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Save More for Your Own Retirement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4361
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Save More for Your Own Retirement Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate contribution limitations to tax-exempt retirement plans; and (2) increase from 10 to 25% the penalty for premature distributions from such plans that are attributable to contributions made after 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income remediation payments for hazardous drywall.

Bill: 111-hr-4362
Sponsor: Rep. Cao, Anh "Joseph" [R-LA-2]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Income tax exclusion
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income government payments to a taxpayer for the replacement of, or remediation relating to, hazardous or defective drywall installed in the taxpayer's principal residence after September 1, 2006, and prior to the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Citizen Participation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4364
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
First Amendment rights
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Citizen Participation Act of 2009 - Declares that Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs), filed against thousands of individuals, organizations, and businesses based upon their valid exercise of the rights to petition or free speech, are an abuse of the judicial process that waste judicial resources and clog the already over-burdened court dockets.
 
 Declares immune from civil liability any act of petitioning the government made without knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard of falsity. Requires a plaintiff (especially in a SLAPP) to prove knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard of falsity by clear and convincing evidence.
 
Provides that any act in futherance of the constitutional right of petition or free speech shall be entitled to the procedural protections provided in this Act.
 
Allows a party to file a special motion to dismiss any claim arising from an act or alleged act in furtherance of the constitutional right of petition or free speech within 45 days after service of the claim if the claim was filed in federal court or, if the claim was removed to federal court pursuant to this Act, within 15 days after removal.
 
Exempts from this Act: (1) certain procedural protections in any action brought solely on behalf of the public or solely to enforce an important right affecting the public interest; and (2) certain claims for relief involving commercial speech. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To limit the distribution of funds for campaign-related work under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to reduce the deficit, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-4365
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Financial crises and stabilization
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Makes any person or entity that received compensation for campaign-related work during the 2008 election cycle ineligible to receive, either directly or indirectly, any funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
 
Requires such person or entity to return the ARRA funds, with interest, to the Secretary of the Treasury to be deposited into the General Fund for deficit reduction only.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for qualified motor vehicle taxes for motor homes.

Bill: 111-hr-4366
Sponsor: Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Motor vehicles
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 the tax deduction for state and local sales or excise taxes imposed on the purchase of a motor home.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Equity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4367
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Public transit
Railroads
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Transportation Equity Act of 2009 - Addresses certain Federal Transit Administration (FTA) adjustments that require a &quot;medium&quot; for the cost-effectiveness rating used to evaluate fixed guideway projects for recommendation for Federal New Starts funding.
 
Prohibits such adjustments from applying to new fixed guideway capital projects evaluated for: (1) major capital investment grants of $75 million or more; or (2) capital investment grants of less than $75 million, where the total estimated net capital project cost is less than $250 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-4368
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Caribbean area
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Disability and health-based discrimination
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
HIV/AIDS
Health promotion and preventive care
Human rights
Human trafficking
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Multilateral development programs
North America
Performance measurement
Political movements and philosophies
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public participation and lobbying
Public-private cooperation
Racial and ethnic relations
Rule of law and government transparency
Specialized courts
Violent crime
Vocational and technical education
World health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2010 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and working with governments and civil society in the Americas (the countries of North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean), to provide assistance to reduce poverty, expand the middle class, and foster increased economic opportunity. 
 
Directs the Secretary of State to establish an advisory group to consider the feasibility of establishing a public-private Fund for Social and Economic Development in the Americas.
 
Authorizes appropriations for: (1) assistance to Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and Mexico; (2) debt and equity financing for a Microfinance Growth Fund for the Americas; (3) the Fund for Social and Economic Development in the Americas; and (4) USAID for labor and environmental capacity building activities relating to the implementation of trade promotion agreements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act

Bill: 111-hr-4369
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Canada
International law and treaties
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to recognize the United States-Canada Transboundary Resource Sharing Understanding (and other similar fishery management Understandings) as an international agreement under such Act. 
 
 
States that: (1) annual fishing level recommendations for fishery stocks under such Understandings may be exceeded as long as the fishing mortality level allows for progress toward rebuilding affected fish stocks; (2) the 10-year fishery rebuilding requirement shall not apply to such stocks; and (3) this Act shall apply to fishing years beginning after April 30, 2010.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4370
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health personnel
Law enforcement officers
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials Act of 2009 - Requires railroad carriers engaged in the transportation of hazardous materials (hazmats) to submit to the Secretary of Transportation, and update annually, a plan for providing at least 48 hours notification to requesting local emergency responders before transporting hazmats through their jurisdictions.
 
Directs the Secretary to require carriers to demonstrate periodically that the plan's procedures are adequate to give appropriate notice to such responders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2009-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services.

Bill: 111-hr-4371
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize continued use of 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with an independent entity to study and report to Congress on the practice expense methodology used to determine relative value units under this Act to determine whether the cost finding, indirect cost allocation, scaling, and budget neutrality methodologies used: (1) are consistent with generally accepted accounting principles; (2) distribute the burden of any necessary budget neutrality adjustments proportionally among all physicians' services; and (3) result in allowances that accurately reflect the relative direct and indirect resources involved in the provision of various physicians' services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-12-16
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: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Bridge Ice and Snow Prevention Pilot Program Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4372
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Technology assessment
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Bridge Ice and Snow Prevention Pilot Program Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a pilot program authorizing grants to up to five states to conduct projects to evaluate the effectiveness of technologies to prevent ice, snow, and other adverse weather effects associated with freezing temperatures on National Highway System bridges.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4373
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
 Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow as partial hospitalization services nutritional planning, meals, and transportation.
 
Directs the Secretary of Heatlh and Human Services (HHS) to convene a Behavioral Health Advisory Committee to address issues relating to: (1) discrimination against the chronically mentally ill, elderly, and U.S. veterans as it relates to receiving treatment for mental illness; and (2) the establishment of conditions of participation for community mental health centers that provide partial hospitalization services under the Medicare program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-12-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E3048-3049)
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-12-16
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: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Biomass Fairness Act

Bill: 111-hr-4374
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Renewable Biomass Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2018 the tax credit for production of electricity from closed and open-loop biomass facilities; (2) eliminate the reduction in the rate of such credit for electricity produced from open-loop biomass; (3) extend to 10 years the credit period for open-loop biomass facilities; and (4) amend the definition of &quot;cellulosic biofuel&quot; for purposes of the tax credit for alcohol used as fuel to exclude any fuel if more than 4% of such fuel is any combination of water and sediment or if the ash content of such fuel is more than 1%.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Glass-Steagall Restoration Act

Bill: 111-hr-4375
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
 Glass-Steagall Restoration Act - Amends the Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall Act) to prohibit a member bank from being affiliated with specified organizations engaged principally in the issue, flotation, underwriting, public sale, or distribution of stocks, bonds, debenture, notes, or other securities.
 
Prohibits the staff and personnel of corporations and partnerships (as well as any individual) primarily engaged in the issue, flotation, underwriting, public sale, or distribution, of stocks, bonds, or other similar securities from serving simultaneously as an officer, director, or employee of any member bank. Authorizes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to grant an exception in limited classes of cases when in the Board's judgment it would not unduly influence the investment policies of such member bank or the advice it gives its customers regarding investments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4376
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit. 
 
Defines: (1) &quot;gender identity&quot; as the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual with or without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth; (2) &quot;person&quot; as a natural person, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, estate, partnership, cooperative, or association; and (3) &quot;sexual orientation&quot; as homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-4377
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2009-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Financial services and investments
Securities
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: 
Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to prohibit an insured depository institution from being an affiliate of any broker or dealer, investment adviser, investment company, or any other person or entity engaged principally in the issue, flotation, underwriting, public sale, or distribution of stocks, bonds, debentures, notes, or other securities.
 
Prohibits officers, directors and employees of securities firms from simultaneous service on the boards of depository institutions, except in specified circumstances.
 
Requires any such individual serving as an officer, director, employee, or other institution-affiliated party of any insured depository institution to terminate such service as soon as practicable after enactment of this Act. Requires an insured depository institution to wind-down in an orderly manner and terminate any affiliation prohibited by this Act. 
 
Amends the Banking Act of 1933 to expand its prohibition against the transaction of banking activities by securities firms.
 
Declares that Congress ratifies the interpretation by the Supreme Court of specified statutory language in the case of 
Investment Company Institute v. Camp
 (
 ICI vs. Camp
) regarding permissible activities of banks and securities firms. 
 
Declares that the reasoning of the Court in that case shall continue to apply to the limitations placed upon security affiliations under the FDIA as enacted by this Act. Prohibits a federal banking agency or federal court from issuing an interpretation regarding such security affiliations that is narrower than that of Court in 
ICI vs. Camp
.
 
Makes technical and conforming changes to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Revised Statutes of the United States, and specified federal law.
 
Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, or another appropriate federal banking agency to report to Congress a detailed description of the basis for its decision each time it makes a determination or grants an extension concerning an affiliation between insured depository institutions and investment banks or securities firms.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-16
text: Introduced in House