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Save American Free Enterprise Act

Bill: 111-s-1642
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2009-08-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Financial crises and stabilization
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-08-06
text: 
Save American Free Enterprise Act or the SAFE Act - Lowers the statutory public debt limit by the aggregate amounts of $80.893 billion, plus revenues received from the sale of troubled assets purchased, or from the sale, exercise, or surrender of warrants or senior debt instruments acquired, under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) established by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, including interest and dividends attributable to those amounts after August 7, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-08-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Cleaner, Secure, and Affordable Thermal Energy Act

Bill: 111-s-1643
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2009-08-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Oil and gas
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-08-06
text: 
Cleaner, Secure, and Affordable Thermal Energy Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for residential energy property expenditures to convert a home heating system using oil fuel to a system using natural gas boilers and furnaces and biomass heating appliances; (2) allow bonus depreciation of property used to convert a home heating system; (3) allow the use of tax-exempt energy conservation bonds to finance conversions of fuel oil heating systems; and (4) extend through 2012 accelerated depreciation for natural gas distribution facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9075-9076)
action_date: 2009-08-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-08-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to require a Public Health Advisory Committee on Trade to be included in the trade advisory committee system, to require public health organizations to be included on the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations and other relevant sectoral or functional advisory committees, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-1644
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2009-08-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Trade agreements and negotiations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-08-06
text: 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the President to establish a Public Health Advisory Committee on Trade.
 
Requires the composition of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations to include representatives from nonprofit nongovernmental public health organizations or coalitions that promote the public health, increase access to affordable health-related services or products, or prevent and reduce major disease, illness, or a public health problem.
 
Requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, Defense, or other executive departments to seek written advisory opinions from the advisory committees established under such Act throughout the trade agreement negotiation process.
 
Requires such committees, each appropriate policy committee, and each appropriate sectoral or functional committee, before the President's notification to Congress of an intention to enter into a trade agreement, to report to the President, Congress, and the USTR on the effects of the trade agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-08-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1645
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA]
Introduced: 2009-08-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Food industry and services

Summary:
action_date: 2009-08-06
text: 
Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to base the minimum Class II milk price on the average production cost of producing all milk in the 48 contiguous states. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) announce the minimum price for Class II milk by November 1 of each year, with specified price adjustment dates; (2) use the Class II milk price as the basic formula price for all federal and state milk marketing orders and all unregulated milk production areas; and (3) estimate annual milk production and domestic consumption.
 
States that the price of Class I (fluid) milk price in all federal and state milk marketing orders and all unregulated milk production areas shall be equal to the basic formula price plus the applicable Class I differential under federal and state milk marketing orders.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, upon a determination of a positive dairy trade balance and excess production, to provide for a producer price reduction of not more than 5% of all milk produced in the 48 contiguous states and marketed by producers for commercial use.
 
Prohibits imposition of producer charges for the cost of hauling milk or the conversion of raw milk to manufactured products.
 
Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) milk inventory management; and (2) milk handler responsibilities.
 
States that in the case of a federal milk order, disapproval of an amendment to the order shall not be considered disapproval of the order or of other terms of the order.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-08-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep Americans Working Act

Bill: 111-s-1646
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2009-08-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-08-07
text: 
Keep Americans Working Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to keep Americans working by strengthening and expanding short-time compensation programs that provide employers with an alternative to layoffs.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) provide guidance to states in enacting short-term compensation programs; and (2) award start-up grants to state agencies in states that have enacted programs and meet certain requirements.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define &quot;short-time compensation program&quot; as one in which: (1) participation of an employer is voluntary; (2) an employer reduces the number of hours worked by employees through certifying that such reductions are in lieu of temporary layoffs; (3) an employee whose workweek that has been reduced by at least 10% is eligible for unemployment compensation; (4) an eligible employee may participate in an employer-sponsored job skills training program; and (5) an employer is required to certify that continuation of employee health and retirement benefits will not be affected by participation in the program.
 
Directs the Secretary to make payments to a state's unemployment compensation trust fund for the payment of unemployment compensation if the Secretary approves a state's application for certification to operate a short-time compensation program that requires the maintenance of health and retirement employee benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9080-9081)
action_date: 2009-08-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9080)
action_date: 2009-08-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Assistance for Unemployed Workers Extension Act

Bill: 111-s-1647
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2009-08-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Intergovernmental relations
Railroad Retirement Board
Railroads
State and local finance
Transportation employees
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-08-07
text: 
Assistance for Unemployed Workers Extension Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, as amended by the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 and the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through December 31, 2010.
 
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 1, 2011, federal-state agreements increasing regular unemployment compensation payments to individuals.
 
 Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, as amended by the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008, to require a further additional Tier-3 period for deposits to an individual's EUCA, using the current formula, if, at the time the amount added to such individual's account under the Act is exhausted or at any time thereafter, the individual's state is in an extended benefit period.
 
Prescribes a formula for determining if a state is in an extended benefit period.
 
Authorizes a state to pay extended compensation to an otherwise eligible individual before any further additional EUC, if such individual claimed extended compensation for at least one week of unemployment after the exhaustion of additional EUC.
 
Allows the Tier-3 period augmentation to be applied to the individual's EUCA only once.
 
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 1, 2011, the requirement that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC.
 
Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008, as amended by such Act, to extend through May 30, 2011, federal matching for the first week of extended EUC for states with no waiting week.
 
Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through December 31, 2010, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits for employees with 10 or more years of service and for those with less than 10. Makes additional appropriations to cover such cost.
 
Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to make additional appropriations to the Railroad Retirement Board to cover administrative expenses associated with such additional extended benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9082-9083)
action_date: 2009-08-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9081-9082)
action_date: 2009-08-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Election Administration Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1648
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2009-08-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Judicial review and appeals
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2009-08-07
text: 
Federal Election Administration Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to replace the Federal Election Commission with the Federal Election Administration (FEA) as an independent establishment to enforce federal campaign finance laws.
 
Requires enforcement proceedings for violations of campaign finance laws to be conducted before administrative law judges. Allows any final determination made by an administrative law judge to be appealed to the FEA for final agency action, subject to judicial review. Authorizes the FEA to impose civil penalties, issue cease-and-desist orders, and report apparent criminal violations to the appropriate law enforcement authorities. Allows the FEA to conduct audits and field examinations of campaign committees. Prescribes criminal penalties for violations.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to examine and report to Congress on the Attorney General's enforcement of the criminal provisions of federal campaign finance laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9083-9089)
action_date: 2009-08-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9083)
action_date: 2009-08-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1650
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2009-09-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: 
Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2009 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) provide states, school food authorities, local educational agencies, and local processing entities with model product specifications and practices for foods offered in the school lunch and breakfast programs so that such foods reflect the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans; (2) analyze, and report to Congress on, the quantity and quality of nutritional information available to school food authorities about food service products and commodities; and (3) purchase, to the maximum extent possible, the widest variety of healthful foods for the school lunch and breakfast programs that reflect the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.

Bill: 111-s-1651
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2009-09-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Michigan

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: 
 Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan. 
 
Requires the review of certain modifications and federal or federally assisted undertakings with respect to Whitefish Point. 

action_date: 2010-09-27
text: 
Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan. 
 
Requires the review of certain modifications and federal or federally assisted undertakings with respect to Whitefish Point. 
 
Makes the modification made to the patent effective upon being recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Chippewa County, Michigan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-09-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595.
action_date: 2010-09-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 111-309.
action_date: 2010-09-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 111-309.
action_date: 2010-07-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an 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: 2009-09-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9136)
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in Senate
IDEA Full Funding Act

Bill: 111-s-1652
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2009-09-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: 
IDEA Full Funding Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.
 
 Decreases the amount authorized and makes appropriations for FY2010-FY2011, authorizes and makes specified appropriations for FY2012-FY2015, and authorizes and makes appropriations pursuant to a formula for FY2016 and thereafter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9136-9137)
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Judgeship Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1653
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2009-09-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alabama
Arizona
California
Colorado
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Florida
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Judges
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York State
Oregon
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: 
Federal Judgeship Act of 2009 - Directs the President to appoint specified additional: (1) permanent circuit judges for the first, second, third, sixth, and ninth circuit courts of appeals and temporary circuit judges for the third, eighth, and ninth circuits; and (2) permanent district judges for various districts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington and temporary district judges for Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, and Virginia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9138-9139)
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9137-9138)
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Maria I. Benitez and Maria Guadalupe Lopez.

Bill: 111-s-1654
Sponsor: Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL]
Introduced: 2009-09-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Provides for the relief of Maria I. Benitez and Maria Guadalupe Lopez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-09-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-1655
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE]
Introduced: 2009-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Child health
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Family relationships
Health care coverage and access
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Preschool education
Public-private cooperation
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: 
Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to: (1) consortia composed of a local educational agency and one or more community-based, nonprofit, or other public or private entities to assist public elementary or secondary schools to function as full-service community schools; and (2) state collaboratives to support the development of full-service community school programs. 
 
Requires such schools to: (1) participate in community-based efforts to coordinate educational, developmental, family, health, and other comprehensive services through community-based organizations and public and private partnerships; and (2) provide access to such services to students, families, and the community.
 
Gives local grant priority to consortia that: (1) will serve at least two full-service community schools eligible for schoolwide programs under the Act, and more than one full-service community school as part of a community or districtwide strategy; (2) demonstrate a record of effectiveness in coordinating multiple qualified services; and (3) will be connected to a school and community partnership group that brings together key stakeholders across varied sectors to improve results for students and their families.
 
Establishes a Full-Service Community Schools Advisory Committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of S corporations for purposes of election of the alternative tax on qualifying shipping activities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-s-1656
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2009-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates
Marine and inland water transportation
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the tax treatment of the notional shipping income of S corporation shareholders by requiring the inclusion of such income for purposes of the alternative tax on qualifying shipping activities and by imposing a 15% surtax on certain differential amounts related to such income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the exception from the 10 percent penalty for early withdrawals from government plans for qualified public safety employees.

Bill: 111-s-1657
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2009-09-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement officers
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) modify the exemption from the 10% penalty for premature distributions from governmental employee benefit plans to qualified public safety employees to eliminate the restriction that such plans be defined benefit plans; and (2) exempt from tax penalties certain periodic payments made to qualified public safety employees before the enactment of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (i.e., August 17, 2006).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Introduced in Senate