Peace Stamp for the Peace Corps Act [HB-336]
Peace Stamp for the Peace Corps Act - Directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a semipostal (a postage stamp sold at a premium in order to help provide funding for certain causes) to benefit the Peace Corps.
HB-336: Peace Stamp for the Peace Corps Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, And In Addition To The Committee On Foreign Affairs, 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 01/08/2009
Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009 [HB-3381]
Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009 - Amends the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to impose criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly violates any regulation prohibiting the shooting or harassing of birds, fish, or other animals from aircraft (airborne hunting). Increases the monetary penalty for airborne hunting from $5,000 to $50,000. Expands the exceptions to the prohibition against airborne hunting to include enhancing the propagation and survival of wildlife or preventing the extinction of a species threatened or endangered under the Endangered
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HB-3381: Protect America's Wildlife Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Insular Affairs, Oceans And Wildlife. on 08/02/2009
Hate Crimes Against the Homeless Statistics Act of 2009 [HB-3419]
Hate Crimes Against the Homeless Statistics Act of 2009 - Amends the Hate Crime Statistics Act to include crimes against the homeless in the crime data collected by the Attorney General under such Act.
HB-3419: Hate Crimes Against the Homeless Statistics Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 09/14/2009
Close the SILO/LILO Loophole Act of 2009 [HB-3439]
Close the SILO/LILO Loophole Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a 100% excise tax on any income or benefits received from a SILO (sale-in/lease-out) or LILO (lease-in/lease-out) transaction involving a financial institution and a public entity; and (2) deny a tax deduction for attorney fees or other costs incurred by a party to a SILO or LILO transaction seeking to enforce the terms of such transaction.
HB-3439: Close the SILO/LILO Loophole Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/31/2009
Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 [HB-3458]
Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to set the policy of the United States regarding various aspects of the Internet, including access, consumer choice, competition, ability to use or offer content, applications, and services, discriminatory favoritism, and capacity. Makes it the duty of each Internet access service provider to: (1) not block, interfere with, discriminate against, impair, or degrade the ability of any person to use an Internet access service; (2) not impose certain charges on any Internet
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HB-3458: Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications, Technology, And The Internet. on 09/08/2009
HB-347: To grant the congressional gold medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 05/18/2009
You have voted HB-347: To grant the congressional gold medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II..
HB-3489: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds that the individual resides in a household in the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure proceedings or that the jurisdiction was adversely affected by a hurricane or other major disaster, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Reported By The Committee On House Administration. H. Rept. 111-457. on 03/25/2010
You have voted HB-3489: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds that the individual resides in a household in the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure proceedings or that the jurisdiction was adversely affected by a hurricane or other major disaster, and for other purposes..
Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act [HB-3524]
Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from the gross estate the value of property used by a decedent and the decedent's family as a farm for farming purposes and certain qualified conservation easements; and (2) impose a recapture tax if such farmland is sold outside the decedent's family or is no longer used for farming purposes or if a qualified conservation easement is likewise sold or used in violation of the terms of such easement.
HB-3524: Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/31/2009
HB-3525: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of bonds issued to finance renewable energy resource facilities, conservation and efficiency facilities, and other specified greenhouse gas emission technologies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Zoe Lofgren
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/31/2009
You have voted HB-3525: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of bonds issued to finance renewable energy resource facilities, conservation and efficiency facilities, and other specified greenhouse gas emission technologies..
National Guard Education Equality Act [HB-3554]
National Guard Education Equality Act - Includes as qualifying service for veterans educational assistance purposes (Post-9/11 Educational Assistance): (1) certain active duty service in the reserve components (including service such as part of an airport security mission or counterdrug activity); and (2) discharge from active duty service in the reserve components because of a service connected disability.
HB-3554: National Guard Education Equality Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 09/24/2009