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Minority Business Development Improvements Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4343
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Government lending and loan guarantees
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Minority Business Development Improvements Act of 2009 - Requires the Director of the Minority Business Development Agency to establish the Minority Business Development Program to provide qualified minority businesses with technical assistance, loan guarantees, and contract procurement assistance. Outlines minority business qualification requirements for the Program, including that: (1) not less than 51% of the entity be directly and unconditionally owned by historically disadvantaged individuals; and (2) each officer or other individual exercising control over regular operations is a historically disadvantaged individual. Outlines specific types of technical assistance and loan guarantees authorized under the Program. Provides loan guarantee limits.
 
Authorizes the Director to enter into agreements for the fulfillment of federal procurement contracts by, and contracting opportunities for, qualified minority businesses. Provides contract limits.
 
Allows the Director to terminate a qualified minority business from the Program under specified circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2010-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from obligating any amounts for the regulation of emissions of carbon dioxide.

Bill: 111-hr-4344
Sponsor: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Appropriations
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from obligating any amounts to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 111-hr-4345
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area in Alabama. (Describes the Black Belt area as a region in the lower-central portion of Alabama that sustains an abundance of natural resources, historical sites, cultural diversity, and recreational activities shaped by its fertile black soil.)
 
 
Designates the Center for the Study of the Black Belt at the University of West Alabama as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Area, requires the Center to submit a management plan for the Heritage Area, and sets forth procedures for the approval or disapproval of such plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
National Emancipation Commemoration Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4346
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Commemorative events and holidays
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Currency
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Human trafficking
Postal service
Racial and ethnic relations
Travel and tourism
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
National Emancipation Commemoration Act of 2009 - Establishes the National Emancipation Commemoration Commission which shall: (1) advise the Attorney General with regard to providing grants and technical assistance under this Act; and (2) conduct a study on all forms of modern slavery. 
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants and provide technical assistance to appropriate federal, state, and local entities, and nonprofit organizations to plan and carry out activities appropriate for the national observance of the 150th anniversary of the ending of chattel slavery in the United States.
 
 
Terminates the Commission on September 30, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E3048)
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Telework Tax Incentive Act

Bill: 111-hr-4348
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Computers and information technology
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Telework Tax Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer or an employee a tax credit, up to $1,000 per year, for teleworking expenses incurred by or on behalf of a teleworking employee under an arrangement whereby such employee teleworks not less than 75 days per year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4350
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Military personnel and dependents
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2009 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include as a nonimmigrant alien an alien who is the parent of a child who: (1) is a U.S. citizen; (2) was born outside the United States and its outlying possessions; and (3) had a natural parent who served honorably in an active-duty status in the U.S. Armed Forces and died on or after September 11, 2001, from an injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by that service.
 
Defines &quot;parent&quot; to include a legal guardian or other person standing in loco parentis for purposes of: (1) such nonimmigrant alien; and (2) immediate relative status with respect to aliens who are not subject to direct numerical limitations.
 
Sets forth related conditions concerning: (1) employment; (2) period of authorized admission; and (3) number of aliens to be admitted for each such child. 
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Small and Rural Communities Wastewater Infrastructure Act

Bill: 111-hr-4352
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government lending and loan guarantees
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Small and Rural Communities Wastewater Infrastructure Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allocate at least 5%, 10%, or 15% of funds received by a state in capitalization grants to provide assistance to publicly owned treatment works that serve populations of 5,000 or fewer persons, 5,001 to 20,000 persons, or 20,001 to 50,000 persons, respectively.
 
Authorizes a state to use funds received in capitalization grants for making preloans (financial assistance from the state's water pollution control revolving loan fund) to municipalities or intermunicipal, interstate, or state agencies for costs incurred in connection with project development, environmental studies, legal and administrative expenses, and project design for construction of a public owned treatment works that will regularly serve 50,000 or fewer persons. Prohibits a preloan from being used for costs related to land acquisition.
 
 
Authorizes a state agency to provide additional assistance in connection with a state water pollution control revolving loan if a project is to benefit a disadvantaged community with a population of 50,000 persons or fewer by: (1) forgiving all or a portion of the principal of the loan; (2) not requiring or reducing interest to be paid in connection with the loan; and (3) extending the loan repayment period to not to exceed 30 years.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify, implement, and make further recommendations regarding ways to expedite and improve the application and review process for obtaining financing from a state water pollution control revolving loan fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-4353
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Food industry and services
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Religion
Sports and recreation facilities
Telephone and wireless communication
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to authorize owners and operators of wireless microphones operating on a primary basis in the VHF bands and on a secondary basis in the UHF bands to have access to the geolocation database maintained to prohibit the operation of unlicensed TV band devices on protected frequencies.
 
Specifies registration sites (for the purpose of identifying locations to be protected through database registration).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
School Principal Recruitment and Training Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4354
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
School Principal Recruitment and Training Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award renewable five-year matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and certain educational or nonprofit entities that partner with LEAs to recruit, support, and train principals for service in high-need schools.
 
Requires grantees to: (1) recruit, select, and provide training to individuals who are or aspire to be principals in high-need schools, agree to serve for at least four years in such schools, and work to ensure that student academic achievement in their schools improves substantially within three to six years; (2) provide aspiring principals with a pre-service residency for at least one year that focuses on instructional leadership and organizational management and is followed by ongoing training for at least two years after their residency ends and school leadership begins; and (3) deliver high-quality, differentiated, school-level support services that meet the specific needs of high-need schools led by individuals that are receiving or have received training pursuant to this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary to award a grant to one or more research groups to develop a high-quality evaluation and information clearinghouse system to facilitate the sharing of best practices and inform: (1) the recruitment, selection, and training of principals for high-need schools; (2) the development of principal effectiveness standards; and (3) the development of system-wide supports and policies that foster school and principal actions identified as most often differentiating the most dramatically improved schools from others.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-12-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E3058)
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
New Jobs for America Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4355
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Allied health services
Computers and information technology
Employment and training programs
Environmental technology
Genetics
Health care coverage and access
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
New Jobs for America Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, subject to the availability of appropriations, to make grants to state and local governments and Indian tribes to carry out employment training programs to aid unemployed individuals in securing employment in a new area of expertise, particularly in emerging markets and industries (such as green technologies).
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-4356
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act - States that it is U.S. policy that all nonambulatory cattle in interstate and foreign commerce be immediately and humanely euthanized when such cattle become nonambulatory. 
 
Amends the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations providing for the humane treatment, handling, and disposition of nonambulatory cattle by a covered entity, including a requirement that nonambulatory cattle be humanely euthanized. 
 
Requires an entity to: (1) humanely euthanize nonambulatory cattle (while not limiting the Secretary's ability to test nonambulatory cattle for disease, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy); and (2) not move nonambulatory cattle while such cattle is conscious, and ensure that such cattle remains unconscious until death.
 
Prohibits an inspector at an establishment covered by the Federal Meat Inspection Act to pass nonambulatory cattle, carcass, or carcass parts through inspection. Requires an inspector or other employee at such establishment to label such material as &quot;inspected and condemned.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Federal Bailout for American Individuals and Families in Distress Today and Tomorrow Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4357
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Employment and training programs
Financial crises and stabilization
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Poverty and welfare assistance
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Federal Bailout for American Individuals and Families in Distress Today and Tomorrow Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make funds repaid to the Treasury by financial institutions under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) available in the following amounts: (1) $8 billion to the Secretary of Labor for certain activities under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including $2 billion for grants to states for adult employment and training activities, $2 billion for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Programs, and $4 billion for benefits and services under the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers program; and (2) $2 billion to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for deposit into the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 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: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Starting Early Starting Right Act

Bill: 111-hr-4358
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Licensing and registrations
State and local finance
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Starting Early Starting Right Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations to carry out the Child Care and Development Block Grant program for FY2011-FY2014.
 
Requires the state plan under the Act to certify that the state has in effect: (1) licensing requirements applicable to all licensed and regulated child care providers within the State that include one annual announced and one annual unannounced visit to each site at which the provider provides child care services; and (2) licensing or registration requirements pertaining to training.
 
Requires the state plan to: (1) demonstrate the manner in which the state will meet the specific child care needs of low-income and working families and how it is implementing practices and procedures to help ensure that children receive continuous care from the same provider; (2) provide information demonstrating that the state is ensuring that payment rates for the provision of child care services for which assistance is provided are equal to or exceed the 75th percentile of the current market rate for all types of child care; and (3) describe efforts to address the need for child care for special populations.
 
Increases from 4% to 15% the maximum amount of child care and development block grant funds that a state may use for specified activities designed to improve the quality of child care. Provides for minimum funding set-asides for: (1) extension of full-day care; and (2) high-quality care for infants and toddlers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Warriors Adapting Residences with Mortgages for Energy Renovations Act

Bill: 111-hr-4359
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Department of Veterans Affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government lending and loan guarantees
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Warriors Adapting Residences with Mortgages for Energy Renovations Act or WARMER Act - Revises current provisions permitting the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to guarantee loans for energy efficiency improvements to certain dwellings to also authorize the guarantee of loans to veterans for the construction of a new dwelling and the cost of making energy efficient improvements to the dwelling. Allows the Secretary to determine appropriate energy efficiency standards for purposes of such guaranteed loans, and to require that dwellings purchased, constructed, or improved meet such standards. Revises current provisions setting the maximum amount allowable for such a loan guaranty to set the maximum amount for such guaranty at 5% of the total value of the property, unless the Secretary specifically approves a higher amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2010-07-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2010-02-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House