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Military Children's School Investment Act

Bill: 110-hr-6293
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Building construction
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Defense
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Impact aid
Leases
Maintenance and repair
Military base closures
Military dependents
School buildings
Secondary education
Student enrollment

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Military Children&#146;s School Investment Act - Amends the Impact Aid program (which compensates local educational agencies (LEAs) for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their areas) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to LEAs that: (1) were eligible for Impact Aid in the prior fiscal year due to federally-connected children; and (2) are experiencing an enrollment increase of at least 250 or 10% consisting of certain federally-connected children whose arrival is due to military base closures and realignments or global rebasing, force structure changes or reductions, or actions initiated by the Secretary of Defense.
 
Requires such grants to be used: (1) to construct new schools or expand existing schools to accommodate the influx of students; (2) repair or upgrade academic facilities; or (3) lease, with the Secretary's approval, buildings or portions of buildings from a private entity for additional school space.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a comprehensive study by the National Research Council of the National Academies to assess the water management, needs, and conservation of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River System.

Bill: 110-hr-6294
Sponsor: Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Coastal zone
Environmental Protection
Florida
Freshwater resources conservation
Geology
Governmental investigations
Hydrology
Infrastructure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Riparian ecology
Water supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to enter into an agreement with the National Research Council of the National Academies to conduct a comprehensive study of the water management, needs, and conservation of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River System.
 
Requires that the study include: (1) a summary of the existing body of scientific knowledge on the ecology, hydrology, geomorphology, and biogeochemistry of the Apalachicola River and the greater River System, the ecosystem services provided by that River, the impact of variation in freshwater flow on the ecology of the river and downstream coastal ecosystems, and how to restore the natural hydraulic function of the System; (2) assessments of models that serve as the basis for the master manuals of the System, of water availability, supply options, demand-management alternatives, and socioeconomic factors that influence uses in the System, and of policies, regulations, and other factors that affect federal water project operations; and (3) recommendations for an approach to determine water limits that recognize the needs of all water users along the System and for additional measures to address the long-term watershed management needs of the System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Climate Change Drinking Water Adaptation Research Act

Bill: 110-hr-6297
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquifers
Carbon cycle
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy demand
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Environmental research
Environmental technology
Federal aid to research
Groundwater
Hydrology
Infrastructure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Pipelines
Potable water
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research grants
Saline waters
Science, Technology, Communications
Sea level
Soil erosion
Transportation and Public Works
Waste water
Water conservation
Water quality
Water storage
Water supply
Water treatment plants
Water use
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Climate Change Drinking Water Adaptation Research Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and provide funding for a program of directed and applied research, to be conducted through a nonprofit water research foundation and sponsored by drinking water utilities, to assist suppliers of drinking water in adapting to the effects of climate change.

Requires research areas to include: (1) water quality and quantity impacts and solutions; (2) impacts on groundwater supplies from carbon sequestration; (3) infrastructure impacts and solutions; (4) desalination, water reuse, and alternative supply technologies; (5) energy efficiency and greenhouse gas minimization; (6) regional and hydrological basin cooperative water management solutions; (7) utilities management, decision support systems, and water management models; (8) greenhouse gas emissions reduction and energy demand management; (9) water conservation and demand management; and (10) communications, education, and public acceptance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To restrict nuclear cooperation with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Bill: 110-hr-6298
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Energy
Export controls
Foreign Trade and International Finance
International cooperation
Iran
Law
Licenses
Middle East and North Africa
Nuclear energy
Nuclear exports
Nuclear nonproliferation
Saudi Arabia
Science, Technology, Communications
Technology transfer
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Affirms the strong and historic ties between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
 
Disapproves of the May 2008 Memorandum of Understanding between the government of the United States of America and the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Concerning Cooperation in Nuclear Energy and Other Energy Fields. 
 
Reiterates that the United States is committed to nuclear weapons nonproliferation and to preventing the Islamic Republic of Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons.
 
States that: (1) no agreement for nuclear cooperation between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia may enter into force on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) no nuclear materials and equipment or sensitive nuclear technology shall be exported or reexported, or transferred or retransferred, and no federal agency shall issue any license or authorization for the export or reexport, or transfer or retransfer of these items or assistance to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia if the end user is a nuclear production or utilization facility, or if the President determines that the material, equipment, technology, or item may be diverted to such a facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1261-1262)
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from conducting auctions, implementing congestion pricing, limiting airport operations, or charging certain use fees at airports.

Bill: 110-hr-6299
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Auctions
Commerce
Department of Transportation
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Law
Transportation rates

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from taking actions to regulate the scheduling of airline operations at a U.S. commercial airport if such an action includes: (1) auctioning rights or permission to conduct airline operations at that airport; (2) implementing peak-period or congestion pricing at the airport; (3) withdrawing an airline's right to operate at that airport; (4) charging a fee for use of navigable airspace at the airport; or (5) requiring, or providing incentives or disincentives to, airport owners to take any such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Dona Ana County Planned Growth, Open Space, and Rangeland Preservation Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6300
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Colleges
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Grazing
Habitat conservation
Higher education
Land transfers
Natural areas
Nature conservation
New Mexico
Open space lands
Parks
Range management
Revenue sharing
Sports and Recreation
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Dona Ana County Planned Growth, Open Space, and Rangeland Preservation Act of 2008 - Designates special preservation and rangeland preservation areas in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, and directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to manage such areas to promote conservation of grazing land, wildlife habitats, and open spaces. Allows the Secretary to acquire non-federal land in such areas from a state, local government, or non-profit organization through purchase, exchange, or donation. 

Requires the Secretary to develop a comprehensive plan for the long-range protection and management of rangeland preservation areas.

Authorizes an exchange of land between the United States and New Mexico State University.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a sale of specified federal lands in Dona Ana County; and (2) use the proceeds of such sale for certain purposes, including payments to the County and for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive land, the development of parks, trails, and natural areas, and for rangeleand improvements.

Establishes the Dona Ana County Land Disposal Advisory Board to advise the Secretary on the disposal of federal lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
American Energy Independence through Offshore Drilling Act

Bill: 110-hr-6302
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Appropriations
Continental shelf
Economics and Public Finance
Energy development
Gas in submerged lands
Government Operations and Politics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural gas
Oil and gas leases
Petroleum
Petroleum in submerged lands
Presidential powers
Prospecting

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
American Energy Independence through Offshore Drilling Act - Terminates all federal laws prohibiting the spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf.
 
Revokes all withdrawals of federal submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf from leasing for the exploration for, and development and production of, oil and natural gas.
 
Revokes all authorities given to the President with respect to the leasing of federal submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf, given under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, except in the interest of national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, to include disclosures made by Department of Defense contract employees to their immediate employers in the provisions providing protections against reprisal for certain disclosures.

Bill: 110-hr-6303
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Defense contracts
Defense industries
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Labor and Employment
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Includes certain disclosures made by a Department of Defense (DOD) contract employee to his or her employer among those for which reprisal (discharge, demotion, or other discriminatory acts) is prohibited.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1270)
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the authorities for the use of certain National Park Service properties within Golden Gate National Parks and San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6305
Sponsor: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2008-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Commemorations
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Military parks
National parks
National recreation areas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: 
Makes technical and conforming amendments to public lands provisions relating to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. 

Renames the Golden Gate National Recreation Area as the Golden Gate National Parks. Designates the Golden Gate National Parks as a national park to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.

Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to make technical amendments to provisions concerning the Presidio of San Francisco and to eliminate the requirement for reversion of lands held by the Presidio Trust to the General Services Administration (GSA).

Establishes the Fort Scott, Presidio of San Francisco Advisory Task Force to advise the Presidio Board of Directors on the preservation and reuse of Fort Scott. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1275)
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Introduced in House
To authorize United States participation in, and appropriations for the United States contributions to, the fifteenth replenishment of the resources of the International Development Association and the eleventh replenishment of the resources of the African Development Fund, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6306
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2008-06-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Developing countries
Development credit institutions
Economic assistance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
International agencies
Middle East and North Africa

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: 
Amends the International Development Association Act to authorize U.S. participation in, and authorizations of appropriations for, U.S. contributions to: (1) the 15th replenishment of the resources of the International Development Association; and (2) the 11th replenishment of the resources of the African Development Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-25
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-06-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that the payment of the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly.

Bill: 110-hr-6310
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2008-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Equipment and supplies
Excise tax
Firearms
Fishing
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Tax administration
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require excise taxes on recreational equipment to be due and payable on the date for filing the return for such taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act

Bill: 110-hr-6311
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Animals
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Habitat conservation
Import restrictions
Law
Licenses
Non-native species
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: 
Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations establishing a process for assessing the risk of all nonnative wildlife species proposed for importation into the United States, other than those included in a list of approved species issued under this Act. Sets forth factors that must be considered at minimum, including the identity of the organism to the species level, the geographic source, and the likelihood of spread and harm to groups of species or habitats.

Provides procedures for issuance and expansion of the approved-for-importation list.

Establishes prohibitions on: (1) importation of nonnative species or viable eggs; (2) permit violation; and (3) knowing possession, purchase, sale, barter, release, or breeding (including of prohibited species previously imported legally).

Allows the imposition of fees to recover the costs of assessing risks of nonnative wildlife species. Establishes a Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Fund into which such fees will be deposited.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1288-1289)
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the technical assistance to small public water systems.

Bill: 110-hr-6313
Sponsor: Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2]
Introduced: 2008-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water pollution control
Nonprofit organizations
Potable water
Social Welfare
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: 
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize increased appropriations to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for FY2009-FY2013 for technical assistance to enable small public water systems to comply with national primary drinking water regulations.

Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance to organizations providing on-site technical assistance, circuit-rider technical assistance programs, on-site and regional training, assistance with implementing source water protection plans, and assistance with implementation monitoring plans, rules, regulations, and water security enhancements. Requires that preference be given to nonprofit organizations determined to be qualified, effective, and to have the most support from small water systems in the states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Introduced in House