Note on House Res. 639

Bob Inglis of SC is trying to prevent Barney Frank of MA from redistributing $6.5 billion dollars of TARP money illegally.

In this resolution, Inglis references bill H.R. 3068, where Frank attempts to give the money to the Housing Trust Fund ($1 bil) and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ($5.5 bil) for various uses (foreclosures for multifamily properties, redevelopment, Emergency Homeowners Relief Fund credit).

Inglis makes reference to Bush's Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. It says that money paid back from TARP should be used to lower the federal deficit. He also reference the US Constitution Article 1 Sec. 9 in that money cannot be taken out of the Treasury unless a law is passed that budgets money to a certain area.

U.S. House Activity - July 13, 2009

H. J. RES. 60 - Providing for the approval of the Congress of the proposed agreement for cooperation between the United States and the United Arab Emirates pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

Sponsors: Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA28], Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL18]
Status: In committee
Length: Approx. 73 words.

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H. Res. 634 - Acknowledging the 25th anniversary of the nomination of Representative Geraldine A. Ferraro as the first woman selected by a major political party as its candidate for Vice President.

Sponsors: Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY7], Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY5],Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY24], Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY1], Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY17], Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA51], Rep. John Hall [D-NY19], Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY22], Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY2], Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY14], Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY29], Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY4], Rep. James McGovern [D-MA3], Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY13], Rep. Scott Murphy [D-NY20], Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY8], Rep. José Serrano [D-NY16]
Status: Introduced
Length: Text not submitted yet

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H. Res. 636 - Directing the Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives all information in the Attorney General’s possession relating to the transfer or release of detainees held at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the United States.

Sponsors: Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA10]
Status: In committee
Length: Approx. 231 words.

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H. Res. 638 - Congratulating the government and people of Turkey as they celebrate Republic Day, and for other purposes.

Sponsors: Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC5], Rep. Bill Cassidy [R-LA6], Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN9], Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL23], Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX18], Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX30], Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH5], Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH2], Rep. Victor Snyder [D-AR2], Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL19], Rep. Edward Whitfield [R-KY1], Rep. Addison Wilson [R-SC2]
Status: In Committee
Length: Approx. 700 words

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H. Res. 639 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any interest or dividends repaid to the government through the Troubled Asset Relief Program should be used solely for debt reduction, consistent with the authorizing legislation and Article One, Section Nine of the United States Constitution.

Sponsors: Rep. Bob Inglis [R-SC4]
Status: In Committee
Length: Approx. 330 words

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H. Res. 637 - Honoring the life and accomplishments of Herbert Klein and expressing condolences on his passing.

Sponsors: Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA50], Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA45], Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA44], Rep. John Campbell [R-CA48], Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA53], Rep. David Dreier [R-CA26], Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA51], Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA52], Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA49], Rep. Jerry Lewis [R-CA41], Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA42], Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA46], Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA40]
Status: In Committee
Length: Approx. 590 words

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H.R. 3184 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the in the home restriction for Medicare coverage of mobility devices for individuals with expected long-term needs.

Sponsors: Rep. James Langevin [D-RI2], Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA2], Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO3], Rep. André Carson [D-IN7], Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA17], Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ12], Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI1], Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH10], Rep. Edward Markey [D-MA7], Rep. James McGovern [D-MA3], Rep. John Olver [D-MA1], Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ4], Rep. Donald Young [R-AK]
Status: In Committee
Length: Approx. 1030 words

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H.R. 3185 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs.

Sponsors: Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA23]
Status: In Committee
Length: Approx. 520 words

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H.R. 3186 - To provide for the more accurate computation of retirement benefits for certain firefighters employed by the Federal Government.

Sponsors: Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA11]
Status: In Committee
Length: Approx. 430 words

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H.R. 3187 - To reduce and eliminate the tax credit for alcohol fuel mixtures and the tariff on imported ethanol

Sponsors: Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY7], Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA45]
Status: Introduced
Length: No text available yet

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H.R. 3188 - To prohibit Federal funding or other assistance for mandatory human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs.

Sponsors: Rep. John Gingrey [R-GA11], Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO2], Rep. James Barrett [R-SC3], Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD6], Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN7], Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX8], Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX5], Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH5], Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX24], Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN6], Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA16], Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL15]
Status: In committee
Length: Approx. 890 vords

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H.R. 3189 - To prohibit any increase in the amount established for the Members' Representational Allowance during a period of high unemployment and public debt.

Sponsors: Rep. Dean Heller [R-NV2], Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT3], Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH5], Rep. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY], Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL6], Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH12]
Status: In committee
Length: Approx. 300 vords

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H.R. 3190 - 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.

Sponsors: Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA4], Rep. John Conyers [D-MI14]
Status: In committee
Length: Approx. 130 vords

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H.R. 3191 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes.

Sponsors: Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI1], Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL7], Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL18]
Status: In committee
Length: Approx. 1990 vords

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H.R. 3192 - To require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to establish a program to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards, and for other purposes.

Sponsors: Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA2], Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX8], Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY7], Rep. Walter Herger [R-CA2]
Status: In committee
Length: Approx. 380 vords

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H.R. 3193 - To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the "Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United States Courthouse".

Sponsors: Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL16], Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL4], Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL25], Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL23], Rep. Ron Klein [D-FL22], Rep. Connie Mack [R-FL14], Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL1], Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL18]
Status: In committee
Length: Approx. 130 vords

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H.R. 3194 - For the relief of Sainey H. Fatty.

Sponsors: Rep. Addison Wilson [R-SC2]
Status: In committee
Length: Approx. 350 vords

Air Force Probed Linked to Murtha

Washington Post - Air Force Project Being Probed is Linked to Murtha

When an Air Force command in north Florida sought new battlefield technologies, Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) steered millions in federal dollars its way to hire defense contractors.

The research effort at the Pensacola Air Force base fell apart, however, when investigators found evidence that it was used to improperly pay a series of companies linked to Murtha. A handful of defense firms were paid for work that was never done or not called for in the contracts. Some of the companies involved, based in Wyoming, Florida and Murtha's district in Pennsylvania, had hidden owners, prosecutors allege; one was secretly owned by the Air Force official who helped approve the payments.

As prosecutors reveal new details of their criminal probe into the $8 million earmark that Murtha arranged for the Air Force project, one familiar player is never mentioned by authorities. Several of the companies had hired the lobbying firm of the lawmaker's brother, Robert C. "Kit" Murtha.

Today, one of Kit Murtha's earliest clients has agreed to tell the government what he did and the crimes he said he saw committed as the lead contractor on the Murtha-orchestrated project. Richard "Rick" Ianieri, former chief executive of Coherent Systems International, is expected to plead guilty to taking kickbacks and preparing fraudulent invoices. Ianieri, a Pennsylvania entrepreneur, saw his business grow dramatically after hiring Kit Murtha's firm, KSA Consulting.