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California Drought Alleviation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-856
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquaculture
California
Endangered and threatened species
Fishes
Natural disasters
Water storage
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
California Drought Alleviation Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior: (1) upon the declaration of a drought emergency by the governor of California, to determine if such an emergency exists for the service areas of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project; and (2) upon determining that such an emergency exists for all or portions of such areas, to temporarily exempt the operations of the Bureau of Reclamation C.W. &quot;Bill&quot; Jones Pumping Plant and the California Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant from the prohibitions under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 against taking endangered or threatened species or adversely modifying critical habitat until the drought emergency conditions are alleviated. Provides that the action of pumping water from these plants is not to be considered discretionary for purposes of such Act. 

Authorizes the Secretary to include in a determination that a drought emergency exists reasonable and prudent measures for the protection of an endangered species or its critical habitat. Provides that: (1) such measures or the Secretary's failure to prescribe them shall not impede the ability of the Plants to supply sufficient water for municipal, industrial, and irrigation uses; and (2) the cost of such measures shall be borne by the United States and shall be nonreimbursable.

 Prohibits the Secretary, in implementing this Act, from imposing additional prescriptions under such Act or the Federal Power Act on any other water storage or conveyance facility on the San Joaquin River, the Sacramento River, or their tributaries.

Requires the Secretary, if a drought emergency exists for any portion of the Central Valley Project Service Area, to operate the C.W. &quot;Bill&quot; Jones Pumping Plant at a capacity consistent with the Coordinated Operation Agreement between the Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources and otherwise applicable laws and existing water right until the drought emergency conditions are alleviated.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with California to support the establishment of a fish hatchery program to preserve and restore the species Hypomesus transpacificus (popularly known as Delta Smelt) in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Limit Executive Compensation Abuse Act

Bill: 111-hr-857
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Department of the Treasury
Financial crises and stabilization
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Limit Executive Compensation Abuse Act - Limits the annual compensation of any employee of a financial institution or other entity that receives funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) established under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to the amount of compensation paid to the President of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H881)
Drug Testing Integrity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-858
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Drug Testing Integrity Act of 2009 - Makes it unlawful to knowingly manufacture, market, sell, ship, or otherwise provide to another individual any product with the intent to assist such individual to use such product to defraud a drug test. 
 
Treats a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Cooperative for Healthcare Options to Improve Coverage for Employees (CHOICE) Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-859
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal preemption
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Insurance industry and regulation
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Small Business Cooperative for Healthcare Options to Improve Coverage for Employees (CHOICE) Act of 2009 or the Small Business CHOICE Act of 2009 - Provides for the establishment and governance of Fully Funded Small Business Health Insurance cooperatives, which are small businesses that form a captive insurance company chartered in a qualified state to provide excess claims coverage insurance that meets certain qualifications to its members.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish an independent commission on Fully Funded Small Business Health Insurance Cooperatives to: (1) promote the development of such cooperatives; (2) make recommendations to the Secretary regarding minimum capital requirements; and (3) conduct oversight of such cooperatives.

Exempts such cooperatives from certain state laws, rules, regulations, or orders, including any that would: (1) prohibit the establishment of a cooperative; (2) impose any material requirements, procedures, or standards on a cooperative that are not generally applicable to other entities engaged in a substantially similar business; or (3) discriminate against a cooperative or any of its members.

 Preempts any state law that conflicts with, hinders, poses an obstacle to, or frustrates the purpose of this Act.

Sets forth provisions governing the provision of claims information, including protected health information, from health insurance issuers to cooperatives.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the small business CHOICE tax credit for small employers for costs related to providing qualified employer-subsidized health coverage for employees and their families. Disallows such a credit unless the employee offers a qualified small business wellness program to covered employees and family members. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians, to provide a process for the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian government and the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian government, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-862
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Hawaii
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Establishes the U.S. Office for Native Hawaiian Affairs (Office) within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.
 
Requires the Attorney General to designate a Department of Justice official to assist the Office in the implementation and protection of the rights of Native Hawaiians and their political, legal, and trust relationship with the United States. 
Establishes the Native Hawaiian Interagency Task Force to: (1) coordinate federal policies or actions that may significantly or uniquely affect Native Hawaiian resources, rights, or lands; (2) assure that each federal agency develops a policy on consultation with Native Hawaiians; and (3) assure the participation of such agencies in the development of an annual report on the Task Force. 
Establishes a process for development of a membership roll for organizing a Native Hawaiian Interim Governing Council and for election of a Native Hawaiian government. Recognizes the right of the Native Hawaiian people to adopt organic governing documents. 
Extends federal recognition to the government as the representative governing body of the Native Hawaiian people upon election of officers and certification by the Secretary. 
Permits the United States, upon federal recognition of the Native Hawaiian government, to enter into an agreement with the state of Hawaii and such government regarding the transfer of lands, resources, and assets dedicated to Native Hawaiian use.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E210)
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees to receive transportation fringe benefits for the same month both in the form of transit passes and reimbursement of bicycle commuting expenses.

Bill: 111-hr-863
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow employees to receive transit passes and reimbursements of bicycle commuting expenses as tax-exempt employer-provided fringe benefits in the same month; and (2) exempt reimbursements of bicycle commuting expenses from inclusion in gross income as constructively received. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E210)
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Fuel Pipelines Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-864
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Department of Energy
Government lending and loan guarantees
Pipelines
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Renewable Fuel Pipelines Act of 2009 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to allow federally-guaranteed loans for renewable fuel pipeline construction without regard to whether an appropriation for the cost has been made. Includes ethanol and biodiesel as renewable fuel.
 
Allows a maximum guarantee by the Secretary of Energy of 90% of the project cost and more than one guarantee for a project (as long as the total guaranteed amount does not exceed 90%).
 
Sets forth factors to be considered in guarantee determinations, including volume and quality of fuel, size of markets served, experience of the entity working with renewable fuel, and associated storage, production, and terminal facilities.
 
Authorizes an entity implementing a fuel pipeline project for which a guarantee is made, when such entity is unable to acquire the necessary right-of-way to construct, operate, and maintain pipelines and the necessary land or property for the location of pump stations, pressure apparatus, and other necessary facilities or equipment by contract, to acquire what is necessary through eminent domain if determined by the Secretary to be necessary or desirable in the public interest.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants for renewable fuel pipeline projects to assist in carrying out permit acquisition, planning, and other preparatory activities in advance of participation in the guarantee program. Limits the sum of grants and amounts guaranteed for a project that receives both to 90% of the project's cost.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2009-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To convey the New River State Park campground located in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area in the Jefferson National Forest in Carroll County, Virginia, to the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-865
Sponsor: Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Commonwealth of Virginia certain federally owned land in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area in the Jefferson National Forest in Carroll County, Virginia, as depicted on the map titled "Potential Conveyance of the New River Campground to the Commonwealth of Virginia."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to House Agriculture
action_date: 2009-02-04
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: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to House Natural Resources
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Protection Act

Bill: 111-hr-866
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 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: 2009-02-04
text: 
Law Enforcement Protection Act - Amends the federal criminal code to allow an exception to the minimum sentencing requirement for a crime of violence while using, carrying, or possessing a firearm for a law enforcement officer who committed the offense during or in relation to the pursuit of an individual whom the officer reasonably believed committed a crime of violence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain lands as the Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-867
Sponsor: Rep. Bright, Bobby [D-AL-2]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Georgia
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
 Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating a specified study area in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (Alabama and Georgia) as the Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-868
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Disability and paralysis
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide funds to states to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities under the Medicaid program. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, to audit a sample from among the states in order to assess the effectiveness of progress made in reducing or eliminating the wage gap between targeted and reference direct support professionals through funds under this Act.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the wage equalization and recruitment and retention of direct support professionals who are providing services and supports to individuals with disabilities.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 101 Barr Street in Lexington, Kentucky, as the "Scott Reed Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 111-hr-869
Sponsor: Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Kentucky

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 101 Barr Street in Lexington, Kentucky, as the &quot;Scott Reed Federal Building and United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2009-03-10
text: 

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

 
Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 101 Barr Street in Lexington, Kentucky, as the &quot;Scott Reed Federal Building and United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3118)
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3118)
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 869.
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3118-3119)
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Ms. Edwards (MD) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 20.
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-30.
action_date: 2009-03-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-30.
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-02-12
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2009-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Medically Necessary Dental Care Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-870
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2009-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: 
Medicare Medically Necessary Dental Care Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of medically necessary dental procedures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Introduced in House