Open Congress : Courts and Competition Policy - Major Bill Actions

Bill Introduced: H.R.3694 Removing Excess Litigation Involving Energy on Federal Lands Act

2009-10-01T00:00:00Z

To establish judicial procedures for causes and claims relating to any action or decision by a Federal official regarding the leasing of Federal lands (including submerged lands) for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of energy, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3632 Federal Judiciary Administrative Improvements Act of 2009

2009-09-23T00:00:00Z

To provide improvements for the operations of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3596 Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009

2009-09-17T00:00:00Z

To ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3320 Justice for the Wrongfully Accused Act

2009-07-23T00:00:00Z

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide an exception to the requirement of motion to the court of appeals before filing certain second or subsequent petitions for habeas corpus, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3292 Judicial Survivors Protection Act of 2009

2009-07-22T00:00:00Z

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a 6-month period for Federal judges to opt into the Judicial Survivors' Annuities System and begin contributing toward an annuity for their spouse and dependent children upon their death, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3190 Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act of 2009

2009-07-13T00:00:00Z

To restore the rule that agreements between manufacturers and retailers, distributors, or wholesalers to set the price below which the manufacturer's product or service cannot be sold violates the Sherman Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3161 To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for an additional judgeship for the western district of Michigan.

2009-07-09T00:00:00Z

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for an additional judgeship for the western district of Michigan.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3054 Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009

2009-06-25T00:00:00Z

To provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2961 To create additional permanent and temporary judgeships for the eastern district of California, to provide for an additional place of holding court in the eastern district of California, and for other purposes.

2009-06-19T00:00:00Z

To create additional permanent and temporary judgeships for the eastern district of California, to provide for an additional place of holding court in the eastern district of California, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2932 Stop VULTURE Funds Act

2009-06-18T00:00:00Z

To prevent speculation and profiteering in the defaulted debt of certain poor countries, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2789 To confer certain Federal jurisdiction on the High Court of American Samoa, and for other purposes.

2009-06-10T00:00:00Z

To confer certain Federal jurisdiction on the High Court of American Samoa, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2227 American Conservation and Clean Energy Independence Act

2009-05-04T00:00:00Z

To greatly enhance America's path toward energy independence and economic and national security, to conserve energy use, to promote innovation, to achieve lower emissions, cleaner air, cleaner water, and cleaner land, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2138 Services, Education, and Rehabilitation for Veterans Act

2009-04-28T00:00:00Z

To provide grants to establish veteran's treatment courts.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1991 Judicial District of the Virgin Islands Act of 2009

2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

To establish the District Court of the Virgin Islands as a court under article III of the United States Constitution.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1737 Agricultural Export Facilitation Act of 2009

2009-03-26T00:00:00Z

To facilitate the sale of United States agricultural products to Cuba, as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1583 Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2009

2009-03-18T00:00:00Z

To further competition in the insurance industry.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1553 Mutual Savings Association Preservation Act

2009-03-17T00:00:00Z

To amend the Home Owners' Loan Act to provide equitable remedies to mutual savings institutions to defend against individuals acting as a de facto corporation attempting to implement a hostile takeover of the institution, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1515 To assist courts in the States and territories with improving the administration of justice.

2009-03-16T00:00:00Z

To assist courts in the States and territories with improving the administration of justice.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1493 Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2009

2009-03-12T00:00:00Z

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.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1431 No Cost Stimulus Act of 2009

2009-03-11T00:00:00Z

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.