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Armed Forces Disability Retirement Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-hr-296
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Defense
Disability and paralysis
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Armed Forces Disability Retirement Enhancement Act - Adds new federal provisions concerning the retirement for disability of members of the Armed Forces (members) retiring one year or more after the enactment of this Act. Allows members who retire on or after October 7, 2001, but before the one-year period after the enactment of this Act, as well as members on the temporary retired list up to such date, to elect to retire under the new provisions in lieu of the current provisions. Makes such elections irrevocable.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned, under the new provisions, to retire a member if: (1) the disability is of a permanent nature, or of uncertain permanency such that a temporary disability retirement is appropriate; (2) the injury, illness, or disease rendering the member unfit was incurred or aggravated in the line of duty; and (3) such injury, illness, or disease was not the result of intentional misconduct or willful neglect, or incurred during an unauthorized absence.
 
Outlines provisions concerning: (1) qualifications for placement on the temporary disability retired list; and (2) determinations of unfitness for duty for disability retirement purposes.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to continue after discharge or separation from active duty respite care and aid and other extended care benefits for members who incur a serious injury or illness while serving on such duty.
 
Provides for expanded availability and use by separating members (and their dependents) of Department of Labor transition assistance programs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E48)
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-297
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009 - Increases the amount of monthly subsistence allowance payable to veterans participating in the veterans' vocational rehabilitation program (a program of training and rehabilitation for veterans with service-connected disabilities).
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the case of a veteran who has reached a point of employability and is participating only in a program of employment services, to pay such veteran a subsistence allowance for three months while the veteran is satisfactorily pursuing such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E50)
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-298
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to require annual state SCHIP reports to include information on: (1) the HEDIS (Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set) measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance; and (2) efforts to avoid displacement of private health coverage.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that states with a state child health plan should utilize consumer satisfaction surveys developed by the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) administered by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, specifically the Getting Needed Care and Getting Care Quickly question components of the CAHPS 4.0H Child Survey, to measure the extent to which individuals eligible for child health assistance under the state plan have access to physicians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
National Digital Television Consumer Education Act

Bill: 111-hr-299
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Marketing and advertising
Retail and wholesale trades
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
National Digital Television Consumer Education Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require retail distributors of television receiving equipment (TVs) to place adjacent to each unit displayed for sale a consumer alert in English and Spanish that the TV has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009, to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna. Imposes similar requirements on sellers that use direct mail, catalog, or electronic means such as the Internet. Requires broadcaster public service announcements about the deadline for termination of analog TV broadcasting and the equipment options for consumers following such termination.
 
Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to authorize the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish a temporary grant program to coordinate and lead a nationwide consumer education and outreach campaign regarding America's conversion to digital television.
 
Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to increase funding for the program to provide coupons for digital-to-analog converter boxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act

Bill: 111-hr-300
Sponsor: Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Aquatic ecology
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Earth sciences
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Great Lakes
Higher education
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act - Reestablishes in the Department of Commerce the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), headed by an Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, who shall serve as the Administrator of NOAA.
 
Maintains within NOAA: (1) the National Weather Service; (2) programs to support efforts, on a continuing basis, to collect data and provide information and products regarding satellites, observations, and coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes information; and (3) programs to conduct and support research and education and the development of technologies relating to weather, climate, and the coasts, oceans, and Great Lakes. 
 
Establishes a Science Advisory Board within NOAA.
 
Terminates the Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (the executive order that established NOAA).
 
Requires the Administrator to develop and submit to Congress a NOAA reorganization plan.
 
Prohibits the Administrator from closing, consolidating, relocating, subdividing, or establishing a facility of NOAA unless there has been specified prior public and congressional notification, and an assessment, of any proposed changes.
 
Prohibits, except as provided, a NOAA activity or function that is converted to contractor performance under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 from being performed by the contractor or any subcontractor at a location outside of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Science and Technology
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Economic Growth Through Tax Stimulus Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-301
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Financial services and investments
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
State and local taxation
Student aid and college costs
Tax treatment of families
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Economic Growth Through Tax Stimulus Act of 2009 - Makes permanent: (1) the tax provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001; (2) the reduction in dividend and capital gain tax rates in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003; (3) the tax deduction for state and local sales taxes; (4) the tax deduction for tuition and related expenses; and (5) the increased expensing allowance for depreciable business assets. 

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce individual and corporate income tax rates in taxable years between 2008 and 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H187-188)
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to reinstate the uptick rule on short sales of securities.

Bill: 111-hr-302
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Financial services and investments
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to: (1) reinstate rule 10a-1 (the uptick rule) governing short sales of securities; (2) rescind the prohibition against applying certain price tests to short sales; and (3) reinstate price test restrictions that applied to short sales of securities prior to SEC action in a specified proceeding on June 28, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Retired Pay Restoration Act

Bill: 111-hr-303
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Retired Pay Restoration Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that military retired pay should not be reduced because a military retiree is also eligible for veterans' disability compensation awarded for a service-connected disability.
 
Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (under current law, only a disability rated at 50% or more). Repeals provisions phasing in the full concurrent receipt of such pay through December 31, 2013.
 
Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Armed Services
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To award a congressional gold medal to Joseph Barnett Kirsner, M.D., Ph.D., in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 111-hr-304
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health personnel
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Joseph Barnett Kirsner, M.D., Ph.D. (a leader in the field of gastroenterology) in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E48-49)
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-305
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Mammals
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2009 - Prohibits a person from transporting a horse in interstate commerce in a motor vehicle containing two or more levels stacked on top of one another. Sets forth civil penalties for persons who knowingly violate such prohibition.

action_date: 2010-09-28
text: 

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

 
Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2009 - Prohibits a person from transporting a horse in interstate commerce in a motor vehicle containing two or more levels stacked on top of one another. Sets forth civil penalties for persons who knowingly violate such prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-645.
action_date: 2010-09-28
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-645.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-07-29
text: Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Discharged.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E42)
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Kidney Disease Educational Benefits Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-306
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Kidney Disease Educational Benefits Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of kidney disease education services.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-01-08
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: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E50)
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Investment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-308
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Income tax credits
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Natural disasters
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York State
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Investment Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual and business taxpayers in certain states a tax credit for 25% of their qualified hurricane and tornado mitigation property expenditures up to $5,000 for any taxable year. Defines such expenditures as expenditures in a dwelling unit to improve the strength of a roof deck attachment, create a secondary water barrier, improve the durability of a roof covering, brace gable-end walls, reinforce the connections between a roof and supporting wall, protect against windborne debris, or protect exterior doors and garages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
American Heroes' Homeownership Assistance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-309
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
American Heroes' Homeownership Assistance Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow current or former members of the Uniformed Services who perform duty in a combat zone between 2001 and 2010, or their surviving spouses, a one-time tax credit for 10% of the purchase price of a principal residence, up to $7,500. Limits such credit to residences purchased before January 1, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Clean Energy Investment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-312
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Clean Energy Investment Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2016 the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Customs Business Fairness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-313
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2009-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Financial services and investments
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: 
Customs Business Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends bankruptcy law to establish an 11th priority in a debtor's relief plan for the payment of unsecured claims of customs brokers and sureties for duties, taxes, or other charges paid by them to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on behalf of a debtor that imports merchandise entered for consumption within one year before the debtor's filing of a petition for relief.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-08
text: Introduced in House