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Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2009 [S.252]
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Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2009 - Title I: Department Personnel Matters - (Sec. 101) Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to appoint personnel for health care positions within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) not specifically listed in authorized classes for appointment, as long as the Secretary provides prior notification to the congressional veterans committees and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Requires the Secretary, before submitting notification, to solicit
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Reported By Senator Akaka With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 111-60. on 07/24/2009
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Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 [S.1963]
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Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 - Title I: Caregiver Support - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of any veteran who: (1) is undergoing medical discharge from the Armed Forces; (2) has a serious injury incurred or aggravated in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001; and (3) is in need of personal care services. Includes among such assistance personal care services instruction and training, ongoing technical support,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr
Became Public Law No: 111-163. on 05/05/2010
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Keep Americans Working Act [S.1646]
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Keep Americans Working Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to keep Americans working by strengthening and expanding short-time compensation programs that provide employers with an alternative to layoffs. Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) provide guidance to states in enacting short-term compensation programs; and (2) award start-up grants to state agencies in states that have enacted programs and meet certain requirements. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define "short-time compensation program" as one in which: (1) participation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S9080) on 08/07/2009
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 [S.1390]
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2010 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY2010 for defense-wide procurement. (Sec. 105) Provides that the amounts authorized under this Subtitle shall
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Received In The House. on 07/28/2009
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Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2009 [HB-919]
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Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to appoint personnel for health care positions within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) not specifically listed as authorized categories for appointment, as long as the Secretary provides prior notification to the congressional veterans' committees and the Office of Management and Budget. Requires newly-appointed nurses to serve a probationary period. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) appoint
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Sponsored by: Rep. Collin Peterson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/13/2009
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Small Business Assistance and Relief Act of 2010 [HB-5554]
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Small Business Assistance and Relief Act of 2010 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) assistance should be made available to creditworthy small businesses that cannot obtain lending in the current environment; and (2) reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be a top priority for Congress. Provides, with respect to small businesses: (1) an extension of specified tax provisions concerning deductions, credits, and income exclusion; and (2) a limit on the paperwork required to be submitted from a small business to federal agencies. Small
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Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Referred To The Committee On Small Business, And In Addition To The Committees On Ways And Means, Appropriations, Energy And Commerce, And Financial Services, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 06/17/2010
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To enhance homeland security in the ports and waterways of the United States, and for other purposes. [HB-5346]
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America's Waterway Watch Act - Establishes within the Coast Guard the America's Waterway Watch Program to promote voluntary reporting of activities indicating a threat or act of terrorism against a vessel, facility, port, or waterway. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) report to specified congressional committees and to the Comptroller General on the pilot program to test the business processes, technology, and operational impacts required to deploy transportation security card readers at secure areas of the marine transportation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bennie Thompson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Border, Maritime, And Global Counterterrorism. on 05/27/2010
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To allow an employer to pay an H-2A worker the Federal minimum wage or the prevailing wage in a case where the employer pays either wage to United States citizens similarly employed. [HB-4835]
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Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to state that an employer who pays a U.S. worker the federal minimum wage or the prevailing wage shall not be required to pay an H-2A visa worker (temporary agricultural worker) similarly employed more than such wage.
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, And International Law. on 04/26/2010
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H-2B Program Reform Act of 2009 [HB-4381]
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H-2B Program Reform Act of 2009 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make any alien seeking to enter the United States as an H-2B visa (nonagricultural temporary/seasonal worker) inadmissible unless the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) certifies to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) that: (1) there are not sufficient U.S. workers to perform such temporary labor or services; and (2) such alien's employment will not adversely affect similarly-employed U.S. workers' wages and working conditions. Requires H-2B
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Sponsored by: Rep. Zoe Lofgren
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, And International Law. on 03/01/2010
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CIR ASAP Act of 2009 [HB-4321]
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform ASAP Act of 2009, or the CIR ASAP Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) to: (1) develop and submit to Congress a National Strategy for Border Security; (2) increase the number of Customs and Border Protection officers, agriculture specialists, and border security support personnel, and enhance related equipment, assets, and technology; (3) develop a comprehensive land and maritime border surveillance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, And International Law. on 03/01/2010
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Helping Unemployed Workers Act [HB-4183]
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Helping Unemployed Workers Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through March 31, 2011. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend through April 1, 2011: (1) federal-state agreements increasing regular unemployment compensation payments to individuals; and (2) requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Requires
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Income Security And Family Support. on 12/08/2009
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Keep Americans Working Act [HB-4135]
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Keep Americans Working Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to keep Americans working by strengthening and expanding short-time compensation programs that provide employers with an alternative to layoffs. Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) provide guidance to states in enacting short-term compensation programs; and (2) award start-up grants to state agencies in states that have enacted programs and meet certain requirements. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define "short-time compensation program" as one in which: (1) participation
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Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 11/19/2009
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Retirement Fairness Act of 2009 [HB-4126]
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Retirement Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends pension plan provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require plans to include certain part-time employees who are not highly compensated in meeting minimum coverage requirements; and (2) determine non-discrimination compliance by considering only vested pension plan benefits and contributions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 11/19/2009
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Helping Invigorate and Revive our Economy Act of 2009 [HB-3784]
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Helping Invigorate and Revive our Economy Act of 2009 or the HIRE America Act - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the work opportunity tax credit to: (1) increase the rate of such credit to 50% for members of a targeted group and allow a credit for 30% of wages paid to individuals who are not members of a targeted group; (2) increase the rate of such credit for part-time workers; (3) increase the dollar limitation on the wages eligible for such credit for disabled veterans and summer youth employees; and (4) make such credit permanent.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Rooney
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 10/08/2009
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 [HB-3288]
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 - (Sec. 4) Makes the following appropriations for FY2010. Division A: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the Department of Transportation (DOT), including: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) the Federal Aviation Administration
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Olver
Signed By President. on 12/16/2009
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2010 [HB-3170]
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- 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) Prohibits the availability of funds under this Act to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act. (Sec. 610) Prohibits the availability of funds under this Act for use by the Executive Office of the President to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) any
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jose Serrano
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 115. on 07/20/2009
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Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act of 2009 [HB-2990]
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Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act of 2009 - Title I: Compensation and Benefits for Members of the Armed Forces and Military Retirees - Subtitle A: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - (Sec. 101) Extends through 2010 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2009 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve Armed Forces. Subtitle B: Retired Pay Benefits - (Sec. 111) Provides for the recomputation of retired pay and adjustment of the retired grade of reserve retirees recalled
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/03/2009
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 [HB-2647]
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2010 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) National Guard and reserve equipment; and (3) the Mine Resistant
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ike Skelton
Signed By President. on 10/28/2009
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Guard and Reserve Financial Stability Act of 2009 [HB-2466]
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Guard and Reserve Financial Stability Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small employers (employers with 50 or fewer employees) a business tax credit for 50 percent of the lesser of: (1) actual compensation paid to each Ready Reserve-National Guard employee while on active duty or hospitalized incident to such duty; or (2) $30,000. Terminates such credit after 2009. Allows employers a work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of temporary employees to replace Ready Reserve-National Guard employees for the period such employees
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nita Lowey
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 05/18/2009
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Temporary Employees Franchise Improvement Act of 2009 [HB-2197]
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Temporary Employees Franchise Improvement Act of 2009 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), in determining whether a franchisee is affiliated with a franchisor in the temporary employee services industry (industry), to: (1) continue to apply historically considered affiliation factors; (2) promulgate necessary rules and regulations to determine affiliation in a manner consistent with the Small Business Act; and (3) consider the processing of payroll and billing by a franchisor as customary and common practice in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Fallin
Referred To The House Committee On Small Business. on 04/30/2009