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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15455 Manchester Road in Ballwin, Missouri, as the "Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-6169
Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2008-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Military personnel
Missouri
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15455 Manchester Road in Ballwin, Missouri, as the "Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-12
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to without objection. (text: CR 09/09/2008 H7885)
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to without objection.(text: CR 09/09/2008 H7885)
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Hoyer asked unanimous consent that the motion to suspend the rules be considered as adopted in the form considered by the House on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. (consideration: CR H8025)
action_date: 2008-09-09
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Ehlers objected to the Yea - Nay vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
action_date: 2008-09-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6169.
action_date: 2008-09-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7885-7886)
action_date: 2008-09-09
text: Mr. Davis (IL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2008-07-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-07-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6170
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2008-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Aviation fuels
Coal
Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Executive Office of the President
Fuel
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Reformulated gasoline
Small business
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: 
Clean Coal-Derived Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2008 - Directs the President to promulgate regulations to ensure that aviation fuel, motor vehicle fuel, home heating oil, and boiler fuel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States, on an annual average basis, contains the applicable volume of clean coal-derived fuel, determined in accordance with this Act. 
 
Exempts small refineries from compliance with such regulations until 2018. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to study and report to the President and Congress on whether compliance with the requirements of this Act would impose a disproportionate economic hardship on small refineries. Requires the President to extend such exemption if it would.
 
Allows a small refinery to: (1) petition the President for an exemption at any time for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship; and (2) opt-in and be subject to such regulations if it notifies the President that it waives the exemption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
National Capital Region Leadership in Environmental and Energy Stewardship Commission Act

Bill: 110-hr-6171
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2008-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air pollution control
Awards, medals, prizes
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Electric power production
Electric power transmission
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy consumption
Energy efficiency
Environmental assessment
Environmental technology
Federal advisory bodies
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Maryland
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: 
National Capital Region Leadership in Environmental and Energy Stewardship Commission Act - Establishes the National Capital Region Leadership in Environmental and Energy Stewardship Commission, requiring it to: (1) analyze the overall facility environmental and energy footprint and impact of the federal government in the National Capital Region; (2) hold a nationwide competition for a cash prize to find innovative solutions to significantly eliminate such emissions and reduce dependence on the national power grid by making local combustion facilities climate neutral or implementing other technologies to achieve the same goals; (3) analyze existing and upcoming technologies which the government can implement to eliminate facility pollution and reduce dependence on the national power grid; and (4) recommend appropriate ways for the government to significantly eliminate facility pollution emissions, including greenhouse gases, and reduce its dependence on the national electrical grid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act

Bill: 110-hr-6172
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2008-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Law
Legal fees
State courts
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: 
Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, upon receiving notice from a state judicial agency that a named person owes a past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debt, to pay such debt from any tax refund due to such person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Travel Related Industries Protection Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6173
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2008-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: 
Travel Related Industries Protection Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend for a specified period the excise tax on kerosene and certain liquids used as fuel in commercial aviation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Equality in Medicare Advantage Payment Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6174
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2008-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medical fees
Medicare
Metropolitan areas
Preferred provider organizations (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: 
Equality in Medicare Advantage Payment Act of 2008 - Amends part C (Medicare Advantage) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make budget-neutral adjustments in payments to Medicare+Choice organizations to reduce the variation in Medicare Advantage payment rates among counties in the same state within a very large metropolitan area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
ABC Act

Bill: 110-hr-6175
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Arts, Culture, Religion
Books
Social Welfare
WIC program

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: 
Access to Books for Children Act, or the ABC Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to local agencies to provide vouchers to women participating in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) for the purchase of educational books for their infants and children. 
 
Limits to one $5 voucher the maximum amount any one woman may receive, regardless of the number of her infants or children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1139)
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the expansion of the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6176
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2008-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Boundaries
Commemorations
Federal-Indian relations
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Military bases
Military history
Minorities
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: 

 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior acquire additional acreage to increase the size of the Fort Davis National Historic Site near the town of Fort Davis, Texas, by acquiring certain land from willing sellers.

action_date: 2008-09-22
text: 

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

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior acquire additional acreage to increase the size of the Fort Davis National Historic Site near the town of Fort Davis, Texas, by acquiring certain land from willing sellers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8497)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8497)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6176.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8496-8497)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 515.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-797.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-797.
action_date: 2008-07-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2008-07-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-07-16
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2008-07-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River Extension Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6177
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2008-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Texas
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: 
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to modify the boundary of the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River.
 
Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed to conflict with specified treaties between the United States and Mexico.

action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to modify the boundary of the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River.
 
Prohibits anything in this Act from: (1) being construed to conflict with specified treaties between the United States and Mexico; and (2) preventing or obstructing the planning, construction, operation, or maintenance of a border fence in the area or affecting the operations or duties in such area of the Department of Homeland Security, including the Border Patrol, or of state or local law enforcement agencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 538.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-838.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-838.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
American Heroes' Homeownership Assistance Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6181
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2008-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Military personnel
Tax credits
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: 
American Heroes' Homeownership Assistance Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow current or former members of the Uniformed Services who perform duty in a combat zone between 2001 and 2010, or their surviving spouses, a one-time tax credit for 10% of the purchase price of a principal residence, up to $7,500. Limits such credit to residences purchased before January 1, 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To convey the New River State Park campground located in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area in the Jefferson National Forest in Carroll County, Virginia, to the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6182
Sponsor: Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]
Introduced: 2008-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Camping
Government Operations and Politics
Land transfers
National forests
National recreation areas
Sports and Recreation
State parks
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Commonwealth of Virginia certain federally owned land in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area in the Jefferson National Forest in Carroll County, Virginia, as depicted on the map titled &quot;Potential Conveyance of the New River Campground to the Commonwealth of Virginia.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2008-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to remove the tariffs on ethanol.

Bill: 110-hr-6183
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2008-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of ethanol used as fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
TRICARE Continuity of Coverage for National Guard and Reserve Families Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6185
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2008-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Families
Health
Health insurance
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Military dependents
Military medicine
National Guard
Retired military personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: 
TRICARE Continuity of Coverage for National Guard and Reserve Families Act of 2008 - Makes a member of the Retired Reserve who is qualified for a non-regular (reserve) retirement at age 60, but is not yet 60, eligible for health benefits under TRICARE Standard (a Department of Defense (DOD) managed health care program for members of the reserves). Terminates such eligibility when the member becomes eligible for TRICARE Standard at age 60.
 
Includes immediate family members under such coverage.
 
Requires members to pay a premium for such coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4244 University Way NE. in Seattle, Washington, as the "Jacob Lawrence Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-6187
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2008-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Artists
Arts, Culture, Religion
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Names
Painting
Postal facilities
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4244 University Way NE. in Seattle, Washington, as the "Jacob Lawrence Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Business Bribery Prohibition Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6188
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2008-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Bribery
Civil actions and liability
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Law
Limitation of actions
Punitive damages

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: 
Foreign Business Bribery Prohibition Act of 2008 - Amends the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 to make a foreign concern liable for up to treble damages to any issuer, domestic concern, or U.S. person as a result of violating certain anti-bribery prohibitions. (In effect, authorizes a private right of action against such concerns.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Introduced in House