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To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the direct payment of attorney fees and costs to the attorney representing a prevailing party in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income claims, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-5833
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Legal fees
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare
Supplemental security income program

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Amends the federal judicial code to provide for the direct payment of attorney fees to the attorney representing a prevailing party in civil actions involving Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Claims under titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act.
 
Declares that such fees shall not be subject to offset due to a claim of the United States against the prevailing party.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Students in Business Development in Africa Assistance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-5836
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Business education
Commerce
Community and school
Democracy
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Entrepreneurs
Free enterprise
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Industry-university relations
Middle East and North Africa
Nongovernmental organizations
Nonprofit organizations
Quality of life
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Students in Business Development in Africa Assistance Act of 2007 [sic] - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide assistance for partnerships between businesses and postsecondary educational institutions in developing African countries to increase economic freedom, promote civil society, and improve the quality of life.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should provide an appropriate level of assistance through nongovernmental organizations, including non-profit organizations, that have a minimum of 30 years experience working to further postsecondary students' entrepreneurship skills.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
To make technical corrections to section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which provides special immigrant status for certain Iraqis, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-5837
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
Immigrants
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 

 
Makes technical corrections to provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 which provide special immigrant status for certain Iraqis employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security or State to convert approved petitions for such status with respect to which visas are not immediately available to approved petitions for petitions filed before October 1, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Teaching and Research Assistant Collective Bargaining Rights Act

Bill: 110-hr-5838
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Collective bargaining
College teachers
Education
Higher education
Student employment

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Teaching and Research Assistant Collective Bargaining Rights Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide collective bargaining rights for students enrolled at a private institution of higher education who perform work for remuneration at the institution's direction, regardless of whether the work relates to their courses of study (teaching and research assistants).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E652)
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5839
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug industry
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Employee selection
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Imports
Labor and Employment
Law
Product counterfeiting
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to destroy imported counterfeit drugs and certain adulterated or misbranded imported drugs.

Requires the manufacturer of a prescription drug to provide to each wholesale distributor or dispenser a packing list or comparable document that includes information identifying the drug's proprietary and established names and National Drug Code number.

Requires each person engaged in wholesale distribution of a prescription drug to provide information on each prior transaction involving the drug.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to report to Congress on the feasibility and operational efficiencies of adopting security technologies, including track and trace technology throughout the prescription drug supply chain. Phases in requirements for standardized numerical identifiers that are unique to each unit of a prescription drug.

Requires the Secretary to issue regulations to establish an effective drug identification and tracking system to authenticate the wholesale distribution history of any prescription drug that is subject to a requirement for such an identifier.

Requires the Comptroller General to study the availability and cost of technologies to dispensers to comply with this Act.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) award matching grants for drug identification and tracking systems to ensure the security and integrity of the drug supply chain; and (2) issue guidelines for wholesale distributors that prescribe requirements that include mandatory background checks and physical inspection of facilities.

Sets forth civil penalties for violations of this Act.

Requires the Secretary to study threats to the domestic prescription drug supply chain and make recommendations for improvements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Insurance Information Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5840
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of the Treasury
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal preemption
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Insurance
Insurance companies
International Affairs
State laws
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Insurance Information Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to advise the President and Congress on domestic and international policy issues regarding all lines of insurance except health insurance.
 
Establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Office of Insurance Information, headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary, to: (1) collect, analyze, and disseminate information and issue reports regarding all lines of insurance except health insurance; (2) establish federal policy on international insurance matters and ensure that state insurance laws are consistent with agreements between the United States and a foreign government or regulatory entity; and (3) advise the Secretary on major domestic and international insurance policy issues.
 
Extends the authority of the Office to all lines of insurance except health insurance.
 
Preempts inconsistent state law.
 
Requires the head of the Office to report to specified congressional committees on the financial state and meaningful trends of the insurance industry. 
 
Establishes the Advisory Group to the Office of Insurance Information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-06-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Bank and Thrift Regulatory Relief Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5841
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank capital
Bank loans
Bank management
Branch banking
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporation taxes
Department of the Treasury
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Interest
Investment banking
Investments
Law
Loans
Mortgages
Motor vehicles
NOW accounts
Right of privacy
Savings and loan associations
Small business
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Bank and Thrift Regulatory Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to authorize the Comptroller of the Currency, in lieu of requirements relating to the ownership of capital stock in the national bank, to permit an individual to serve as a director of a national bank that has elected, or notified the Comptroller of its intention, to operate as a S corporation under the Internal Revenue Code. Authorizes the Comptroller to prescribe regulations that permit a national bank to be organized other than as a body corporate (that is, as an alternative business organization).
 
Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act governing federal savings associations to: (1) increase their investment in small business investment companies from 1% to 5%; (2) permit investments in auto loans; (3) repeal the qualified thrift lender requirement for out-of-state branches; (3) eliminate the lending limit on small business loans and increase it on other business loans; and (4) increase the amount of capital available for commercial real estate loans.
 
Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to authorize the Director of Office of Thrift Supervision to prescribe regulations that permit a federal savings association to be organized as an alternative business organization.
 
Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to set forth exceptions to the annual privacy notice required of financial institutions.

Business Checking Fairness Act of 2008 - Amends federal banking law to authorize interest-bearing transaction accounts for all businesses.

Amends the Federal Reserve Act, the Home Owners' Loan Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to repeal the prohibition against payment of interest on demand deposits.
 
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to obtain biennially, and report to Congress regarding, a sample of specified retail banking services and products provided by insured depository institutions and credit unions, including fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-5842
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug approvals
Drug traffic
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Local laws
Marijuana
Medicinal plants
Pharmacies
Physicians
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act - Transfers marijuana from schedule I to schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act.

Provides that no provision of the Controlled Substances Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict, in a state in which marijuana may, under state law, be prescribed or recommended by a physician for medical use: (1) a physician from prescribing or recommending marijuana for medical use; (2) an individual from obtaining, possessing, transporting, manufacturing, or using marijuana in accordance with such a prescription or recommendation; (3) an individual authorized under state law to do so from obtaining, possessing, transporting, or manufacturing marijuana on an authorized patient's behalf; (4) a pharmacy or other entity authorized to do so from obtaining, possessing, or distributing marijuana to such patients; or (5) an entity established by such a state or local government thereof to do so from producing, possessing, or distributing marijuana for such a prescription or recommendation. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults

Bill: 110-hr-5843
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug legalization
Fines (Penalties)
Law
Marijuana

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults - Prohibits the imposition of any penalty under an Act of Congress for the possession of marijuana for personal use or for the not-for-profit transfer between adults of marijuana for personal use.

Deems the possession of 100 grams or less of marijuana as personal use (one ounce or less for a not-for-profit transfer between adults).

Allows the imposition of a civil penalty under the Controlled Substances Act for the public use of marijuana if such penalty does not exceed $100.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the transfer of the decommissioned Naval Security Group Activity, Skaggs Island, in Sonoma County, California, from the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Interior for conversion into a wildlife refuge for inclusion in the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Bill: 110-hr-5844
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Animals
California
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Environmental Protection
Gifts
Land transfers
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Military bases
Navy
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the decommissioned Naval Security Group Activity, Skaggs Island, in Sonoma County, California, to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to permit such Secretary, acting through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to administer the transferred property as a wildlife refuge in the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Requires the Secretary of the Navy, before completing the transfer of the property, to demolish and remove all structures on the property identified by the Secretary of the Interior as appropriate for removal to facilitate the conversion of the property into a wildlife refuge. 

Permits the Secretary of the Navy to accept contributions from the state of California and other entities to help cover the costs of demolishing and removing structures on the property and conducting environmental remediation activities with respect to the property.

Requires the Secretary of the Navy to submit reports on the progress made in connection with the remediation and transfer of the property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Crime Victims Employment Leave Act

Bill: 110-hr-5845
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Employee rights
Families
Leave of absence
Married people
Prosecution
Victims of crimes
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Crime Victims Employment Leave Act- Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period to attend court proceedings relating to the prosecution of a person for a violent crime (including domestic violence) committed against the employee or his or her spouse, parent, son, daughter, or other next of kin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Wireless Internet Nationwide for Families Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5846
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Auctions
Broadband
Child welfare
Commerce
Competition
Computer software
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Families
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Pornography
Radio spectrum allocation
Telecommunication industry
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Wireless Internet Nationwide for Families Act of 2008 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promote nationwide broadband competition through the use of wireless services by issuing nationwide licenses, for a term of at least 15 years, for two bands of frequencies, each composed of 20 megahertz of unpaired contiguous spectrum, one band under 3 gigahertz and not part of the recovered analog spectrum and the other band between 2155 and 2180 megahertz.
 
Requires licensees, among other things, to offer to consumers and authorized public safety users, without subscription, airtime, usage, or other charges, a data service that is faster than 200 kilobits per second and that has technology that protects underage users from accessing obscene or indecent material.
 
Requires a separate rule-making or other procedures for licensing through auction additional unpaired contiguous spectrum of 20 megahertz below 3 gigahertz, but states that the auction shall be conducted without the conditions specified in the immediately preceding paragraph unless the Commission finds it is in the public interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E651)
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House