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Wild Monongahela Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia's Special Places

Bill: 111-hr-1109
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
West Virginia
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Wild Monongahela Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia's Special Places - Designates specified federal lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, as wilderness and as either a new component, or as an addition to an existing component, of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 

Modifies the boundary of the Laurel Fork South Wilderness designated by P.L. 97- 466 (relating to the designation of certain lands in the Monongahela National Forest as wilderness) to exclude two specified parcels of land. 

States that the boundary of the Monongahela National Forest is confirmed to include specified tracts of land. 

Requires the development of a plan to provide for enhanced nonmotorized recreation trail opportunities on lands not designated as wilderness within the Monongahela National Forest.

Provides for the consideration of conversion of forest roads within Monongahela National Forest to nonmotorized uses to enhance recreational opportunities within the Forest. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
Wildfire Risk Reduction and Renewable Biomass Utilization Act

Bill: 111-hr-1111
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Wildfire Risk Reduction and Renewable Biomass Utilization Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the definition of &quot;renewable biomass&quot; to include biomass removed from certain federal lands in connection with an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
E-85 Investment Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1112
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
E-85 Investment Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property by: (1) increasing to 75% the rate of such credit for property using 85% ethanol fuel; (2) reducing the maximum dollar amount of such credit in 2013 and 2014 for ethanol-related refueling property; and (3) extending such credit through 2016 for ethanol-related refueling property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 15-year recovery period for property used in the transmission or distribution of electricity for sale.

Bill: 111-hr-1113
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax deductions
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 15-year recovery period for the depreciation of: (1) certain property used in the transmission or distribution of electricity for sale and which is originally placed in service after enactment of this Act; and (2) initial clearing and grading land improvements with respect to any electric utility transmission and distribution plant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a process for determining whether a geographic area is sufficiently served by the national cemeteries located in that geographic area.

Bill: 111-hr-1114
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cemeteries and funerals
Department of Veterans Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a process for determining whether a geographic area is sufficiently served by the national cemeteries located in that area, taking into account, among other things: (1) the number of veterans living in the area; and (2) the average distance a resident of the area must travel to reach the nearest national cemetery.
 
Requires the Secretary, in case of an area with insufficient land to establish a cemetery, to consider alternatives such as establishing a mausoleum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
Restoring the West's Fair Share Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1115
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Energy revenues and royalties
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Restoring the West's Fair Share Act of 2009 - Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 to repeal the requirement for a deduction of 2% from the amount payable to a state in FY2008 under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, and under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, before disbursing a payment to that state and for the deposit of the amount deducted to miscellaneous receipts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
Honest FHA Originator Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1116
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Honest FHA Originator Act of 2009 - Amends the National Housing Act to remove the Director of the Enforcement Center from the Mortgagee Review Board of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
 
Declares that any person or entity that is not approved by the HUD Secretary is prohibited from serving as a mortgagee and from participating in the origination of an FHA-insured loan.
 
Sets forth mortgagee eligibility criteria.
 
Directs the Secretary to require each mortgagee approved for participation in the FHA mortgage insurance programs to: (1) use the business name of the mortgagee that is registered with the Secretary in all advertisements and promotional materials relating to the business of such mortgagee in the mortgage insurance programs; and (2) maintain copies of such advertisements and promotional materials.
 
Requires an approved mortgagee to submit immediate written notification of the following actions: (1) the debarment, suspension of a Limited Denial of Participation (LDP), or application of other sanctions, fines, or penalties applied to the mortgagee or to any officer, partner, director, principal, manager, supervisor, loan processor, loan underwriter, or loan originator of the mortgagee pursuant to applicable state or federal law; or (2) the revocation of a state-issued mortgage loan originator license or any other similar declaration of ineligibility pursuant to state law.
 
Instructs the Secretary to expand the review of FHA mortgagee applicants and newly approved mortgagees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
Medically Fragile Children's Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1117
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Comprehensive health care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Medically Fragile Children's Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish a program of all-inclusive care for medically fragile children as a Medicaid state plan option. 
 
Makes a child eligible if he or she is: (1) medically fragile based on health status and related indicators or is diagnosed as having one or more chronic conditions; (2) requires daily monitoring of a significant medical condition necessitating overall care planning in order to achieve or maintain optimum health and developmental status, and achieve community integration to the maximum extent possible; and (3) requires both medical assistance and at least two additional services furnished under an all-inclusive program as a result of functional deficits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Choices for Seniors Act

Bill: 111-hr-1118
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Health Care Choices for Seniors Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivor's and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a procedure under which an individual otherwise entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of SSA title XVIII (Medicare) may waive such entitlement and be automatically enrolled in the Medicare Alternative Voucher Program (MAV Program).
 
Directs the Secretary to establish the MAV Program, under which a voucher may be used as a contribution into a health savings account and for the payment of enrollment premiums under a high deductible health plan.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the itemized deduction for health savings accounts by the amount of the MAV that is contributed to an individual's health savings account.
 
Suspends Medicare late enrollment penalties for an individual between ages 65 and 70. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-23
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: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the application of the homebuyer credit, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-1119
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax credit for first-time homebuyers by: (1) eliminating the first-time homebuyer requirement (thus making such credit available to all homebuyers); (2) eliminating the repayment requirement for such credit except for resales of a principal residence, or failure to occupy such residence, at any time within 36 months of purchase; (3) exempting from the repayment requirement members of the Armed Forces who are ordered to relocate; (4) modifying the maximum amount of such credit and the adjusted gross income thresholds for reductions in the credit amount; and (5) allowing taxpayers to transfer their anticipated credit amount to another individual for specified purposes, including making a downpayment on a portion of a purchase price of a principal residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
Central Texas Water Recycling Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1120
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Texas
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Central Texas Water Recycling Act of 2009 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the city of Waco and other participating communities in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities to reclaim and reuse water in McLennan County, Texas. Limits the federal share of project costs to 25% of the total. Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for project operation and maintenance. Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act 10 years after its enactment.

action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Central Texas Water Recycling Act of 2009 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the city of Waco and other participating communities in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities to reclaim and reuse water in McLennan County, Texas. Limits the federal share of project costs to 25% of the total. Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for project operation and maintenance. Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act 10 years after its enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-04-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6019)
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6019)
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1120.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6019-6020)
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Mrs. Christensen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
Hopi School Replacement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1122
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
 Hopi School Replacement Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to plan, design, and construct a new school at Third Mesa, Arizona, on the Hopi Indian Reservation, to replace the Hopi Day School and the Hotevilla Bacavi Community School, within three years after funds are made available for such purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
Produce the Note Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1123
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Produce the Note Act of 2009 - Prohibits commencement of any foreclosure in connection with certain residential mortgages unless the person commencing the foreclosure complies with specified prerequisites, including identification of the actual holder of the mortgage note, the originating mortgage lender and all subsequent assignees, and other all parties who have an interest in the real estate subject to the mortgage or in the mortgage or its proceeds.
 
Requires the person commencing the foreclosure to: (1) notify the mortgagor, in writing, not less than five days before any action is taken to commence foreclosure; and (2) certify to the court, in the case of a judicial foreclosure, or to the office of the state to which notice is required under state law, that such notice has been provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
Honoring Female Congressional Pioneers Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1124
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Congressional tributes
Members of Congress
Postal service
U.S. Capitol
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
Honoring Female Congressional Pioneers Act of 2009 - Directs the Postal Service to provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient means to contribute towards the acquisition (for public display) of works of art honoring Jeanette Rankin, Mary Teresa Norton, Patsy Mink, Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, and other female pioneers in government service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to House Administration
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
Long-Term Care Quality Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1125
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Nursing
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
 Long Term Care Quality Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities to separately report expenditures for wages and benefits for nursing staff (by staff level, breaking out (at a minimum) registered nurses, licensed professional nurses, and certified nurse assistants).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-23
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: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1126
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Income tax deductions
Literature
Music
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: 
 
Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who create literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions or similar property a fair market value (determined at the time of contribution) tax deduction for contributions of such properties, the copyrights thereon, or both, to certain tax-exempt organizations, if such properties are properly appraised and are donated no sooner than 18 months after their creation. Limits the amount of such deduction based upon the donor's artistic adjusted gross income, as defined by this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-23
text: Introduced in House