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Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1745
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2009-10-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: 
Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to repeal and replace provisions prohibiting reprisals against employees of government contractors for disclosing to a federal official information relating to a substantial violation of law related to a public contract.
 
Prohibits an employee of any non-federal employer receiving covered funds (i.e., a contract, grant, or other payment any portion of of which is provided by the federal government) from being discriminated against as a reprisal for initiating or participating in any proceeding related to the misuse of federal funds, reasonably opposing the misuse of federal funds, or disclosing to specified federal agencies or officials information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of: (1) gross mismanagement of an agency contract or grant relating to covered funds; (2) a gross waste of covered funds; (3) a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or an abuse of authority, related to the implementation or use of covered funds; or (4) a violation of a law, rule, or regulation related to an agency contract, subcontract, or grant relating to covered funds. 
 

 
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) time limitations for agency inspector general determinations regarding whether to conduct or continue an investigation of a reprisal complaint; (2) the right of a complainant to pursue a civil remedy if an inspector general decides not to conduct or continue an investigation or an agency denies relief or fails to act with specified periods; (3) a complainant's access to the inspector general's investigative file; (4) the standard of proof for a reprisal; (5) agency actions to deny relief or to remedy a reprisal, including by requiring a compliance program to ensure that an employer commits no further retaliation or by requiring the employee to be paid ten times the amount of lost wages and other compensatory damages where the reprisal is found to have been willful, wanton, or malicious; and (6) non-enforceability of certain provisions waiving rights and remedies or requiring arbitration of disputes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt small pharmacies from certain Medicare accreditation requirements for the purpose of providing diabetic testing strips under part B.

Bill: 111-s-1746
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2009-10-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Retail and wholesale trades
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt small pharmacies from certain Medicare accreditation requirements for the purpose of providing diabetic testing strips under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Javier Lopez-Urenda and Maria Leticia Arenas.

Bill: 111-s-1747
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-10-01 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Provides for the relief of Javier Lopez-Urenda and Maria Leticia Arenas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10064)
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10063-10064, S10064-10067)
action_date: 2009-10-01
text: Introduced in Senate
George C. Marshall National Historic Site Study Act

Bill: 111-s-1750
Sponsor: Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2009-10-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military personnel and dependents
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-05
text: 
George C. Marshall National Historic Site Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Dodona Manor and gardens in Leesburg, Virginia, the home of George C. Marshall during the most important period of his career. Requires the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the national significance of the study area and the surrounding area; (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as an affiliated area of the National Park System; and (3) consider other alternatives for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the study area. 

action_date: 2010-09-27
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
George C. Marshall National Historic Site Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Dodona Manor and gardens in Leesburg, Virginia, the home of George C. Marshall during the most important period of his career. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the national significance of the study area and the surrounding area; (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as an affiliated area of the National Park System; and (3) consider other alternatives for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the study area.
 
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the results of the study.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
action_date: 2010-09-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 111-311.
action_date: 2010-09-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 111-311.
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2010-05-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-645.
action_date: 2009-10-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Taxpayers From ACORN Act

Bill: 111-s-1751
Sponsor: Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Introduced: 2009-10-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Community life and organization
Public contracts and procurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-05
text: 
Protect Taxpayers From ACORN Act - Prohibits the federal government from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing directly or indirectly any other federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), an ACORN-related affiliate, or any organization which has a pending indictment for or has been convicted of a violation under federal or state law governing the financing of a campaign for an election for public office or the administration of such an election, including voter registration.
 
Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to carry out provisions of this Act relating to contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 173.
action_date: 2009-10-05
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2009-10-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease.

Bill: 111-s-1752
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2009-10-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Disability assistance
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Neurological disorders
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-05
text: 
Adds Parkinson's disease (manifested to a degree of disability of 10% or more) to the list of diseases presumed to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service in Vietnam (and therefore compensable under veterans' disability compensation), notwithstanding that there is no evidence of the disease during the period of service, provided a veteran served between specified dates and was exposed to a herbicide used in military operations during that period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-264.
action_date: 2009-10-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1753
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2009-10-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-05
text: 
Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2009 - Increases the amount of assistance authorized to be provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for permanent and total service-disabled veterans who are temporarily residing in housing owned by a family member from: (1) $14,000 to $28,000, in the case of the acquisition of housing with special features; and (2) $2,000 to $5,000, in the case of adaptations to a current residence. Directs the Secretary to adjust such amounts annually based on the residential home cost-of-construction index.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-21
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-264.
action_date: 2009-10-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-10-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Home Office Deduction Simplification Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1754
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Home Office Deduction Simplification Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code allow a taxpayer who uses a residence to conduct a trade or business a standard tax deduction equal to the lesser of $1,500 or the taxpayer's gross trade or business income derived from the business use of such residence. Allows an annual inflation adjustment to the standard deduction amount after 2009. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

Bill: 111-s-1756
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination
Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 

 

 

 
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to declare that a plaintiff establishes an unlawful employment practice if the plaintiff demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) an impermissible factor or authority was a motivating factor for the practice complained of, even if other factors also motivated that practice; or (2) the practice complained of would not have occurred in the absence of an impermissible factor. Specifies the types of: (1) evidence that a plaintiff may utilize; and (2) relief and damages available to a successful plaintiff.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-05-06
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-1122.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act

Bill: 111-s-1758
Sponsor: Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2009-10-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Public utilities and utility rates
Utah
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: 
Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act - Declares that, in order to facilitate hydropower development on the Diamond Fork System (Utah), a certain amount of reimbursable costs allocated to project power in the Power Appendix of the October 2004 Supplement to the 1988 Bonneville Unit Definite Plan Report shall be considered final costs, as well as specified costs in excess of the total maximum repayment obligation, subject to the same terms and conditions.
 
States that: (1) this Act does not obligate the Western Area Power Administration to purchase or market any of the power produced by the Diamond Fork power plant; and (2) none of the costs associated with development of transmission facilities to transmit power from the Diamond Fork power plant shall be assigned to power for the purpose of Colorado River Storage Project ratemaking.
 
Prohibits any hydroelectric power generation or transmission facility on the Diamond Fork System from being financed or refinanced with any obligation: (1) whose interest enjoys federal tax-exempt status; or (2) which enjoys certain federal tax credits. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report to certain congressional committees if hydropower production on the Diamond Fork System has not commenced 24 months after enactment of this Act, stating the reasons such production has not commenced, and presenting a detailed timeline for future hydropower production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-339.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-10-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Asthma Act

Bill: 111-s-1760
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to award grants for pilot projects to prevent and control asthma symptoms and to reduce asthma attacks and improve self-management for individuals and families. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of NIH, in awarding grants, to give: (1) priority to entities that serve populations disproportionately impacted by asthma; and (2) consideration to an adequate national understanding of asthma prevalence. 
 
Authorizes additional appropriations for FY2010-FY2014 to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop a National Asthma Action Plan and to fund a report to Congress by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program on federal asthma activities.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) collaborate with state and local health departments to conduct activities to inform and educate the public regarding asthma; (2) conduct asthma surveillance activities to collect data on the prevalence and severity of asthma, the effectiveness of public heath asthma intervention, and the quality of asthma management; and (3) compile and annually publish data on childhood and adult asthma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide an extension of the low-income housing credit placed-in-service date requirement for certain disaster areas.

Bill: 111-s-1761
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Florida
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Louisiana
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mississippi
Natural disasters
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011 the period for placing in service buildings located in a disaster area that are eligible for allocations of low-income housing tax credit amounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Trisomy 21 Translational Research Parity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1762
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2009-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Genetics
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Hereditary and development disorders
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: 
Trisomy 21 Translational Research Parity Act of 2009 or the 21 Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): (1) in coordination with the directors of specified national research institutes, to expand and intensify NIH programs with respect to translational research and related activities concerning Down syndrome; and (2) allocate specified funds among such institutes.
 
Requires the Director to award grants and contracts for, and provide for the establishment of, at least six centers of excellence regarding such translational research to: (1) contribute to a comprehensive research portfolio for Down syndrome, provide an optimal venue and infrastructure for patient-oriented research, and conduct basic, clinical, and translational research on Down syndrome; (2) carry out a program to make individuals aware of opportunities to participate as subjects in research conducted by the centers; and (3) establish or expand training programs for medical and allied health clinicians and scientists in research relevant to Down syndrome.
 
Requires the Director, in coordination of the National Down Syndrome Patient Registry and Biobank (Biobank), to provide for a program under which samples of tissues and genetic materials that are of use in research on Down syndrome are made available.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) establish the Down Syndrome Coordinating Committee to coordinate federal health programs relating to Down syndrome; (2) award grants and cooperative agreements for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on, and for epidemiological activities regarding, Down syndrome; (3) establish the Biobank and an advisory committee; and (4) enter into cooperative agreements to develop, implement, and manage Down Syndrome Centers of Excellence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act

Bill: 111-s-1763
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Protecting Americans from Drug Marketing Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a business expense tax deduction for expenses relating to advertising or promoting the sale and use of prescription pharmaceuticals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10320)
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Prevention of Unreasonable Fees Act

Bill: 111-s-1764
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Marine and inland water transportation
Railroads
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Prevention of Unreasonable Fees Act - Prohibits an operator of a transportation terminal that uses federal funds for terminal construction, or for the purchase or lease of equipment installed there, from charging a fee to a provider of prearranged ground transportation service that meets state vehicle and intrastate passenger licensing requirements, except fees charged to the public to access the terminal or for use of ancillary facilities located there.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) prohibit or restrict a transportation terminal operator from requiring vehicles that cannot safely use public parking facilities to use segregated facilities provided the fee for segregated facilities is no more than that charged to the public for similar facilities; or (2) restrict the right of a state or its political subdivisions to require a license or fee (other than a prohibited transportation terminal fee) for a motor vehicle providing certain other prearranged ground transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Hate Crimes Against the Homeless Statistics Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1765
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2009-10-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Hate crimes
Homelessness and emergency shelter

Summary:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: 
Hate Crimes Against the Homeless Statistics Act of 2009 - Amends the Hate Crime Statistics Act to include crimes against the homeless in the crime data collected by the Attorney General under such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10320-10321)
action_date: 2009-10-08
text: Introduced in Senate