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Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act

Bill: 111-hr-3979
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2009-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: 
Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a business expense tax deduction for expenses relating to advertising or promoting the sale and use of prescription pharmaceuticals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Wayne Cotton Morgan Bulletproof Vest Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3981
Sponsor: Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2009-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: 
Wayne &quot;Cotton&quot; Morgan Bulletproof Vest Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to waive the grantee matching funds requirement applicable to the grant program for purchasing bulletproof armor vests to the extent that such vests are purchased for law enforcement officers who work in high security risk areas and correctional officers who transport prisoners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act

Bill: 111-hr-3982
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2009-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: 
Reengaging Americans in Serious Education by Uniting Programs Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to award competitive, renewable, five-year grants to eligible partnerships to assist them in providing disadvantaged youth with the support needed to: (1) attain a secondary school diploma; (2) attain a postsecondary credential, including those offered by institutions of higher education, industry groups, or registered apprenticeship programs; and (3) secure and succeed in a family-supporting career. 
 
Requires each eligible partnership to include: (1) the head of the local government assisted by the grant; (2) representatives from certain state and local service agencies; (3) representatives from certain educational entities; and (4) a representative from a community-based organization, a business, and a secondary school or labor-management committee; and (5) disadvantaged youth and their caregivers. 
 
Requires grantees to award subgrants and contracts to community-based organizations and other entities for the provision of a comprehensive array of coordinated services to disadvantaged youth that include workforce preparation, education support, and youth support services.
 
Directs the Secretary to award planning grants to eligible partnerships to enable them to submit competitive applications for grants to support disadvantaged youth.
 
Establishes an accountability system for measuring the performance of each grantee against specified interim, transitional, and long-term indicators of success.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) award a grant or contract to an entity outside the Department of Labor for an evaluation of grant-assisted activities; (2) disseminate best practices that emerge from the partnership grant program; and (3) provide training, technical assistance, and professional development for organizations serving disadvantaged youth, including organizations that do not receive funding under this Act.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-performance loudspeakers.

Bill: 111-hr-3983
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2009-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-performance loudspeakers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty certain electrical transformers rated at 40VA.

Bill: 111-hr-3984
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2009-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty certain electrical transformers rated at 40VA.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Second Generation Biofuel Producer Tax Credit Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3985
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2009-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: 
Second Generation Biofuel Producer Tax Credit Act of 2009 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit to: (1) revise the applicable amount of such credit by linking it to the British thermal unit (BTU) content of second generation biofuels as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury; (2) expand the definition of &quot;qualified feedstock&quot; to include any cultivated algae, cyanobacteria, or lemna; (3) exclude from the definition of &quot;second generation biofuel&quot; certain fuel produced from coprocessing with nonqualified feedstocks and certain unprocessed fuels; (4) require producers of second generation biofuels to register with the Secretary; and (5) allow an additional depreciation allowance for property used to produce second generation biofuel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act

Bill: 111-hr-3986
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2009-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: 
Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Amends the federal judicial code to make federal habeas corpus relief available to a person sentenced to death if adjudication on the merits in state court proceedings of the claim cited in the writ application resulted in, or left in force, a death sentence imposed without consideration of newly discovered evidence which, in combination with the evidence presented at trial, demonstrates that the applicant is probably not guilty of the underlying offense.
 
Allows presentation of such a claim in a second or successive habeas corpus application.
 
Allows a second or successive court motion to vacate, set aside, or correct a death sentence based on such a claim.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H12208)
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to promote the use of health information technology to better coordinate health care.

Bill: 111-hr-3987
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2009-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Computers and information technology
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medical ethics
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: 
Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to exclude (provide safe harbors for) the practical or other advantages resulting from health information technology or related installation, maintenance, support, or training services from the ban on hospital payments to physicians (kickbacks) to induce reduction or limitation of services, which are subject to antikickback civil penalties. Exempts related nonmonetary remunerations meeting specified requirements from criminal penalties.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to assess and report to Congress on the effect of these safe harbors on the health system, especially the adoption of health information technology.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to except from the limitation on certain physician referrals the provision of health information technology and training services to health care professionals.
 
Requires the Secretary to assess and report to Congress similarly on the impact of this exception on the health system, especially the adoption of health information technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to specify articles that qualify as commercially interchangeable merchandise for purposes of certain duty drawback.

Bill: 111-hr-3988
Sponsor: Rep. Boccieri, John A. [D-OH-16]
Introduced: 2009-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make eligible for the drawback (refund) of duties, paid on certain imported merchandise, certain other merchandise classified as commercially interchangeable with such imported merchandise, if within the three-year period since its own importation, without having been used within the United States, the commercially interchangeable merchandise is exported or destroyed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To grant the Congressional Gold Medal to John H. Johnson in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the United States.

Bill: 111-hr-3990
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2009-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Books and print media
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: 
Authorizes the award of a single gold medal to John H. Johnson (creator of Ebony magazine) in recognition of his outstanding work, leadership, and service. 
 
Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Influenza Containment Act

Bill: 111-hr-3991
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2009-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: 
Emergency Influenza Containment Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to ensure that American workers are allowed to follow, without financial harm, employer and public health authority recommendations to stay home when they have symptoms of a contagious disease that may put co-workers, customers, or the public at risk.
 
Requires an employer to provide paid sick leave to an employee for each workday, or portion of workday, that the employer directs the employee to leave work, or not come in to work, because the employee has symptoms of a contagious illness, or has been in close contact with an individual who has such symptoms. Limits paid sick leave up to a maximum of 5 days per 12-month period.
 
Makes it unlawful for an employer to discharge, discipline, or otherwise discriminate against an employee who: (1) complies with this Act; or (2) has filed a complaint or instituted a proceeding under this Act, or has testified or is about to testify in such a proceeding.
 
Subjects an employer to certain penalties for unpaid sick leave to, or unlawful termination of, an employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to provide compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Feed Materials Production Center (commonly referred to as "Fernald") or the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor in Ohio.

Bill: 111-hr-3992
Sponsor: Rep. Driehaus, Steve [D-OH-1]
Introduced: 2009-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Department of Energy
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Nuclear weapons
Ohio
Public contracts and procurement
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: 
Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include as a member of the Special Exposure Cohort entitled to compensation with respect to chronic beryllium disease under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program any Department of Energy (DOE) employee or a DOE contractor or subcontractor employee who was employed for an aggregate number of at least 250 work days before January 1, 2009, at the Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald) or the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor in Ohio.
 
Requires any claim that an individual qualifies by reason of this Act for compensation or benefits to be considered for such compensation or benefits notwithstanding any denial of any other claim for compensation with respect to the individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3994
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2009-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Department of Transportation
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Marketing and advertising
Motor carriers
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: 
Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to states that enact laws that prohibit, with certain exceptions, and establish fines for texting and/or handheld cellphone use while driving.
 
Requires a state that receives a grant to allocate: (1) at least 50% to educate and advertise to the public about the dangers of texting or using a cellphone while driving as well as enforce the distracted driving law; and (2) up to 50% for other traffic safety improvement projects.
 
Directs the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to administer a distracted driving national education program with at least two high-visibility education and advertising campaigns.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a research program to study distracted driving by passenger and commercial vehicle drivers.
 
Directs the the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to report to Congress on existing and developing wireless communications technology that may be used to reduce problems associated with distracted driving.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) prescribe regulations on the use of electronic or wireless devices, including cell phones and other distracting devices, by operators of commercial motor vehicles and school buses; and (2) prohibit their use in circumstances where it interferes with the driver's safe operation of the vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
action_date: 2009-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Financial Crisis of 2008 Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-3995
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2009-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: 
Financial Crisis of 2008 Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Act of 2009 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2012 for the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to hire 1,000 FBI agents as well as additional forensic experts to investigate corporate, securities, and mortgage fraud, and associated violations of law relating to the U.S. financial markets.
 
 
Authorizes the hiring also of additional employees by the Attorney General and by the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Enforcement to conduct related investigations and prosecutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To permit each current member of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to serve for 3 terms.

Bill: 111-hr-3997
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2009-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Employment discrimination and employee rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: 
Authorizes any individual serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance as of September 30, 2009, to serve for three terms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Compensation for Combat Veterans Act

Bill: 111-hr-3998
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2009-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Military operations and strategy
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: 
Compensation for Combat Veterans Act - Provides that, for a veteran claiming disability benefits related to combat, service in a combat zone that is recognized as such service under the Internal Revenue Code shall be considered proof that the veteran engaged in combat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-03
text: Introduced in House