Anthony Gonzales Equality for Survivors (AGES) Act [HB-7209]
Establishes an alternative method for meeting the nine-month marriage requirement for certain survivors to receive benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits program. Specifically, the bill applies with respect to a marriage that would not have been recognized by federal law before June 26, 2013 (the date upon which the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples are entitled to federal benefits).
HB-7209: Anthony Gonzales Equality for Survivors (AGES) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 06/15/2020
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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HB-1016: Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Became Public Law No: 111-81. on 10/22/2009
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 [HB-1020]
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of: (1) an employment, consumer, or franchise dispute, or (2) a dispute arising under any statute intended to protect civil rights. Declares, further, that the validity or enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction
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HB-1020: Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Subcommittee On Commercial And Administrative Law Discharged. on 06/21/2010
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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HB-1064: Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Placed On The Union Calendar, Calendar No. 417. on 12/22/2010
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act [HB-1078]
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act - Establishes in the City of Auburn, New York, the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. Establishes in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide grant funding and enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities for the historic
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HB-1078: Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 03/24/2009
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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HB-1084: CALM Act
HR 1084 CALM Act
HR 1084 CALM Act
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to make sure that TV commercials are not louder than the shows they interrupt.
Passed on December 15, 2009.
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
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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HB-11: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/06/2009
Keep Our PACT Act [HB-1102]
Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act - Makes appropriations for: (1) programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for FY2009-FY2014; and (2) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, including specified amounts for FY2009-FY2016 and an amount determined pursuant to a specified formula (based on the number of children who received special education, the average per-pupil expenditure, and the rate of change in a state's population) for FY2017 and thereafter. Requires such appropriated
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HB-1102: Keep Our PACT Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 03/30/2009
Community Choice in Real Estate Act [HB-111]
Community Choice in Real Estate Act - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Secretary of the Treasury, respectively, from determining that real estate brokerage activity or real estate management activity is financial in nature, is incidental to any financial activity, or is complementary to a financial activity. (In effect, prohibits financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in
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HB-111: Community Choice in Real Estate Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 01/06/2009
Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2009 [HB-1126]
Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who create literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions or similar property a fair market value (determined at the time of contribution) tax deduction for contributions of such properties, the copyrights thereon, or both, to certain tax-exempt organizations, if such properties are properly appraised and are donated no sooner than 18 months after their creation. Limits the amount of such deduction based upon the donor's artistic adjusted gross income,
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HB-1126: Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2009
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 02/23/2009