Rep. Steve Kagen
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Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 [HB-1016]
Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 - Directs the President to include in annual budget justification documents submitted to Congress information on estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted for the following accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): (1) Medical Services; (2) Medical Support and Compliance; and (3) Medical Facilities. Requires annually for such accounts, beginning with FY2011, discretionary new budget authority to: (1) be made
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Became Public Law No: 111-81. on 10/22/2009
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Access to America's Orthopaedic Services Act of 2009 [HB-1021]
Access to America's Orthopaedic Services Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish criteria for accounting and reporting the effort expended by researchers on musculoskeletal research funded with certain grants.Sets forth reporting requirements related to musculoskeletal health, including on: (1) research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH); (2) federal programs and activities relating to musculoskeletal trauma care; (3) a standard unit for the measurement of bone mass under the Medicare program;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Technology And Innovation. on 02/25/2009
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Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act [HB-1064]
Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Monitoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act or the Youth PROMISE Act - Title I: Federal Coordination of Local and Tribal Juvenile Justice Information and Efforts - (Sec. 101) Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish a PROMISE Advisory Panel to assist the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in: (1) assessing successful evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Placed On The Union Calendar, Calendar No. 417. on 12/22/2010
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Peace Corps Expansion Act of 2009 [HB-1066]
Peace Corps Expansion Act of 2009 - Amends the Peace Corps Act to: (1) authorize appropriations for the Peace Corps; and (2) increase readjustment allowances for Peace Corps volunteers and volunteer leaders.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Foreign Affairs. on 02/13/2009
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Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act [HB-1074]
Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) allow licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, dealers, or collectors (licensees) to sell or deliver any firearm (currently, rifles or shotguns) to a resident of a state other than the state in which the licensee is located or temporarily located if the licensee meets with the purchaser to complete the sale or delivery and the transaction complies with the laws of the state in which the transfer is conducted and the purchaser's state of residence; and (2) eliminate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 03/16/2009
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Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2009 [HB-1077]
Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover the services of a qualified respiratory therapist performed under the general supervision of a physician.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/23/2009
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CALM Act [HB-1084]
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 for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital Television approved by the Advanced Television Systems Committee, so far as the recommended practice concerns the transmission of commercial advertisements by a television broadcast station, cable operator, or other multichannel video programming
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 12/16/2009
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Student Privacy Protection Act of 2009 [HB-1091]
Student Privacy Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise provisions for military recruiter access to secondary school student information. Requires ESEA-assisted local educational agencies (LEAs) to notify each secondary school student's parent of the option to consent to a release of the student's name, address, and telephone listing to military recruiters, and to give the parent the opportunity to provide such consent in writing. Requires such LEAs to provide military recruiters, upon
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/30/2009
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No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act of 2009 [HB-1092]
No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan from imposing any preexisting conditions exclusion.Requires each health insurance issuer that offers health insurance coverage in the group market in a state to: (1) accept every employer in the state that applies for such coverage; (2) accept enrollment for every eligible individual who applies during the enrollment period; (3) charge the same
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/30/2009
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Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 [HB-11]
Title I: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare that an unlawful employment practice occurs when: (1) a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted; (2) an individual becomes subject to the decision or practice; or (3) an individual is affected by application of the decision or practice, including each time wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid. Allows liability to accrue, and allows an aggrieved person to obtain relief,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/06/2009