What Do They Do All Day? | The Smoke Break

It’s rather interesting to watch what legislation is introduced in the House and Senate. I figured I’d share how our elected representatives are pretending to earn their keep by presenting this week’s list. Do you see anything from yours?

Remember, it is YOUR tax money they are looking to spend for all these things.

In the House (yes, “card check” is in here):

1382. H.R.1382 : To provide assistance for ultra efficient vehicles under the advanced technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program.
Sponsor: Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1383. H.R.1383 : To provide that, for purposes of certain Government facilities, the rate at which a Federal employee earns compensatory time for irregular or occasional overtime work shall be increased so as to permit greater parity with rates of overtime pay.
Sponsor: Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

1384. H.R.1384 : To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove limiting charges under the Medicare Program for non-participating physicians with beneficiary notice and to preempt State laws that prohibit balance billing.
Sponsor: Rep Price, Tom [GA-6] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

1385. H.R.1385 : To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe.
Sponsor: Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

1386. H.R.1386 : To amend section 1011 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173) to make permanent the program of Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens.
Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1387. H.R.1387 : To amend title 44, United States Code, to require preservation of certain electronic records by Federal agencies, to require a certification and reports relating to Presidential records, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hodes, Paul W. [NH-2] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

1388. H.R.1388 : To reauthorize and reform the national service laws.
Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (25)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 34 – 3.

1389. H.R.1389 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable credit for taxes paid on earnings reinvested and lost in a fraudulent investment scheme.
Sponsor: Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1390. H.R.1390 : To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Buchanan, Vern [FL-13] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Budget; House Rules
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.

1391. H.R.1391 : To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule to explicitly prohibit the sending of a text message containing an unsolicited advertisement to a cellular telephone number listed on the national do-not-call registry.
Sponsor: Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1392. H.R.1392 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer’s average sales price.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

1393. H.R.1393 : To amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects and activities under that Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

1394. H.R.1394 : To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish the Clean Energy Corps to mobilize young people to promote energy conservation and mitigate threats to the environment.
Sponsor: Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

1395. H.R.1395 : To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act.
Sponsor: Rep Kline, John [MN-2] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

1396. H.R.1396 : To improve the safety of motorcoaches, to allow a credit against income tax for the cost of motorcoaches complying with Federal safety requirements, for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Small Business
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Small Business, 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.

1397. H.R.1397 : To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 41 Purdy Avenue in Rye, New York, as the “Caroline O’Day Post Office Building”.
Sponsor: Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (26)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

1398. H.R.1398 : To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to nutrition labeling of food offered for sale in food service establishments.
Sponsor: Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1399. H.R.1399 : To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to support State and tribal government efforts to encourage owners and operators of privately held farm, ranch, and forest land containing maple trees to make their land available for access by the public for maple-tapping activities under programs administered by States and tribal governments.
Sponsor: Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

1400. H.R.1400 : To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

1401. H.R.1401 : To create a service corps of veterans called Veterans Engaged for Tomorrow (VET) Corps focused on promoting and improving the service opportunities for veterans and retired members of the military by engaging such veterans and retired members in projects designed to meet identifiable public needs with a specific emphasis on projects to support veterans, including disabled and older veterans and retired members of the military.
Sponsor: Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

1402. H.R.1402 : To catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Space, Zachary T. [OH-18] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1403. H.R.1403 : To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require schools participating in the school lunch program under such Act to donate any excess food to local food banks.
Sponsor: Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

1404. H.R.1404 : To authorize a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Agriculture; House Budget
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and the Budget, 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.

1405. H.R.1405 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Head Start teachers the same above-the-line deduction for supplies as is allowed to elementary and secondary school teachers.
Sponsor: Rep Wilson, Charles A. [OH-6] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1406. H.R.1406 : To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to reinstate the “uptick rule” on short sales of securities and to suspend the application of mark-to-market accounting principles.
Sponsor: Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

1407. H.R.1407 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing under part D of such title for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit dual eligible individuals.
Sponsor: Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

1408. H.R.1408 : To require all newly constructed, federally assisted, single-family houses and town houses to meet minimum standards of visitability for persons with disabilities.
Sponsor: Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

1409. H.R.1409 : To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Miller, George [CA-7] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (222)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

1410. H.R.1410 : To provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (40)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

1411. H.R.1411 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program.
Sponsor: Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1412. H.R.1412 : To increase public confidence in the justice system and address any unwarranted racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal process.
Sponsor: Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

1413. H.R.1413 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain public employees a deduction for distributions from governmental plans for health and long-term care insurance, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1414. H.R.1414 : To amend title 31, United States Code, to end speculation on the current cost of multilingual services provided by the Government, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Foxx, Virginia [NC-5] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (25)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

1415. H.R.1415 : To provide for a demonstration project regarding Medicaid reimbursements for stabilization of emergency medical conditions by non-publicly owned or operated institutions for mental diseases.
Sponsor: Rep Gordon, Bart [TN-6] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1416. H.R.1416 : To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand the capability of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for the medical-care needs of veterans in southern New Jersey.
Sponsor: Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Veterans’ Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

1417. H.R.1417 : To protect public health and safety, should the testing of nuclear weapons by the United States be resumed.
Sponsor: Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services; House Energy and Commerce; House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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.

1418. H.R.1418 : To eliminate the exemption from State regulation for certain securities designated by national securities exchanges.
Sponsor: Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

1419. H.R.1419 : To sunset Federal laws and regulations which treat the American people like children by denying them the opportunity to make their own decision regarding control of their bank accounts and what type of information they wish to receive from their banks, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

1420. H.R.1420 : To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a precious metals investment option in the Thrift Savings Fund.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

1421. H.R.1421 : To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide Medicaid coverage of drugs prescribed for certain research study child participants.
Sponsor: Rep Shuster, Bill [PA-9] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1422. H.R.1422 : To reauthorize through 2014 certain programs under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

1423. H.R.1423 : To restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans and to increase the maximum amount of the exclusion.
Sponsor: Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1424. H.R.1424 : To name the front circle drive in front of the Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility in Iron Mountain, Michigan, as “Sergeant First Class James D. Priestap Drive”.
Sponsor: Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans’ Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

1425. H.R.1425 : To establish commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War II.
Sponsor: Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Appropriations
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.

1426. H.R.1426 : To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the issuance of permits under title V of that Act for certain emissions from agricultural production.
Sponsor: Rep Lucas, Frank D. [OK-3] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1427. H.R.1427 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the licensing of biosimilar and biogeneric biological products, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

1428. H.R.1428 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson’s disease.
Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans’ Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

1429. H.R.1429 : To provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons.
Sponsor: Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

1430. H.R.1430 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit physical therapy services to be furnished under the Medicare Program to individuals under the care of a dentist.
Sponsor: Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

1431. H.R.1431 : To stimulate the economy and create jobs at no cost to the taxpayers, and without borrowing money from foreign governments for which our children and grandchildren will be responsible, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (26)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce; House Science and Technology
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

1432. H.R.1432 : To reduce youth usage of tobacco products, to enhance State efforts to eliminate retail sales of tobacco products to minors, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1433. H.R.1433 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for volunteer firefighters.
Sponsor: Rep Boozman, John [AR-3] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1434. H.R.1434 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for certain travel expenses of qualified emergency volunteers.
Sponsor: Rep Boozman, John [AR-3] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1435. H.R.1435 : To amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of the trails in the System, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Coffman, Mike [CO-6] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

1436. H.R.1436 : To provide for the evaluation of Government programs for efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability.
Sponsor: Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

1437. H.R.1437 : To establish a Southern Border Security Task Force to coordinate the efforts of Federal, State, and local border and law enforcement officials and task forces to protect United States border cities and communities from violence associated with drug trafficking, gunrunning, illegal alien smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across the international border between the United States and Mexico.
Sponsor: Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Homeland Security; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

1438. H.R.1438 : To prohibit any Federal agency or official, in carrying out any Act or program to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change, from imposing a fee or tax on gaseous emissions emitted directly by livestock.
Sponsor: Rep Fortenberry, Jeff [NE-1] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

1439. H.R.1439 : To hold the surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for the war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity they committed during World War II, by encouraging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute and extradite wanted criminals.
Sponsor: Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

1440. H.R.1440 : To amend title 46, United States Code, to improve maritime law enforcement.
Sponsor: Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

1441. H.R.1441 : To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to permit certain Medicaid eligible individuals who have extremely high annual lifelong orphan drug costs to continue on Medicaid notwithstanding increased income.
Sponsor: Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1442. H.R.1442 : To provide for the sale of the Federal Government’s reversionary interest in approximately 60 acres of land in Salt Lake City, Utah, originally conveyed to the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association under the Act of January 23, 1909.
Sponsor: Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

1443. H.R.1443 : To ensure that all users of the transportation system, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, children, older individuals, and individuals with disabilities, are able to travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways.
Sponsor: Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1444. H.R.1444 : To establish the Congressional Commission on Civic Service to study methods of improving and promoting volunteerism and national service, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

1445. H.R.1445 : To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require nationally registered statistical rating organizations to provide additional disclosures with respect to the rating of certain structured securities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McHenry, Patrick T. [NC-10] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

1446. H.R.1446 : To amend title 40, United States Code, to authorize the National Capital Planning Commission to designate and modify the boundaries of the National Mall area in the District of Columbia reserved for the location of commemorative works of preeminent historical and lasting significance to the United States and other activities, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services to make recommendations for the termination of the authority of a person to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

1447. H.R.1447 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain on the sale or exchange of farmland development rights.
Sponsor: Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1448. H.R.1448 : To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General to increase resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations and for other unlawful activities by providing for border security grants to local law enforcement agencies and reinforcing Federal resources on the border, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Homeland Security; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and 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.

1449. H.R.1449 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the qualification standard for exterior windows, doors, and skylights.
Sponsor: Rep Roe, David P. [TN-1] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1450. H.R.1450 : To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to counterfeit drugs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rogers, Mike J. [MI-8] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

1451. H.R.1451 : To amend title 23, United States Code, to allow an exception for the weight limits for certain towing trucks.
Sponsor: Rep Shuster, Bill [PA-9] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1452. H.R.1452 : To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into negotiated rulemaking to modernize the Medicare part B fee schedule for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests and to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust the fee for collecting specimens for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under the Medicare Program.
Sponsor: Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

1453. H.R.1453 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the homebuyer tax credit.
Sponsor: Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1454. H.R.1454 : To provide for the issuance of a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp.
Sponsor: Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr. [SC-1] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.

1455. H.R.1455 : To amend the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act to require the Council to establish a single telephone number that consumers with complaints or inquiries could call and be routed to the appropriate Federal banking agency or State bank supervisor, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

1456. H.R.1456 : To extend the protections of the Truth in Lending Act to overdraft protection programs and services provided by depository institutions, to require customer consent before a depository institution may initiate overdraft protection services and fees, to enhance the information made available to consumers relating to overdraft protection services and fees, to prohibit systematic manipulation in the posting of checks and other debits to a depository account for the purpose of generating overdraft protection fees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

1457. H.R.1457 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to deem certain geriatric health training to be obligated service for purposes of the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1458. H.R.1458 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement to coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the Medicare Program that have received a kidney transplant and whose entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Camp, Dave [MI-4] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Energy and Commerce; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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.

1459. H.R.1459 : To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act regarding penalties for cocaine offenses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Scott, Robert C. “Bobby” [VA-3] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

1460. H.R.1460 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members.
Sponsor: Rep Latham, Tom [IA-4] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (14)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1461. H.R.1461 : To amend the National Labor Relations Act to apply the protections of the Act to teaching and research assistants.
Sponsor: Rep Miller, George [CA-7] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

1462. H.R.1462 : To provide for a study by the National Academy of Engineering regarding improving the accuracy of collection of royalties on production of oil, condensate, and natural gas under leases of Federal lands and Indian lands, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

1463. H.R.1463 : To restrict United States military assistance to the Government of Pakistan.
Sponsor: Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

1464. H.R.1464 : To require Federal agencies to collaborate in the development of freely-available open source educational materials in college-level physics, chemistry, and math, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Foster, Bill [IL-14] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Science and Technology; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.

1465. H.R.1465 : To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide regulatory relief to small and family-owned businesses.
Sponsor: Rep Ellsworth, Brad [IN-8] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1466. H.R.1466 : To concentrate Federal resources aimed at the prosecution of drug offenses on those offenses that are major.
Sponsor: Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

1467. H.R.1467 : To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.

1468. H.R.1468 : To provide health care liability reform, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

1469. H.R.1469 : To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system.
Sponsor: Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

1470. H.R.1470 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals be allowed in determining self-employment tax.
Sponsor: Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1471. H.R.1471 : To expand the boundary of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National Historical Park, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

1472. H.R.1472 : To establish reporting requirements each time funds from Troubled Assets Relief Program or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 are received or redistributed, and to establish a waste, fraud, and abuse hotline for such funds, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (23)
Committees: House Financial Services; House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

1473. H.R.1473 : To authorize the Secretary of the Army to establish, modify, charge, and collect recreation fees at lands and waters administered by the Corps of Engineers.
Sponsor: Rep Boozman, John [AR-3] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1474. H.R.1474 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the enforcement of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Davis, Artur [AL-7] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Veterans’ Affairs; House Armed Services; House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

1475. H.R.1475 : To amend title 18, United States Code, to restore the former system of good time allowances toward service of Federal prison terms, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

1476. H.R.1476 : To require automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each such manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 85 percent methanol, or biodiesel.
Sponsor: Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1477. H.R.1477 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for long-term capital gain on property acquired or disposed of during 2009 or 2010.
Sponsor: Rep Griffith, Parker [AL-5] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1478. H.R.1478 : To amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow members of the Armed Forces to sue the United States for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

1479. H.R.1479 : To enhance the availability of capital, credit, and other banking and financial services for all citizens and communities, to ensure that community reinvestment requirements are updated to account for changes in the financial industry and that reinvestment requirements keep pace as banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers become affiliates as a result of the enactment of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services; House Rules
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.

1480. H.R.1480 : To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that certain laminated woven bags be marked with the country of origin.
Sponsor: Rep Kagen, Steve [WI-8] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1481. H.R.1481 : To authorize certain States to prohibit the importation of solid waste from other States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. [PA-11] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1482. H.R.1482 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas (and products thereof) and to appropriate the proceeds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Sponsor: Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. [PA-11] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Appropriations
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.

1483. H.R.1483 : To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1484. H.R.1484 : To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Rabbi Arthur Schneier in recognition of his pioneering role in promoting religious freedom and human rights throughout the world, for close to half a century.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

1485. H.R.1485 : To amend title 46, United States Code, to establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1486. H.R.1486 : To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act with respect to requirements relating to information contained in consumer reports, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

1487. H.R.1487 : To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to require notice to the consumer before any fee may be imposed by a financial institution in connection with any transaction for any overdraft protection service provided with respect to such transaction, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

1488. H.R.1488 : To establish a fair order of posting checks and deposits to prevent unjust enrichment of financial institutions from fees that accrue only by virtue of the order used by the institution for posting checks and deposits, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

1489. H.R.1489 : To extend Corridor O of the Appalachian Development Highway System from its current southern terminus at I-68 near Cumberland to Corridor H, which stretches from Weston, West Virginia, to Strasburg, Virginia.
Sponsor: Rep Mollohan, Alan B. [WV-1] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1490. H.R.1490 : To establish a grant program to assist in the provision of safety measures to protect social workers and other professionals who work with at-risk populations.
Sponsor: Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

1491. H.R.1491 : To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Small Business
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

1492. H.R.1492 : To establish a pilot program to provide assistance for partnerships supporting applied sciences in renewable energy.
Sponsor: Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [PA-8] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

1493. H.R.1493 : To ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

1494. H.R.1494 : To ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1495. H.R.1495 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make health care coverage more accessible and affordable.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1496. H.R.1496 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a credit against income tax for medical expenses for dependents.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1497. H.R.1497 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow medical care providers a credit against income tax for uncompensated emergency medical care and to allow hospitals a deduction for such care.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1498. H.R.1498 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a credit against income tax for the cost of insurance against negative outcomes from surgery, including against malpractice of a physician.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

1499. H.R.1499 : To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a survey to determine the level of compliance with national voluntary consensus standards and any barriers to achieving compliance with such standards, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Science and Technology
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.

1500. H.R.1500 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and make refundable the dependent care credit.
Sponsor: Rep Peters, Gary C. [MI-9] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Senate (“card check” is here, too):

534. S.544 : — Private Bill; A bill for the relief of Ashley Ross Fuller.
Sponsor: Sen Enzi, Michael B. [WY] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

535. S.545 : A bill to develop capacity and infrastructure for mentoring programs.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

536. S.546 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service of Combat-Related Special Compensation.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

537. S.547 : A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending the discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid to such organizations.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

538. S.548 : A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas distributors, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

539. S.549 : — Private Bill; A bill for the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova.
Sponsor: Sen Burris, Roland [IL] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

540. S.550 : — Private Bill; A bill for the relief of Francisca Lino.
Sponsor: Sen Burris, Roland [IL] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

541. S.551 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from the harbor maintenance tax.
Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

542. S.552 : A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage owners and operators of privately held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make their land available for access by the public for maple-tapping activities under programs administered by States and tribal governments.
Sponsor: Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

543. S.553 : A bill to revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along Lake Superior’s north shore and in Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Klobuchar, Amy [MN] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

544. S.554 : A bill to improve the safety of motorcoaches, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] (introduced 3/9/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

545. S.555 : A bill to provide for the exchange of certain land located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Udall, Mark [CO] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

546. S.556 : A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to modernize the process by which interstate firearms transactions are conducted by Federal firearms licensees.
Sponsor: Sen Vitter, David [LA] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

547. S.557 : A bill to encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the United States, to authorize grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Martinez, Mel [FL] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

548. S.558 : A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to nutrition labeling of food offered for sale in food service establishments.
Sponsor: Sen Carper, Thomas R. [DE] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

549. S.559 : A bill to provide benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program for certain periods before the implementation of the program.
Sponsor: Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

550. S.560 : A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during the organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (39)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

551. S.561 : A bill to authorize a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

552. S.562 : A bill to require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Nelson, Bill [FL] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

553. S.563 : A bill to direct the exchange of certain land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Bennett, Robert F. [UT] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

554. S.564 : A bill to establish commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War II.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

555. S.565 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement to coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the Medicare Program that have received a kidney transplant and whose entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

556. S.566 : A bill to create a Financial Product Safety Commission, to provide consumers with stronger protections and better information in connection with consumer financial products, and to give providers of consumer financial products more regulatory certainty.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] (introduced 3/10/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/10/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

557. S.567 : A bill to repeal the sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gains rates.
Sponsor: Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (19)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

558. S.568 : — Private Bill; A bill for the relief of Sali Bregaj and Mjaftime Bregaj.
Sponsor: Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

559. S.569 : A bill to ensure that persons who form corporations in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations, in order to prevent wrongdoers from exploiting United States corporations for criminal gain, to assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, and other misconduct involving United States corporations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

560. S.570 : A bill to stimulate the economy and create jobs at no cost to the taxpayers, and without borrowing money from foreign governments for which our children and grandchildren will be responsible, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Vitter, David [LA] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (12)
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 31.

561. S.571 : A bill to strengthen the Nation’s research efforts to identify the causes and cure of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, expand psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

562. S.572 : A bill to provide for the issuance of a “forever stamp” to honor the sacrifices of the brave men and women of the armed forces who have been awarded the Purple Heart.
Sponsor: Sen Webb, Jim [VA] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

563. S.573 : A bill to improve the efficiency of customs and other services at the Wild Horse, Montana port of entry.
Sponsor: Sen Tester, Jon [MT] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

564. S.574 : A bill to enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing that Government documents issued to the public must be written clearly, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

565. S.575 : A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to develop plans and targets for States and metropolitan planning organizations to develop plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Carper, Thomas R. [DE] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

566. S.576 : A bill to provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries of newspaper printing presses and components thereof.
Sponsor: Sen Shaheen, Jeanne [NH] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

567. S.577 : A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for individuals who engage in schemes to defraud aliens and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

568. S.578 : — Private Bill; A bill for the relief of Tim Lowery and Paul Nettleton of Owyhee County, Idaho.
Sponsor: Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

569. S.579 : A bill to establish a comprehensive Federal tobacco product regulatory program, to create a Tobacco Regulatory Agency, to prevent use of tobacco products by youth, and to provide protections for adult tobacco product users through the regulation of the tobacco products manufacturing industry.
Sponsor: Sen Burr, Richard [NC] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

570. S.580 : A bill to prevent the undermining of the judgments of courts of the United States by foreign courts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Gregg, Judd [NH] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

571. S.581 : A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the exclusion of combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children.
Sponsor: Sen Bennet, Michael F. [CO] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

572. S.582 : A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to protect consumers from usury, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

573. S.583 : A bill to provide grants and loan guarantees for the development and construction of science parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high technology activities.
Sponsor: Sen Pryor, Mark L. [AR] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

574. S.584 : A bill to ensure that all users of the transportation system, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, children, older individuals, and individuals with disabilities, are able to travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

575. S.585 : A bill to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit.
Sponsor: Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

576. S.586 : A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty [WA] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

577. S.587 : A bill to establish a Western Hemisphere Energy Cooperation Forum to establish partnerships with interested countries in the hemisphere to promote energy security through the accelerated development of sustainable biofuels production and energy alternatives, research, and infrastructure, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

578. S.588 : A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

579. S.589 : A bill to establish a Global Service Fellowship Program and to authorize Volunteers for Prosperity, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

580. S.590 : A bill to assist local communities with closed and active military bases, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

581. S.591 : A bill to establish a National Commission on High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

582. S.592 : A bill to implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service.
Sponsor: Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

583. S.593 : A bill to ban the use of bisphenol A in food containers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

584. S.594 : A bill to require a report on invasive agricultural pests and diseases and sanitary and phytosanitary barriers to trade before initiating negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. [PA] (introduced 3/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

It’s also worth checking to see what is being proposed as changes to the Constitution. Here’s one that was introduced in January:

16. H.J.RES.16 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the sixteenth article of amendment. (Remove term limits for the President.)
Sponsor: Rep King, Steve [IA-5] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

There’s a lot of fluffy pork contained here and some very grave seriousness as far as “card check” and the Constitution are concerned. I find it amazing that television shows like “American Idol” have such devoted followings, yet the average citizen has NO idea that all of this goes on every week in Washington. Even though directly affects them.

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