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To permit each current member of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to serve for 3 terms.

Sponsored By: Representative Adam B. Brady, PA(District 1), Democratic
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11/3/2009--Introduced. Authorizes any individual serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance as of September 30, 2009, to serve for three terms.

For the relief of Rebeca Rojas de Guzman.

Sponsored By: Representative Luis V. Gutierrez, IL(District 4), Democratic
7 Voted Yes
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1/8/2009--Introduced. Provides for the relief of Rebeca Rojas de Guzman.

To repeal the provision of law that provides for automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

Sponsored By: Representative Todd Russell Platts, PA(District 19), Republican
33 Voted Yes
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1/8/2009--Introduced. Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a full deduction for meals and lodging in connection with medical care.

Sponsored By: Representative Todd Russell Platts, PA(District 19), Republican
57 Voted Yes
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1/8/2009--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code concerning the medical care tax deduction to: (1) include meals away from home within the deduction; and (2) eliminate the $50 per individual per night ceiling for medically-related meals and lodging.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take lands in Yuma County, Arizona, into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Tribe of Arizona, and for other purposes.

Sponsored By: Representative Raul M. Grijalva, AZ(District 7), Democratic
3 Voted Yes
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3/2/2009--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Cocopah Lands Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if the Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona transfers title to certain described land to the Secretary, to take it into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, if there are no recognized environmental conditions or contamination related concerns and no adverse legal claims to such land. Considers such land to be part of the Tribe's initial reservation. Designates Yuma county, Arizona, as the Tribe's service area for the delivery of federal services to enrolled Tribe members. Prohibits using the trust land for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

To provide for the appointment of a high-level United States representative or special envoy for Iran for the purpose of easing tensions and normalizing relations between the United States and Iran.

Sponsored By: Representative Barbara Lee, CA(District 9), Democratic
3 Voted Yes
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1/8/2009--Introduced. Iran Diplomatic Accountability Act of 2009 - Directs: (1) the President to appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for Iran for the purpose of easing tensions and normalizing relations between the United States and Iran; and (2) the Secretary of State to establish a Department of State office to support the work of such representative or special envoy.

To establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation, and to establish the Metro Area Green Institute to produce and disseminate best practice information to economic and workforce development initiatives undertaken by metropolitan communities nationally.

Sponsored By: Representative Barbara Lee, CA(District 9), Democratic
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1/8/2009--Introduced. Metro Economies Green Act or MEGA - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a metro area green zone grant program to make grants to local government units to support and establish green job programs that: (1) target low-income, difficult-to-employ, and formerly incarcerated persons; and (2) involve local business, academia, trade associations, nonprofits, and other stakeholders in energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation. Authorizes the Secretary also to establish competitive programs to make grants to local government units to support and establish: (1) a similar mini-metro green program that engages smaller communities in green economic and workforce development; and (2) an alternative green academies program that provides green job training, employment opportunities, and other life skills to high school dropouts, formerly incarcerated youth, and individuals unable to attend traditional institutions of higher education. Directs the Secretary to select one unit of general local government or nonprofit organization designated by such a unit to establish and operate a Metro Area Green Institute to serve as a national resource center to support municipally based, green economic and workforce development efforts.

To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to reinstate the uptick rule on short sales of securities.

Sponsored By: Representative Gary L. Ackerman, NY(District 5), Democratic
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1/8/2009--Introduced. Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to: (1) reinstate rule 10a-1 (the uptick rule) governing short sales of securities; (2) rescind the prohibition against applying certain price tests to short sales; and (3) reinstate price test restrictions that applied to short sales of securities prior to SEC action in a specified proceeding on June 28, 2007.

To provide for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

Sponsored By: Representative Vernon J. Ehlers, MI(District 3), Republican
15 Voted Yes
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1/8/2009--Introduced. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act - Reestablishes in the Department of Commerce the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), headed by an Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, who shall serve as the Administrator of NOAA. Maintains within NOAA: (1) the National Weather Service; (2) programs to support efforts, on a continuing basis, to collect data and provide information and products regarding satellites, observations, and coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes information; and (3) programs to conduct and support research and education and the development of technologies relating to weather, climate, and the coasts, oceans, and Great Lakes. Establishes a Science Advisory Board within NOAA. Terminates the Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (the executive order that established NOAA). Requires the Administrator to develop and submit to Congress a NOAA reorganization plan. Prohibits the Administrator from closing, consolidating, relocating, subdividing, or establishing a facility of NOAA unless there has been specified prior public and congressional notification, and an assessment, of any proposed changes. Prohibits, except as provided, a NOAA activity or function that is converted to contractor performance under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 from being performed by the contractor or any subcontractor at a location outside of the United States.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction.

Sponsored By: Representative Kendrick B. Meek, FL(District 17), Democratic
16 Voted Yes
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1/7/2009--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the 15-year recovery period for purposes of the tax deduction for depreciation of qualified restaurant property. Revises the term "qualified restaurant property" to include existing buildings as well as improvements to buildings.