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Medical Waste Management Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2552
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Canada
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health technology, devices, supplies
International organizations and cooperation
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Medical Waste Management Act of 2009- Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) revise the definition of &quot;medical waste&quot;; (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations listing types of medical waste; and (3) require the Administrator to conduct a medical waste management program to protect human health and the environment from medical waste and promulgate regulations on tracking, labeling, packaging, storing, handling, monitoring, and disposing of medical waste.
 
Requires generators of medical waste (including tattoo and body art establishments) to: (1) provide waste transporters with written assurance that the generator has complied with labeling, packaging, and storage requirements and a manifest form for transporting such waste; (2) register with the Administrator; and (3) provide the Administrator with the names of all waste transporters. Requires transporters to: (1) not accept medical waste from a generator without receiving such assurance; (2) register with the Administrator; and (3) disclose to the Administrator the number and type of vehicles used to transport medical waste and the equipment and methods used to ensure segregation and handling of such waste. Requires owners or operators of storage and disposal facilities to: (1) provide notice of the disposal of medical waste to the generator; and (2) register with the Administrator. 
 
Sets forth provisions concerning inspections, public records, and enforcement under this Act.
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish a program to educate the public about, and increase access to, acceptable methods for disposal of used syringes; (2) study and report to Congress on medical waste generated and its management and disposal; and (3) consult with the International Joint Commission on tracking medical waste entering the United States from Canada.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Atomic Veterans Service Medal Act

Bill: 111-hr-2553
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Atomic Veterans Service Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to: (1) design and produce a military service medal, to be known as the Atomic Veterans Service Medal, to honor retired and former members of the Armed Forces who participated in a radiation-risk activity while serving on active duty; and (2) issue the Medal to such veterans or their next-of-kin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Preserving DC Student Scholarships Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2556
Sponsor: Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: District of Columbia
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Preserving DC Student Scholarships Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants for up to five years to eligible entities to provide eligible students with opportunity scholarships to attend the District of Columbia private elementary school or secondary school of their choice beginning in school year 2010-2011.
 
Defines: (1) &quot;eligible entity&quot; as an educational entity of the District of Columbia government, a nonprofit organization, or a consortium of nonprofit organizations; and (2) &quot;eligible student&quot; as a student who is a District resident, comes from a household whose income does not exceed 300% of the poverty line, and was enrolled in a District Public School (such as a charter school) in the previous school year, or is eligible to enter kindergarten or first grade.
 
Repeals the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 beginning with school year 2010-2011.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Portland, Oregon, as the "Barry L. Bell Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

Bill: 111-hr-2557
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Oregon
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in Portland, Oregon, as the &quot;Barry L. Bell Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
State Child Well-Being Research Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2558
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
State Child Well-Being Research Act of 2009 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to rename the National Survey of Children's Health conducted by the Director of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration as the Survey of Children's Health and Well-Being. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) modify the survey so that it may be used to better assess child well-being; and (2) establish an advisory panel to make recommendations regarding the additional matters to be addressed by the survey as well as the methods, dissemination strategies, and statistical tools necessary to conduct it as a whole. 
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the adequacy of the methods of collecting and reporting data on deaths of children in the child welfare system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Help Our Homeless Veterans Act

Bill: 111-hr-2559
Sponsor: Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Help Our Homeless Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a national media campaign targeted at veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, with special emphasis on such veterans who are women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Independence at Home Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2560
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Independence at Home Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize voluntary Independence at Home chronic care coordination pilot programs for high-cost Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions under the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1236)
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Help Student Soldiers Act

Bill: 111-hr-2561
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Help Student Soldiers Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to waive the application of the requirement that students return title IV funds which were unearned due to their withdrawal from school to students whose withdrawal is necessitated by service in the Armed Forces.
 
Provides loan forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan, Direct Loan, and Perkins Loan programs to students for that portion of loan assistance which is unearned due to their withdrawal from school for service in the Armed Forces and which is not returned to such programs by their schools. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Service Members Home Ownership Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2562
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Service Members Home Ownership Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until December 1, 2010, the first-time homebuyer tax credit for members of the Armed Forces serving outside the United States for a period in 2009 before December 1, 2009, of not less than 90 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2563
Sponsor: Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Interest, dividends, interest rates
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
 Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require a creditor to make specified disclosures when making a payday loan to a consumer.
 
Prohibits a creditor from making a payday loan to any consumer unless: (1) specified notices are posted conspicuously in the creditor's public lending area, or, if the loan is made using the Internet, fax or other means, posted conspicuously on the creditor's public internet site relating to any such payday loan; and (2) the creditor offers the consumer an extended repayment plan that meets specified requirements.
 
Sets forth prohibited lender practices, including: (1) requiring a consumer to pay interest and fees that, combined, total more than 20 cents for every dollar loaned in connection with a payday loan; (2) threatening or seeking to have the consumer prosecuted criminally to collect the loan; and (3) taking or attempting to take an interest in any of the consumer's personal property to secure the loan.
 
Authorizes a consumer to cancel future payment obligations on a payday loan, without cost or finance charges, by: (1) informing the creditor in writing within two days after executing the loan agreement that the consumer wants to rescind the loan; and (2) returning to the creditor the cash amount of the loan principal.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Paid Vacation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2564
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee leave
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Industrial policy and productivity

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Paid Vacation Act of 2009 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to require: (1) upon enactment of this Act, each employer who employs 100 or more employees to provide each employee one week of paid vacation during each 12-month period; and (2) beginning three years after enactment of this Act, each employer who employs 50 or more employees to provide each employee one week of paid vacation during each 12-month period, and each employer that employs 100 or more employees to provide each employee two weeks paid vacation during each 12-month period, beginning on the employee's first anniversary of employment.
 
Requires an employee to provide the employer not less than 30 days' prior notice of his or her intent to take paid vacation, including the date the paid vacation will begin.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to conduct: (1) a public awareness campaign, through the Internet and other media, to inform the public of the entitlement to paid leave under the Act; and (2) a study on workplace productivity and the effect of paid leave on such productivity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act

Bill: 111-hr-2565
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Fishes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
National Fish Habitat Conservation Act - Establishes a National Fish Habitat Board to: (1) promote, oversee, and coordinate the implementation of this Act and the existing National Fish Habitat Action Plan; (2) establish aquatic habitat conservation goals and priorities; and (3) review and recommend fish habitat conservation projects.
 
Authorizes the Board to designate Fish Habitat Partnerships to: (1) coordinate Plan implementation at a regional level; (2) identify strategic priorities; (3) recommend habitat projects; and (4) develop and carry out fish habitat conservation projects. Establishes Partnership approval criteria, including that a Partnership: (1) include representatives of a diverse group of public and private partners focused on conservation of aquatic habitats to achieve results across jurisdictional boundaries and public and private land; and (2) is able to address issues and priorities on a nationally significant scale.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to fund, from amounts appropriated under this Act, up to 50% of the cost of approved fish habitat conservation projects on nonfederal and 100% of projects on federal land or water.
 
Requires the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to: (1) establish the National Fish Habitat Conservation Partnership Office within the Service; and (2) develop the Office's interagency operational plan. 
 
Requires the Director, the Assistant Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to provide technical and scientific assistance to the Partnerships, the project participants, and the Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2566
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Prescription drugs
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a hospital or ambulatory surgical center to: (1) report data to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the frequency of performing certain services and administering certain drugs and the charge by the hospital or center for such services or drugs; and (2) prominently post such information at each admission site. Requires the Secretary to: (1) publicly post such information in a manner that promotes charge comparisons among hospitals and centers; and (2) select which services or drugs are to be reported based on how frequently each service is performed or each drug is administered.
 
Allows the Secretary to impose a civil monetary penalty for violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Latin America Military Training Review Act

Bill: 111-hr-2567
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Educational facilities and institutions
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Human rights
Latin America
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Latin America Military Training Review Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to suspend operation of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (Institute). Suspends the authority of the Secretary of Defense to operate such an education and training facility until submission of a report containing the results of an investigation in response to violations of human rights to which training at such Institute contributed. 
 
Establishes: (1) a joint congressional task force to assess appropriate education and training for DOD to provide to military personnel of Latin American nations; and (2) a commission to investigate activities of the United States Army School of the Americas and its successor institution, the Institute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2568
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Buy American requirements
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Small Business Administration
Small business
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to exclude as a small business, for purposes of meeting federal agency contracting goals with small businesses, any small business (or subsidiary thereof) that is publicly traded, or any business (or subsidiary thereof) with more than 50% non-U.S. citizen ownership. Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to notify the head of each federal department or agency regarding this Act and its amendments, and the department or agency head to then notify its contractors.
 
Directs the Administrator to: (1) publish a report regarding federal prime contracts awarded to businesses identified as small businesses for purposes of achieving small business contracting goals; and (2) establish procedures to ensure that the Central Contractor Registration database provides an adequate warning regarding criminal penalties for misrepresenting the status of a small business or person in order to obtain federal contracts.
 
Provides for enforcement of complaints about the classification of a business for such purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology .
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to House Small Business
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
WAGES Act

Bill: 111-hr-2570
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2009-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: 
Working for Adequate Gains for Employment in Services Act or WAGES Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees of at least: (1) $3.75 an hour beginning 90 days after the enactment of this Act; (2) $5.00 an hour beginning July 1, 2011; and (3) beginning on July 1, 2012, and adjusted as necessary thereafter, 70% of the wage in effect under FLSA but in no case less than $5.50 an hour.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-05-21
text: Introduced in House