| HB1675 | Engross
Sine Die | Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (the Act) to revise requirements for supportive housing for persons with disabilities. (Retains authority to provide such... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-07-23 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| HB1622 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to: (1) conduct a five-year program of natural gas vehicle research, development, and demonstration; (2) coordinate with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding such program; (3) ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-07-22 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB1404 | Engross
Sine Die | Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act or FLAME Act - (Sec. 2) Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Fund (Flame Fund). Requires amounts in the Flame Fund to be made available to the Sec... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-07-21 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. |
| HB80 | Engross
Sine Die | Captive Primate Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add nonhuman primates to the definition of "prohibited wildlife species" for purposes of the prohibition against the sale or purchase of such species in interstate or f... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-07-20 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 118. |
| HB3170 | Engross
Sine Die | - Sets forth permissions for and restrictions upon the use of funds under this Act. (Sec. 606) Prohibits the expenditure of funds under this Act by an entity unless it agrees that such expenditure will comply with the Buy American Act. (Sec. 607) Pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-07-20 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 115. |
| HB1018 | Engross
Sine Die | Restore Our American Mustangs Act - Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to revise provisions concerning the management of such animals. (Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary of the Interior (for Bureau of Land Management [BLM] administered l... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-07-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB388 | Engross
Sine Die | Crane Conservation Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance for approved projects relating to the conservation of cranes, using amounts in the Crane Conservation Fund established by this Act. Allows a proj... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-07-20 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 119. |
| HB409 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Nevada to the Nevada Speedway, LLC. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete an appraisal of the land and all costs associated with such appraisal to be paid by... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-07-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB1044 | Engross
Sine Die | Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Port Chicago National Memorial Act of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior to administer the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the Na... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-07-16 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. |
| HB402 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic." [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-07-15 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HB2454 | Engross
Sine Die | American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 - Sets forth provisions concerning clean energy, energy efficiency, reducing global warming pollution, transitioning to a clean energy economy, and providing for agriculture and forestry related offsets.... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-07-07 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 97. |
| SB962 | Engross
Sine Die | Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009 - (Sec. 4) States that it is U.S. policy to: (1) support the consolidation of democracy in Pakistan; (2) build a long-term relationship with Pakistan; (3) further the economic development of Pakistan by ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-25 Held at the desk. |
| SB1358 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to use funds made available under provisions of the Act commonly known as the Trademark Act of 1946 (relating to fees) to support the processing of patents and other act... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-25 To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1172 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include on the VA Internet website: (1) a list of organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their survivors and, for each such organization, a link to their Internet website; (2) a state... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-24 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HB1211 | Engross
Sine Die | Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act - Title I: Studies and Assessments of Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services for Women Veterans - (Sec. 101) Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) conduct a study of barriers encoun... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-24 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HB2410 | Engross
Sine Die | Division A: Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011- Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011- Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2010-FY2011 appropriations for the Depart... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-22 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| SB814 | Engross
Sine Die | Miami Dade College Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Attorney General to convey to Miami Dade College in Miami Dade County, Florida, a parcel of land held by the Bureau of Prisons for a new educational building that includes a parking area with desig... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Held at the desk. |
| SB1285 | Engross
Sine Die | Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) certify any photograph taken between September 11, 2001, and January 22, 2009, that relates to the treatment of individuals engaged, captured, or detaine... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-18 To House Armed Services Committee |
| HB2247 | Engross
Sine Die | Congressional Review Act Improvement Act - Eliminates a requirement that federal agencies must submit specified information about a rule to both Houses of Congress before such rule can take effect (thus requiring that the information be submitted to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-17 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| HB403 | Engross
Sine Die | Homes for Heroes Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure veteran access to HUD hou... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-17 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| HB1674 | Engross
Sine Die | National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act Amendments of 2009 - Amends the National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act to declare that a nonprofit corporation (established to succeed the abolished Office of Self-Help Development and Technical Assistance) shal... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-17 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| HB2661 | Engross
Sine Die | Court Security Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to increase from 5 to 10 years the prison term for individuals who disclose restricted personal information about a federal employee or other individual performing official dut... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-16 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| HB729 | Engross
Sine Die | Phylicia's Law - Requires each local educational agency (LEA) that receives funds under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program to develop and make publicly available a written school safety policy for off-premises, overnight field tri... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-16 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB1736 | Engross
Sine Die | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 21, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.) International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2009 - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and T... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HB31 | Engross
Sine Die | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 12, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Prohibits the tribe fro... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-09 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 72. |
| HB2173 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1009 Crystal Road in Island Falls, Maine, as the "Carl B. Smith Post Office." [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-09 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security. |
| HB466 | Engross
Sine Die | Wounded Veteran Job Security Act - Entitles a person who is absent from employment by reason of the receipt of medical treatment for a service-connected disability (absent employee) to: (1) be retained by the person's employer; (2) the seniority and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HB1709 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 progr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HB2200 | Engross
Sine Die | Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for FY20... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-08 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HB1385 | Engross
Sine Die | Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009 - Extends federal recognition to the following Indian tribes (the tribes) in the Commonwealth of Virginia and establishes their relationship with the federal government as ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-04 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. |
| HB1280 | Engross
Sine Die | Modifies a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-03 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| HB1380 | Engross
Sine Die | Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2009 or the Josh Miller HEARTS Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to local education... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-03 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB1662 | Engross
Sine Die | Anthony DeJuan Boatwright Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require a state to include as part of its regulatory process for issuance and renewal of licenses to providers of child care services, a recommendation t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-03 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB915 | Engross
Sine Die | FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Title I: Authorizations - Subtitle A: Funding of FAA Programs - (Sec. 101) Reauthorizes appropriations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for FY2010-FY2012 for: (1) airport planning and development and nois... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-01 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HB1676 | Engross
Sine Die | Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009 or PACT Act - Amends the Jenkins Act to revise provisions governing the collection of taxes on, and trafficking in, cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. (Sec. 2) Revises the definition of "cigarette&quo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-01 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| HB2352 | Engross
Sine Die | Job Creation Through Entrepreneurship Act of 2009 - Title I: Establishment of Veterans Business Center Program - (Sec. 101) Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a Veterans B... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-21 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. |
| HB1088 | Engross
Sine Die | Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009 - Reduces from three years to one year the period during which a disabled veterans' outreach program specialist or a local veterans' employment representative must complete the training program provid... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HB1089 | Engross
Sine Die | Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act of 2009 - Provides for the enforcement through the Office of Special Counsel of the employment and unemployment rights of veterans and members of the Armed Forces employed by federal agencies. Authorizes suc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HB1170 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to encourage the development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted housing for disabled veterans. Limits grant amounts to $200,000 annually per recipient. Provides that if a grant... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HB35 | Engross
Sine Die | Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Presidential Records Act to require the Archivist of the United States, when making available any presidential record not previously made available publicly, to: (1) promptly provide w... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-19 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 64. |
| HB347 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the award of a congressional gold medal to the Army's 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team, collectively, i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-18 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| HB2187 | Engross
Sine Die | 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act - Title I: Grants for Modernization, Renovation, or Repair of Public School Facilities - (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, re... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-18 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB23 | Engross
Sine Die | Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Treasury the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund for payments by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of a monthly benefit of $1,000 to each individual who... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-13 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| HB2020 | Engross
Sine Die | Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2009 - Amends the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to rename the National High-Performance Computing Program as the Networking and Information Technology Research and Develop... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-13 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
| HB1178 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to study and report to the Secretary of Homeland Security and specified congressional committees on the functions and capabilities of the Civil Air Patrol to support the homeland security missions ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-13 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| HB1728 | Engross
Sine Die | Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act - Title I: Residential Mortgage Loan Origination Standards - (Sec. 102) Amends the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to prescribe fiduciary standards for originators of residential mortgages, including complet... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-05-12 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| HB46 | Engross
Sine Die | Family Self-Sufficiency Act of 2009 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise requirements for the administrative fee payable to public housing agencies to cover the costs of administering family self-sufficiency programs in connection... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-30 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| HB1913 | Engross
Sine Die | Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Adopts the definition of "hate crime" as set forth in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (i.e., a crime in which the defendant intentionally selects ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-30 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| HB1253 | Engross
Sine Die | Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to exclude a group health plan from prohibitions agains... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. |
| HB1218 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as the "Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building." [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-04-23 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security. |