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Everglades National Park Land Exchange Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3340
Sponsor: Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL]
Introduced: 2008-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Everglades
Florida
Infrastructure
Land transfers
National parks
Water Resources Development
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: 
Everglades National Park Land Exchange Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, if the state of Florida offers to convey non-federal land within Florida, and the offer is acceptable, to accept the offer and convey specified federal land within Everglades National Park to the state. Requires the land acquired by the Secretary through the exchange to become part of the Park. 

Ratifies a specified agreement between the United States and Florida Power & Light Company for the exchange and relocation of the Company's property in or adjacent to the Everglades National Park Expansion Area. 

Authorizes the Secretary to prepare an environmental assessment regarding such land exchange that identifies any immediate and proximate effect that may arise from the exchange and any potential mitigation measure for each such effect identified. 

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Osceola family of Roy Cypress that: (1) allows the family to perpetually occupy and use a parcel of land commonly known as the William McKinley Osceola Hammock as a domestic residence; and (2) ensures that the occupancy and use of the Hammock by such family does not prevent the Secretary from constructing necessary improvements allowing for the completion of the Central and Southern Florida Project (for the improvement of water deliveries to the Park). Bars the area of the Hammock, subject to the written approval of the Secretary, from being enlarged through the addition of fill or by any other means.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Small Business Enhancement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3342
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2008-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Authorization
Computers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal employees
Federal-state relations
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Recruiting of employees
Rural economic development
Science, Technology, Communications
Small Business Administration
Small business
Surplus government property
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: 
Rural Small Business Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the Small Business Act to reduce state matching funds requirements for participation in the Federal and State Technology Partnership (FAST) and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
 
Revises the SBA's Rural Outreach program (a program to increase states' participation in the SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer [STTR] programs) to: (1) make eligible for program awards states whose total value of SBIR and STTR contracts awarded during FY2004 was less than $10 million and will match federal funding on a 50% basis; (2) reauthorize the program for FY2009-FY2020; and (3) require award funds to be used to increase state participation in the SBIR and STTR programs.
 
Requires a report from the SBA Administrator to the congressional small business committees on the number of government-owned computers in possession of, and recently disposed by, the SBA.
 
Directs the Administrator to establish a pilot program to annually provide up to 1,000 excess government-owned computers to small businesses at no cost or a reduced cost.
 
Requires the Administrator to hire at least five additional full-time employees for the SBA's Office of Technology.
 
Directs the Administrator to carry out a rural lending outreach program to provide up to an 85% guaranty of loans of not more than $250,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7530-7531)
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7528-7530)
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Imaging Disclosure Sunshine Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3343
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2008-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Imaging systems in medicine
Medicare
Nuclear medicine
Patients' rights
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: 
Medicare Imaging Disclosure Sunshine Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) to require physicians referring an individual for imaging and other specified radiology services to inform the individual at the time of referral that such services may be obtained from persons other than the referring physician, a member of the referring physician's group practice, or an individual directly supervised by the referring physician or another physician in the group practice.
 
Requires the referring physician to provide the referred individual a written list of suppliers who furnish such services in the area in which the individual resides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7531)
action_date: 2008-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that wages earned, and self-employment income derived, by individuals while such individuals were not citizens or nationals of the United States and were illegally in the United States shall not be credited for coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under such title.

Bill: 110-s-3346
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2008-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Alien labor
Earnings
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that wages earned, and self-employment income derived by, individuals while they were not U.S. citizens or nationals, and were in the United States illegally, shall not be credited for coverage under the OASDI program.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act

Bill: 110-s-3347
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2008-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational counseling
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Labor and Employment
Recruiting of employees
Secondary education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: 
Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to implement a demonstration project providing competitive, four-year grants to at least 10 secondary schools that have a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate of 60% or lower, for the provision of additional school counselors and counselor resources.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that grantees should provide one additional counselor for every 250 students at risk.
 
Requires the additional school counselors to serve primarily students identified as being at risk of not graduating in four years.
 
Makes grantees that demonstrate progress in improving their graduation rates eligible for subsequent grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3348
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2008-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights enforcement
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Inspectors general
Missing children
Murder
Prosecution
Reprogramming of appropriated funds

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: 
Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to designate a Deputy Chief in the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Makes the Deputy Chief responsible for investigating and prosecuting violations of criminal civil rights statutes in which the alleged violation occurred before January 1, 1970 and resulted in death.
 
Directs the Attorney General to designate a Supervisory Special Agent in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the DOJ to investigate violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred before January 1, 1970, and resulted in a death.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to state or local law enforcement agencies for the investigation and prosecution of such cases.
 
Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to authorize staff of an Inspector General to assist the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children by conducting reviews of inactive case files to develop recommendations for further investigations and engaging in similar activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8017-8019)
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 921.
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances.

Bill: 110-s-3350
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2008-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Archives
Arts, Culture, Religion
Claims
History
Presidential records
Roosevelt Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: 
Requires any claim of the United States to certain property relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his family, or staff to be treated as having been waived and relinquished on the day before any person makes a gift of such property to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

 Describes such property as any part of the collection of documents, papers, and memorabilia relating to Roosevelt or any member of his family or staff that was originally in the possession of Grace Tully, that was retained by her at the time of her death, and that was included in her estate.

action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 

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

Requires any claim of the United States to certain property relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his family, or staff to be treated as having been waived and relinquished on the day before any person makes a gift of such property to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

 Describes such property as any part of the collection of documents, papers, and memorabilia relating to Roosevelt or any member of his family or staff that was originally in the possession of Grace Tully, that was retained by her at the time of her death, and that was included in her estate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1072.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2008-09-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Drug Trafficking Interdiction Assistance Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3351
Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2008-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil actions and liability
Conspiracy
District courts
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Evidence (Law)
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Jurisdiction
Law
Marine transportation
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Submarines
Transportation and Public Works
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: 
Drug Trafficking Interdiction Assistance Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 15 years for the intentional operation of, or for embarking in, any submersible or semi-submersible vessel that is without nationality (as defined by federal law) and that is navigating or has navigated into, through, or from waters beyond the outer limit of the territorial sea of a single country or a lateral limit of that country's territorial sea with an adjacent country with the intent to evade detection.

Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend or promulgate sentencing guidelines to provide adequate penalties for such offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7576)
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Fuel for School Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3353
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2008-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Energy
Energy prices
Federal aid to education
Gasoline
Housing and Community Development
Rural education
School buses
Secondary education
Student transportation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: 
Rural Fuel for School Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award triennial grants to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) in amounts equal to between 10% to 50% of each grantee's annual total transportation costs for the previous fiscal year.
 
Makes rural LEAs eligible for such grants if they experience: (1) an increase in annual fuel costs of at least 20% for the fiscal year; (2) an increase in contract transportation costs of at least 20% for the fiscal year; or (3) extreme hardship, as certified by the Secretary, in providing transportation to elementary and secondary students due to increased fuel prices.
 
Terminates the Secretary's authority to make such grants on December 31, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Volunteer Healthcare Program Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3354
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2008-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Damages
Dental care
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Government liability
Law
Medical malpractice
Medical personnel
Medically uninsured
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: 
Volunteer Healthcare Program Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award matching grants to states to establish demonstration programs to: (1) promote access to quality health and dental care for the medically underserved and uninsured through the commitment of volunteer health care providers; (2) encourage and enable health care providers to provide health services to eligible individuals; and (3) ensure that eligible individuals have the right to recover damages for medical malpractice by providing sovereign immunity protection for the provision of uncompensated services. 

Requires individuals to be fully informed of the limitation on liability provided for under such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7632-7633)
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7631-7632)
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3355
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2008-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Dams
Energy
Government Operations and Politics
Hydroelectric power
Indian water rights
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Lakes
Minorities
Montana
State government-Indian relations
Water Resources Development
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: 
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2008 - Ratifies the water rights compact between the Crow Tribe and the state of Montana. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to promptly execute the compact and comply with applicable environmental statutes.

Requires the Secretary, through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to carry out activities necessary to: (1) rehabilitate and improve the water diversion and delivery features of the Crow Irrigation Project in accordance with an agreement to be negotiated with the Tribe; and (2) design and construct such features of the reservation's municipal, rural, and industrial water system.

Ratifies tribal water rights, which shall be held in trust for the use and benefit of the Tribe. Grants the Tribe sole authority to allocate, distribute, and lease such rights, subject to specified limitations.

Directs the Secretary to allocate to the Tribe 300,000 acre-feet per year of water stored in Bighorn Lake, under a water right held by the United States, as measured at the Yellowtail Dam outlet works.

Requires the Tribe, as a condition of receiving an allocation, to enter into an agreement with the Secretary to establish the terms and conditions. Declares that the benefits provided shall be considered to satisfy all claims of the Tribe and allottees.

Establishes in the Treasury the Crow Settlement Fund. Grants the Tribe the exclusive right to develop and market power generation as a water development project on the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam. 

Repeals this Act on January 1, 2015, if the Secretary does not publish by December 31, 2014, a statement of findings that specified conditions have been fulfilled (including court approval and ratification of the compact).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-678.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center Commemorative Coin Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3356
Sponsor: Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]
Introduced: 2008-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Arts, Culture, Religion
Coins and coinage
Foundations
History
Infantry
Military history
Museums
New York State
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: 
National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center Commemorative Coin Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 coins emblematic of the courage, pride, sacrifice, sense of duty, and history of the U.S. Infantry, in commemoration of the legacy of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the coins should be struck at the U.S. Mint at West Point, New York, to the greatest extent possible.
 
Restricts coin issuance to calendar year 2012.
 
Requires a $10 surcharge per coin, and payment of all surcharges received to the National Infantry Foundation to establish an endowment to support the maintenance of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain rayon staple fibers.

Bill: 110-s-3357
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2008-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain rayon staple fibers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate