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Expedited Funds Availability Dollar Limits Adjustment Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6871
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Expedited Funds Availability Dollar Limits Adjustment Act of 2008 - Amends the Expedited Funds Availability Act to increase: (1) from $100 to $175 the amount of a federal, state, or local government check that is available for next business day withdrawal; and (2) from $400 to $700 the maximum cash amount of non-government checks available for 5 p.m. withdrawal.
 
Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to make cost-of-living adjustments to such amounts every five years. 

action_date: 2008-12-09
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Expedited Funds Availability Dollar Limits Adjustment Act of 2008 - Amends the Expedited Funds Availability Act to increase: (1) from $100 to $175 the amount of a federal, state, or local government check that is available for next business day withdrawal; and (2) from $400 to $700 the maximum cash amount of non-government checks available for 5 p.m. withdrawal.

Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to make cost-of-living adjustments to such amounts every five years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-12-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 592.
action_date: 2008-12-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 110-917.
action_date: 2008-12-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 110-917.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1772)
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6872
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Libraries and archives
National Archives and Records Administration
Presidential administrations

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008 - Authorizes appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for FY2010.

Requires the Commission to make grants to eligible entities on a competitive basis to promote the historical preservation of, and public access to, historical records and documents relating to any President who does not have a presidential archival depository currently managed and maintained by the federal government pursuant to the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955. Defines eligible entities as specified tax-exempt organizations or state or local governments.

Prohibits the use of grants for the maintenance, operating costs, or construction of any facility to house the historical records or documents.

Prohibits the Commission from approving a grant application unless an entity establishes that it meets certain requirements, including that it: (1) ensures the preservation of, and access to, such historical works and collections of historical sources at no charge to the public; (2) has educational programs that make the use of such documents part of the entity's mission; and (3) has raised funds from nonfederal sources in support of the entity's efforts to promote such preservation and access.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1767)
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Hospice Protection Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6873
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Labor and Employment
Medical personnel
Medicare
Social Welfare
Terminal care
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Medicare Hospice Protection Act of 2008 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from phasing out or eliminating the budget neutrality adjustment factor in the Medicare hospice wage index before October 1, 2009.
 
Directs the Secretary to recompute and apply the final Medicare hospice wage index for FY2009 as if there had been no reduction in the budget neutrality adjustment factor. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1774)
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 156 Taunton Avenue in Seekonk, Massachusetts, as the "Lance Corporal Eric Paul Valdepenas Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-6874
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Marines
Massachusetts
Military personnel
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 156 Taunton Avenue in Seekonk, Massachusetts, as the "Lance Corporal Eric Paul Valdepenas Post Office Building."
action_date: 2008-10-13
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 156 Taunton Avenue in Seekonk, Massachusetts, as the "Lance Corporal Eric Paul Valdepenas Post Office Building." 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-13
text: Became Public Law No: 110-399.
action_date: 2008-10-13
text: Became Public Law No: 110-399.
action_date: 2008-10-13
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2008-10-13
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2008-10-07
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2008-10-07
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10129-10130)
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10129-10130)
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H8715)
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H8715)
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8715)
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Ms. Sutton asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 110-399
Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6875
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2008- Repeals death penalty provisions for a wide range of homicide-related offenses under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the federal criminal code, the Controlled Substances Act, and other statutes relating to aircraft hijacking, espionage and treason, and offenses punished under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Prohibits the sentencing to death or execution of any person for any violation of federal law after the enactment of this Act. Commutes death penalties imposed prior to the enactment of this Act to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
Cleaner Trucks for America Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6876
Sponsor: Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy
Fuel cells
Income tax
Natural gas vehicles
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Cleaner Trucks for America Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the tax credit amount for new qualified fuel cell motor vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings of more than 26,000 pounds from $40,000 to $80,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
Greenhouse Gas Registry Act

Bill: 110-hr-6877
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air pollution control
Business records
Carbon dioxide
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commerce
Electric utilities
Electronic government information
Energy
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental research
Fines (Penalties)
Fluorocarbons
Gas industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Industrial pollution
Law
Manufacturing industries
Methane
Nitrogen oxides
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Pollution measurement
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Greenhouse Gas Registry Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) determine the quantity of each greenhouse gas that makes the same contribution to global warming as one metric ton of carbon dioxide; and (2) designate as a greenhouse gas any directly emitted anthropogenic gas that is included in the Inventory of the United States Greenhouse Gases and Sinks, one metric ton of which makes the same or greater contribution to global warming as one metric ton of carbon dioxide. Directs each covered entity to report to the Administrator its greenhouse gas emissions for the prior calendar year.

Directs the Administrator to issue regulations establishing a federal greenhouse gas registry. Specifies that such regulations shall: (1) ensure accuracy and reliability of data submitted; (2) take into account best practices for measuring greenhouse gas emissions and the latest scientific research; (3) require that submitted data are monitored using monitoring systems for fuel use, fuel flow, or emissions, wherever feasible; (4) require annual reporting on the emission of greenhouse gases; (5) establish consistent policies for calculating carbon content and greenhouse gas emissions for each type of fossil fuel reported; (6) provide for immediate public dissemination of data reported, with certain exceptions; and (7) take into account the work done by the Climate Registry and other mandatory state or multistate authorized programs and explain the major differences in approach between the system established under the regulations and the respective registries or programs. Provides that nothing in this Act preempts any state or regional greenhouse gas registry efforts.

Authorizes the Administrator to bring a civil action against any entity that fails to comply with the requirements of this Act. Sets forth civil penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6878
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to recognized independent accreditation organizations which apply quality standards to which suppliers of items and services relating to prosthetic devices and orthotics and prosthetics.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate and approve an independent accreditation organization for such purposes only if it is the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics, Inc., the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification, or a program that the Secretary determines has accreditation and approval standards essentially equivalent to those of such a Board.
 
 
Requires application to prosthetic devices and orthotics and prosthetics generally of existing accreditation and licensure requirements for certain prosthetics and custom-fabricated orthotics.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on: (1) the steps taken by the Department of HHS to ensure that such licensure and accreditation requirements are enforced; and (2) the effect of the requirements of this Act on the occurrence of fraud and abuse under the Medicare program with respect to prosthetic devices and orthotics and prosthetics.
 
Modifies the Medicare payment methodology for prosthetic devices and orthotics and prosthetics to account for practitioner qualifications and complexity of care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 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.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 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.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 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.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend Public Law 100-573 to extend the authorization of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission.

Bill: 110-hr-6879
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
National recreation areas
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Amends Public Law 100-573 (relating to the establishment of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizens Advisory Commission) to terminate the Commission 30 years after the enactment of such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an individual a credit against income tax for uncompensated losses from damage to such individual's principal residence by reason of Hurricane Gustav to the extent such losses are uncompensated by reason of the deductible on the individual's homeowner's insurance.

Bill: 110-hr-6880
Sponsor: Rep. Cazayoux, Donald J., Jr. [D-LA-6]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for uncompensated personal casualty losses to their principal residences (or to contents in such residences) as a result of Hurricane Gustav in 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
To provide for audits of programs, projects, and activities funded through earmarks.

Bill: 110-hr-6881
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Auditing
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal aid programs
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Grants-in-aid

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Requires the Comptroller General to develop and implement a systematic process to: (1) review audits by Inspectors General or external auditors of executive agency and government corporation programs, projects, and activities funded through earmarks; and (2) conduct annually an appropriate number of Government Accountability Office (GAO) audits of such earmark-funded programs, projects, and activities.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the results of: (1) audits of executive agency and government corporation financial statements by Inspector Generals or external auditors which were then submitted to GAO; (2) GAO reviews of such audits; and (3) annual GAO audits of earmark-funded agency programs, projects, and activities.
 
Revises audit requirements for non-federal entities that expend federal awards totaling at least $300,000 or another amount specified by the Director of the General Assistance Administration. Requires submission to the Comptroller General of the results of all executive agency and government corporation audits of earmark-funded programs, projects, or activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
Electricity Prize Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6882
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Electricity Prize Act of 2008 - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to carry out a competition to award a cash prize to the first participant that develops the ability to store multi-megawatt electricity for 30 consecutive days with less than a 10% decrease in the electricity stored. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
National Commission to Study the Establishment of the National Museum of the American People Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6883
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Libraries and archives
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
National Commission to Study the Establishment of the National Museum of the American People Act of 2008 - Establishes the National Commission to Study the Establishment of the National Museum of the American People to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of establishing a National Museum of the American People in Washington, D.C. that tells the story of the making of the American people.
 
Specifies a summary of issues of which the Commission shall examine and report on, including the following possible components for the Museum: (1) a Center for Advanced Studies of the American People; (2) a National Genealogical Center; (3) a National Archives and Library of American Migration and Immigration; (4) an Education Resource Center; and (5) a Peopling of America Center. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House