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Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-824
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee leave
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to cover employees at worksites that employ fewer than 50 employees, but not fewer than 25 employees. Continues to exempt from FMLA coverage employees at worksites that employ fewer than 25 employees (currently 50), if the total number of employees employed by that employer within 75 miles of that worksite is fewer than 25 (currently 50).
 
Allows an employee covered by FMLA to take up to 4 hours during any 30-day period, and up to 24 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend activities that are sponsored by a school or community organization; and (2) relate to a program of the school or organization that is attended by the employee's child or grandchild.
 
Permits the use of such parental involvement leave to meet routine family medical care needs, including: (1) such employee's medical and dental appointments, or their spouse, child, or grandchild; and (2) the care needs of their related elderly individuals, including visits to nursing homes and group homes.
 
Allows an employee to elect, or an employer to require, substitution of any of the paid or family leave or paid medical or sick leave of the employee for any leave provided under this Act.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall require an employer to provide paid sick leave or paid medical leave in situations where such employer would not normally provide any such paid leave.
 
Imposes on the employee requesting leave certain notification requirements. Allows an employer to require certification supporting such requests.
 
Applies the parental involvement and family wellness leave allowance to federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E187)
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Rural Education Equality and Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-825
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Rural Education Equality and Improvement Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Education to extend to all rural local educational agencies (LEAs) the same level of increased flexibility that the Secretary extends to any category of rural LEAs regarding their compliance with requirements under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Cluster-Based Economy Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-826
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Cluster-Based Economy Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to a state or local government, an institution of higher education, or a nonprofit economic development organization to: (1) assess the potential for the development or enhancement of business clusters (geographic concentrations of business entities that are in competing, complementary, or interdependent firms and industries, that do business with one another, and that have common needs for talent, technology, and infrastructure); (2) establish cluster development programs in regions determined by the Secretary to qualify for a grant or which have been designated by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 as areas in which regional development commissions have been established; and (3) promote cluster development programs in such regions and support the staff who operate such programs.
 
Limits: (1) the federal share of the cost of projects carried out using funds authorized by this Act to 50%; and (2) the portion of the non-federal share of project costs that may be provided through in-kind contributions to 50%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E181-182)
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Community Safety Initiative Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-827
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Community life and organization
Crime prevention
Economic development
Housing and community development funding
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Community Safety Initiative Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs to make grants in FY2010-FY2015 to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation to carry out its Community Safety Initiative (a program of partnerships between police and community development corporations in troubled neighborhoods to address issues of persistent crime, disorder, and fear).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
FERS Redeposit Act

Bill: 111-hr-828
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
FERS Redeposit Act - Allows each individual who has returned to government service and who has received a refund of retirement contributions under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) or any other retirement system established for federal employees covering service for which such individual may be allowed credit under FERS to deposit the amount that was so received, with interest, to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Allows deposits in one or more installments. 
 
Disallows the recapture of credit for service covered by the refund until such a deposit is made.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E185)
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to facilities in North Carolina or to house such individuals at such facilities.

Bill: 111-hr-829
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Military facilities and property
North Carolina
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any individual detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any military installation or federal detention center in North Carolina; or (2) house any such individual at a North Carolina installation or detention center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-830
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act of 2009 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to eliminate congressional review of newly-passed District laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E236)
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Rules
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E192-193)
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the legal requirements and policies followed by the Department of Transportation in deciding whether to approve international alliances between air carriers and foreign air carriers and grant exemptions from the antitrust laws in connection with such international alliances, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-831
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Competition and antitrust
Foreign and international corporations
Government studies and investigations
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Directs the Comptroller General to study legal requirements and policies followed by the Department of Transportation in deciding whether to: (1) approve cooperative agreements between an air carrier and a foreign air carrier (international alliances) to provide foreign air transportation; and (2) exempt such alliances from the U.S. antitrust laws. 
 
Requires: (1) the Comptroller General to report to the Secretary and Congress study results, including any recommendations for authority or policy changes with respect to approving such alliances and granting such exemptions; and (2) the Secretary to issue a determination, after public comment, whether such changes will be adopted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E190-191)
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Superfund Polluter Pays Act

Bill: 111-hr-832
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pollution liability
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Superfund Polluter Pays Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code by reinstating until January 1, 2019, the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate and the corporate environmental income tax.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act

Bill: 111-hr-833
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Monetary policy

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act - Abolishes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and each federal reserve bank.

Repeals the Federal Reserve Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E192)
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Ramos and Compean Justice Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-834
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Ramos and Compean Justice Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to provide that provisions imposing additional terms of imprisonment for using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime shall not apply to a person if: (1) the offense occurred during or in relation to the performance of peron's duties as a peace officer; (2) the firearm is of the same type as the firearm authorized to be carried by the person in the performance of those duties; and (3) the crime during and in relation to which the offense occurred is a crime of violence.
 
Defines &quot;peace officer&quot; to mean an officer or employee of the federal government, or of a state or local government, who is authorized by law to carry a firearm in the lawful performance of his or her duties.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Dollar Bill Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-835
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Currency
Income tax deductions
Metals
Monetary policy

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Dollar Bill Act of 2009 - Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) to make and maintain the value of the U.S. dollar at a market value of 0.002 of a troy ounce of gold.
 
Instructs the Board, in regulating such value, to: (1) conduct open market operations against an explicit target for the price of gold on the exchange operated by the Commodities Exchange, Inc. (COMEX) of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc; and (2) use its banking and bank regulatory powers to maintain and promote stable, effective financial markets during and after the transition to such defined value.
 
Prohibits the Board from conducting open market operations indirectly, as in the current practice of targeting the Federal Funds rate.

Declares that, effective January 1, 2009, entities that depreciate capital assets for tax purposes shall be entitled to 100% expensing of all capital investment for tax purposes in the year that the investment is made.
 
Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to calculate the impact on federal revenues of the tax changes under this Act on a present value basis in the manner that such calculations are done by the Social Security Trustees, taking into account that: (1) first year expensing of capital investment accelerates, but does not change, the total amount of the depreciation that taxpayers take based upon their investments; and (2) capital investments by businesses have historically earned much higher returns than the interest rate on government bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Budget
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-836
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Food industry and services
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from $18 to $9 ( the pre-1991 level) the per-barrel tax on beer; and (2) allow a further reduction in such tax for brewers who produce not more than 2 million barrels annually.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the consideration of a petition for Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties and other Indian groups in North Carolina, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-839
Sponsor: Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of the Interior
Federal-Indian relations
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Provides for the consideration of a petition for federal recognition as an Indian tribe of a group or organization representing the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties of North Carolina, the Lumbee Regional Development Association, Inc., the Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians, the Hatteras Tuscarora Indians, the Cherokee Indians of Robeson and Adjoining Counties, the Cherokee Indians of Hoke County, Inc., or the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina.
 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that review of such petition should not unnecessarily delay review of petitions awaiting active consideration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Protect Consumers Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-841
Sponsor: Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2009-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Prescription drugs
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: 
Protect Consumers Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon a determination that it is necessary to implement a mandatory recall of any product regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to issue an order requiring the appropriate person to: (1) immediately cease distribution, manufacture, and sale of such product; (2) immediately provide notice to individuals subject to the risks associated with the use of such product; and (3) implement an immediate recall of such product.
 
Directs that the order shall provide for an informal hearing within ten days.
 
Treats the failure to obey such an order as a prohibited act under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
 
Requires the Secretary to study and implement new procedures for voluntary and mandatory recalls.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Introduced in House