Bills: House of Representatives

H.R.152 - Home Heating Fuels Cost Relief Act of 2009

To amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a refundable tax credit for heating fuels and to create a grant program for States to provide individuals with loans to weatherize their homes.

H.R.153 - Worker Savings Account Act of 2009

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for tax-favored unemployment savings accounts, and for other purposes.

H.R.154 - Workers Severance Tax Reduction Act of 2009

To amend the Internal Revenue Code to exclude certain amounts of severance payments from gross income.

H.R.155 - Suspension of Federal Income Tax on Unemployment Benefits Act of 2009

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the taxation of unemployment compensation for 2 years.

H.R.156 - Stop the Congressional Pay Raise Act

To prevent Members of Congress from receiving any automatic pay adjustment in 2010.

H.R.157 - District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009

To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

H.R.158 - Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for expenditure limitations and public financing for House of Representatives general elections, and for other purposes.

H.R.159

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income tax for interest on indebtedness and for State and local sales and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain motor vehicles.

H.R.160 - Social Security for Americans Only Act of 2009

To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide prospectively that wages earned, and self-employment income derived, by individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States shall not be credited for coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under such title, and to provide the President with authority to enter into agreements with other nations taking into account such limitation on crediting of wages and self-employment income.

H.R.161 - Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits.

H.R.162 - Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits.

H.R.163 - Prescription Drug Affordability Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the purchase of prescription drugs by individuals who have attained retirement age, and to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs and the sale of such drugs through Internet sites.

H.R.164 - Seniors' Health Care Freedom Act of 2009

To provide greater health care freedom for seniors.

H.R.165 - Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison

To establish the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey as the successor to the Edison National Historic Site.

H.R.166

To authorize the expansion of the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, and for other purposes.

H.R.167 - Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River Extension Act of 2009

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to modify the boundary of the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River.

H.R.168 - HOME Act

To authorize 150,000 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to help meet the housing needs of low-income families.

H.R.169

To amend the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 to explain the purpose and provide for the administration of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge.

H.R.170 - Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act

To establish the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area.

H.R.171 - Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area Act

To establish the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

H.R.172 - Arkansas Valley Conduit Act of 2008

To provide for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado.

H.R.173

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain farmland from the estate tax.

H.R.175

To amend title 40, United States Code, to provide additional authority and definitions relating to public utility contracts.

H.R.176 - Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2009

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide greater access to the supplemental nutrition assistance program by reducing duplicative and burdensome administrative requirements, authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to certain community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups for the purpose of establishing and implementing a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program for certain socially and economically disadvantaged populations, and for other purposes.

H.R.177 - Depleted Uranium Screening and Testing Act

To provide for identification of members of the Armed Forces exposed during military service to depleted uranium, to provide for health testing of such members, and for other purposes.

H.R.178

To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children.

H.R.179 - Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act

To permit the use of Federal funds for syringe exchange programs for purposes of reducing the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis.

H.R.180 - Medicaid Newborn Coverage Act of 2009

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to waive the requirement for proof of citizenship during first year of life for children born in the United States to a Medicaid-eligible mother.