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Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2664
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Christopher J. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business records
Congressional committees
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Evidence and witnesses
Financial services and investments
House Committee on Financial Services
House of Representatives
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2009 - Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to provide oral testimony by their respective Chairpersons (or a designee), beginning in 2009, and annually for five years, to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives on their efforts to reduce the complexity in financial reporting to provide more accurate and clear financial information to investors.
 

 

action_date: 2009-09-09
text: 

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

 
Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2009 - Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to present testimony annually for five years, beginning in 2009, to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives regarding their efforts to reduce the complexity in financial reporting and to provide more accurate and clear financial information to investors.
 
Requires such testimony to address the following issues: (1) reassessing complex and outdated accounting standards; (2) improving the understandability, consistency, and overall usability of accounting and auditing literature; (3) developing principles-based accounting standards; (4) encouraging the use and acceptance of interactive data; and (5) promoting disclosures in &quot;plain English.&quot;
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9359)
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9359)
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2664.
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9359-9360)
action_date: 2009-09-09
text: Mr. Moore (KS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
National Centers of Excellence for Regional Smart Growth Planning Act

Bill: 111-hr-2665
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic development
Housing and community development funding
Land use and conservation
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
National Centers of Excellence for Regional Smart Growth Planning Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) designate not fewer than three national centers of excellence for regional smart growth planning, selected from metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) that have demonstrated regional planning excellence; (2) develop guidelines for the designation and operation of the Centers; and (3) allocate specified funds to each Center to carry out this Act.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for: (1) improving the collection of data and the development of models for smart growth planning; (2) implementing comprehensive regional smart growth planning programs; (3) applying planning outcomes in regional transportation plans; and (4) working with local governments to coordinate land use, transportation, and air quality planning.
 
Directs the Centers to: (1) collect and distribute to MPOs information and best practices about regional smart growth planning; (2) make research and development recommendations to EPA and other entities to improve the quality and ease of smart growth analysis; (3) work with institutions of higher education and state and federal agencies to improve smart growth analysis; and (4) provide technical assistance to grant recipients.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue and Loan Modification Services Fraud Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2666
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue and Loan Modification Services Fraud Prevention Act of 2009 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct a rulemaking proceeding with respect to mortgage foreclosure rescue and loan modification services.
 
Directs the FTC to include in the rule, among other things, requirements that: (1) any residential real property mortgage foreclosure rescue or loan modification service provided to a homeowner contain a written contract meeting specified criteria; (2) any such contract contain a clearly and prominently disclosed right for the homeowner to cancel within a set number of business days with no penalty or obligation; and (3) prohibits or restricts mortgage foreclosure rescue and loan modification services from requesting or receiving any funds until any such services have been fully performed, results have been achieved, and both have been documented to the consumer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
Early Support for Families Act

Bill: 111-hr-2667
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Family relationships

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Early Support for Families Act - Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize grants to states for quality home visitation programs for families with young children and families expecting children.
 
Specifies the use of grants for high quality programs with well-trained and competent staff that adhere to clear evidence-based models of home visitation that have demonstrated significant positive effects on important program-determined child and parenting outcomes, such as reducing abuse and neglect and improving child health and development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
Choice in Health Options Insures Care for Everyone (CHOICE) Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2668
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Choice in Health Options Insures Care for Everyone (CHOICE) Act of 2009 - Establishes the American Trust Health Plan to offer eligible individuals health benefits coverage. Requires the Plan to comply with all requirements that are applicable with respect to other health benefit plans to be offered through a National Health Insurance Exchange. (The Exchange has not yet been established.) Exempts the Plan from state insurance regulations. Treats enrollment with the Plan as satisfying any requirement under federal law for the individual to demonstrate enrollment in health insurance or benefits coverage. Sets forth provisions regarding administration of the Plan.
 
Requires the Plan to be financially self-sustaining insofar as funds to operate the Plan shall be derived from premiums of individuals enrolled under the Plan. Makes the Plan eligible to accept subsides to the same extent as other health benefit plans offered through an Exchange.
 
Prohibits significant changes to the Plan without public notice.
 
Conditions a health care provider's continued participation in the Medicare program on participation in the American Trust Health Plan. Sets payment for health care providers under the Plan at 105% of the payment rates under Medicare.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Plan to set the benefit level and the premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-06-02
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: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert Ticketing Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2669
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert Ticketing Act of 2009 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules regarding the primary sale, distribution, and pricing of tickets, including regarding: (1) disclosing the number of tickets and the distribution method; (2) printing the date and time of sale on each ticket; (3) disclosure on the seller's website or in promotional material of all ancillary charges; and (4) inclusion of all ancillary charges in any refund.
 
Requires the FTC to promulgate rules regarding the secondary sale, distribution, and pricing of tickets, including regarding: (1) disclosure if the secondary seller does not possess the ticket at the time of the sale; (2) purchase by a secondary seller during the first 48 hours of ticket availability; (3) disclosure of the distribution method, the face value of each ticket, and the location of the seat or space involved; (4) disclosure that an online marketplace is for secondary sale; (5) resale for a price higher than face value; and (6) disclosure by an online marketplace when the secondary seller is the primary seller, venue, or artist involved.
 
Requires secondary sellers and online resale marketplaces to register with the FTC.
 
Treats a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under of the Federal Trade Commission Act and requires the FTC to enforce this Act.
 
Allows states to bring civil enforcement actions.
 
Allows state and local laws that provide equal or greater protection to consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
WHTI Implementation Monitoring Plan to Assure Continued Travel and Trade Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2670
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Economic performance and conditions
Free trade and trade barriers
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Technology assessment
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
WHTI Implementation Monitoring Plan to Assure Continued Travel and Trade Act of 2009 or the IMPACTT Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State to jointly report to Congress on the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) regarding the U.S.-Canada international land and maritime border. 
 
Specifies that such report include information concerning: (1) effects on travel, trade, and border security; (2) frequent traveler program enrollment; (3) effectiveness of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology; and (4) U.S. Customs and Border Protection staffing levels. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to House Homeland Security
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1284)
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessel M/V GEYSIR.

Bill: 111-hr-2671
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2009-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, notwithstanding specified provisions of federal shipping law, to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessel M/V GEYSIR.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-02
text: Introduced in House
Help Veterans Own Franchises Act

Bill: 111-hr-2672
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2009-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Retail and wholesale trades
Small business
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: 
Help Veterans Own Franchises Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow business franchisors and veterans who purchase a franchise tax credits for a specified percentage of the fees paid to purchase the franchise.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide information about the tax credits in this Act to veterans service organizations and advocacy groups.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to match the pension amount paid to surviving spouses of veterans who served during a period of war to the pension amount paid to such veterans.

Bill: 111-hr-2673
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2009-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: 
Makes the pension amount payable to the surviving spouses of veterans who served during a period of war equal to the pension paid to such veterans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Protecting America's Children Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2674
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2009-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Judges
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: 
Protecting America's Children Act of 2009 - Prohibits the Attorney General from providing funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to states or local governments that fail to certify that their laws provide adequate protection against the pre-trial release of individuals charged with certain violent or serious sex crimes (e.g., kidnapping and sexual abuse or exploitation of a child) and who pose a serious risk of fleeing, obstructing justice, or threatening, injuring, or intimidating a potential witness, judge, magistrate, or juror.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Administrative Support and Oversight for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2676
Sponsor: Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2009-06-03 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
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: 
Administrative Support and Oversight for Community Financial Institutions Act of 2009 - Establishes an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Community Financial Institutions to advise the Secretary of the Treasury on the impact of Department of the Treasury policies and regulations on community financial institutions with a view to strengthening such institutions.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of Ombudsman for Community Financial Institutions, whose head shall be the Assistant Secretary for Community Financial Institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Military Personnel Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2677
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2009-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Hate crimes
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: 
Military Personnel Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties for willfully causing, or attempting to cause, bodily injury to any person because of the actual or perceived status of such person as an active, guard, reserve, or retired member of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-08-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6158)
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act

Bill: 111-hr-2678
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2009-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: 
Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act - Extends all federal laws and regulations to the Duwamish Tribe. 
 
Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Defines the Tribe's service area for purposes of the delivery of federal services.
 
Requires the Tribe to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll of all individuals enrolled in the Tribe.
 
Requires the Tribe to conduct an election by secret ballot to adopt a constitution and bylaws for the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to elect a governing body in accordance with the procedures set forth in its constitution and bylaws.
 
Requires the Secretary to take Tribe service area or aboriginal lands into trust for the benefit of the Tribe if the Tribe transfers all right, title, and interest in and to the land to the Secretary within ten years. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to identify those lands which shall be considered the aboriginal homelands of the Tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-15
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-03
text: Introduced in House