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Honoring the citizen-soldiers of the Army National Guard of the State of Illinois, including the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Illinois Army National Guard, which recently returned from deployment to Afghanistan.

Bill: 111-hres-936
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional tributes
Illinois
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Expresses the gratitude of the House of Representatives to the members of the Army National Guard of the state of Illinois and their families for their service and sacrifice on behalf of the United States.
 
Commends the members of the 33rd Brigade Combat Team of the Illinois Army National Guard on the completion of their deployment to Afghanistan.
 
Recognizes that Team's achievements and all other formerly and presently deployed Illinois Army National Guard members for their exemplary service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing that Colombia is a vital democratic ally of the United States in the fight against extremism and drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere and further recognizing the extensive and immediate benefits that passage of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement would bring to the United States.

Bill: 111-hres-937
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Colombia
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Latin America
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Recognizes: (1) that Colombia is a vital democratic ally of the United States in the fight against extremism and drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere; and (2) the benefits that passage of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement would bring to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the leaders of Congress and other legislative branch offices should work together to establish and implement a coordinated program for the reuse, recycling, and appropriate disposal of obsolete computers and other electronic equipment used by offices of the legislative branch.

Bill: 111-hres-938
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2009-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional operations and organization
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the leaders of both chambers and other legislative branch offices should work together to establish and implement a coordinated program for the reuse, recycling, and appropriate disposal of obsolete computers and other electronic equipment used by legislative branch offices, using only those companies certified by accredited e-Stewards certification bodies to be in conformance with the requirements of the e-Stewards Standard for Responsible Recycling and Reuse of Electronic Equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Extending condolences to the families of Sergeant Mark Renninger, Officer Tina Griswold, Officer Ronald Owens, and Officer Greg Richards.

Bill: 111-hres-939
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2009-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-01
text: 
Extends condolences to the families of Sergeant Mark Renninger, Officer Tina Griswold, Officer Ronald Owens, and Officer Greg Richards, members of the Lakewood Police Department in Washington state who were slain on November 29, 2009. 

action_date: 2009-12-02
text: 

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

 
Extends condolences to the families of Sergeant Mark Renninger, Officer Tina Griswold, Officer Ronald Owens, and Officer Greg Richards, members of the Lakewood Police Department in Washington state who were slain on November 29, 2009. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H13417)
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H13417)
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 939.
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H13417-13419)
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Mr. Cohen moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2009-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4154) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the new carryover basis rules in order to prevent tax increases and the imposition of compliance burdens on many more estates than would benefit from repeal, to retain the estate tax with a $3,500,000 exemption, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hres-941
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2009-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4154) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the new carryover basis rules in order to prevent tax increases and the imposition of compliance burdens on many more estates than would benefit from repeal, to retain the estate tax with a $3,500,000 exemption.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 223 - 192 (Roll no. 924). (text: CR H13472)
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 223 - 192 (Roll no. 924).(text: CR H13472)
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 228 - 187 (Roll no. 923). (consideration: CR H13479-13480)
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 941.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H13472-13480)
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 136.
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. In the engrossment of H.R. 4154, the Clerk shall - (a) add the text of H.R. 2920, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 4154; (b) conform the title of H.R. 4154 to reflect the addition to the engrossment of the text of H.R. 2920; (c) assign appropriate designations to provisions within the engrossment; and (d) conform provisions for short titles within the engrossment.
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111-350, by Mr. Polis (CO).
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111-350, by Mr. Polis (CO).
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Commending the Real Salt Lake soccer club for winning the 2009 Major League Soccer Cup.

Bill: 111-hres-942
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2009-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes
Professional sports
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: 
Commends the Real Salt Lake soccer club for winning the 2009 Major League Soccer Cup.

action_date: 2009-12-14
text: 

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

Commends the Real Salt Lake soccer club for winning the 2009 Major League Soccer Cup, the first in the franchise's history.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 347 - 0 (Roll no. 970). (text: CR H14840-14841)
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 347 - 0 (Roll no. 970).(text: CR H14840-14841)
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H14844)
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 942.
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H14840-14841)
action_date: 2009-12-14
text: Mr. Lynch moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2009-12-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal banking regulators should, with respect to well-managed community-based depository institutions, permit appropriate capital forbearance, troubled debt restructuring accounting practices, and other time-tested measures that would allow such institutions to continue to provide for the financial vitality for our Nation's small businesses and family farms.

Bill: 111-hres-943
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 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
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System
Financial crises and stabilization
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House that all state and federal agencies which regulate community-based depository institutions should develop policies that permit such institutions that are well-managed to: (1) maintain capital temporarily at levels less than that currently required, conditioned upon regulatory approval of an appropriate plan to restore capital levels by a date certain; and (2) account temporarily for troubled debt restructuring in a manner which allows a loan to be carried on the institution's books without loss recognition if the loan is formally restructured so that the borrower can repay it, and the total future cash payments equal the loan amount on the institution's books.
 
States that such federal and state regulatory agencies should: (1) ensure that field examiners are not inappropriately classifying loans based on judgment about currently stressed sectors apart from the ability of the loans to show likelihood of repayment based on positive cash flows, ample amounts of collateral, and other mitigating factors; and (2) include additional temporary accommodations to assist well-managed community-based depository institutions in remaining vital sources of financial strength for their communities, while maintaining needed standards to assure the continued financial integrity of those institutions and communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to or negotiating any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Bill: 111-hres-945
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
 Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to or negotiating any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing that the rate of unemployment in the United States has reached the level of a national crisis, and for other purposes.

Bill: 111-hres-946
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Employment and training programs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Recognizes that the U.S. unemployment rate has reached the level of a national crisis and that saving and creating new jobs are matters of the highest national priority.
 
Urges federal agencies to take specified actions to address such problems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Expressing commitment to the objectives of the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development.

Bill: 111-hres-947
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child health
Crimes against women
Economic development
Elementary and secondary education
Health care coverage and access
Human rights
Sex and reproductive health
Violent crime
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Expresses commitment to the objectives of the Cairo Consensus as set forth at the International Conference on Population and Development.
 
Encourages nongovernmental organizations, faith based organizations, community organizations, and private citizens to act to improve gender equality, end violence against women, expand access to reproductive, maternal, and other health services, lower childhood and maternal mortality rates, and eradicate world poverty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Commending the participants and organizers of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence.

Bill: 111-hres-948
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Political movements and philosophies
Protest and dissent

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
Commends the participants and organizers of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence for their commitment to global peace and nonviolence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2891-2892)
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a two-thirds vote on a stand-alone bill to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.

Bill: 111-hres-949
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2009-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: 
 Amends Rule XXVIII (Statutory Limit on Public Debt) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to repeal procedures for considering legislation that increases the statutory debt limit. Makes it out of order to consider such legislation if there is any other matter in it.
 
Prohibits legislation that increases the statutory limit on the public debt from being considered as passed or agreed to unless so determined by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House that any unobligated funds authorized for expenditure by the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) should be used to create jobs for United States citizens.

Bill: 111-hres-950
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2009-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Financial crises and stabilization
Infrastructure development

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: 
States that the House of Representatives recognizes that: (1) the top priority of the United States is job creation; (2) &quot;shovel-ready&quot; projects exist nationwide that could create more than one million jobs, given adequate public investment; and (3) the $139.3 billion of unobligated funds authorized for expenditure by the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) should be used to create jobs for U.S. citizens.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas.

Bill: 111-hres-951
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Henry E., Jr. [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2009-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
First Amendment rights
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: 
Recognizes the importance of Christmas symbols and traditions.
 
Disapproves of attempts to ban references to Christmas.
 
Supports the use of these symbols and traditions by those who celebrate Christmas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor should be permitted, at all times on the recipient's property, to properly display the Flag of the United States of America.

Bill: 111-hres-952
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2009-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: First Amendment rights
National symbols
Property rights
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor should be permitted, at all times on the recipient's property, to properly display the U.S. flag.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the People's Republic of China has violated internationally recognized human rights and legal due process standards by carrying out executions after trials marred by procedural abuses and by carrying out arbitrary detentions targeting Uyghurs and other individuals in Xinjiang in the aftermath of a suppressed demonstration and ensuing mob violence on July 5 to 7, 2009.

Bill: 111-hres-953
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2009-12-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Due process and equal protection
Human rights
News media and reporting
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Tibet

Summary:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: 
Condemns any violence against innocent individuals regardless of their ethnicity, gender, or religious beliefs. 
 
Calls on the government of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) to: (1) desist from further executions based on trials that violate human rights and due process standards; (2) allow international observers and the media to attend such trials; (3) provide a list of individuals detained in the aftermath of the July 2009 events in Xinjiang to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the public; and (4) cease all crackdowns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 
 
Calls on the President of the United States to: (1) state the strong U.S. opposition to these legally flawed trials and executions; (2) raise human rights concerns publicly and in all meetings with Chinese officials; (3) restate U.S. interest to open consulates in Lhasa, Tibet, and in Urumqi, Xinjiang; and (4) direct the U.S. Embassy in Beijing to automatically request permission from Chinese authorities for Embassy staff to observe trials if credible reasons exist that such trials may not meet human rights and legal standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-12-08
text: Introduced in House