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Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-279
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: 
Municipal Bond Market Support Act of 2009 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the small issuer exemption from interest expense allocation rules for financial institutions to: (1) increase from $10 to $30 million the annual limit on small issuers of tax-exempt municipal bonds; (2) allow an inflation adjustment to such increased limit amount after 2009; (3) repeal aggregation rules relating to the determination of small issuer eligibility; (4) allow small issuers an election to treat borrowers separately for purposes of issuance limitations; and (5) allow in 2009 or 2010 financial institutions and brokers to hold up to 2% of their assets in tax-exempt securities without affecting their interest expense tax deduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S654-655)
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S654)
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act

Bill: 111-s-280
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2009-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Montana

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: 
Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a loan program to assist the Crow Tribe of the State of Montana in purchasing from eligible individuals land and interests in land within the Crow Reservation in the state. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into one or more loan obligation(s) with the Tribe as the Secretary determines necessary to fund such program. 
 
 Allows the Secretary to accept from any eligible individual a donation of land or an interest in land within the Reservation to hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to manage such land and interests in accordance with a land management program to be developed and implemented by the Tribe to achieve repayment of each applicable loan obligation issued pursuant to this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care and Training for Older Workers Act

Bill: 111-s-281
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Disability assistance
Employment and training programs
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: 
Health Care and Training for Older Workers Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to extend COBRA continuation coverage for certain older workers.
 
Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise: (1) statewide employment and training activities, adding developing strategies for serving hard-to-serve populations and coordinating programs among one-stop partners; (2) local employment and training activities, with respect to intensive services and training services, and adding customer support for members of hard-to-serve populations, including individuals with disabilities; and (3) performance measures, data, and reporting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.

Bill: 111-s-282
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
Kazakhstan
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the conditions for the release of products from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-283
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise requirements for the sale by the Secretary of Energy of products from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to sell from the Reserve if the President finds that: (1) there is a severe energy supply interruption (as under existing law); or (2) the price of home heating oil threatens the health and safety of residents of the Northeast.
 
Requires the Secretary to sell specified percentages of the quantity of products in the Reserve as of November 1 of a fiscal year if the President finds that, on successive monthly winter dates of the same fiscal year, the average retail price of No.2 heating oil in the Northeast is equal to or more than $4.00 per gallon (in 2008 dollars).
 
Requires the Secretary to use any revenue derived from such sales to provide assistance to low-income consumers of heating oil under the Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons of the Energy Conservation and Production Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-67.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S720)
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Solar Stimulus for Job Creation and Energy Independence Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-284
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Public contracts and procurement
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Solar Stimulus for Job Creation and Energy Independence Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for the refundability of the energy tax credit for investment in property used to manufacture solar energy property through 2010; and (2) exempt certain solar energy property from private activity bond usage and loan financing rules.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to limit to 25 years the contract period for federal purchases of renewable energy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that reimbursements for costs of using passenger automobiles for charitable and other organizations are excluded from gross income, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-285
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Income tax exclusion
Motor vehicles
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that volunteers who use their automobiles for the benefit of a charitable organization may exclude from their gross income reimbursements for their automobile operating expenses at the same level as business employees (i.e., 55 cents per mile in 2009). 

Increases criminal sanctions and monetary penalties for: (1) underpayments or overpayments of tax due to fraud; (2) attempts to evade or defeat tax; (3) willful failure to file tax returns, supply information, or pay tax; and (4) fraud and false statements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S721)
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S720-721)
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Marginal Well Production Preservation and Enhancement Act

Bill: 111-s-286
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Business investment and capital
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Income tax deductions
Oil and gas
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Marginal Well Production Preservation and Enhancement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to 27.5% the percentage depletion allowance for domestic crude oil and natural gas production from marginal properties; (2) extend through 2010 the temporary suspension of the taxable income limit with respect to marginal production of crude oil and natural gas; and (3) accelerate to three years the recovery period of qualified tertiary injectant property for depreciation purposes.

Amends the Clean Air Act with respect to emissions from small oil and gas exploration and production-related equipment. 

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to: (1) amend the definition of &quot;wastewater treatment facility&quot; to include produced water from an oil production facility; and (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish cost-effective minimal requirements for the prevention of oil and hazardous substance discharges for small facilities with oil storage capacities of less than 50,000 gallons at which no single tank exceeds a nominal capacity of 21,000 gallons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the full deduction allowable with respect to income attributable to domestic production activities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-287
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the phasing in of the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities and permit the full 9% deduction amount for taxable years beginning after 2008. Repeals the limitation on such tax deduction for oil-related production activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.

Bill: 111-s-288
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the special rules for the accelerated depreciation of business property used on Indian reservations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties.

Bill: 111-s-289
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the suspension of the taxable income limitation on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal a requirement with respect to the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels.

Bill: 111-s-290
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Motor fuels
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to repeal provisions prohibiting any federal agency from entering into a contract for procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel for any mobility-related use, other than for research or testing, unless the contract specifies that the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and combustion of the fuel must be less than or equal to such emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Safe Closure Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-291
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Government studies and investigations
Latin America
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Safe Closure Act of 2009 - Directs the President to notify the congressional defense and appropriations committees at least 90 days before taking any action associated with the closure of the Department of Defense (DOD) detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the transfer of any persons detained there to a new detention facility in the United States.

Requires the notification to include a: (1) study addressing the legal ramifications and the security, infrastructure, and other support requirements associated with such closure and transfer of persons detained; and (2) plan for the relocation of the persons detained.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-292
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Public contracts and procurement
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Repeals provisions of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 requiring federal, state, and local governmental entities to withhold 3% of payments due to vendors providing goods and services to such entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S721-722)
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for a 5-year carryback of certain net operating losses and to suspend the 90 percent alternative minimum tax limit on certain net operating losses.

Bill: 111-s-293
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Income tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a five-year carryback of net operating losses for taxable years beginning or ending during 2007, 2008, or 2009; and (2) suspend the 90% alternative minimum tax limitation on carrybacks and carryovers of net operating losses in such years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S722-723)
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the special allowance for property acquired during 2009 and to temporarily increase the limitation for expensing certain business assets.

Bill: 111-s-294
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend for one year the additional 50% depreciation allowance (bonus depreciation) for business property placed in service in 2009; (2) qualify motion picture film or video tape for bonus depreciation; and (3) extend through 2009 the increased ($250,000) expensing allowance for certain depreciable business assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S723)
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Quality and Payment Reform Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-295
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: 
Medicare Quality and Payment Reform Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) review annually high volume readmission rates and resource use; (2) establish benchmarks for measuring them; and (3) make payment adjustments for subsection (d) hospitals that fail to meet such benchmarks.
 
(Generally, a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program to provide episodic payments to hospitals and other organizing entities for items and services associated with hospitalization episodes of Medicare beneficiaries with respect to one or more conditions that have a high volume, high readmission rate, or high rate of post-acute care under the Medicare program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S724-726)
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S723-724)
action_date: 2009-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Tax Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-296
Sponsor: Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Department of the Treasury
Employment taxes
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign and international corporations
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Gambling
Games and hobbies
General taxation matters
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Intergovernmental relations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sales and excise taxes
Small business
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification
Taxation of foreign income
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Fair Tax Act of 2009 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2009.

 
 
 
Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services. Sets the sales tax rate at 23% in 2011, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. Allows exemptions from the tax for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes, and for state government functions. 
Sets forth rules relating to: (1) the collection and remittance of the sales tax; and (2) credits and refunds. Allows a monthly sales tax rebate for families meeting certain size and income requirements.
Grants states the primary authority for the collection of sales tax revenues and the remittance of such revenues to the Treasury. Sets forth administrative provisions relating to: (1) the filing of monthly reports and payments of tax; (2) accounting methods; (3) registration of sellers of goods and services responsible for reporting sales; (4) penalties for noncompliance; and (5) collections, appeals, and taxpayer rights. 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to allocate sales tax revenues among: (1) the general revenue; (2) the old-age and survivors insurance trust fund; (3) the disability insurance trust fund; (4) the hospital insurance trust fund; and (5) the federal supplementary medical insurance trust fund. 
 Prohibits the funding of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after FY2013. Establishes in the Department of the Treasury: (1) an Excise Tax Bureau to administer excise taxes not administered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); and (2) a Sales Tax Bureau to administer the national sales tax. 
Terminates the sales tax imposed by this Act if the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (authorizing an income tax) is not repealed within seven years after the enactment of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Charter and Recreational Fishing Collective Marketing Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-297
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2009-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: 
Charter and Recreational Fishing Collective Marketing Act of 2009 - Authorizes persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boat or recreational fishermen catching aquatic products to act together in associations in collectively catching, producing, and marketing such aquatic products, including implementing a vessel capacity reduction program, improving the operational and economic efficiency of a fishery, undertaking research, and improving the conservation and management of a fishery resource.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2009-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate