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Contaminated Sediment Remediation Reauthorization Act

Bill: 111-s-933
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2009-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Great Lakes
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: 
Contaminated Sediment Remediation Reauthorization Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize appropriations through FY2014 for: (1) the remediation of sediment contamination in Great Lakes areas of concern; (2) the public information program that provides information relating to the remediation of contaminated sediment to the public in U.S. areas of concern; and (3) research on the development and use of innovative approaches, technologies, and techniques for the remediation of sediment contamination in U.S. areas of concern.
 

action_date: 2010-04-20
text: 

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

 
Contaminated Sediment Remediation Reauthorization Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize appropriations through FY2014 for: (1) the remediation of sediment contamination in Great Lakes areas of concern; (2) the public information program that provides information relating to the remediation of contaminated sediment to the public in U.S. areas of concern; and (3) research on the development and use of innovative approaches, technologies, and techniques for the remediation of sediment contamination in U.S. areas of concern.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 354.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 111-171. Minority views filed.
action_date: 2010-04-20
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 111-171. Minority views filed.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-934
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2009-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Agriculture
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food industry and services
Nutrition and diet
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: 
Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish science-based nutrition standards for foods served in schools other than foods served under the school lunch or breakfast programs.
 
Applies such standards to all food sold outside such programs anywhere on school campuses during the school day, with the possible limited exemption of food sold at school fundraisers.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) consider the recommendations of authoritative scientific organizations and evidence concerning the relationship between diet and health when establishing the standards; and (2) review the standards as soon as practicable after the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services publish a new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-935
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2009-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: 
Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to extend from three years to five years the delay in application of: (1) the 25% patient threshold payment adjustment to freestanding and grandfathered long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); (2) any payment adjustment, in certain circumstances, to any applicable LTCH or satellite facility located in a rural area or co-located with an urban single or metropolitan statistical area (MSA) dominant hospital; (3) the very short-stay outlier policy; and (4) a specified one-time prospective adjustment to LTCH prospective payment rates.
 
Extends from three years to five years the moratorium on: (1) the establishment and classification of a LTCH or satellite facility, other than an existing one; and (2) an increase of LTCH beds in existing LTCHs or satellite facilities.
 
Establishes a formula for annual adjustment of the base prospective payment rate for LTCHs for rate years 2011 through 2015 in order to implement a budget neutrality offset of the costs of implementing this Act.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4965)
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Water Quality Investment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-936
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2009-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: 
Water Quality Investment Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to: (1) repeal the requirement that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have a specified amount available for grants to states for establishing water pollution control revolving funds in order to make sewer overflow control grants; and (2) require projects receiving sewer overflow control grant assistance to be carried out subject to the requirements applicable to projects receiving assistance from state water pollution control revolving funds, except to the extent that the governor of the state in which the project is located determines that a revolving fund requirement is inconsistent with the purposes of the sewer overflow control grant program. 
 
 Authorizes appropriations for sewer overflow control grants for FY2010-FY2014 and sets forth provisions governing the allocation of such funds to states and munipalities.
 
Establishes a December 31, 2010, deadline for the Administrator's report to Congress on recommended funding levels for sewer overflow control grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 Act

Bill: 111-s-938
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2009-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: 
White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 Act - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010 to: (1) encourage improvements in each state and local child welfare system; and (2) develop recommendations for actions to implement express policy regarding federal, state, and local programs. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-939
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2009-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Government information and archives
Marriage and family status
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: 
Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2009 - Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an automated National Putative Father Registry.
 
Limits disclosure of information in the Registry to: (1) a state unit responsible for administering the State Putative Father Registry established pursuant to this Act; and (2) any state agencies or entities involved in the placement of children for adoption.
 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a nationwide responsible fatherhood and putative father registry educational campaign designed to: (1) inform men about the National Putative Father Registry, the advantages of registering with a State Putative Father Registry, and the rights and responsibilities of putative fathers; and (2) inform women about the National Registry and its potential role in a pending or planned adoption or a termination of a putative father's rights.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to assist eligible states in developing, establishing, and operating programs designed to: (1) improve the protection of the rights of responsible unwed fathers in legal proceedings involving a planned or pending adoption, the termination of a father's rights to a biological child, or the entry of a child into the state child welfare system; (2) improve the laws and regulations involving the pre-birth abandonment of a child by the biological father and abandonment of a child by the biological father subsequent to birth; (3) assist mothers in making responsible plans for their children's future; and (4) protect the privacy and safety of birth mothers and fathers. Requires the Secretary also to make grants to reimburse states for any costs incurred in meeting these requirements.
 
Requires each state that desires to receive such a grant to: (1) develop and implement a state plan for promoting responsible fatherhood and permanency for children; and (2) provide assurances that it will establish or modify an existing automated State Putative Father Registry to meet the requirements of this Act.
 
Requires a state to: (1) establish centers in various locations so that registration forms for the State Putative Father Registry are easily accessible to putative fathers; and (2) provide assurances that it has in effect or will enact a state law defining pre-birth abandonment and abandonment subsequent to birth, and allowing for implied consent to the child's adoption in the case of pre-birth abandonment or abandonment subsequent to birth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-941
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2009-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the civil penalties for violations of firearms law and the procedures for assessing such penalties. Requires fines to be based upon the nature and severity of the violation, the size of the firearms business involved, and the prior record of the firearm's licensee. Prohibits consideration of the amount of fines or license revocations imposed by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) in the retention, promotion, or transfer of such agents.
 
Revises the definition of &quot;willfully&quot; for purposes of firearms violations and standards for criminal violations of firearms recordkeeping requirements.
 
Requires the Attorney General to: (1) make preliminary determinations on firearms license applications and notify applicants in writing of a proposed denial; and (2) establish guidelines for ATF inspections, examinations, or investigations of possible firearms violations.
 
Permits an owner of a firearms business whose license is expired, surrendered, or revoked 60 days to liquidate inventory.
 
Allows purchasers of existing firearms businesses the right to cure firearms violations attributable to such businesses.
 
Allows the transfer, possession, and importation of machineguns for industry testing, training, and film production.
 
Eliminates the requirement of written permission for the use of a handgun for lawful purposes by a minor (under age 18) where a parent or legal guardian is present at all times during such use. 
 
Prohibits the Attorney General from electronically retrieving inactive firearms licensee information by name or personal identification code.
 
Directs the Attorney General to authorize the importation of all frames or receivers of rifles, or barrels for firearms other than handguns, if the importation is for repair or replacement purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive the lifecycle greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements for renewable fuel production, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-943
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2009-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the definition of &quot;lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions&quot; to: (1) exclude significant indirect emissions; (2) provide that emissions are to be determined by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator based on the most recent observable data and on consideration of regional differences of renewable fuel production; and (3) require the Administrator to make the model used in measuring emissions publicly available before publishing any administrative action on such emissions.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to waive, or a renewable fuel manufacturer to petition the Administrator to waive, the lifecycle greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements for renewable fuel production if the requirements: (1) are the primary or contributing factor of a failure to achieve the applicable renewable fuels standard for biomass-based diesel, conventional biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or advanced biofuel; (2) are causing economic harm within the biofuels industry; or (3) are increasing U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
 
Authorizes a renewable fuel manufacturer to petition the Administrator to certify an innovative production method that may result in lower lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions relative to the baseline lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of a renewable fuel. Considers a petition to be approved if the Administrator does not approve or deny it within 90 days of its receipt. 
 
Requires states that implement a low-carbon fuel standard or similar policy that requires a reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions for renewable fuels to apply a similar lifecycle greenhouse gas emission baseline to the baseline used for the federal renewable fuel standard. Requires measurements taken under a state standard to be based on observable data relating to the direct lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from the renewable fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Wounded Warrior Transition Assistance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-944
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Lawyers and legal services
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: 
Wounded Warrior Transition Assistance Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of each military department to provide each reserve member of that department who is being evaluated for separation or retirement for disability, or for placement on the temporary disability retired list or inactive status list, the option to remain on active duty during such evaluation in order to continue to receive military pay and allowances, until the member is: (1) cleared to return to duty; or (2) separated, retired, or placed on the temporary disability retired or inactive status list.
 
Requires each Secretary to retain on active duty (for pay and allowances purposes) a reserve member who incurs an injury or illness while on active duty, is being discharged or separated from the Armed Forces, or is being released from active duty, and is not being evaluated in connection with such discharge, separation, or release, until the member is: (1) retired or placed on the temporary disability retired or inactive status list; or (2) determined ineligible for such care or benefits based solely upon the injury or illness.
 
Requires military human resources commands to return to active duty during their evaluation period reserve members who request such option.
 
Encourages the use of local residences by reserve members during such transition periods.
 
Authorizes the use of Defense Health Program funds for reserve members who become ill or injured while on active duty and separate as a result of such illness or injury.
 
Provides for the assignment of Judge Advocate General personnel to assist members of the Armed Forces (members) in connection with the medical discharge process and disability evaluations.
 
Expresses support for access of veterans service organizations to military facilities to provide counseling and services to members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4968-4969)
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 111-s-945
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Currency
Members of Congress
Senate
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: 
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 coins in commemoration of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., and emblematic of his life and accomplishments.
 
Restricts coin issuance to calendar year 2011. Imposes a surcharge of $10 per coin, to be deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4969-4971)
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-946
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Introduced: 2009-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: 
Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, working with other national security and intelligence agencies, to conduct an investigation to determine if the security of federally owned programmable electronic devices and communication networks (including hardware, software, and data) essential to the operation of critical electric infrastructure have been compromised. 
 
Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Secretary to make ongoing assessments and provide periodic reports with respect to cyber vulnerabilities and cyber threats to critical infrastructure, including critical electric infrastructure and advanced metering infrastructure. 
 
Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish mandatory interim measures to protect against known cyber vulnerabilities or threats to the operation of the critical electric infrastructure in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-947
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2009-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: 
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with regard to a laboratory-furnished technical component of certain physician pathology services, to treat such component as a service for which payment shall be made to the laboratory, and not as an inpatient hospital or hospital outpatient service for which payment is made to the hospital.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Agency Administrative Expenses Reduction Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-948
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2009-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: 
Agency Administrative Expenses Reduction Act of 2009 - Requires all executive branch agencies, excluding the District of Columbia government, to include a separate category for administrative expenses when submitting their appropriation requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for FY2010-FY2013.
 
Directs each agency to submit a budget to OMB for administrative expenses that reflects a reduction from its FY2009 requests for such expenses of: (1) at least 3% for FY2010; (2) 6% for FY2011; (3) 9% for FY2012; and (4) 11% for FY2013.
 
Requires the Director of OMB to review an agency's request for administrative expenses. Authorizes the Director to reduce such a request in the budget of any noncompliant agency to achieve the appropriate reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate