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HB111Intro

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Community Choice in Real Estate Act - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Secretary of the Treasury, respectively, from det...
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2009-01-06
To House Financial Services Committee
SB43Intro

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Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2009 - Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on state and local taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.
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2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB115Intro

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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the issuance of tax-exempt small issue bonds to finance the purchase of property or land used primarily for the processing of agricultural products.
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB117Intro

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Prohibits a state from imposing a tax on the income earned in the state by nonresidents unless the tax is of substantial equality of treatment for the citizens of the state and the nonresidents so commuting.
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2009-01-06
To House Judiciary Committee
HB119Intro

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Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.
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2009-01-06
To House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management
SB162Intro

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Fiscal Discipline, Earmark Reform, and Accountability Act - Amends Rule XVI (Appropriations and Amendments to General Appropriations Bills) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to revise procedures for consideration of points of order on appropriation...
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2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S145-146)
HB120Intro

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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an offset against the alternative minimum tax of alternative motor vehicle tax credit amounts.
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB123Intro

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Credit Agencies Identity Theft Responsibilities Act of 2009 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency which has reason to suspect identity theft to: (1) report such suspicion to the U.S. Secret Service; and (2) inf...
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2009-01-06
To House Financial Services Committee
HB124Intro

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Secure the Capitol Act - Prohibits an office of the legislative branch from entering into a contract for goods or services within the Capitol Complex with any contractor employing individuals unless the contractor: (1) elects to participate in the ba...
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2009-01-06
To House Administration Committee
HB132Intro

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Total Overhaul of Totalization Agreements Law of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for agreements establishing a totalization arrangement between the United ...
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB133Intro

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Identity Theft Notification Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to notify individuals and appropriate authorities of evidence of...
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
SB47Intro

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Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on communication services (i.e., local telephone service, toll telephone service, and teletypewriter exchange service).
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2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB71Intro

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Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on communication services (i.e., local telephone service, toll telephone service, and teletypewriter exchange service).
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2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB140Intro

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Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold specified graduated percentages of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highways funds for FY2010 and thereafter if driver licenses or personal identification cards issued by the state do...
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2009-01-06
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
SB156Intro

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Small Business Stimulus Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2010 the increased expensing allowance for depreciable business assets; and (2) extend from two to five years the carryback period for net operating losses ...
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2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S139)
HB143Intro

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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce to 0% the employment tax on employers, employees, and self-employed individuals in the first full two-month period after the enactment of this Act; and (2) exclude from gross income any wage and self-em...
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2009-01-06
To House Financial Services Committee
HB148Intro

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Prohibits federal funds from being used to transfer any enemy combatant detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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2009-01-06
To House Armed Services Committee
HB156Intro

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Stop the Congressional Pay Raise Act - Declares that no automatic pay adjustment shall be considered to have taken effect in FY2010 in the rates of basic pay for Members of Congress under the General Schedule (thus eliminating the pay adjustment for ...
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2009-01-06
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HB158Intro

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Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to set forth specified expenditure limitations for House of Representatives general elections. Permits additional expenditures by eligible major party,...
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2009-01-06
To House Rules Committee
HB159Intro

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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a deduction from gross income for: (1) interest paid on indebtedness (up to $49,500) incurred after November 12, 2008, and before January 1, 2010, for the purchase of a motor vehicle (i.e...
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB160Intro

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Social Security for Americans Only Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) prohibit the wages earned, and self-employment income derived, by individuals who are not ...
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB161Intro

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Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, effective January 1, 2009, the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits.
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB162Intro

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Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of any social security or tier I railroad retirement benefits in gross income. Appropriates funds to cover reductions in transfers to the Social Security a...
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
SB88Intro

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IDEA Full Funding Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas to provide special education and related services to children with ...
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2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB168Intro

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Housing Opportunities Made Easier Act or the HOME Act - Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) provide 150,000 incremental vouchers to public housing agencies in FY2009 for tenant-based rental housing assistance under sectio...
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2009-01-06
To House Financial Services Committee
HB173Intro

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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross estate of a decedent the value of farmland used by an heir of the decedent for farming purposes. Imposes a recapture tax on an heir who disposes of such farmland after the decedent's death or...
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB181Intro

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Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 to allow the Clerk of the House of Representatives, at the request of a Member of the House, to donate computers and related peripheral tools previously used by the Member to a public elementary ...
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2009-01-06
To House Administration Committee
SB76Intro

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Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Reauthorizes for for FY2009-FY2014 and revises the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act. Requires any Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant to or contract with...
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2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S75-83)
HB184Intro

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Clean Vehicles for Cleaner Air Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain businesses located in areas designated as nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act a general business tax credit for the cost of certain clean-fuel vehi...
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB196Intro

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Prohibits the use of federal funds for the design, renovation, construction, or rental of any U.N. headquarters in the United States unless the President transmits to Congress a certification that the United Nations has adopted internationally-recogn...
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2009-01-06
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
HB198Intro

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Health Care Tax Deduction Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals a tax deduction from gross income for health insurance premiums and unreimbursed prescription drug expenses paid for the benefit of the taxpayer, the taxpay...
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB199Intro

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Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to $400 (twice such amount on a joint return) of interest income annually. Provides for an inflation adjustment to such exclusion amount beginnin...
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB201Intro

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Deficit Accountability Act of 2009 - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that pay for Members of Congress may not be increased by any adjustment scheduled to take effect in a calendar year if the Office of Management and Budg...
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2009-01-06
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HB205Intro

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Death Tax Repeal Act - Repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB212Intro

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Bonus Depreciation Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for two years the additional 50% depreciation allowance for business assets (bonus depreciation) and the accelerated depreciation allowance for property located in ...
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB213Intro

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Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2009 - Exempts provisions expanding the adoption tax credit and adoption assistance programs enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 from the general terminating (sunset) provision...
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB214Intro

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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow purchasers of a single-family principal residence a one-time tax credit for up to $15,000 of the purchase price. Requires such a residence to be purchased after February 29, 2008, and before March 1, 2009, an...
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB215Intro

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Congressional Pay Reform Act of 2009 - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress. Requires the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress to be the rate payable as of the enactmen...
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2009-01-06
To House Rules Committee
HB219Intro

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Social Security Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust ...
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
HB220Intro

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Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit using a Social Security account number except for specified Social Security and...
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2009-01-06
To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
HB224Intro

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Directs the United States Customs and Border Protection to liquidate or reliquidate certain entries of large newspaper printing presses and components thereof.
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2009-01-06
To House Ways And Means Committee
SB40Intro

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Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of Fossil Creek, a tributary to the Verde River in Arizona, as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system, to be administered...
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2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
SB109Intro

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Beaver Basin Wilderness Act - Designates specified land and inland water within the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known as the Beaver Basi...
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2009-01-06
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
SB6504N/A

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