Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

Bill: 110-hr-3074
Sponsor: Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2007-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Access Board
Access to airports
Accident insurance
Administrative fees
Age and employment
Agriculture and Food
Air traffic
Air travel
Aircraft pilots
Airline employees
Airline passenger traffic
Airports
Alaska
Alcohol as fuel
Alien labor
Apartment houses
Appropriations
Architecture and the disabled
Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Aviation safety
Avionics
Block grants
Boundaries
Building construction
Buy American
California
Capital investments
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coal
Colonias
Commerce
Community development
Condominium (Housing)
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cooperative housing
Cost accounting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Delaware
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Transportation
Disabled
District of Columbia
Education
Electronic government information
Eminent domain
Employee rights
Energy
Energy conservation
Environmental Protection
Ex-offenders
Families
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal aid to housing
Federal aid to transportation
Federal employees
Federal home loan banks
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Flight training
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fraud
Government National Mortgage Association
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government corporations
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Government securities
Government travel
Governmental investigations
Health
Higher education
Highway finance
Home equity conversion
Home ownership
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Housing authorities
Housing discrimination
Housing finance
Housing for the aged
Housing for the disabled
Housing management
Housing subsidies
Illegal aliens
Illinois
Immigration
Income tax
Indian housing
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Inspectors general
Interstate highway system
Iowa
Labor and Employment
Landlord and tenant
Latin America
Law
Lead
Leases
Legal services
Liability (Law)
Lighting
Local laws
Low-income housing
Lumber trade
Marine transportation
Maryland
Mass rapid transit
Methane
Metropolitan areas
Mexico
Military personnel
Minorities
Mississippi
Mortgage banks
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgage interest rates
Motor buses
Motor vehicle registration
Motor vehicle safety
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
National Transportation Safety Board
Native Americans
Navigational aids (Aeronautics)
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York City
New York State
Nonprofit organizations
North Carolina
Pedestrians
Pennsylvania
Physical examinations
Pipelines
Policy sciences
Prosecution
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public housing
Public utility rates
Radar
Railroad commuting traffic
Railroad engineering
Railroad freight operations
Railroad passenger traffic
Railroad safety
Railroads
Recycling of waste products
Refuse and refuse disposal
Relocation
Rental housing
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Rescission of appropriated funds
Research and development facilities
Residential rehabilitation
Retirement age
Right of privacy
Road construction
Safety measures
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Salaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary mortgage market
Social Welfare
Stocks
Student aid
Students
Subsidies
Subways
Tax evasion
Tax returns
Taxation
Technological innovations
Terminals (Transportation)
Terrorism
Texas
Toll roads
Transfer of employees
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation engineering
Transportation of hazardous substances
Transportation research
Transportation safety
Travel costs
Trucking
Trucks
Tunnels
Urban affairs
Urban transportation
User charges
Veterans' employment
Waste in government spending
Weather forecasting
Welfare eligibility
Wheat

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-18
text: 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Transportation.
 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Housing and Urban Development.
 
Makes appropriations for FY2008 to: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; (2) the Federal Maritime Commission; (3) the National Transportation Safety Board; (4) the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (5) the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.

action_date: 2007-07-24
text: 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - 
Title I: Department of Transportation - 
Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Transportation, including: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (3) the Federal Highway Administration; (4) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); (6) the Federal Railroad Administration; (7) the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); (8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (9) the Maritime Administration; (10) the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; (11) the Research and Innovative Technology Administration; (12) the Office of Inspector General; and (13) the Surface Transportation Board.
 
((Sec. 103) Prohibits any funds made available under this Act from being obligated or expended to establish or implement a program under which essential air service communities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly referred to as the EAS local participation program.
 
(Sec. 110) Requires the FAA, subject to certain criteria, to accept landing systems, lighting systems, and associated equipment procured by airports.
 
 
(Sec. 111) Prohibits the use of funds to compensate more than 375 technical staff-years under the federally funded research and development center contract between the FAA and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during FY2008.
 
(Sec. 112) Prohibits the use of funds to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide to the FAA without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting. Exempts from this prohibition any negotiations between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on &quot;below-market&quot; rates for these items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities.
 
(Sec. 113) Authorizes the FAA Administrator to reimburse amounts made available to credit a certain account to carry out the essential air service program from fees credited to the FAA.
 
Makes inapplicable to FY2008 certain requirements for the use of fee proceeds for funding for small community air service, especially rural air safety improvement and rural airport projects.
 
(Sec. 114) Requires that amounts collected for safety-related training and operational services to foreign aviation authorities be credited to the appropriation current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same purposes of such appropriation.
 
(Sec. 115) Extends through certain dates in 2008: (1) any aircraft insurance policy; and (2) waiver of air carrier liability for third party claims arising out of acts of terrorism.
 
(Sec. 116) Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated or limited by this Act to change weight restrictions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey.
 
(Sec. 120. Prohibits for FY2008 distribution from the obligation limitation for federal-aid highways amounts authorized for specified administrative expenses and programs. Prescribes a formula for determining certain distributions of the obligation limitation. Specifies exceptions from the limitation, as well as its applicability to transportation research programs. Requires redistribution of certain authorized funds. Authorizes the obligation for any other listed project in the same state of obligation authority distributed for specified projects listed in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).
 
(Sec. 121) Allows crediting to the federal-aid highways account of funds received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, in order to reimburse the Bureau for necessary expenses incurred.
 
(Sec. 122) Rescinds specified funds made available: (1) for administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration and for infrastructure finance; (2) for certain high priority transportation projects; (3) for transportation research programs; (4) for highway safety grants; (5) for specified transportation-related projects; and (6) under other specified transportation Acts.
 
(Sec. 129) Prescribes a formula for the distribution of federal-aid highway and federal highway safety construction funds determined to be allocated under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for FY2008, with a set-aside before such allocations are made for the Transportation, Community, and System Preservation Program under SAFETEA-LU.
 
 
(Sec. 130) Subjects funds appropriated or limited in this Act to certain safety examination and other requirements of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 and the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 relating to Mexico-domiciled motor carriers involved in cross-border trucking between the United States and Mexico, including an annual report on the subject by the Secretary of Transportation to the congressional appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 140) Makes certain additional funds available to NHTSA to pay for: (1) travel and related expenses for state management reviews; and (2) core competency development training and related expenses for highway safety staff.
 
(Sec. 141) Rescinds specified funds made available in prior appropriations Acts for: (1) operations and research; (2) the National Driver Register; (3) Highway Traffic Safety Grants.
 
(Sec. 150) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to purchase promotional items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities for purposes of developing and carrying out solutions to the railroad grade crossing problem and measures to protect pedestrians in densely populated areas along railroad rights-of-way (Operation Lifesaver). Requires the Secretary to prescribe guidelines for the administration of such purchases and use.
 
(Sec. 160) The limitations on obligations for the programs of the FTA shall not apply to any grant authority previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for obligation.
 
(Sec. 161) Declares that funds made available by this Act for specified FTA capital investment grants and bus and bus facilities projects which are not obligated by September 30, 2010, and other recoveries, shall be made available for other capital investment grant projects.
 
(Sec. 162) Authorizes certain transfers of any public transportation funds appropriated before October 1, 2007, that remain available for expenditure.
 
(Sec. 163) Authorizes the use of unobligated FTA capital investment grants funds for new fixed guideway systems projects.
 
(Sec. 164) Allows the FTA to provide grants for 100% of the net capital cost of a factory-installed or retrofitted hybrid electric bus system in a public transportation bus for FY2008.
 
(Sec. 165) Authorizes additional appropriations, to remain available until expended, for the clean fuels grant program.
 (Sec. 166) Amends the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, with respect an Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) contract with the Southern California Rapid Transit District for a study of the potential methane gas risks related to a proposed alignment of the Metro Rail project beyond the Minimum Operable Segment, MOS-1. Repeals the prohibition against the availability of certain related funds for any segment of the downtown Los Angeles to San Francisco Valley Metro Transit Rail project until the Southern California Rapid Transit District commits to UMTA that no part of the Metro Rail project will tunnel into or through any designated potential or high potential risk zone (for a methane gas explosion and fire in the Fairfax area). 
(Sec. 171) Prohibits obligations incurred during the current year from maritime construction funds in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this or any prior appropriations Act.
 
(Sec. 182) Prohibits the availability of the funds in this Act for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation. Prohibits any assignment on temporary detail outside the Department of any of such appointees.
 
(Sec. 183) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to implement establishment in the Department of Transportation of a National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.
 
(Sec. 184) Prohibits any recipient of funds made available in this Act from disseminating personal information obtained by a state department of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record, except as permitted under specified federal criminal law.
 
Prohibits the Secretary, however, from withholding funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a state fails to comply with this prohibition.
 
(Sec. 186) Authorizes the Secretary to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase it upon the payment to the Department of an amount the Secretary determines.
 
(Sec. 187) Requires the Secretary to notify the congressional appropriations committees at least three full business days before announcing any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more from any discretionary FHA grant program other than the emergency relief program, the FAA airport improvement program, or any FTA program other than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs.
 
(Sec. 189) Provides for the use of funds that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by the Department to a third party contractor under a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to law.
 
(Sec. 190) Makes funds for a certain highway bypass demonstration project in the vicinity of Prunedale, California, available for improvement of Route 101 in the vicinity of Prunedale, Monterey County, California.
 
 
(Sec. 191) Makes funds from the Highway Trust Fund for the reconstruction of School Road East in Marlboro Township, New Jersey, available for the Spring Valley Road Project in Marlboro Township, New Jersey.
 

Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development 
- Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including: (1) public and Indian housing; (2) community planning and development; (3) housing programs; (4) the Federal Housing Administration (FHA); (5) the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae); (6) policy development and research; (7) fair housing and equal opportunity; (8) the Office of Lead Hazard Control; (9) the Office of Inspector General; and (10) the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.
 
(Sec. 201) Requires rescission of 50% of the amounts of budget authority (or in lieu thereof remittance to the Treasury of 50% of the associated cash amounts) that are recaptured from certain state-, local-government, or local housing agency-financed projects under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988. Requires the use of such recaptured budget authority or funds, as well as any budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury, by state housing finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary in this title) for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, all the same, to award up to 15% of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance their projects at a lower interest rate.
 
(Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds during FY2008 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a government official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction.
 
(Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to make a grant under certain authority of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act for any state that: (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year; but (2) is not otherwise eligible for an FY2008 allocation because the areas in the State outside of qualifying metropolitan statistical areas do not have the number of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) otherwise required.
 
Prescribes a formula for the allocation of such grants to Jersey City and Paterson, New Jersey.
 
(Sec. 204) Requires any grant, cooperative agreement, or other assistance made pursuant to this title to be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
 
(Sec. 205) Makes certain funds available, without regard to limitations on administrative expenses, for: (1) legal services on a contract or fee basis; and (2) payment for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), the Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks, Federal Home Loan banks, and any bank insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act.
 
(Sec. 207) Authorizes any HUD corporations and agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, to make expenditures, contracts, and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in their FY 2008 budgets. Limits the use of collections of these corporations and agencies for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act, except for their the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the U.S. government.
 
(Sec. 208) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of the funds provided in this title for technical assistance, training, or management improvements unless HUD describes for the congressional appropriations committees each proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the associated program, project or activity costs as part of the Budget Justifications.
 
(Sec. 209) Directs the HUD Secretary to report quarterly to the congressional appropriations committees regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each program and activity within HUD jurisdiction, along with additional, updated budget information upon request.
 
(Sec. 210) Requires the HUD Secretary to: (1) adjust the funds allocated for FY2008 under the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey Metropolitan Division; and allocate a portion to the state of New Jersey according to a specified formula.
 
Directs the HUD Secretary to allocate to Wake County, North Carolina, certain funds that otherwise would be allocated for FY2008 under such Act to Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.
 
Authorizes the HUD Secretary to: (1) adjust FY2008 allocations under such Act, upon the written request of a grant applicant for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropolitan statistical area; and (2) designate the state or states in which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation.
 
(Sec. 211) Requires the HUD Secretary to report annually no later than August 30, 2008 and annually to the congressional appropriations committees on the number of federally assisted units under lease and their per unit cost to HUD.
 
(Sec. 213) Requires that incremental vouchers previously made available under the heading, &quot;Housing Certificate Fund,&quot; or renewed under the heading, &quot;Tenant-Based Rental Assistance,&quot; for non-elderly disabled families continue to be provided to non-elderly disabled families upon turnover.
 
(Sec. 214) Declares that a public housing agency (or other entity) that administers federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority of the the states of Alaska, Iowa, or Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident of public housing or a recipient of section 8 rental assistance (under the United States Housing Act of 1937) on the agency or entity board of directors (or similar governing board), as otherwise required by such Act.
 
Requires each such public housing agency (or other entity) to establish an advisory board, which shall meet at least quarterly, consisting of at least than six residents of public housing or section 8 rental assistance recipients to provide advice and comment on related issues.
 
(Sec. 215) Authorizes the Secretary for FY2008-FY2009, subject to specified conditions, to authorize the transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt and statutorily required low-income and very low-income use restrictions, associated with one or more multifamily housing project to another multifamily housing project or projects.
 
(Sec. 216) Requires that the funds made available for Native American Housing Block Grants in title III of this Act be allocated to the same recipients that received funds in FY2005.
 
(Sec. 217) Requires that incremental vouchers made available under this Act, and previously, under the heading, &quot;Housing Certificate Fund,&quot; or renewed under the heading, &quot;Tenant-Based Rental Assistance,&quot; for family unification continue to be provided for family unification.
 
(Sec. 218) Prohibits the use of funds to develop or impose policies or procedures, including an account structure, that subjects the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) to the requirements of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. Subjects Ginnie Mae, nonetheless, to credit subsidy budgeting or budget presentation requirements previously adopted.
 
(Sec. 219) Prohibits any section 8 rental assistance to any individual who: (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education; (2) is under age 24; (3) is not a veteran; (4) is unmarried; (5) does not have a dependent child; (6) is not a person with disabilities, and was not receiving section 8 assistance of November 30, 2005; and (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive such assistance.
 
Declares that, for section 8 rental assistance eligibility purposes, any financial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965, from private sources, or an institution of higher education shall be considered income to that individual, except for a person over age 23 with dependent children.
 
(Sec. 220) Authorizes the Secretary through FY2008 to insure, and enter into commitments to insure, home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners.
 
(Sec. 221) Amends the National Housing Act with respect to non-Ginnie Mae-related mortgage insurance eligibility purposes, including insurance for cooperative housing, rehabilitation and neighborhood conservation housing, housing for elderly persons, and condominiums.
 
Increases from 140% to 170% in most areas, and from 170% to 215% in high cost areas, the percentage increase the Secretary may make in the dollar limitations on the estimated value per family unit of the dwelling use portion of a property or project covered by a mortgage for which insurance is sought.
 
(Sec. 222) Allows a new rent requirement during FY2008 in the provision of section 8 rental assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 in connection with a program to demonstrate the economy and effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in assisted living facilities that is carried out in Michigan counties. States that a family residing in an assisted living facility in any such county, on behalf of which a public housing agency provides section 8 assistance, may be required, at the time it initially receives such assistance, to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40% of the family's monthly adjusted income by such a percentage or amount as the Secretary determines appropriate.
 
(Sec. 223) Creates a certain business option for the recipient, after December 26, 2000, of a grant under the Housing Act of 1959 for: (1) substantial capital repairs to elderly housing projects; or (2) conversion of such housing to assisted living facilities. 
 
Authorizes any such recipient, at its option, to: (1) establish a single-asset nonprofit (including nonproft private) entity to own the project; and (2) lend the entity such grant funds.
 
(Sec. 224) Directs the Secretary to give priority consideration to applications from the housing authorities of the counties of San Bernardino and Santa Clara and the city of San Jose, California, to participate in the Moving to Work Demonstration Agreement under the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996. Requires, however, that upon turnover, existing requirements on the reissuance of section 8 vouchers be maintained to ensure that at least 75% of all vouchers shall be made available to extremely low-income families.
 
 

Title III: Related Agencies - 
Makes appropriations for FY2008 to: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; (2) the Federal Maritime Commission; (3) the National Transportation Safety Board; (4) the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (5) the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.
 

Title IV: General Provisions (This Act)
 - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
 
(Sec. 401) Requires any sums necessary for FY2008 pay raises for programs funded in this Act to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this or previous appropriations Acts.
 
(Sec. 402) Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, nonfederal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
 
(Sec. 407) Requires all federal agencies and departments funded by this Act to report by July 31, 2008, to the congressional appropriations committees on all sole source contracts.
 
(Sec. 409) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to enter into a contract with an entity that does not participate in the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation described in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
 
(Sec. 410) Bars the use of funds made available under this Act to establish or implement a cross-border motor carrier demonstration or pilot project or program to allow Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the commercial zones on the U.S.-Mexico border.
 
(Sec. 411) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to take any action to issue a final rule or notice based on, or otherwise implement, all or any part of the specified proposed HUD rule relating to standards for mortgagor's investment in mortgaged property.
 
(Sec. 412) Bars the use of funds made available in this Act by the FAA to eliminate, consolidate, de-consolidate, co-locate, execute inter-facility reorganization, or plan for the consolidation/deconsolidation, inter-facility reorganization, or co-location of any FAA air traffic control facility or service.
 
Excludes from such prohibition the reversal of the transfer of the radar functions from the Palm Springs Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) to the Southern California TRACON.
 
(Sec. 413) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to purchase light bulbs unless they have the &quot;ENERGY STAR&quot; or &quot;Federal Energy Management Program&quot; designation.
 
(Sec. 414) Bars the use of funds made available under this Act to establish or collect tolls on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania.
 
(Sec. 415) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act by the DOT to promulgate regulations based on race, ethnicity, or sex.
 
(Sec. 416) Bars the use of funds made available in this Act to: (1) provide homeownership assistance for applicants (unauthorized aliens) described in the Immigration and Nationality Act; or (2) employ workers (unauthorized aliens) described in such Act.
 
(Sec. 418) Declares that t he amount otherwise provided in this Act for &quot;Grants-in-Aid for Airports&quot; administered by the FAA is hereby reduced by $10 million and increased by $10 million.
 
(Sec. 419) Bars the use of funds made available in this Act: (1) in violation of prohibitions of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 against unfair labor practices, with respect to workers on federally-funded transportation projects; or (2) to participate in a working group pursuant to the Security and Prosperity Partnership.

action_date: 2007-09-12
text: 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - 
Title I: Department of Transportation
 - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Transportation, including: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (3) the Federal Highway Administration; (4) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); (6) the Federal Railroad Administration; (7) the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); (8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (9) the Maritime Administration; (10) the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; (11) the Research and Innovative Technology Administration; (12) the Office of Inspector General; and (13) the Surface Transportation Board.
 
((Sec. 103) Prohibits any funds made available under this Act from being obligated or expended to establish or implement a program under which essential air service communities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly referred to as the EAS local participation program.
 
(Sec. 110) Prohibits the use of funds to compensate more than 375 technical staff-years under the federally funded research and development center contract between the FAA and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during FY2008.
 
(Sec. 111) Prohibits the use of funds to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide to the FAA without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting. Exempts from this prohibition any negotiations between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on &quot;below-market&quot; rates for these items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities.
 
(Sec. 112) Authorizes the FAA Administrator to reimburse amounts made available to credit a certain account to carry out the essential air service program from fees credited to the FAA.
 
Makes inapplicable to FY2008 certain requirements for the use of fee proceeds for funding for small community air service, especially rural air safety improvement and rural airport projects.
 
(Sec. 113) Requires that amounts collected for safety-related training and operational services to foreign aviation authorities be credited to the appropriation current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same purposes of such appropriation.
 
(Sec. 114) Extends through certain dates in 2008: (1) any aircraft insurance policy; and (2) waiver of air carrier liability for third party claims arising out of acts of terrorism.
 
(Sec. 115) Allows a pilot who has attained 60 years of age to serve as a passenger airline pilot until the age of 65 years old, provided that a pilot who has attained age 60 may serve as pilot-in-command on international flights if there is another pilot in the flight crew who has not yet attained 60 years of age. 
 
Prohibits subjecting pilots to different medical examinations and standards on account of age unless to ensure an adequate level of safety in flight, except that no person who has attained 60 years of age may serve as a pilot unless such person has a first-class medical certificate.
 
Requires air carriers to: (1) continue to provide FAA-approved training to pilots, with specific emphasis on initial and recurring training and qualification of pilots who have attained 60 years of age; and (2) evaluate, every six months, the performance of pilots who have attained 60 years of age through a line check of such pilot.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the effect of the modification of pilot age requirements, if any, on aviation safety.
 
(Sec. 116) Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) conduct a study on the efficacy of strategies employed by the FAA Administrator and the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to address flight delays at U.S. airports; and (2) to report the results of the study to Congress, with recommendations on strategies that most effectively reduce such delays when employed for six months or less.
 
(Sec. 120) Prohibits for FY2008 distribution from the obligation limitation for federal-aid highways amounts authorized for specified administrative expenses and programs. Prescribes a formula for determining certain distributions of the obligation limitation. Specifies exceptions from the limitation, as well as its applicability to transportation research programs. Requires redistribution of certain authorized funds. Authorizes the obligation for any other listed project in the same state of obligation authority distributed for specified projects listed in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).
 
(Sec. 121) Allows crediting to the federal-aid highways account of funds received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, in order to reimburse the Bureau for necessary expenses incurred.
 
(Sec. 122) Rescinds specified funds made available for administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration and for infrastructure finance. 
 
(Sec. 124) Designates certain authorized FY2008 federal-aid highway funds for projects and competitive initiatives as listed in the report accompanying this Act.
 
(Sec. 125) Requires the Secretary to make an informal public notice and comment opportunity before waiving any Buy America requirement for federal-aid highway projects.
 
(Sec. 126) Permits certain funds amounts made available for a project for construction of and improvements to North Shore Road in Swain County, North Carolina, that remain unobligated and unexpended after issuance of the record of decision for that project, to be used to implement the selected alternative included in the record of decision.
 
(Sec. 130) Subjects funds appropriated or limited in this Act to certain safety examination and other requirements of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 and the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 relating to Mexico-domiciled motor carriers involved in cross-border trucking between the United States and Mexico, including an annual report on the subject by the Secretary to the congressional appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 140) Makes certain additional funds available to NHTSA to pay for: (1) travel and related expenses for state management reviews; and (2) core competency development training and related expenses for highway safety staff.
 
(Sec. 141) Rescinds specified funds made available in prior appropriations Acts for: (1) operations and research; (2) the National Driver Register; (3) Highway Traffic Safety Grants.
 
(Sec. 150) Declares that funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease to be available to the Corporation in the event that the Corporation contracts to have services provided at or from any location outside the United States. Defines any such service as one that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part-time Amtrak employee whose base of employment is located within the United States.
 
(Sec. 151) Requires the Federal Railroad Administrator to report to the congressional appropriations committees on efforts at improving the on-time performance of Amtrak intercity rail service operating on non-Amtrak owned property.
 
(Sec. 152) Authorizes the Secretary to purchase promotional items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities to carry out solutions to the railroad grade crossing problem and measures to protect pedestrians in densely populated areas along railroad rights-of-way (Operation Lifesaver). Requires the Secretary to prescribe guidelines for the administration of such purchases and use.
 
(Sec. 153) Declares that any lease or contract entered into between the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) and the state of Maryland or any of its departments or agencies shall be governed by the laws of the District of Columbia.
 
(Sec. 160) The limitations on obligations for the programs of the FTA shall not apply to any grant authority previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for obligation.
 
(Sec. 161) Declares that funds made available by this Act for specified FTA capital investment grants and bus and bus facilities projects which are not obligated by September 30, 2010, and other recoveries, shall be made available for other capital investment grant projects.
 
(Sec. 162) Authorizes certain transfers of any public transportation funds appropriated before October 1, 2007, that remain available for expenditure.
 
(Sec. 163) Authorizes the use of unobligated FTA capital investment grants funds for new fixed guideway systems projects.
 
(Sec. 164) Directs the Secretary to amend the Full Funding Grant Agreement for the Central Link Initial Segment Project to allow the use of any funds remaining in the current budget to support completion of the Airport Link extension.
 
(Sec. 165) Makes available for bus and bus facilities certain funds provided for a high capacity fixed guideway light rail and mass transit project for the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
 
(Sec. 166) Makes available for public transportation buses (and related equipment and facilities) and intermodal terminals in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico, any unobligated FTA capital investment grant funds available for the Commuter Rail, Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
 
(Sec. 167) Declares that certain funds made available for the Las Vegas Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway Project, the CATRAIL RTC Rail Project, and the Las Vegas, Nevada Monorail Project in Nevada may be made available to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada for specified bus or bus facilities projects.
 
(Sec. 168) Authorizes the FTA Administrator to conduct a study, and report the results to Congress, on public transportation agencies located in specified urbanized areas.
 
(Sec. 169) Amends the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, with respect an Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) contract with the Southern California Rapid Transit District for a study of the potential methane gas risks related to a proposed alignment of the Metro Rail project beyond the Minimum Operable Segment, MOS-1. Repeals the prohibition against the availability of certain related funds for any segment of the downtown Los Angeles to San Francisco Valley Metro Transit Rail project until the Southern California Rapid Transit District commits to UMTA that no part of the Metro Rail project will tunnel into or through any designated potential or high potential risk zone (for a methane gas explosion and fire in the Fairfax area). 
 
(Sec. 170) Prohibits the use of funds provided or limited under this Act to issue regulations establishing an evaluation and rating process for certain proposed new fixed guideway capital projects based on the results of project justification and local financial commitment.
 
(Sec. 171) Prohibits obligations incurred during the current year from maritime construction funds in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this or any prior appropriations Act.
 
(Sec. 182) Prohibits the availability of the funds in this Act for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation. Prohibits any assignment on temporary detail outside the Department of any of such appointees.
 
(Sec. 183) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to implement establishment in the Department of Transportation of a National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.
 
(Sec. 184) Prohibits any recipient of funds made available in this Act from disseminating personal information obtained by a state department of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record, except as permitted under specified federal criminal law.
 
Prohibits the Secretary, however, from withholding funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a state fails to comply with this prohibition.
 
(Sec. 186) Authorizes the Secretary to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase it upon the payment to the Department of an amount the Secretary determines.
 
(Sec. 187) Requires the Secretary to notify the congressional appropriations committees at least three full business days before announcing any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more from certain grant programs, including the federal highway emergency relief program, the FAA airport improvement program, or any FTA program other than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs.
 
(Sec. 189) Provides for the use of funds that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by the Department to a third party contractor under a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to law.
 
(Sec. 191) Declares that when the Surface Transportation Board is considering cases, matters, or declaratory orders involving a railroad, or an entity claiming or seeking authority to operate as a railroad, and the transportation of solid waste, it shall consider any activity involving the receipt, delivery, sorting, handling or transfer in-transit outside of a sealed container, storage other than inside a sealed container, or other processing of solid waste to be an activity over which the Board does not have jurisdiction.
 
(Sec. 192) Prohibits the use of funds by the Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect any filing fee for rate complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of that authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under the federal judicial code.
 
(Sec. 193) Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation to investigate and report to specified congressional committees on rail service disruptions and incidents since 2004 in which rail carriers failed to timely deliver various commodities, such as coal, wheat, ethanol, and lumber.
 
(Sec. 194) Prohibits the use of funds made available under this Act to establish a cross-border motor carrier demonstration program to allow Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the commercial zones along the international border between the United States and Mexico.
 
(Sec. 195) Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain on the homepage of the Department of Transportation's website: (1) a direct link to the website of the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Transportation; and (2) a mechanism by which individuals may anonymously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to the Department of Transportation.
 
(Sec. 196) Prohibits, with a specified exception, the use of funds made available by this Act to approve a permit application to collect a toll on any portion of a federal highway facility in the state of Texas: (1) that is in existence upon enactment of this Act and on which no toll is collected under a tolling provision on such enactment; or (2) that would result in the federal highway facility having fewer non-toll lanes than before the date on which the toll was first collected.
 
(Sec. 197) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study of the use of non-hazardous recycled aggregates and other materials, including reused concrete and asphalt, in highway projects.
 
 

Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development
 - Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) specified executive operations and administrative activities; (3) public and Indian housing; (4) community planning and development; (5) housing programs; (6) the Federal Housing Administration (FHA); (7) the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae); (8) policy development and research; (9) fair housing and equal opportunity; (10) the Office of Lead Hazard Control; and (11) the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.
 
 
 (Sec. 201) Requires rescission of 50% of the amounts of budget authority (or in lieu thereof remittance to the Treasury of 50% of the associated cash amounts) that are recaptured from certain state-, local-government, or local housing agency-financed projects under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988. Requires the use of such recaptured budget authority or funds, as well as any budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury, by state housing finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary in this title) for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, all the same, to award up to 15% of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance their projects at a lower interest rate.
 
(Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds during FY2008 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a government official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction.
 
(Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to make a grant under certain authority of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act for any state that: (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year; but (2) is not otherwise eligible for an FY2008 allocation because the areas in the State outside of qualifying metropolitan statistical areas do not have the number of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) otherwise required.
 
Prescribes a formula for the allocation of such grants to Jersey City and Paterson, New Jersey.
 
(Sec. 204) Requires any grant, cooperative agreement, or other assistance made pursuant to this title to be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.
 
(Sec. 205) Makes certain funds available, without regard to limitations on administrative expenses, for: (1) legal services on a contract or fee basis; and (2) payment for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), the Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks, Federal Home Loan banks, and any bank insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act.
 
(Sec. 207) Authorizes any HUD corporations and agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, to make expenditures, contracts, and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in their FY 2008 budgets. Limits the use of collections of these corporations and agencies for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act, except for their the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the U.S. government.
 
(Sec. 208) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of the funds provided in this title for technical assistance, training, or management improvements unless HUD describes for the congressional appropriations committees each proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the associated program, project or activity costs as part of the Budget Justifications.
 
(Sec. 209) Directs the HUD Secretary to report quarterly to the congressional appropriations committees regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each program and activity within HUD jurisdiction, along with additional, updated budget information upon request.
 
(Sec. 210) Requires the HUD Secretary to: (1) adjust the funds allocated for FY2008 under the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey Metropolitan Division; and allocate a portion to the state of New Jersey according to a specified formula.
 
Directs the HUD Secretary to allocate to Wake County, North Carolina, certain funds that otherwise would be allocated for FY2008 under such Act to Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.
 
Authorizes the HUD Secretary to: (1) adjust FY2008 allocations under such Act, upon the written request of a grant applicant for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropolitan statistical area; and (2) designate the state or states in which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation.
 
(Sec. 211) Requires the HUD Secretary to report annually no later than August 30, 2008 and annually to the congressional appropriations committees on the number of federally assisted units under lease and their per unit cost to HUD.
 
(Sec. 213) Requires that incremental vouchers previously made available under the heading, &quot;Housing Certificate Fund,&quot; or renewed under the heading, &quot;Tenant-Based Rental Assistance,&quot; for non-elderly disabled families continue to be provided to non-elderly disabled families upon turnover.
 
(Sec. 214) Declares that a public housing agency (or other entity) that administers federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, or the states of Alaska, Iowa, or Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident of public housing or a recipient of section 8 rental assistance (under the United States Housing Act of 1937) on the agency or entity board of directors (or similar governing board), as otherwise required by such Act.
 
Requires each such public housing agency (or other entity) to establish an advisory board, which shall meet at least quarterly, consisting of at least than six residents of public housing or section 8 rental assistance recipients to provide advice and comment on related issues.
 
(Sec. 215) Authorizes the Secretary for FY2008-FY2009, subject to specified conditions, to authorize the transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt and statutorily required low-income and very low-income use restrictions, associated with one or more multifamily housing project to another multifamily housing project or projects.
 
(Sec. 216) Requires that the funds made available for Native American Housing Block Grants in title III of this Act be allocated to the same recipients that received funds in FY2005.
 
(Sec. 217) Requires that incremental vouchers made available under this Act, and previously, under the heading, &quot;Housing Certificate Fund,&quot; or renewed under the heading, &quot;Tenant-Based Rental Assistance,&quot; for family unification continue to be provided for family unification.
 
(Sec. 218) Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to receive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts and similar items, from non-U.S. Government sources to repair damages to or replace U.S. Government-owned automated track inspection cars and equipment as a result of third party liability for such damages. Requires any amounts so collected to be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account of the Federal Railroad Administration, and remain available until expended for the repair, operation and maintenance of automated track inspection cars and equipment in connection with the automated track inspection program. Appropriates an additional $1 billion in the amount of obligation limitation for distribution under the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program.
 
 
(Sec. 219) Prohibits any section 8 rental assistance to any individual who: (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education; (2) is under age 24; (3) is not a veteran; (4) is unmarried; (5) does not have a dependent child; (6) is not a person with disabilities, and was not receiving section 8 assistance of November 30, 2005; and (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive such assistance.
 
Declares that, for section 8 rental assistance eligibility purposes, any financial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965, from private sources, or an institution of higher education shall be considered income to that individual, except for a person over age 23 with dependent children.
 
(Sec. 220) Requires the Secretary during FY2008, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that is owned or held by HUD, to maintain any section 8 rental assistance payments attached to any dwelling units in the property. Authorizes the Secretary, however, to the extent that such a multifamily property is not feasible for continued section 8 payments, based on consideration of the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property and environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, to contract, in consultation with the property tenants, for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance.
 
Requires the Secretary also to take steps to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect before foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to health and safety.
 
(Sec. 221) Amends the National Housing Act with respect to non-Ginnie Mae-related mortgage insurance eligibility purposes, including insurance for cooperative housing, rehabilitation and neighborhood conservation housing, housing for elderly persons, and condominiums.
 
Increases from 140% to 170% in most areas, and from 170% to 215% in high cost areas, the percentage increase the Secretary may make in the dollar limitations on the estimated value per family unit of the dwelling use portion of a property or project covered by a mortgage for which insurance is sought.
 
(Sec. 222) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend through FY2008 the authorization of appropriations for demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance project grants to public housing agencies.
 
(Sec. 223) Authorizes public housing agencies owning and operating 500 or fewer public housing units to elect to be exempt from any asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary in connection with the operating fund rule. Provides, however, that an agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset management requirements.
 
(Sec. 224) Prohibits the Secretary, with respect to the use of funds for the operation, capital improvement, and management of public housing authorized by the United States Housing Act of 1937, from imposing any asset management requirement or guideline that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital funds for central office costs.
 
(Sec. 225) Requires the Secretary to report quarterly to congressional appropriations committees on: (1) the status of all section 8 project-based housing, including the number of all project-based units by region as well as an analysis of all federally subsidized housing being refinanced under the Mark-to-Market program; and (2) HUD's use of all sole source contracts, including terms of the contracts, cost and a substantive rationale for using a sole source contract.
 
(Sec. 227) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the treatment of utility and waste management costs under the formula for determining the amount of assistance to public housing agencies from the Public Housing Operating Fund for the operation and management of public housing. Modifies the requirement that a public housing agency receive the full financial benefit from any reduction in the cost of utilities or waste management (savings) resulting from any contract with a third party to undertake energy conservation improvements in one or more of its public housing projects.
 
Authorizes extension to up to 20 years of the term of a contract currently in repayment whose term is 12 years or less, in order to permit additional energy conservation improvements without requiring the reprocurement of energy performance contractors.
 
(Sec. 228) Directs the Secretary to increase the number of Moving-to-Work agencies authorized under the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 by making the Alaska Public Housing Agency a Moving-to-Work Agency.
 
(Sec. 229) Deems to be amended with respect to specified projects the referenced statement of managers under the &quot;Community Development Fund&quot; heading in title II of Public Law 108-447 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (Division I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (title III of Division A of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006).
 
(Sec. 230) Authorizes the Secretary through FY2008 to insure, and enter into commitments to insure, home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners.
 
(Sec. 231) Prohibits the Secretary from rescinding or taking any adverse action with respect to the Moving-to-Work program designation for the Housing Authority of Baltimore City based on any alleged administrative or procedural errors in making such designation.
 
(Sec. 232) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to allow the cities of Alton and Granite City, Illinois, to be considered metropolitan cities for purposes of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) purposes.
 
(Sec. 233) Authorizes the use of certain funds to guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any state on behalf of non-entitlement communities subject to the requirements of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 with respect to: (1) acquisition or rehabilitation of real property owned by the eligible public entity; (2) housing rehabilitation; (3) specified economic development activities; (4) construction of housing by nonprofit organizations for homeownership; (5) the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or installation of public facilities; or (6) public works and site or other improvements in the case of colonias.
 
(Sec. 234) Directs the HUD Secretary to establish on the homepage of the HUD Internet website: (1) a direct link to the Internet website of the HUD Office of Inspector General; and (2) a mechanism by which individuals may anonymously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to HUD.
 
(Sec. 235) Authorizes the Secretary to develop and submit to the congressional appropriations committees a formal, structured, and written plan that HUD shall use when monitoring for compliance with the specific relocation restrictions in: (1) the CDBG entitlement program; and (2) the CDBG state program that receives economic development funds from HUD.
 
(Sec. 236) Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the relevant authorizing committees and the congressional appropriations committees for FY2007 and FY 2008: (1) a complete and accurate accounting of the actual project-based renewal costs for project-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; (2) revised estimates of the funding needed to fully fund all 12 months of all section 8 project-based contracts, including those that expire in FY2007 and FY2008; and (3) all sources of funding that will be used to fully fund all 12 months of the project-based contracts for such fiscal years.
 
Requires the Secretary, as part of the HUD budget request for FY2009, to submit to all such committees complete and detailed information, including a project-by-project analysis, that verifies that the budget request will fully fund all section 8 project-based contracts in FY2009, including expiring project-based contracts.
 

Title III: Independent Agencies
 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; (2) the Federal Maritime Commission; (3) the National Transportation Safety Board; (4) the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (5) the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.
 

Title IV: General Provisions (This Act)
 - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
 
(Sec. 401) Requires any sums necessary for FY2008 pay raises for programs funded in this Act to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this or previous appropriations Acts.
 
(Sec. 402) Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, nonfederal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
 
(Sec. 407) Requires all federal agencies and departments funded by this Act to report by July 31, 2008, to the congressional appropriations committees on all sole source contracts.
 
(Sec. 409) Prohibits the use of funds to support any federal, state, or local projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use.
 
(Sec. 410) Prohibits the transfer of funds to any federal department, agency, or instrumentality, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
 
(Sec. 411) Prohibits payment of the salary from any appropriation under this Act for any person filling a position (other than temporary) formerly held by an employee who has: (1) left to enter the U.S. Armed Forces; (2) satisfactorily completed his or her period of active military or naval service; (3) within 90 days after release from such service, or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for up to one year, applied for restoration to his former position; and (4) been certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as still qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position, but not been restored to it.
 
(Sec. 412) Prohibits the expenditure of funds by an entity unless it agrees that such expenditure will comply with the Buy American Act.
 
(Sec. 413) Prohibits the availability of funds to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act.
 
(Sec. 414) Prohibits the use of funds to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5 million or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee: (1) has filed all federal tax returns required during the three years preceding the certification; (2) has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code; and (3) has not been notified of any unpaid federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise approved by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and not in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial appeal.
 
(Sec. 415) Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report to specified congressional committees detailing how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to alleviate air congestion and flight delays in the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Airspace by August 31, 2008.
 
(Sec. 416) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure by the FAA Administrator to transfer the design and development functions of the FAA Academy in their entirety or to implement the Air Traffic Control Optimum Training Solution proposed by the Administrator in its entirety before September 30, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 270 - 147 (Roll no. 1102).
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 270 - 147 (Roll no. 1102).
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: The previous question was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: On motion to recommit to conference committee Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 182 - 231 (Roll no. 1101). (consideration: CR H13903)
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit to conference committee was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Mr. Lewis (CA) moved to recommit to the conference committee. (consideration: CR H13903)
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H13903)
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 3074.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Mr. Olver brought up conference report H. Rept. 110-446 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 817. (consideration: CR H13896-13901, H13902-13903)
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Rule H. Res. 817 passed House.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 817 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3074 with 1 hour of general debate. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration includes a waiver of clause 8 of rule XXII.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Conference report H. Rept. 110-446 filed. (text of conference report: CR H13598-13810)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 110-446 filed.(text of conference report: CR H13598-13810)
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: The Speaker appointed conferees: Olver, Pastor, Rodriguez, Kaptur, Price (NC), Cramer, Roybal-Allard, Berry, Obey, Knollenberg, Wolf, Aderholt, Walsh (NY), Goode, and Lewis (CA).
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by recorded vote: 397 - 16 (Roll no. 1067).
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 3074, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Knollenberg objected to the voice vote based upon the absence of a quorum and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until later in the legislative day. The point of no quorum is considered as withdrawn.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H13330)
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Knollenberg motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require that the managers on the part of the House insist on section 416 and section 417 of the House-passed bill.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Mr. Knollenberg moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H13330)
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Mr. Olver moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference. (consideration: CR H13329-13330, H13336-13337)
action_date: 2007-09-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2007-09-12
text: Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Murray; Byrd; Mikulski; Kohl; Durbin; Dorgan; Leahy; Harkin; Feinstein; Johnson; Lautenberg; Inouye; Bond; Shelby; Specter; Bennett; Hutchison; Brownback; Stevens; Domenici; Alexander; Allard; Cochran.
action_date: 2007-09-12
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 88 - 7. Record Vote Number: 336. (text: CR S11471-11489)
action_date: 2007-09-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 88 - 7. Record Vote Number: 336.(text: CR S11471-11489)
action_date: 2007-09-12
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11461-11491)
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11356-11367, S11370-11384, S11384-11405)
action_date: 2007-09-10
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S11292-11297, S11304-11313)
action_date: 2007-07-25
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 286.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 268 - 153 (Roll no. 715).
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 268 - 153 (Roll no. 715).
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 201 - 220 (Roll no. 714).
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lewis (CA) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the same promptly with an amendment to prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development from deriving any portion of the $1,300,000,000 rescission included in title II of the bill from recaptures or other reductions of funds previously appropriated for the Homeless Assistance Grants Program account, the Housing for Persons with Disability Program account, and the Housing for the Elderly Program account.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Mr. Lewis (CA) moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations. (consideration: CR H8388-8390; text: CR H8388)
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H8388)
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3074.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: On motion to rise and report Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Mr. Olver moved for the Committee of the Whole to rise and report.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to the unanimous consent request just agreed to, the Chair put the question on the adoption of the Frank (MA) amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Knollenberg demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: VACATING PROCEEDINGS - Mr. Olver asked unanimous consent that the proceedings by which the Frank (MA) amendment was adopted at 3:08 p.m., by voice vote be vacated to the end that the Chair put the question de novo. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee(TX) En bloc amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee(TX) amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Conaway amendment pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the King (IA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. King (IA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the King(IA) amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the King(IA) amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Walberg amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Price(GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Price(GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Price (GA) amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Musgrave amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Musgrave demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Musgrave amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Price (GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Price (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Price (GA) amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jordan amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Jordan demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Jordan amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hunter amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Knollenberg demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hunter amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Peterson (PA) amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Harman amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hensarling amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hensarling demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hensarling amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hensarling amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hensarling demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hensarling amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gary Miller (CA) amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeFazio amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Frelinghuysen amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Shays demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Frelinghuysen amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hastings(FL) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hastings(FL) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hastings (FL) amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: MOMENT OF SILENCE - The Chair announced that the Committee of the Whole would observe a moment of silence in remembrance of Officer Jacob J. Chestnut and Detective John M. Gibson of the United States Capitol Police who were killed in the line of duty defending the Capitol against an intruder armed with a gun on July 24, 1998.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: By unanimous consent, at 9:37 p.m., the voice vote by which the Frank amendment was adopted was vacated to the end that the chair put the question de novo.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment. Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Frank amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Obey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sessions amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sessions demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeced with 10 minutes of debate on the Sessions amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gary Miller (CA) amendment pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Slaughter amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Al Green(TX) amendment.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8318-8390)
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Olver asked unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 3074 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, no further amendment to the bill will be in order except those provided on a list at the desk. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3074 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Mr. Olver moved that the committee rise.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Turner amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Shays amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Corrine Brown (FL) amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Westmoreland amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Westmoreland demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Westmoreland amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Hastings (FL) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8307-8317)
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3074 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Mr. Olver moved that the committee rise.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Chabot amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Chabot demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Chabot amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Smith (NJ) amendment under the five-minute rule pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Bachmann amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Bachmann demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Bachmann amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Mica amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Mica demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Mica amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Blumenauer amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 3074.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Tammy Baldwin to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 558 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3074 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 or 10 or rule XXI. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 558. (consideration: CR H8257-8280; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H8261, H8262-8264, H8267-8270, H8273-8274, H8275-8277; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H8278-8279, CR 7/24/2007 H8307-8308, H8309, H8312, H8313, H8314, H8318-8319, H8320, H8324-8327; text of Title III as reported in House: CR 7/24/2007 H8328; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR 7/24/2007 H8328, H8386)
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Olver asked unanimous consent that, during consideration of H.R. 3074 pursuant to H.Res. 558, the Chair may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for electronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 and 9 or rule XX.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Rule H. Res. 558 passed House.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 558 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3074 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 or 10 or rule XXI. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-07-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 148.
action_date: 2007-07-18
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 110-238, by Mr. Olver.
action_date: 2007-07-18
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 110-238, by Mr. Olver.
action_date: 2007-07-18
text: Introduced in House