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Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1766
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Free trade and trade barriers
Government studies and investigations
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2009 - Prohibits the President from agreeing to the reduction or elimination of the existing rate of duty on any product in order to carry out a trade agreement entered into between the United States and a foreign country until the President certifies to Congress that: (1) the United States has obtained the reduction or elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers and policies and practices of such foreign country with respect to U.S. exports of any product that has the same physical characteristics and uses as the product for which the President seeks to modify its rate of duty; and (2) any violation of the trade agreement is immediately enforceable by withdrawal of the modification of the existing duty on such foreign product until the United States Trade Representative (USTR) certifies to Congress that the United States has obtained the reduction or elimination of the tariff or nontariff barrier or policy or practice of such foreign government.
 
Requires the withdrawal of such a modification in specified circumstances until the USTR makes such a certification to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Blue Ridge Parkway and Town of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1767
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
North Carolina
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Blue Ridge Parkway and Town of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange approximately 20 acres of land within the boundary of the Blue Ridge Parkway, identified as Blowing Rock Reservoir, for approximately 192 acres of land owned by the town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina. 
 
Permits the equalization of the values of the lands proposed for exchange to be achieved by an adjustment to their acreage if they are found to be not equal in value. 
 
Requires the lands acquired by the Secretary through the exchange to be administered as part of the Parkway. 
 
Grants the Secretary, if the town wants to dispose of the reservoir property, the right of first refusal to acquire that property for the Parkway. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-04
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-282.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Pisgah National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1768
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Pisgah National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2009 - Modifies the boundaries of the Pisgah National Forest in McDowell County, North Carolina, to provide for the inclusion of certain private land and Forest Service land in the Forest. Requires an owner's consent to acquire the private land. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Options for Investors through United States Certified Coins Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1769
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Currency
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Options for Investors through United States Certified Coins Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit holders of individual retirement accounts (IRAs) or individually-directed pension plans to invest in coins that: (1) are certified by an independent, third-party grading service; (2) are, or were at any time, legal tender in the United States; and (3) are traded on a nationally recognized electronic coin trading network or listed by an independent coin wholesale reporting service. Permits trustees of IRAs or individually-directed pension plans that invest in coins or bullion to hold an indicia of ownership for such coins or bullion in lieu of physical possession under certain circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act

Bill: 111-s-1770
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federally chartered organizations
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act - Requires federal public land management officials to exercise their authority under existing law, including regarding land use planning, to provide for the use of, and access to, federal public lands and waters for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting, except as described in this Act.
 
Requires the heads of federal public land management agencies to exercise their discretion in a manner that supports, promotes, and enhances recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting opportunities, to the extent authorized under applicable law. 
 
States that Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service lands, excluding lands on the Outer Continental Shelf, shall be open to recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting unless the managing agency acts to close lands to such activity. Permits closures or restrictions on such lands for purposes including resource conservation, public safety, energy or mineral production, energy generation or transmission infrastructure, water supply facilities, national security, or compliance with other law. Requires publication of a public notice preceding any such closures or restrictions, unless mandated by other law. 
 
Requires annual reports on closures of federal public lands to recreational fishing, sport hunting, or shooting. Sets forth requirements for specified closures or significant restrictions involving 640 or more acres of federal public lands or waters to fishing or hunting. 
 
Establishes the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council and the Sporting Conservation Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Education Development Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1771
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Medical Education Development Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program of grants to newly accredited allopathic medical schools to support scholarships, develop residencies, build infrastructure, recruit and retain faculty, and develop research programs, for the purpose of increasing the supply of physicians. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) give first priority to schools accredited to admit students from FY2009-FY2014; (2) provide increased funding to schools that enroll larger classes while maintaining competitive faculty-to-student ratios; and (3) allocate funds to only schools that provide accountability and transparency in expending such funds.
 
Requires: (1) each school to report annually on the specific uses of funds received and on how the grant has benefited the region and the nation; and (2) the Secretary to report annually on the extent to which such grants have increased the supply of physicians, resulted in greater access to health care, enabled the creation of new care models, provided economic regional benefits, and increased the focus on medical students' communications skills.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require that all legislative matters be available and fully scored by CBO 72 hours before consideration by any subcommittee or committee of the Senate or on the floor of the Senate.

Bill: 111-s-1772
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget process
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Amends Rule XXVI (Committee Procedure) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to make it out of order in a subcommittee or committee to proceed to any legislative matter unless the legislative matter and a final budget scoring for it by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) have been publicly available on the Internet, on the official committee and CBO websites, in searchable form 72 hours before proceeding (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays except when the Senate is in session on such a day).
 
Permits waiver or suspension of this rule, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members of the subcommittee or committee.
 
Makes it out of order in the Senate to proceed to a legislative matter if it was proceeded to in a subcommittee or committee in violation of this Rule. Permits waiver or suspension of this rule, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the entire Senate.
 
Amends Rule XVII (Reference to Committees; Motions to Discharge; Report; Hearings Available) to apply the same rule in the Senate before it proceeds to any legislative matter.
 
States that nothing in this resolution or any amendment made by it shall be interpreted to require or permit the declassification or posting on the Internet of classified information in the Senate's custody. Requires such classified information to be made available to Members in a timely manner as appropriate under existing laws and rules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 176.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1773
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Comprehensive health care
Education programs funding
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Medical research
Medicare
Nursing
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning services.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a two-year demonstration project for Medicare payment for comprehensive cancer care symptom management services furnished by an eligible entity in accordance with a described plan.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities for establishing a new, or expanding an existing, palliative care and symptom management program for cancer patients.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to improve the quality of graduate and postgraduate training of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, as well as continuing professional education, in palliative care and symptom management for such patients.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a program of grants for research on palliative care, symptom management, communication skills, and other end-of-life topics for such patients.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10364-10366)
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10363-10364)
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Hotaru Nakama Ferschke.

Bill: 111-s-1774
Sponsor: Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Provides for the relief of Hotaru Nakama Ferschke.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Became Private Law No: 111-2.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Became Private Law No: 111-2.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2010-12-22
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2010-12-17
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR S8365-8366)
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR S8365-8366)
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1774.
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8365-8368)
action_date: 2010-12-15
text: Ms. Chu moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2010-12-07
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2010-12-03
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2010-12-03
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8511)
action_date: 2010-12-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S8511)
action_date: 2010-12-03
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8510-8511)
action_date: 2010-12-03
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2010-12-03
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10366)
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 111-2
Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act

Bill: 111-s-1775
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in hostile areas to benefit from the provision barring the accrual of interest on their student loans under the Federal Direct Loan program regardless of the date their loan was first disbursed. (Currently, their loan must be disbursed on or after October 1, 2008, to qualify for such treatment.)
 
Eliminates the restriction of such benefit on direct consolidation loans to that portion of the loan which is used to repay direct loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1776
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require an update of 0% to the single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule for 2010 and following years.
 
 Sunsets as of the end of 2008 the mandatory annual publication in the Federal Register of the sustainable growth rate for all physicians' services for a fiscal year (which is an element in the formula for calculating the update adjustment factor as well as other factors in the determination of the Medicare physician fee schedule).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 325. (consideration: CR S10613-10614; text: CR S10613-10614)
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S10465)
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S10465; text: CR S10465)
action_date: 2009-10-15
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S10465)
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 178.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10366-10367)
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1777
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2009-10-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: 
Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2009 - Sets forth provisions to encourage the partial or complete remediation of inactive and abandoned mine sites for the public good by good samaritans (defined as individuals or entities who had no role in the creation of the historic mine residue or any resulting environmental pollution and are not legally responsible for the remediation of the historic mine residue). Defines &quot;inactive or abandoned mine site&quot; as a mine site located in the United States that is no longer actively mined and that was used for the production of a mineral other than coal and has historic mine residue.
 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize a permitting authority (i.e., the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] or a state or Indian tribe with an approved good samaritan program) to issue good samaritan discharge permits. Sets forth requirements for the issuance of such permits, including the applicant's submission of a detailed remediation plan and a determination by a permitting authority that such plan preserves water quality. Grants a release from liability under such Act to good samaritans who comply with a discharge permit approved under the terms of this Act. 
 
Terminates the authority to issue good samaritan discharge permits ten years after enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure introduced: CR S10368-10372)
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10367-10368)
action_date: 2009-10-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Affordable Medicines Act

Bill: 111-s-1778
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2009-10-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: 
Access to Affordable Medicines Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that an application for a generic drug the proposed labeling of which is different from the labeling at the time the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) evaluates the application shall be eligible for approval (and such drug shall not be considered misbranded) if: (1) the revision has been approved by the Secretary within 60 days of the expiration of the patent or exclusivity period for the drug; (2) the Secretary has not determined the applicable labeling text when such period expires; (3) the labeling revision does not include a change to the warnings section; (4) the Secretary does not deem that the continued presence in commerce of the labeling before the revision adversely impacts the safe use of the drug; and (5) the sponsor of the application agrees to submit revised labeling not later than 60 days after the notification of any changes required by the Secretary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10436-10437)
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care for Veterans Exposed to Chemical Hazards Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1779
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2009-10-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' medical care
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: 
Health Care for Veterans Exposed to Chemical Hazards Act of 2009 - Makes any veteran who was exposed in the line of duty to an occupational and environmental health chemical hazard of particular concern to the Secretary of Defense eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for any disability, notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the disability may be associated with such exposure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-264.
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act

Bill: 111-s-1780
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2009-10-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: National Guard and reserves
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: 
Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act - Deems as active-duty service, for purposes of benefits provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the service of a person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-623.
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-14
text: Introduced in Senate