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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by certain businesses owned by the Federal Government.

Bill: 111-hr-1527
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2009-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Income tax rates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional 60% income tax on bonuses exceeding $10,000 paid to employees of businesses in which the federal government has an ownership interest of 79% or more.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1528
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2009-03-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cuba
Latin America
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: 
Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2009 - Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions ordinarily incident to such travel relating to: (1) accompanied personal baggage; (2) payment of living expenses and the acquisition of personal-use goods or services; (3) travel arrangements; (4) nonscheduled air, sea, or land voyage transactions (such provision does not permit the carriage of articles other than accompanied baggage into Cuba or the United States); and (5) normal banking transactions. 
 
Prohibits the above provisions from: (1) restricting presidential authority in time of war or armed hostilities between the United States and Cuba, or of imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers; and (2) authorizing U.S. importation of personal consumption goods acquired in Cuba.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1529
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2009-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
National and community service

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: 
Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to allow an individual to file a petition for expungement of a record of conviction for a nonviolent criminal offense if such individual has: (1) never been convicted of a violent offense and has never been convicted of a nonviolent offense other than the one for which expungement is sought; (2) fulfilled all requirements of the sentence of the court in which conviction was obtained; (3) remained free from dependency on or abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance for a minimum of one year and has been rehabilitated, to the court's satisfaction, if so required by the terms of supervised release; (4) obtained a high school diploma or completed a high school equivalency program; and (5) completed at least one year of community service.

Authorizes an individual convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor to file an expungement petition. Directs the court, in ruling on such petition, after determining petitioner eligibility, to weigh the petitioner's interests against the best interests of justice and public safety.
Authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to maintain a nonpublic manual or computerized index of expunged records, to be made available only to federal and state law enforcement personnel who have custody of such records for limited disclosure purposes.
Requires the restoration of expunged records of individuals subsequently convicted of any federal or state offense.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the statute of limitations on the award of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Bill: 111-hr-1532
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2009-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: 
Eliminates the statute of limitations on the award of the Medal of Honor. (Under current law, the Medal must be awarded within three years after the date of the act justifying the award.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to specify the minimum rank requirement for officer serving as Chief of the Navy Dental Corps to correspond to Army and Air Force requirements for the heads of their dental corps.

Bill: 111-hr-1533
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2009-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Dental care
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: 
Removes the requirement that the person detailed as Chief of the Navy Dental Corps be of a rank not less than rear admiral (lower half) at the time of the detail.
 
Requires an appointee to such position holding a lower grade to be appointed in the regular grade of rear admiral.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to jointly carry out a study on the use of thorium-liquid fueled nuclear reactors for naval power needs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hr-1534
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2009-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military procurement, research, weapons development
Motor fuels
Nuclear power

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to jointly carry out a study on the use of thorium-liquid fueled nuclear reactors for naval power needs under a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 which requires any new major combatant vessels for the U.S. strike force to be constructed with an integrated nuclear power system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study evaluating and comparing the effectiveness of programs designed to diagnose, treat, and prevent post-traumatic stress disorder.

Bill: 111-hr-1535
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2009-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Medical research
Mental health
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study evaluating and comparing the effectiveness of programs designed to diagnose, treat, and prevent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish a fellowship program regarding neuroscience.

Bill: 111-hr-1536
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2009-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Mental health
Military medicine
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish the Visiting NIH Senior Neuroscience Fellowship Program at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (Center).
 
Requires the Program to provide for partnerships between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and DARPA, and between NIH and the Center, for clinical and experimental neuroscience studies for the benefit of members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct studies regarding alternative models for acquisition and funding of technologies supporting network-centric operations.

Bill: 111-hr-1537
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2009-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to contract with a federally funded research and development center to carry out a comprehensive study of policies, procedures, organization, and regulatory constraints affecting the acquisition of technologies supporting network-centric operations. Requires the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to carry out an independent study of the same subject.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the small business competitiveness demonstration program.

Bill: 111-hr-1538
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2009-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: 
Amends the Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988 to repeal the small business competitiveness demonstration program (the testing of innovative small business procurement methods and procedures).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology .
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 40, United States Code, to add certain Armed Forces organizations that are exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to the list of organizations eligible for donations of personal property through State agencies.

Bill: 111-hr-1539
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
State and local government operations
Tax-exempt organizations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: 
Adds certain tax-exempt organizations consisting of past and present members of the Armed Forces to the list of organizations eligible for donations of personal property through state agencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Kadiatou Diallo, Sankerala Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, Mamadou Bobo Diallo, and Mamadou Pathe Diallo.

Bill: 111-hr-1540
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2009-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Provides for the relief of Kadiatou Diallo, Sankerala Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, Mamadou Bobo Diallo, and Mamadou Pathe Diallo.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a 100 percent tax on bonuses paid by businesses that receive TARP assistance and are majority owned by the Federal Government.

Bill: 111-hr-1542
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2009-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Income tax rates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional 100% income tax on bonuses paid to the employees of entities that received assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and in which the federal government has an ownership interest greater than 50%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3448)
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on bonuses received from companies receiving TARP funds.

Bill: 111-hr-1543
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2009-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Income tax rates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional 95% income tax on bonuses paid to current or former employees of entities that received funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3447)
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act

Bill: 111-hr-1544
Sponsor: Rep. Driehaus, Steve [D-OH-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Health care coverage and access
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: 
Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act - Makes any veteran who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam era, the Persian Gulf War, Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, or any other period of war after the Persian Gulf War, or in combat against a hostile force during a period of hostilities, eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any mental illness through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the mental illness is attributable to such service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the credit for research activities permanent and to provide an increase in such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities.

Bill: 111-hr-1545
Sponsor: Rep. Boccieri, John A. [D-OH-16]
Introduced: 2009-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities; and (2) increase the amount of such credit for taxpayers who earn more than 50% of their gross receipts from domestic production activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Caring for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1546
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2009-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Neurological disorders
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: 
Caring for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) the Committee on Care of Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury to continually assess VHA capability to meet the treatment and rehabilitation needs of veterans with traumatic brain injury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2009-07-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1547
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2009-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: 
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-exempt charitable or educational organizations to make collegiate housing and infrastructure improvement grants to certain tax-exempt social clubs (e.g., college fraternities and sororities) which apply such grants to their collegiate housing property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Pathway for Biosimilars Act

Bill: 111-hr-1548
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2009-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health technology, devices, supplies
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Medical research
Prescription drugs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: 
Pathway for Biosimilars Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow a person to submit an application for licensure of a biological product based on its similarity to a licensed biological product (the reference product).

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve the application if: (1) the biological product is biosimilar to the reference product with respect to each condition of use for which the reference product is approved; and (2) the applicant consents to the inspection of the facility that is the subject of the application. 

Sets forth requirements for a determination by the Secretary that a biological product is interchangeable with a reference product.

Prohibits a biological product from being evaluated against more than one reference product.
 
Prohibits licensure under this Act of a biological product containing specified agents or toxins or a schedule I or II controlled substance unless the Secretary determines there would be no increased risk to the security or health of the public from licensing such a biological product.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from making approval of an application under this Act effective until 12 yeas after the date on which the reference product was first licensed.

Provides for confidentiality of information received pursuant to this Act.

Sets forth provisions governing patent infringement actions related to this Act.

Deems as patent infringement the submission of a statement under this Act by the applicant setting forth reasons why the making, use, or sale of the biosimilar product would not infringe the patent, or why the patent is invalid or unenforceable, if the purpose of such submission is to obtain approval to engage in the commercial manufacture, use, or sale before the expiration of such patent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2009-03-17
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E687-688)
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Introduced in House