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Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act

Bill: 111-hr-2597
Sponsor: Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Department of Education
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Executive agency funding and structure
Higher education
Mental health
School administration
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to allow states to allocate school improvement funds under title I of the ESEA for coordinated, early intervention services for all students. Includes among such services, schoolwide positive behavior supports, defined as a systematic approach to embed proven practices for early intervention services in order to achieve important social outcomes and increase student learning, while preventing problem behaviors.
 
Requires improvements in schoolwide learning climates, including schoolwide positive behavior supports, to be a target of: (1) technical assistance provided by states to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools, and by LEAs to schools identified as needing improvement; (2) schoolwide programs that allow LEAs to consolidate educational funds to upgrade the entire educational program of schools that serve a high proportion of low-income families; (3) professional development funding; (4) funding under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program; and (5) elementary and secondary school counseling programs.
 
Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish, within the Department of Education, an Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services to oversee, implement, and ensure adequate evaluation of, the provision of specialized instructional support services in schools by school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified professionals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To grant a Congressional Gold Medal to American military personnel who fought in defense of Bataan/Corregidor/Luzon between December 7, 1941 and May 6, 1942.

Bill: 111-hr-2598
Sponsor: Rep. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Congressional tributes
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Philippines
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Authorizes the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to collectively honor the American soldiers who were prisoners of war at Bataan/Corregidor/Luzon during World War II, in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service to their country. Provides for the Medal's display at the Smithsonian Institution.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Medal should be made available for display elsewhere, particularly at locations associated with those who fought in defense of Bataan/Corregidor/Luzon and the prisoners of war.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2599
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission to develop, coordinate, and facilitate implementation of a national plan for rural health quality improvements. Requires that such plan: (1) identify objectives for rural health quality improvement; (2) identify strategies to eliminate known gaps in rural health system capacity and improve rural health quality; and (3) provide for federal programs to identify opportunities for strengthening and aligning policies and programs to improve rural health quality. 
 
Directs the Commission to: (1) design demonstration projects to test alternative models for rural health quality improvement, including with respect to both personal and population health; and (2) monitor progress towards identified objectives. 

Requires the Secretary to make grants for demonstration projects to implement and evaluate methods for improving the quality of health care in rural communities that include: (1) alternative community models; (2) innovative approaches to the financing and delivery of health services; and (3) the development of quality improvement support structures to assist rural health systems and professionals. Directs the Secretary to: (1) expedite Medicaid and Medicare waivers as necessary to carry out such demonstration projects; and (2) provide for an independent evaluation of such projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2600
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Telecommuters Tax Fairness Act of 2009 - Prohibits a state from imposing an income tax on the compensation of a nonresident individual for any period in which such individual is not physically present in or working in such state or from deeming such nonresident individual to be present in or working in such state on the grounds that: (1) such individual is present at or working at home for convenience; or (2) such individual's work at home fails any convenience of the employer test or any similar test.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
SERVE Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2601
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Income tax credits
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Supporting Emergency Responders Volunteer Efforts Act of 2009 or the SERVE Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a $1,000 refundable tax credit for individuals who are bona fide volunteer members of a qualified volunteer emergency response organization who provide firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, and ambulance services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Ka'u Coast on the island of Hawaii as a unit of the National Park System.

Bill: 111-hr-2602
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Hawaii
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Ka'u Coast Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study and report on the suitability and feasibility of designating the Ka'u Coast from Kapaoo Point to Kahuku Point, Hawaii, as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1243)
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating certain lands along the northern coast of Maui, Hawaii, as a unit of the National Park System.

Bill: 111-hr-2603
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Hawaii
Historic sites and heritage areas
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Seashores and lakeshores
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
North Maui Coastal Preservation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of designating certain lands on the northern coast of Maui, Hawaii, as a National Seashore, National Historical Park, National Recreation Area, National Monument, National Preserve, or other unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1231)
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the additional standard deduction for real property taxes for nonitemizers.

Bill: 111-hr-2604
Sponsor: Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the additional standard tax deduction for real property taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Education Tax Deduction for All Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2605
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Education Tax Deduction for All Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow parents of children attending an elementary or secondary school a tax deduction equal to: (1) 25% of their state's average public education per pupil expenditure for each qualifying student attending public school; and (2) 100% of such expenditure for each student attending any other school, including a home school. Allows taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize their tax deductions to claim such deduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Home Buying Credit Expansion Act

Bill: 111-hr-2606
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Home Buying Credit Expansion Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit to all individuals who purchase a principal residence (currently, only first-time homebuyers as so defined); (2) extend such credit and the waiver of recapture requirements for such credit through 2010; and (3) expand the election to treat a purchase of a principal residence as made in a prior taxable year for purposes of such credit. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.

Bill: 111-hr-2607
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Federal preemption
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Licensing and registrations
Small business
State and local taxation
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations, and which meet certain ERISA certification requirements. 
 
Sets forth rules governing AHPs, including requirements relating to certification, sponsors and boards of trustees, participation and coverage, nondiscrimination, contribution rates, notice of voluntary termination, correction actions, and mandatory termination.
 
Establishes the Association Health Plan Fund to be used by the Secretary of Labor to make payments to an insurer to maintain coverage for a plan if there is a reasonable expectation that, without such payments, claims would not be satisfied by reason of termination of coverage.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a Solvency Standards Working Group.
 
Allows a state to impose a contribution tax on an association health plan that commenced operations in such state after the enactment of this Act.
 
Preempts any state law that may preclude a health insurance issuer from: (1) offering health insurance coverage in connection with a certified AHP; or (2) offering health insurance coverage of the same policy type to other employers operating in the state that are eligible for coverage under such AHPs, whether or not such other employers are participating employers in such plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To define marriage for all legal purposes in the District of Columbia to consist of the union of one man and one woman.

Bill: 111-hr-2608
Sponsor: Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Marriage and family status

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Defines &quot;marriage&quot; for all legal purposes in the District of Columbia to mean the union of one man and one woman.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Insurance Information Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2609
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal preemption
Insurance industry and regulation
Intergovernmental relations
Life, casualty, property insurance
State and local government operations
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Insurance Information Act of 2009 - Includes among the duties of the Secretary of the Treasury serving as principal advisor to the President and Congress on domestic and international policy issues regarding all lines of insurance except health insurance.
 
Establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Office of Insurance Information, headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary.
 
Empowers the Office to: (1) collect, analyze, and disseminate data and information, and to issue reports, regarding such lines of insurance; (2) coordinate federal efforts and establish policy on international insurance matters; (3) determine whether state insurance measures are inconsistent with such policy; (4) serve as liaison between the federal government and the states regarding insurance matters; (5) advise the Treasury representative to the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee regarding the export promotion of insurance products and services; and (6) advise the Secretary on domestic and international insurance policy issues.
 
Cites conditions that trigger preemption of state insurance measures.
 
Requires the United States or its representative to coordinate with state insurance regulators to identify provisions in any covered international agreement that provide for the recognition of prudential measures concerning the business of insurance.
 

 
Declares that this Act may not be construed to establish a general supervisory or regulatory authority of the Office or the Department over the business of insurance.
 
Establishes the Advisory Group to the Office of Insurance Information to make recommendations regarding the Office's international insurance policy functions and to consult regarding preemption of state insurance measures.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1886 of the Social Security Act to continue sole community hospital treatment for certain hospitals.

Bill: 111-hr-2610
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to additional payments to subsection (d) hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (IME).
 
Declares that, if a subsection (d) hospital (new hospital) begins operations on or after January 1, 2010, within 35 road miles of an existing sole community hospital, the existing hospital shall continue to be treated for payment purposes as a sole community hospital if: (1) the new hospital is privately owned or operated as a for-profit entity; and (2) a portion of the new hospital's ownership is attributable to physicians.
 
(Generally, a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Securing the Cities Initiative of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-2611
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Homeland security
Nuclear weapons
Radioactive wastes and releases
Terrorism
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize appropriations to the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the Securing the Cities Initiative.

action_date: 2010-01-20
text: 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize appropriations to the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the Securing the Cities Initiative, including funding for: (1) each city in which the Initiative has been implemented by FY2009; and (2) additional Securing the Cities initiatives to be implemented in not fewer than two sites participating in the Urban Area Security Initiative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H225)
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H225)
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2611.
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H225-226)
action_date: 2010-01-20
text: Ms. Clarke moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 226.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 111-389.
action_date: 2010-01-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 111-389.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-11-17
text: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology Discharged.
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House