Transportation Security Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009 [HB-1881]
Transportation Security Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009 - Terminates certain authorities under the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel management system with respect to TSA employees under the Aviation and Transportation Security Act and related law, including all authority to establish or adjust a human resources management system. Subjects TSA employees (including screeners) to the protections of the federal civil service system, including the right to collective bargaining, compensation, leave, health, and other employee
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HB-1881: Transportation Security Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Reported By The Committee On Homeland Security. H. Rept. 111-273, Part I. on 09/29/2009
Presidential Commission on Women Act of 2009 [HB-1887]
Presidential Commission on Women Act of 2009 - Establishes the Presidential Commission on Women to: (1) review the status of women nationwide; (2) review the role of the federal government in aid to, and the promotion of, women; (3) review data collection procedures with regard to women federal initiatives and procurement; and (4) hold a conference to assist in those reviews.
HB-1887: Presidential Commission on Women Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Workforce, Post Office, And The District Of Columbia. on 06/26/2009
Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2009 [HB-1894]
Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national minimum payment amount for CPT code 77080 (relating to dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, or DXA, the most widely accepted method of measuring bone mass to predict fracture risk) and CPT code 77082 (relating to vertebral fracture assessment, or VFA), and any successor
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HB-1894: Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/21/2009
Life Sustaining Treatment Preferences Act of 2009 [HB-1898]
Life Sustaining Treatment Preferences Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to extend Medicare coverage to consultations regarding an order for life sustaining treatment for qualified individuals. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible entities to: (1) establish new programs for orders regarding life sustaining treatment in a state or locality; (2) expand or enhance an existing program; or (3)
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HB-1898: Life Sustaining Treatment Preferences Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/21/2009
California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act [HB-1906]
California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of California.
HB-1906: California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 04/13/2009
Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 [HB-1913]
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 a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person). (Sec. 3) Authorizes the Attorney General, at the request of a state, local,
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HB-1913: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/30/2009
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009 [HB-1925]
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009 - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin; (2) Zion and Mojave Desert; (3) the Grand Staircase-Escalante; (4) Moab-La Sal Canyons; (5) Henry Mountains; (6) Glen Canyon; (7) San Juan-Anasazi; (8) Canyonlands Basin; (9) San Rafael Swell; and (10) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. Sets forth administrative provisions regarding: (1) filing by the Secretary of the Interior of a map and a legal description of each designated
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HB-1925: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 10/01/2009
Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2009 [HB-1927]
Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to provide for Medicare coverage of comprehensive cancer patient treatment education services. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of research with respect to: (1) improving the
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HB-1927: Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/21/2009
Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2009 [HB-1969]
Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2009 - Prohibits U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance to the government of Vietnam in excess of FY2009 amounts unless: (1) the President certifies to Congress that the government of Vietnam has made substantial progress respecting political, media, and religious freedoms, minority rights, access to U.S. refugee programs, and actions to end trafficking in persons; and (2) the federal government provides assistance, in addition to democracy building assistance under this Act, supporting human rights training, civil society building,
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HB-1969: Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Committee On Foreign Affairs, And In Addition To The Committee On Ways And Means, 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 04/02/2009
First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension Act of 2009 [HB-1993]
First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit and the waiver of recapture requirements for such credit through 2010; and (2) expand the election to treat a purchase of a principal residence as made in a prior taxable year for purposes of such credit.
HB-1993: First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 04/21/2009