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Authorizes the Redwood Valley County Water District, California, to enter into additional non-federal obligations necessary to finance procurement of dedicated water rights and improvements needed, if the Secretary of the Interior and the District, as of January 1, 2006, have not renegotiated the schedule of payments for loans made by the United States to the District. Requires: (1) the renegotiated schedule of payments to commence when such additional obligations have been financially satisfied by the District; and (2) the date of the initial payment by the District to the United States to be regarded as the start of the repayment period and the time upon which any interest shall first be computed and assessed under the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956.

Date: 2007-01-04
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Water resources development
Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to limit the remedy, in a civil action against a state or local official for deprivation of civil rights, to injunctive and declaratory relief and deny attorneys' fees where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion, including violations relating to: (1) religious words or imagery in veterans' memorials, public buildings, or official seals of states or their subdivisions; and (2) the chartering of Boy Scout units by states or their subdivisions and the Boy Scouts' using public buildings. Imposes the same limits regarding such an action against the United States or any U.S. agency or official acting in his or her official capacity.

Date: 2007-01-30
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Civil rights and liberties, minority issues
Strengthening the Ownership of Private Property Act of 2007 or STOPP Act of 2007 - Prohibits federal financial assistance under defined federal economic development programs to a state or local government entity that: (1) uses the power of eminent domain to take property from a private entity and transfer ownership to another private entity; or (2) fails to provide, to any person displaced by the use of eminent domain for any economic development purpose, relocation assistance under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Excepts from the first clause property taken for: (1) use by a public utility; (2) a road open to the public or common carriers; (3) an aqueduct, pipeline, or similar use; (4) a prison or hospital; or (5) any use during and in relation to a national emergency or national disaster declared by the President. Provides a private right of action for the owner of any real property taken by conduct prohibited under this Act.

Date: 2007-02-08
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Civil rights and liberties, minority issues
Northern Border Prosecution Initiative Reimbursement Act - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Office of Justice Programs, to carry out the Northern Border Prosecution Initiative to provide funds to reimburse eligible northern border states (or local governments thereof) for costs incurred for handling dispositions of criminal cases that are federally initiated but federally declined-referred (i.e., where a decision has been made in a criminal case by a U.S. Attorney or a federal law enforcement agency during a federal investigation to no longer pursue federal criminal charges against a defendant and to refer the investigation to a state or local jurisdiction for possible prosecution). Requires that such program be modeled after the Southwestern Border Prosecution Initiative and serve as a partner program to that initiative to reimburse local jurisdictions for processing federal cases.

Date: 2007-03-01
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Amends federal monetary law relating to reduction of a tax refund by the amount of a tax debt to establish a pilot program during 2009 and 2010 for the collection of past-due legally enforceable local government tax obligations. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury, upon receiving notice from any eligible state on behalf of a local government that a named person owes such local government a past-due, legally enforceable tax obligation, to: (1) reduce the federal tax refunds payable to such person by the amount of such debt; (2) pay the amount of such reduction to the state for payment to the affected local government; (3) notify the state of the person's name, taxpayer identification number, address, and the amount collected; and (4) notify the person due the refund that it has been reduced by an amount necessary to satisfy a past-due, legally enforceable tax obligation. Requires the Secretary to select between three and five states to participate in the pilot program, including from among: (1) Illinois; (2) Iowa; (3) Louisiana; (4) New York; (5) Ohio; and (6) Virginia. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit disclosure of taxpayer information to agencies of states requesting refund offsets for tax debts owed to local governments.

Date: 2007-04-17
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Taxation
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from tax interest on federally-guaranteed bonds for the financing of water, wastewater, and essential community facilities.

Date: 2007-04-19
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Taxation
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, at the request of a state or local government that has one or more first responder employees who are also members of a reserve component and absent from their employment as first responders under a call or order to serve on active duty for more than 30 days, to reimburse the state or local government by the amount actually paid by the state or local government to such employees during their absence.

Date: 2007-06-11
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act - Amends the federal judicial code to authorize any state or local government or related official (or successor) to file a motion to modify or terminate a federal consent decree upon the earlier of: (1) four years after the consent decree is originally entered; or (2) in the case of a civil action in which a state or state official, or a local government or local government official, is a party, the expiration of the term of office of the highest state or local government official who was a party to the consent decree; or (3) the date otherwise provided by law. Places the burden of proof with respect to such motions on the party originally filing the action to demonstrate that the denial of the motion to modify or terminate a consent decree (or any part of it) is necessary to prevent the violation of a federal requirement that: (1) was actionable by such party; and (2) was addressed in the original consent decree. Requires a court, within 30 days after the filing of a motion, to enter a scheduling order that: (1) limits the time of the parties to file motions and complete discovery; and (2) sets the date or dates of any necessary hearings. Authorizes a court to stay the injunctive or prospective relief set forth in the consent decree if a party opposing the motion to modify or terminate it seeks any continuance or delay that prevents the court from entering a final ruling on the motion within 180 days of its filing. Requires the Attorney General to report annually to Congress on all consent decrees in which the United States is a party that were entered four or more years before the date of the report.

Date: 2007-11-01
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Law
Restoring the West's Fair Share Act of 2008 - Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, to repeal the requirement for a deduction of 2% from the amount payable to a state in FY2008 under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, and under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, before disbursing a payment to that state and for the deposit of the amount deducted to miscellaneous receipts.

Date: 2008-02-06
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Equitable Mineral Lease Revenue Sharing Restoration Act - Amends the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, to repeal the requirement that the Secretary of the Interior deduct 2% from the amount payable to each state in FY2008, and deposit such amount to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury.

Date: 2008-02-06
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Prohibits any federal funds from being provided to a state, city, county, or other political subdivision thereof if the Secretary of Defense determines that such state or political subdivision prohibits or unreasonably restricts, through zoning requirements more restrictive than those imposed on most small businesses in that jurisdiction, the ability of the Armed Forces to establish and operate a military recruiting office. Requires the Secretary to notify the President and Congress of each such determination.

Date: 2008-02-14
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Armed forces and national security
Schools in Homeland Security Planning Act of 2008 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to condition the receipt of certain state homeland security grants on a state including a representative of the state department of education in each homeland security decision-making body of the state that has authority to determine how such grants will be used.

Date: 2008-04-24
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Emergency management
Presidential Signing Statements Act of 2008 - Requires the President to transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary, and to the Senate Majority Leader each signing statement that declares or insinuates the President's intention to disregard provisions of any bill he has signed into law because he believes it is unconstitutional. Requires the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, or White House Counsel to testify before such congressional committees at the behest of any single Member of either committee to explain the meaning and justification of every presidential signing statement covered by this Act. Prohibits executive privilege from being recognized as a valid basis for refusing to appear or refusing to answer a question pertinent to the legal reasoning behind a signing statement or its legal ramifications. Bars authorization or expenditure of federal funds to implement any law accompanied by a presidential signing statement noncompliant with this Act.

Date: 2008-05-08
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Law
Preserving the American Historical Record Act - Authorizes the Archivist of the United States to make grants to states to: (1) protect historical records; (2) use such records in new and creative ways; (3) provide education and training to those who care for historical records; and (4) create a wide variety of access tools, including finding aids, documentary editions, indexes, and images of key records maintained on state and local organization websites.Requires the Archivist to consult with state and local officials on criteria for making the grants.

Date: 2008-05-14
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to provide grants to an eligible state to assist the state, if the State has established a program to inspect at least 20% of rooms in lodging facilities in the state, for cimex lectularius, commonly know as the bed bug. Allows a state to use a grant to conduct inspections, train inspection personnel, and educate lodging proprietors and staff about prevention and eradication of bed bugs.

Date: 2008-05-15
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Commerce
Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act of 2008 or PRICE of Homeland Security Act - Amends Homeland Security Act of 2002 provisions concerning the use of funds to allow recipients of grants under provisions relating to the Urban Area Security Initiative or to the State Homeland Security Grant Program to use grant funds to achieve target capabilities related to preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to acts of terrorism, consistent with a state homeland security plan and relevant local, tribal, and regional homeland security plans. Permits such aims to be met, among other ways, by paying intelligence analysts: (1) regardless of whether the analysts are current or new full-time employees or contract employees; and (2) without limitations on the period of time that an analyst can serve under awarded grants.

Date: 2008-05-20
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Emergency management
State Temporary Economic Priority (STEP) Act - Authorizes states to transfer or consolidate funds made available to them under certain federal transportation, education, and job training programs: (1) beginning with the calendar quarter after the United States experiences economic growth at an annual rate of less than 1% for two consecutive calendar quarters; and (2) continuing until 18 months after it experiences economic growth at an annual rate of 1% or more for two consecutive calendar quarters.

Date: 2008-06-26
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Economics and public finance
State and Local Economic Stimulus Act - Makes FY2009 appropriations to the Secretary of the Treasury to award one-time revenue grants to state governments for themselves as well as for redistribution to local governments. Sets forth a schedule for allotments based upon relative population and Tier-1 and Tier-2 unemployment rates. Requires a state or local government to use such funds to: (1) provide essential government services; (2) cover the costs of complying with any federal intergovernmental mandate for which the federal government has not provided funds; or (3) compensate for a decline in federal funding.

Date: 2008-07-31
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Economics and public finance
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2008 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require reports on federal mandates to include: (1) an assessment of the prospective costs of carrying out changes to a condition of federal assistance being imposed on participating state, local, or tribal governments and how these costs compare with the funds being authorized; (2) for reauthorizations, an assessment of the additional costs of changes in those conditions compared with the changes in funding being authorized; (3) in cases where a bill or joint resolution provides necessary sums, an estimate of that amount; and (4) an identification and description of any reasonably foreseeable indirect costs to such governments or the private sector from implementing the federal mandate. Repeals a provision excluding independent regulatory agencies from reporting requirements. Makes requirements under this Act applicable to general notice of any final rule that includes such a mandate.

Date: 2008-09-18
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Save America's Cities Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to each local government having jurisdiction under state law over an area having a population of 1 million or more an amount of the appropriations under this Act (proportional to the population of the area) to improve public safety, clean and maintain streets, and preserve services benefitting children and youth, as otherwise authorized by state and local law.

Date: 2008-12-10
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Cellulosic Ethanol Incentive Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) increase the volume of renewable fuel required to be in gasoline for 2012; (2) prescribe such volumes applicable for 2013 through 2030; (3) apply existing requirements (with a revised ratio) for determining volumes for years not specified to calendar year 2031 and thereafter; (4) prescribe increasing minimum quantities of renewable fuel that must be derived from cellolosic biomass for 2010 through 2030; and (5) apply, for 2010 and thereafter, the 2.5-to-1 ratio of cellulosic biomass ethanol or waste derived ethanol to renewable fuel only to the quantity of cellulosic biomass ethanol sold that is in excess of the minimum quantity of renewable fuel derived from cellulosic biomass required for that year. Requires not less than 30% of the total volume of renewable fuel required in a state under this Act to be derived from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) region in which the state is located. Allows the Administrator of the EPA to reduce or waive such requirement if it would be impracticable for the region to produce the required volume of renewable fuel.

Date: 2007-01-24
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Environmental protection
Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Act of 2008 - Title I: Federal Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery - Authorizes the Attorney General to award a Federal Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery to a federal law enforcement officer who is cited by the Attorney General for performing an act of bravery while in the line of duty. Sets forth criteria for nominating a law enforcement officer for such Badge. Requires nominated officers to have: (1) sustained a physical injury while engaged in lawful duties and performing an act of bravery that put such officer at personal risk; or (2) performed an act of bravery that placed such officer at risk of serious physical injury or death.Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) a Federal Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Board to: (1) design such Badge; (2) select an engraver to produce such Badges; and (3) recommend recipients. Sets forth administrative provisions relating to the Board, including its membership, operations, and powers.Authorizes a Member of Congress to make a presentation of such a Badge to a federal law enforcement officer residing in such Member's congressional district. Directs the Attorney General to make such presentation otherwise.Title II: State And Local Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery - Authorizes the Attorney General to award a State and Local Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery to a state or local law enforcement officer who is cited by the Attorney General for performing an act of bravery while in the line of duty. Establishes a State and Local Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Board within DOJ to design such Badge, select an engraver, and recommend recipients, who may be presented their Badge by their Member of Congress.Title III: Congressional Badge of Bravery Office - Establishes in DOJ a Congressional Badge of Bravery Office to receive nominations for such Badges and to provide staff support to the Boards.

Date: 2008-01-29
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Commemorations
Sales Tax Holiday Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse each state that elects to partipicapte in a sales tax holiday period (beginning after April 3, 2008, and ending before April 14, 2008) for 60% of the amount of state and local sales tax payable and not collected during such period.

Date: 2008-01-29
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Taxation
SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act of 2008 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to compensate states for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors.

Date: 2008-01-31
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Ensure Timely SCAAP Reimbursement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require distribution of state criminal alien assistance program funds no later than 120 days after the last day of the annual program application period.

Date: 2008-01-31
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Immigration
Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, to repeal the requirement for a deduction of 2% from the amount payable to a state in FY2008 under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, and under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, before disbursing a payment to that state and for the deposit of the amount deducted to miscellaneous receipts.

Date: 2008-02-06
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Provides for the transfer from the Secretary of the Treasury to the state of Colorado of certain amounts derived from oil and gas development leases involving Oil Shale Reserves Numbered 1 and 3, to be used by Colorado for: (1) conservation, restoration, and protection of land, water, and wildlife resources affected by oil or gas development; (2) repair, maintenance, and construction of state and county roads in development-affected areas; and (3) capital improvement projects to address impacts of such development.

Date: 2008-02-08
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Energy
Sets forth non-federal cost allocation, non-federal share repayment, and expenditure requirements to reach the Corps of Engineers designated 100-year level of protection for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity project, the West Bank and Vicinity project, and elements of the Southeast Louisiana Urban Drainage project located within such projects.

Date: 2008-06-19
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Water resources development
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to each local government having jurisdiction under state law over an area having a population of 1 million or more an amount of the appropriations under this Act (proportional to the population of the area) to improve public safety, clean and maintain streets, and preserve services benefitting children and youth, as otherwise authorized by state and local law.

Date: 2009-01-14
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Government operations and politics
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to terminate any easement held by the Secretary on land owned by the Village of Caseyville, Illinois, and terminate associated contractual arrangements with the Village.

Date: 2009-01-14
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
State Temporary Economic Priority (STEP) Act - Authorizes states to transfer or consolidate funds made available to them under certain federal transportation, education, and job training programs: (1) beginning with the calendar quarter after the United States experiences economic growth at an annual rate of less than 1% for two consecutive calendar quarters; and (2) continuing until 18 months after it experiences economic growth at an annual rate of 1% or more for two consecutive calendar quarters.

Date: 2009-01-28
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Economics and public finance
Establishes the U.S. Office for Native Hawaiian Affairs (Office) within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. Requires the Attorney General to designate a Department of Justice official to assist the Office in the implementation and protection of the rights of Native Hawaiians and their political, legal, and trust relationship with the United States. Establishes the Native Hawaiian Interagency Task Force to: (1) coordinate federal policies or actions that may significantly or uniquely affect Native Hawaiian resources, rights, or lands; (2) assure that each federal agency develops a policy on consultation with Native Hawaiians; and (3) assure the participation of such agencies in the development of an annual report on the Task Force. Establishes a process for development of a membership roll for organizing a Native Hawaiian Interim Governing Council and for election of a Native Hawaiian government. Recognizes the right of the Native Hawaiian people to adopt organic governing documents. Extends federal recognition to the government as the representative governing body of the Native Hawaiian people upon election of officers and certification by the Secretary. Permits the United States, upon federal recognition of the Native Hawaiian government, to enter into an agreement with the state of Hawaii and such government regarding the transfer of lands, resources, and assets dedicated to Native Hawaiian use.

Date: 2009-02-04
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Native Americans
Restoring the West's Fair Share Act of 2009 - Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 to repeal the requirement for a deduction of 2% from the amount payable to a state in FY2008 under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, and under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, before disbursing a payment to that state and for the deposit of the amount deducted to miscellaneous receipts.

Date: 2009-02-23
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Public lands and natural resources
Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to limit the remedy, in a civil action against a state or local official for deprivation of civil rights, to injunctive and declaratory relief, and deny attorneys' fees, where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion, including violations relating to: (1) religious words or imagery in veterans' memorials, public buildings, or official seals of states or their subdivisions; and (2) the chartering of Boy Scout units by states or their subdivisions and the Boy Scouts' using public buildings. Imposes the same limits regarding such an action against the United States or any U.S. agency or official acting in his or her official capacity.

Date: 2009-03-04
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Law
Solid Waste Compact Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to allow states with approved state solid waste management plans to prohibit the importation of solid waste from outside the state. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify alternative solid waste disposal methods and establish and publish technical guidance regarding their implementation.

Date: 2009-03-12
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Environmental protection
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 2, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.) STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009 - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to establish a committee under the National Science and Technology Council that has the responsibility of coordinating federal programs and activities in support of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, including at the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Education, and all other federal agencies that have programs and activities in support of STEM education. Directs such committee to: (1) coordinate the STEM education activities and programs of federal agencies; (2) develop, implement, and update once every five years, a five-year STEM education strategic plan which shall specify and prioritize annual and long-term objectives, specify the common metrics to be used to assess progress toward achieving the objectives, describe the approaches to be taken by participating agencies to assess the effectiveness of their programs and activities, and describe the role of such agencies in supporting programs and activities designed to achieve the objectives; and (3) establish, periodically update, and maintain an inventory of federally sponsored STEM education programs and activities, including documentation of assessments of the effectiveness of such programs and activities and rates of participation by underrepresented minorities. Instructs the Director to encourage and monitor the efforts of participating agencies to ensure that the STEM education strategic plan is developed and executed effectively and that plan objectives are met. Requires the Director to annually report to Congress on the STEM education strategic plan. Requires such reports to include: (1) a description of the STEM education programs and activities for the previous and current fiscal years, and the proposed programs and activities under the President's budget request, of participating federal agencies; (2) the levels of funding for such agencies for programs and activities for the previous fiscal year and under the President's budget request; (3) with the exception of the initial annual report, a description of the progress made in carrying out the implementation plan; and (4) a description of how the participating federal agencies will disseminate information about federally supported resources for STEM education practitioners.

Date: 2009-03-25
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Education
Establishes the U.S. Office for Native Hawaiian Affairs (Office) within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. Requires the Attorney General to designate a Department of Justice official to assist the Office in the implementation and protection of the rights of Native Hawaiians and their political, legal, and trust relationship with the United States. Establishes the Native Hawaiian Interagency Task Force to: (1) coordinate federal policies or actions that may significantly or uniquely affect Native Hawaiian resources, rights, or lands; (2) assure that each federal agency develops a policy on consultation with Native Hawaiians; and (3) assure the participation of such agencies in the development of an annual report on the Task Force. Establishes a process for development of a membership roll for organizing a Native Hawaiian Interim Governing Council and for election of a Native Hawaiian government. Recognizes the right of the Native Hawaiian people to adopt organic governing documents. Extends federal recognition to the government as the representative governing body of the Native Hawaiian people upon election of officers and certification by the Secretary. Permits the United States, upon federal recognition of the Native Hawaiian government, to enter into an agreement with the state of Hawaii and such government regarding the transfer of lands, resources, and assets dedicated to Native Hawaiian use. Prohibits the Native Hawaiian governing entity and Native Hawaiians from conducting gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under any federal law, regardless of where the gaming is located.

Date: 2009-03-25
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Native Americans
Preserving the American Historical Record Act - Authorizes the Archivist of the United States to make grants to states to: (1) protect historical records; (2) use such records in new and creative ways; (3) provide education and training to those who care for historical records; and (4) create a wide variety of access tools, including finding aids, documentary editions, indexes, and images of key records maintained on state and local organization websites.Requires the Archivist to consult with state and local officials on criteria for making the grants.

Date: 2009-04-29
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to require federal agencies receiving funds under such Act, subject to guidance from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to reasonably adjust applicable limits on administrative expenditures for federal awards to help award recipients defray costs of data collection, auditing, contract and grant planning and management, and investigations of waste, fraud, and abuse required under such Act. Authorizes state and local governments receiving funds to set aside up to .5% of such funds, in addition to any funds already allocated to administrative expenditures, to conduct planning and oversight to prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse. Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide for the use by state and local governments of GSA federal supply schedules for goods or services that are funded by such Act. Makes participation by a firm that sells to a state or local government through such schedule voluntary. Requires the OMB Director to issue guidance to ensure accurate and consistent reporting of "jobs created" and "jobs retained" as those terms are used in such Act.

Date: 2009-04-29
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Warren County National Debt Reduction Act - Rescinds specified funds to be derived from the amount apportioned to Ohio under formula grants for other than urbanized areas and made available from division A of title XII of P.L. 111-5 (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for transit capital assistance. Declares that: (1) such stimulus funding was rejected by the Warren County Ohio Board of Commissioners because it was not needed; and (2) the purpose of this bill is to ensure that such funding is returned to the U.S. Treasury to reduce the national debt to be inherited by future generations.

Date: 2009-05-04
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Economics and public finance
Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to provide grants to to assist states in carrying out inspections of lodging facilities for cimex lectularius, commonly known as the bed bug. Allows states to use grants to conduct inspections, train inspection personnel, contract with a commercial applicator to inspect and treat lodging facilities, and educate lodging proprietors and staff about prevention and eradication of bed bugs. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the effectiveness of the grant program. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to include bed bug prevention and management in public housing agency plans. Amends the Public Health Service Act to include bed bug prevention and control under the block grant program for preventive health services. Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to investigate the public health implications of bed bugs on lodging and housing and report to Congress.

Date: 2009-05-05
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Health
Preserving the American Historical Record Act - Requires the Archivist of the United States to make grants to states to: (1) protect historical records; (2) use such records in new and creative ways; (3) provide education and training to those who care for historical records; and (4) create a wide variety of access tools, including finding aids, documentary editions, indexes, and images of key records maintained on state and local organization websites. Sets forth a formula for the allocation of grant funds to states. Requires the Archivist to consult with state archivists, state secretaries of state, or other appropriate state and local officials who have administrative responsibilities for archival functions.

Date: 2009-05-05
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2009 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to increase the maximum total of contributions for a major disaster by an amount equal to 4% of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under the Act, if at the time of a declaration of a major disaster the affected state has in effect and is actively enforcing an approved state building code. Requires a state, to be eligible for the increased federal share, to submit its state building code to the President for approval. Directs the President to approve a state building code submitted upon determining that it: (1) is consistent with the most recent version of a nationally recognized model building code; (2) has been adopted by the state within six years of the most recent version of the nationally recognized code; and (3) uses the nationally recognized code as a minimum standard. Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to set appropriate standards for the periodic update, resubmittal, and approval of state building codes, consistent with similar mitigation planning requirements under the Stafford Act. Authorizes the use by states and local governments of technical and financial assistance to implement predisaster hazard mitigation measures to establish and operate a building department and carry out enforcement activities to implement an approved state building code.Directs the President, in determining whether to provide technical and financial assistance to a state or local government, to take into account the extent to which that government is carrying out activities to implement an approved state building code.

Date: 2009-05-21
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Emergency management
Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury (or delegate) to make entitlement payments out of the Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund (established by this Act), in periodic installments through FY2011, to local governments. Requires the use of such funds only for specified priority ordinary and necessary maintenance and operations and capital expenditures. Establishes in the Treasury the Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund. Makes appropriations to the Trust Fund through FY2011. Prescribes allocation formulas for distributing entitlement payments among states and their local governments.

Date: 2009-06-23
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Economics and public finance
Restore the Partnership Act of 2009 - Establishes a permanent, bipartisan National Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. Requires the Commission to: (1) engage in activities and studies necessary to give continuing attention to intergovernmental issues in order to facilitate cooperation and coordination between all levels of government; (2) consider mechanisms for fostering better relations between the levels of government; (3) make available technical assistance to the federal executive and legislative branches in the review of proposed legislation to determine its overall effect on all levels of government; (4) recommend, within the framework of the Constitution, the most desirable allocation of government functions, responsibilities, and revenues among the levels of government; (5) recommend methods of coordinating and simplifying tax laws and administrative policies and practices to achieve a more orderly and less competitive fiscal relationship between the levels of government and to reduce the burden of compliance for taxpayers; and (6) submit an annual report to the President and Congress.

Date: 2009-07-24
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Locality Pay Equity Act - Prohibits the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate employees within a pay locality, except with respect to the pay locality designated as "Rest of the United States." Requires the Director of OPM to ensure that this Act shall not reduce any rate of basic pay for any individual who is serving as a prevailing rate employee.

Date: 2009-07-31
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Government operations and politics
TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act of 2009 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to delegate to a private entity management authority over troubled assets with respect to any entity assisted under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Prohibits any expenditure of TARP funds until the Secretary transfers all voting, nonvoting, and common equity in any designated TARP recipient to a limited liability company, to be held and managed in trust on behalf of U.S. taxpayers. Requires the trustees to liquidate the trust and its assets by December 24, 2011, unless: (1) the trustees report to Congress that liquidation would not maximize profitability of the company and the return on investment to the taxpayer; and (2) Congress enacts into law a joint resolution approving continuation of the TARP management plan established under this Act.

Date: 2009-09-17
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Finance and financial sector
Truth in Trials Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) allow any person on trial for a federal marijuana-related offense to introduce evidence that the alleged marijuana-related activities were performed in compliance with state law regarding the medical use of marijuana; (2) allow an affirmative defense to a marijuana prosecution that the alleged marijuana-related activities complied with state law regarding the medical use of marijuana; (3) limit the criminal liability of persons convicted of federal marijuana-related offenses; (4) require the preservation and return (if a defendant is acquitted) of property seized in connection with a marijuana prosecution; and (5) prohibit the seizure of plants grown or stored under a physician's recommendation or by order of a state or municipal agency in accordance with state law regarding the medical use of marijuana.

Date: 2009-10-27
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Secure Federal File Sharing Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidance to: (1) prohibit the download, installation, or use by government employees and contractors of open-network peer-to-peer file sharing software on all federal computers, computer systems, and networks, unless approved in accordance with procedures under this Act; and (2) address the download, installation, or use by government employees and contractors of such software on home or personal computers as it relates to telework and remotely accessing federal computers, computer systems, and networks.Requires the Director to develop a procedure for receiving requests from heads or chief information officers of agencies for approval for use by government employees and contractors of specific open-network peer-to-peer file sharing software programs that are: (1) necessary for day-to-day business operations, for use in the course of a law enforcement investigation, or to perform official agency business; or (2) instrumental in completing a particular task or project that directly supports the agency's overall mission.Requires the Director to direct agencies to: (1) establish or update personal use policies to be consistent with the guidance issued under this Act; (2) require contracts to require contractor compliance with that guidance; (3) update their information technology security or ethics training policies to ensure that all employees are aware of the requirements of that guidance and the consequences of engaging in prohibited conduct; and (4) ensure that proper security controls are in place to prevent, detect, and remove file sharing software that is prohibited.Requires the Director to report annually to specified congressional committees, including: (1) a justification for each open-network peer-to-peer file sharing software program that is approved under this Act; and (2) an inventory of the agencies where such programs are being used.Requires the budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, to be determined by reference to the latest statement titled "Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation" for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

Date: 2009-11-17
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Government operations and politics
Strengthening the Ownership of Private Property Act of 2009 or STOPP Act of 2009 - Prohibits federal financial assistance under defined federal economic development programs to a state or local government entity that: (1) uses the power of eminent domain to take property from a private entity and transfer ownership to another private entity; or (2) fails to provide, to any person displaced by the use of eminent domain for any economic development purpose, relocation assistance under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Excepts from the first clause property taken for: (1) use by a public utility; (2) a road open to the public or common carriers; (3) an aqueduct, pipeline, or similar use; (4) a prison or hospital; or (5) any use during and in relation to a national emergency or national disaster declared by the President. Provides a private right of action for the owner of any real property taken by conduct prohibited under this Act.

Date: 2009-12-11
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Civil rights and liberties, minority issues
Separate Taxpayer Dollars from the Election Process Act of 2010 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to require a financial institution receiving federal funds in connection with assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to: (1) transfer an amount equal to the total unexpended amount of any such funds received before enactment of this Act into a separate, segregated account and maintain them in the segregated account until they are expended; and (2) deposit any such funds received after enactment of this Act in a separate, segregated account and maintain them in the segregated account until they are expended. Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the use of federal funds for any expenditure or electioneering communication if such funds are required to be segregated under this Act.

Date: 2010-02-05
Topic: Government Operations (Intergovernmental Relations)
Subject: Finance and financial sector