Clean Water Protection Act [HB-1310]
Clean Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to define "fill material" to mean any pollutant that replaces portions of waters of the United States with dry land or that changes the bottom elevation of a water body for any purpose and to exclude any pollutant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste.
HB-1310: Clean Water Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 03/06/2009
Great Ape Protection Act of 2009 [HB-1326]
Great Ape Protection Act of 2009 - Prohibits: (1) conducting invasive research on great apes; (2) knowingly breeding, possessing, renting, loaning, donating, purchasing, selling, housing, maintaining, leasing, borrowing, transporting, moving, delivering, or receiving a great ape for the purpose of conducting such research; or (3) using federal funds to conduct such research. Defines "invasive research" as research that may cause death, bodily injury, pain, distress, fear, injury, or trauma to great apes, including drug testing or exposure to a substance
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HB-1326: Great Ape Protection Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/06/2009
Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009 [HB-1327]
Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) States that it is the policy of the United States to support the decision of state and local governments and educational institutions to divest from, and to prohibit the investment of assets they control in, persons that the have investments of more than $20 million in Iran's energy sector. Authorizes a state or local government to adopt and enforce measures to divest its assets from, or prohibit their investment in, any person that the state or local government determines, using credible information
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HB-1327: Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 10/15/2009
Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery (CARES) Act of 2009 [HB-1339]
Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery (CARES) Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan that covers surgical benefits to also cover outpatient and inpatient diagnosis and treatment of a congenital or developmental deformity, disease, or injury of a minor child (defined as child under the age of 22). Requires that such coverage: (1) be subject to pre-authorization or pre-certification requirements
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HB-1339: Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation & Surgery (CARES) Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/29/2009
Post-Abortion Depression Research and Care Act of 2009 [HB-1350]
Post-Abortion Depression Research and Care Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), to expand and intensify NIMH research and related activities with respect to post-abortion depression and psychosis. Requires the Director of NIMH to: (1) conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and to find a cure for, such post-abortion conditions; and (2) conduct a
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HB-1350: Post-Abortion Depression Research and Care Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. John Shimkus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/06/2009
Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 [HB-1409]
Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to certify a bargaining representative without directing an election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative (card-check) and there is no other individual or labor organization currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit. Sets forth special procedural requirements for reaching an initial collective bargaining
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HB-1409: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/29/2009
Southern New Jersey Veterans Comprehensive Health Care Act [HB-1416]
Southern New Jersey Veterans Comprehensive Health Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine, and notify Congress, whether the needs of veterans in southern New Jersey (the counties of Ocean, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic, and Cape May) for full-service medical care shall be met through a project for: (1) inpatient and outpatient services and long-term care to veterans at an existing facility in southern New Jersey; or (2) construction of a new full-service, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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HB-1416: Southern New Jersey Veterans Comprehensive Health Care Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank LoBiondo
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/13/2009
Medicare Oral Health Rehabilitative Enhancement Act of 2009 [HB-1430]
Medicare Oral Health Rehabilitative Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit physical therapy to be furnished under the Medicare program to individuals under the care of a dentist.
HB-1430: Medicare Oral Health Rehabilitative Enhancement Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/12/2009
Geriatrics Loan Forgiveness Act of 2009 [HB-1457]
Geriatrics Loan Forgiveness Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem each year an individual is enrolled in a geriatric training program as a year of obligated service under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. Requires an individual affected by this Act to provide geriatric health service for the remainder of the individual's period of obligated service. Applies this Act to no more than 500 individuals in any year.
HB-1457: Geriatrics Loan Forgiveness Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/16/2009
Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2009 [HB-1458]
Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2009 - Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to: (1) continue entitlement to prescription drugs used in immunosuppressive therapy furnished to an individual who receives a kidney transplant for which payment is made under Medicare; and (2) extend Medicare secondary payer requirements for end stage renal disease (ESRD) beneficiaries. Amends title XVIII (Medicare ) of SSA to apply special rules to kidney transplant recipients receiving
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HB-1458: Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/29/2009