safety standards or for which such worker has not received required training; and (2) file complaints against employers who violate this Act. Prohibits employers from taking adverse actions against any health care worker who in good faith reports a violation, participates in an investigation or proceeding, or discusses violations. 
 
Authorizes health care workers who have been discharged, discriminated, or retaliated against in violation of this Act to bring legal action for reinstatement, reimbursement of lost compensation, attorneys' fees, court costs, and other damages.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program for purchasing safe patient handling and injury prevention equipment for health care facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2382
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Contracts and agency
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit specified electronic payment system network practices, including the imposition of: (1) additional charges on merchants and consumers for premium payment cards; (2) certain restrictions on merchants, including chargebacks for transactions on point of sale terminals that exceed the allowable amount on such devices; (3) restrictions upon network routing; (4) any requirement to meet a minimum number of transactions in any period; or (5) fees or a related adverse action for failure of the merchant to meet such a minimum transactions requirement.
 
Requires an electronic payment system network to disclose its contract terms to the merchant, including its complete operating rules, without restricting the merchant's use of such information.
 
Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe regulations to: (1) ensure that the rules, terms, and conditions to which a merchant or consumer is subject under an agreement with an electronic payment system network are neither unfair nor deceptive to consumers and merchants, nor anticompetitive; (2) prohibit any unfair or deceptive act or practice or anticompetitive act or practice that may result from such rule, term, or condition; and (3) regularly review such rules, terms, and conditions.
 
Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to collect and disseminate to the public: (1) complete information on fees charged by each electronic payment system network in connection with consumer-initiated transactions; and (2) the rules, terms, and conditions to which a merchant or a consumer is subject under an agreement with an electronic payment system network for transactions using payment cards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Cane River National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2383
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Louisiana
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
Cane River National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Cane River Creole National Historical Park and National Heritage Area Act to: (1) revise the boundaries of the Cane River National Heritage Area, Louisiana; (2) revise the duties of the Cane River National Heritage Area Commission; and (3) terminate such Commission on August 5, 2025 (under current law, on the day occurring 10 years after the first official meeting of the Commission). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
National Park Service and Northwestern State University Collections Conservation Center Act

Bill: 111-hr-2384
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Louisiana
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: 
National Park Service and Northwestern State University Collections Conservation Center Act - Amends the Cane River Creole National Historical Park and National Heritage Area Act (the Act) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to construct a facility on land owned by the University to be used for: (1) housing the museum collection of the Historical Park; (2) providing additional space for use by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training; and (3) providing space to the University for educational purposes related to the Williamson Museum collection if the University pays an appropriate rental fee to the National Park Service (NPS), as determined in such agreement. 
 
Requires the proceeds from the rental fees collected pursuant to this Act to be made available for the Historical Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-13
text: Introduced in House