| HB2489 | Engross
Sine Die | National Land Remote Sensing Outreach Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish and maintain a national land remote sensing outreach program within the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to advance the availability, timely distribu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HB3224 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to construct a vehicle maintenance building at the vehicle maintenance branch of the Smithsonian Institution in Suitland, Maryland, to be used for housing and maintaining vehicles and tra... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. |
| HB1242 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) establish an electronic database using data from specified sources to monitor the use of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds by inst... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| HB3639 | Engross
Sine Die | Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (Credit CARD Act of 2009) to: (1) make Title I: Consumer Protection, Title II: Enhanced Consumer Disclosures, a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| HB2188 | Engross
Sine Die | Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act of 2009 - (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a Joint Ventures Program to develop a framework for the approval and establishment of Jo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-21 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 248. |
| HB310 | Engross
Sine Die | Help to Access Land for the Education of Scouts or HALE Scouts Act - Requires the conveyance of specified National Forest System land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America. Exclu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-16 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 231. |
| HB1084 | Engross
Sine Die | Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act or the CALM Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe a regulation that is limited to incorporating by reference, and making mandatory, the Recommended Practice: Techniques... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-16 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HB1110 | Engross
Sine Die | Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement Act of 2009 or the PHONE Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose a fine, a five-year prison term, or both, on anyone who knowingly uses or provides to another, in interst... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-16 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| HB1471 | Engross
Sine Die | Redesignates the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Georgia as the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. Requires, in the administration of the Historical Park, the preservation and interpretation of a southern agricultural-based rural communit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB1506 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires any claim of the United States to certain property relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his family, or staff to be treated as having been waived and relinquished on the day before any person makes a gift of such property to the National Ar... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-11 Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 226. |
| HB3603 | Engross
Sine Die | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 7, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Renames the Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon, Georgia, as the Ocmulgee Mounds National Monument. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-10 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB2278 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the President to submit an annual report to Congress regarding anti-American incitement to violence in the Middle East. Requires that such report include a country-by-country list of media outlets and satellite companies that engage in such i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| HB1319 | Engross
Sine Die | Informed P2P User Act - (Sec. 2) Makes it unlawful for any commercial entity that developed a file sharing program or distributed such a program (if the distributor is owned by the developing entity) to install, make available for installation, or do... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HB2134 | Engross
Sine Die | Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission, which shall: (1) review and evaluate U.S. policy regarding illicit drug supply reduction and interdiction, with particular emphasis on ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| HB2221 | Engross
Sine Die | Data Accountability and Trust Act - (Sec. 2) Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations requiring each person engaged in interstate commerce owning or possessing electronic data containing personal information, or contracti... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HB3246 | Engross
Sine Die | Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2009 - (Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Energy for research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of vehicles and related technologies for FY2010-FY2014. Title I: Vehicle Rese... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-08 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. |
| HB3585 | Engross
Sine Die | Solar Technology Roadmap Act - Title I: Solar Technology Research, Development, and Demonstration - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a program of research, development, and demonstration for solar technology, including: (1) photo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-08 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. |
| HB957 | Engross
Sine Die | Green Energy Education Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to contribute energy research and development funds to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program to support gr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-08 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. |
| HB118 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the addition of certain lands to the Morristown National Historical Park in New Jersey from willing sellers only. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-08 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB2729 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to designate as protected outdoor research reserves for the purpose of conducting long-term environmental research on the impacts of human activities on the natural environment: (1) Savannah River National Envi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-08 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. |
| HB3165 | Engross
Sine Die | Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research and development program to: (1) improve the energy efficiency, reliability, and capacity of wind turbines; (2) optimize the design and adaptabi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-08 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. |
| HB1672 | Engross
Sine Die | Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to define "Northwest Straits" as the marine waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and of Puget Sou... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-08 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 221. |
| HB22 | Engross
Sine Die | United States Postal Service Financial Relief Act of 2009 - Reduces the amount the United States Postal Service must pay into the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund by September 30, 2009, from $5.4 billion to $1.4 billion. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-07 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security. |
| HB2873 | Engross
Sine Die | Enhanced S.E.C. Enforcement Authority Act - Amends the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Company Act of 1940 to declare that, in any action or proceeding instituted und... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-03 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| HB3570 | Engross
Sine Die | Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Title I: Statutory Licenses - (Sec. 102) Requires a satellite carrier whose secondary transmissions are subject to statutory licensing to deposit a filing fee semiannually with the Register of Copyr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-03 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| HB320 | Engross
Sine Die | CJ's Home Protection Act of 2009 - Requires the consensus committee established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, to develop and submit to the Secretary of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-03 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| HB1849 | Engross
Sine Die | World War I Memorial and Centennial Act of 2009 - Designates the Liberty Memorial at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the National World War I Memorial. Establishes the World War I Centennial Commission to: (1) plan, deve... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-03 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. |
| HB3963 | Engross
Sine Die | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Criminal Investigative Training Restoration Act - Directs the Federal Air Marshal Service to require federal air marsh... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-03 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HB515 | Engross
Sine Die | Radioactive Import Deterrence Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from issuing a license authorizing the importation into the United States of: (1) low-level radioactive waste; or (2) specifi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-03 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| HB3598 | Engross
Sine Die | Energy and Water Research Integration Act - (Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of Energy to identify each of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) energy research, development, and demonstration programs and projects into which it is appropriate to integrat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-02 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB3029 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in power generation systems and to identify the technologies that will lead to gas turbine combi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-12-02 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB2781 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as a recreational river and as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB1834 | Engross
Sine Die | Native American Business Development Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish in the Small Business Administration (SBA) the Office of Native American Affairs, administered by a new SBA Associate Administrator, to increase... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
| HB1839 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Small Business Act relating to the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to ensure that SCORE: (1) carries out a plan to increase the proportion of small busines... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-19 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
| HB3014 | Engross
Sine Die | Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee up to 90% of the amount of a loan, up to specified loan amounts, to a sm... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-19 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
| HB1842 | Engross
Sine Die | Expanding Entrepreneurship Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act relating to small business entrepreneurial development programs (programs) to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) develop and submit to Con... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-19 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
| HB3738 | Engross
Sine Die | Small Business Early-Stage Investment Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and carry out a program to provide equity investment financing to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-19 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
| HB3791 | Engross
Sine Die | Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to reauthorize through FY2014 the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program and the Sta... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-19 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| HB3305 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the "H. Dale Cook Federal Building and United States Courthouse." [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-18 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
| HB3618 | Engross
Sine Die | Clean Hull Act of 2009 - Title I: General Provisions - (Sec. 101) Defines "antifouling system" as a coating, paint, surface treatment, surface, or device used on a vessel to control or prevent attachment of unwanted organisms. (Sec. 102) De... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-18 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HB1838 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Small Business Act relating to the women's business centers program to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) disburse funds to a women's business center (center) no later than one month after its appl... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
| HB1845 | Engross
Sine Die | Small Business Development Centers Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act relating to small business development centers (SBDCs) (centers established through the Small Business Administration [SBA] to provide advisory, operational,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
| HB3737 | Engross
Sine Die | Small Business Microlending Expansion Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Administration (SBA) Microloan program (small-scale loans to start-up, newly established, or growing small businesses for wo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
| HB3743 | Engross
Sine Die | Small Business Disaster Readiness and Reform Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), in making a small business disaster loan of $250,000 or less, from requiring a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
| HB3949 | Engross
Sine Die | Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act of 2009 - Title I: Small Business and Education Matters - Veterans Small Business Verification Act - (Sec. 101) Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from including a small b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-04 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HB3157 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) outpatient clinic in Alexandria, Minnesota, that is expected to open in September 2009 as the "Max J. Beilke Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic." [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-04 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HB174 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in El Paso County, Colorado. Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on such establishment. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-03 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HB1168 | Engross
Sine Die | Veterans Retraining Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to pay to each covered veteran an assistance allowance for each month such veteran is enrolled in an employment and training program that teaches a skill in demand, as determined the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-03 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HB3854 | Engross
Sine Die | Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009 - Title I: Small Business Lending Enhancements - (Sec. 101) Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and carry out a program ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-11-02 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
| HB3617 | Engross
Sine Die | Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Reauthorizes programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the period beginning October 1, 2009, and ending on the earlier of: (1) the enactment o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-10-29 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 191. |