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River Raisin National Battlefield Act

Bill: 111-hr-401
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Michigan
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
River Raisin National Battlefield Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if offered by Monroe or Wayne Counties, Michigan, or other willing landowners in either county, to accept a donation of real property in either county relating to the Battles of River Raisin (during the War of 1812) on January 18 and 22, 1813, and their aftermath. 

Instructs the Secretary, upon acquisition of such real property of sufficient acreage to permit efficient administration, to designate the acquired real property as a unit of the National Park System, to be known as the &quot;River Raisin National Battlefield Park.&quot;

Requires the Secretary to submit a report describing the progress made in acquiring real property under this Act and in designating the park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".

Bill: 111-hr-402
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Tennessee
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the &quot;William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.&quot;

action_date: 2009-07-14
text: 

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

 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the &quot;William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 419 - 0 (Roll no. 536). (text: CR H8037)
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 419 - 0 (Roll no. 536).(text: CR H8037)
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8063-8064)
action_date: 2009-07-14
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: 2009-07-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 402.
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8037-8039)
action_date: 2009-07-14
text: Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
National Landscape Conservation System Act

Bill: 111-hr-404
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Forests, forestry, trees
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Oregon
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
National Landscape Conservation System Act - Establishes in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) the National Landscape Conservation System (thus, enacting into law the National Landscape Conservation System [NLCS] created by BLM in 2000) in order to conserve, protect, and restore nationally significant landscapes that have outstanding cultural, ecological, and scientific values for the benefit of current and future generations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Act

Bill: 111-hr-405
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Arizona
Colorado
Lakes and rivers
Nevada
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) participate in the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program; and (2) enter into an agreement with Arizona, California, and Nevada providing for the use of water from the Lower Colorado River for habitat creation and maintenance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Alice Paul Women's Suffrage Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 111-hr-406
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Voting rights
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Alice Paul Women's Suffrage Congressional Gold Medal Act - Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal in commemoration of Alice Paul, to recognize her role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of such medal. Requires proceeds from the sale of such medals to be deposited into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the release of any reversionary interest of the United States in and to certain lands in Reno, Nevada.

Bill: 111-hr-407
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Nevada
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Releases any reversionary interests of the United States (including interests under the Union Pacific Railroad Act) in and to specified railroad lands in the City of Reno, Nevada, that were originally granted to the Union Pacific Railroad under the provisions of such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area Act

Bill: 111-hr-408
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Nevada
Noise pollution
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Henderson, Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to specified federal land in Henderson (the Transition Area). 
 
Permits the city, after conveyance, to sell, lease, or otherwise convey any part or parts of the Transition Area for nonresidential development purposes, or to elect to retain parcels in the Transition Area for public recreation or other public purposes consistent with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 
 
Requires the city to: (1) plan and manage the Transition Area in accordance with federal law and regulations relating to airport noise compatibility planning; and (2) agree that if any land in the Transition area is sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed by the city, the sale, lease, or conveyance shall contain a limitation to require uses compatible with that airport noise compatibility planning. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Kalaupapa Memorial Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-410
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Hawaii
Historic sites and heritage areas
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 

 
Kalaupapa Memorial Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to authorize Ka 'Ohana O Kalaupapa, a nonprofit organization consisting of patient residents at Kalaupapa National Historical Park, to establish a memorial at the location(s) approved by the Secretary at Kalawao or Kalaupapa within the boundaries of Kalaupapa National Historical Park on the island of Molokai, Hawaii, to honor those individuals who were forcibly relocated to Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 to 1969. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E58-59)
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Homeowners Property Tax Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-412
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Homeowners Property Tax Relief Act of 2009- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the deduction of state and local real and personal property taxes in calculating the alternative minimum taxable income of individual taxpayers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-413
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Law enforcement officers
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments.
 
Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether state law provides specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management and supervisory employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization. 
Requires the Authority to issue regulations establishing rights and responsibilities for public safety employers and employees in states that do not substantially provide for such public safety employee rights and responsibilities. Directs the Authority, in such cases, to: (1) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (2) supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a voting majority of the employees in an appropriate unit; (3) resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith; (4) conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices; and (5) resolve exceptions to arbitrator's awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of Authority regulations and orders, as well as prohibitions against lockouts or strikes, through appropriate state courts. 
Prohibits public safety employers, employees, and labor organizations from engaging in lockouts or strikes.
Provides that existing collective bargaining units and agreements shall not be invalidated by this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-03-10
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Camera Phone Predator Alert Act

Bill: 111-hr-414
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Product safety and quality
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Camera Phone Predator Alert Act - Requires any mobile phone containing a digital camera to sound a tone whenever a photograph is taken with the camera's phone. Prohibits such a phone from being equipped with a means of disabling or silencing the tone. Treats the requirement as a consumer product safety standard and requires enforcement by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean Educational Exchange Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-416
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Antigua and Barbuda
Area studies and international education
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Caribbean area
Dominica
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Higher education
International exchange and broadcasting
Jamaica
Montserrat
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
School administration
Suriname
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Trinidad and Tobago

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean Educational Exchange Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of State to establish the Shirley Chisholm United States-Caribbean Educational Exchange Program under which scholars and secondary, undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students from certain Caribbean countries would attend U.S. schools and participate in activities designed to promote a greater understanding of U.S. values and culture.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to establish a program to improve primary and secondary education in such countries by enhancing teacher training, strengthening curriculum and instructional materials, and assisting improvements in school management and public administration of education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Next Steps for Haiti Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-417
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Economic development
Education programs funding
Foreign aid and international relief
Haiti
Higher education
International exchange and broadcasting
Latin America
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Next Steps for Haiti Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Director of Foreign Assistance, in consultation with the government of Haiti and Haitian civil society organizations, to establish the Haiti Professional Exchange Program whose purpose shall be to assign qualified Haitian Americans and others to provide technical assistance to help Haiti improve in areas vital to its growth and development, including education, energy, environment, health care, infrastructure, security, transportation, and disaster preparedness.
 
Requires that the Director establish an outreach program to encourage Exchange Program participation. 
 
Sets forth Program provisions. Authorizes appropriations.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to implement a student loan forgiveness program for Program participants. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Safe Access in Fire Emergencies Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-418
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer affairs
Fires
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Safe Access in Fire Emergencies Act of 2009 - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to establish a consumer product safety standard for window bars that: (1) requires all window bars manufactured or installed in the United States to incorporate releasing systems that meet minimum standards; and (2) addresses such systems for interior and exterior based bars. Provides that the minimum standards shall require that such systems provide for: (1) egress when actuated; and (2) manual activation from inside a residence allowing escape through a protected opening.
 
Requires compliance enforcement under the Consumer Product Safety Act.
 
Directs the CPSC to require each manufacturer to include in the packaging a statement explaining window bar installation and releasing system operation.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that public housing, low-income housing, manufactured housing units, and homes purchased using any loan made, insured, or guaranteed under the National Housing Act should meet a minimal standard that requires window bars to incorporate an emergency releasing system.
 
Requires the CPSC to establish and maintain a National Electronic Injury Surveillance System code and system for collection of information and statistics on casualties associated with window bars.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act

Bill: 111-hr-419
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Betsy [D-CO-4]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act - Designates certain lands in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, as the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness (the Wilderness) and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides for the inclusion of specified potential wilderness land within the Park in such Wilderness. 
 
Sets forth provisions: (1) governing continued operations at the Grand River Ditch; and (2) concerning water rights and permitted and prohibited activities within such Wilderness. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an alignment line and identify the boundaries for the East Shore Trail within the East Shore Trail Area. Authorizes necessary adjustments in such boundaries, except any that would place any portion of the Trail in such Wilderness. Includes any portion of such Area that is not traversed by the Trail, that is not west of the Trail, and that is not within 50 feet of the centerline of the Trail in such Wilderness. 
 
Amends the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, the Arapaho National Recreation Area and the Oregon Islands Wilderness Area Act to adjust the boundaries of: (1) the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area; and (2) the Arapaho National Recreation Area. 
 
Applies provisions governing leases of National Park System buildings and property to property known as the Leiffer tract near the Park's eastern boundary in Larimer County, Colorado.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for a project or program named for an individual then serving as a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator of the United States Congress.

Bill: 111-hr-420
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2009-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: 
Prohibits the use of federal funds for a project or program named for an individual currently serving as a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator of the U.S. Congress.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-01-09
text: Introduced in House