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Seasoned Customer CTR Exemption Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6688
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Currency
Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Seasoned Customer CTR Exemption Act of 2008 - Amends federal money and finance law to: (1) repeal certain discretionary exemptions of depository institutions from currency transaction reporting (CTR) requirements; and (2) instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations that exempt any depository institution from filing certain mandatory reports of currency transactions with a qualified customer.
 
Defines qualified customer as any person that: (1) is incorporated or organized under federal or state law, including a sole proprietorship, or is registered as and eligible to do business within the United States or a state; and (2) has maintained a deposit account with the depository institution for at least two months, or has engaged, using such account, in multiple currency transactions subject to federal CTR requirements.
 
Requires such regulations to require a depository institution to file a one-time notice of designation of exemption for each of its qualified customers.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) suspend, reject, or revoke any qualified customer exemption notice; and (2) set conditions under which exempt qualified customers of an insured depository institution that is merged with, or acquired by another insured depository institution, will continue to be treated as designated exempt qualified customers of the surviving or acquiring institution.
 
Revises certain mandatory exemptions from CTR requirements. Requires the Secretary to exempt a depository institution from domestic CTR requirements without requiring the depository institution to either file a notice of designation of exemption, or to annually review the information supporting the exemption, with respect to transactions between the depository institution and specified categories of entities.
 
Specifies additions to such categories of entities.
 
Permits a depository institution to elect to report such exempted transactions without being subject to any penalty, liability, enforcement remedy, or supervisory criticism for such reporting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Chinook Nation Restoration Act

Bill: 110-hr-6689
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Oregon
Property rights
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Chinook Nation Restoration Act - Extends federal recognition to the Chinook Indian Nation. Makes the Chinook Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the government to federally recognized tribes regardless of the existence of a reservation or the location of residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Provides that, for purposes of the delivery of federal services to enrolled members, the Tribe's service area shall consist of specified counties in Washington and Oregon.

Requires the Tribe to: (1) submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll; and (2) conduct, by secret ballot, an election to adopt a constitution and bylaws. Provides that if the Tribe transfers all rights to land to the Secretary, the Secretary shall take such land in trust for the Tribe's benefit, subject to specified restrictions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) negotiate with the tribal governing body regarding establishing a reservation; (2) develop a plan for doing so.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify and consult with all appropriate state officials and owners of land adjacent to those considered for the proposed reservation; and (2) provide complete information on the proposed plan to such officials. Provides for the plan's submission to Congress upon approval by the tribal governing body.

Requires any real property transferred by the Tribe or any member to the Secretary to be held in the name of the United States for the Tribe's benefit. Prohibits the exercise of eminent domain for purposes of acquiring lands for the Tribe's benefit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Sound Dollar and Economic Stimulus Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6690
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative procedure
Capital investments
Commerce
Congressional investigations
Economics and Public Finance
Federal Reserve System
Gold
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Law
Monetary policy
Money
Open market operations
Tax deductions
Taxation
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Sound Dollar and Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 - Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to: (1) make the value of the U.S. dollar equal to the market value of 0.05 of a troy ounce of gold; and (2) maintain that value at this level.

Directs the Board to: (1) conduct open market operations against an explicit target for the price of gold on the exchange operated by the Commodities Exchange, Inc. (COMEX) of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.; and (2) not perform such operations indirectly, as in the current practice of targeting the federal funds rate.

Requires the Board to use its banking and bank regulatory powers to maintain and promote stable and effective financial markets during and after the transition to a defined value for the U.S. dollar.

Entitles all entities that depreciate capital assets for tax purposes to 100% expensing of all capital investment for tax purposes in the year that the investment is made.

Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in addition to the scoring CBO will do of the tax changes provided in this Act, to calculate the impact on federal revenues on a present value basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Fuel Pipelines Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6692
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Appropriations
Biomass energy
Department of Energy
Diesel motor
Economics and Public Finance
Energy facilities
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Pipelines
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Renewable Fuel Pipelines Act of 2008 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to allow federally-guaranteed loans for renewable fuel pipeline construction without regard to whether an appropriation for the cost has been made. Includes ethanol and biodiesel as renewable fuel.

Allows a maximum guarantee by the Secretary of Energy of 90% of the project cost and more than one guarantee for a project (as long as the total guaranteed amount does not exceed 90%).

Sets forth factors to be considered in guarantee determinations, including volume and quality of fuel, size of markets served, experience of the entity working with renewable fuel, and associated storage, production, and terminal facilities.

Expresses the sense of Congress concerning appropriations for such guarantees.

Directs the Secretary to publish a final rule for carrying out the loan guarantee program (or modify existing applicable rules and regulations in accordance with this Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act

Bill: 110-hr-6693
Sponsor: Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
National parks
New York State
Slavery

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act - Establishes in the City of Auburn, New York, the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System.
 
Establishes in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park as a unit of the National Park System.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide grant funding and enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities for the historic preservation, rehabilitation, interpretation, and maintenance of such historical parks. Requires the Secretary to complete a general management plan for them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to conform the mileage reimbursement rates used under the beneficiary travel program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the mileage reimbursement rates for Government employees on official business who use privately owned vehicles, to eliminate all deductibles under the beneficiary travel program, to ensure that all veterans can participate in the beneficiary travel program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6695
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in determining the amount of any allowance or reimbursement to be paid under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) veterans beneficiary travel program, to use the mileage reimbursement rates for the use of privately owned vehicles by government employees traveling on official business. Authorizes the Secretary to use a rate in excess of such rate. Prohibits the Secretary from making payments for travel performed by a special mode unless it is: (1) medically required and previously authorized; or (2) in connection with a medical emergency of such a nature that delay would have been hazardous to the person's life or health. Eliminates required deductions in connection with travel under the program.
 
Allows such payments in connection with all veterans and family members eligible for examination, treatment, care, rehabilitation, or counseling through the VA. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7635)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act

Bill: 110-hr-6696
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Conflicts and wars
District of Columbia
Europe
Government trust funds
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act - Authorizes the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia on or near the District of Columbia War Memorial to honor World War I veterans and to commemorate U.S. participation in that war.
 
Establishes the World War I Memorial Advisory Board.
 
Establishes a fund in the Treasury for expenses of establishing the memorial. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Student Loan Discrimination Act

Bill: 110-hr-6698
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Discrimination in education
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Higher education
Student loan funds
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Preventing Student Loan Discrimination Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit lenders under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program from receiving special allowance payments (made to such lenders to compensate them for the difference between FFEL interest rates and market rates) if they deny FFELs to eligible borrowers because of their education program length or attendance at a particular school participating in the FFEL program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To recognize those astronauts who participated in missions to the moon in the Apollo program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration by authorizing their appointment to the grade of major general or rear admiral on the retired list, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6700
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Space flight and exploration

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Authorizes the President to: (1) appoint each astronaut who participated in a mission to the moon in the Apollo program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and is on the retired list of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps to the grade of major general; (2) appoint each astronaut who participated in a mission to the moon in the Apollo program and is on the retired list of the Navy to the grade of rear admiral; (3) issue posthumously a commission as major general or rear admiral in the name of any astronaut who participated in a mission to the moon in the Apollo program and is deceased; and (4) appoint as a Lunar Ambassador, each astronaut who participated in a mission to the moon in the Apollo program and is not a member of the Armed Forces. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2008-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Civil Rights Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6701
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Civil Rights Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 - Requires quarter dollars to have designs on the reverse emblematic of prominent civil rights leaders and important events that have advanced civil rights in America. 
 
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to select such leaders and events. Requires five coin designs in each year of the period of issuance.
 
Instructs the Secretary to strike and make available for sale silver bullion coins that are exact duplicates of such quarter dollars.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
National Museum of Industrial History Act

Bill: 110-hr-6703
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Industrial facilities
Metals
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Pennsylvania

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
National Museum of Industrial History Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to seek to enter into an agreement with an appropriate entity to provide federal assistance for the development and operation of an interpretive center and museum on the former Bethlehem Steel Plant Site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to preserve, display, and interpret historical resources related to industrialization in the United States and to promote other historical and cultural resources in the region through activities conducted at the interpretive center and museum. 

Sets forth covered and prohibited uses of such financial assistance, including prohibiting the use of assistance for the acquisition of items for the museum's collection. 

Provides for a non-federal match from the other parties to the agreement. 

 Requires the Secretary to submit annual reports to Congress which describe: (1) the current status of the development of the interpretive center and museum; (2) the projects and activities funded; and (3) the balance of unexpended appropriated funds available to carry out this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Student VOTER Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6704
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional elections
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Presidential elections
Student enrollment
Voter registration

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Student Voter Opportunity To Encourage Registration Act of 2008 or the Student VOTER Act of 2008 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require states to designate federally-funded institutions of higher education as agencies for the registration of voters in federal elections.
 
 Requires such schools to provide mail voter registration application forms to students registering to enroll in their courses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1673)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House