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International Megan's Law of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5722
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2008-04-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Child sexual abuse
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Economic assistance
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Immigration
International cooperation
Sex offenders
Travel
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: 
International Megan's Law of 2008 - Requires registered sex offenders to report their departure to or arrival from a foreign place not later than 21 days before such departure or arrival. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to 10 years for failure to report such travel. 

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a system of notice to foreign countries about travel outside of the United States by registered sex offenders. 

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make convicted sex offenders inadmissible to the United States. 

Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to include in the annual report of the Secretary of State on the status of severe forms of human trafficking efforts of foreign countries to identify and provide notice of international travel by sex offenders.

Encourages the President to use authorities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist foreign countries in identifying and providing notice of sex offenders traveling to the United States and other countries.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act

Bill: 110-hr-5723
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2008-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank loans
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal home loan banks
Federally-guaranteed loans
Higher education
Investments
Securities
Student loan funds
Surety and fidelity

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: 
Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act - Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to allow federal home loan banks to: (1) invest surplus funds in student loan securities; (2) accept student loans and student loan-related securities as collateral; and (3) provide secured long-term advances to member banks so that they can finance the origination of student loans or purchase or finance student loan-related securities.
 
Limits the application of this Act to Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) made under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
 
Makes the banks' authority effective for investments and advances made between February 1, 2008, and two years after this Act's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
National Guard and Ready Reserves Employment Protection Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5725
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2008-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Commerce
Income tax
Labor and Employment
National Guard
Tax credits
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: 
National Guard and Ready Reserves Employment Protection Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a tax credit for 15% of the first $10,000 of wages paid to an employee who is a member of the National Guard or Ready Reserve. Terminates such credit after 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require prospective employers of H-1B nonimmigrants to participate in an educational, training, or mentorship program for United States workers.

Bill: 110-hr-5726
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2008-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Education
Employee training
Engineering
Engineers
Higher education
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Mathematics
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Scientists
Skilled labor
Technical education
Temporary employment

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that prospective employers of H-1B nonimmigrants participate in an educational, training, or mentorship program to train local U.S. workers in science, math, engineering, or technology related to the position for which an H-1B nonimmigrant is sought.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Rural Information Technology Investment Act

Bill: 110-hr-5727
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2008-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commerce
Computer software
Computers
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Industry-university relations
Information technology
Internet
Nonprofit organizations
Research and development
Rural economic development
Small business
Social Welfare
Subsidies
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: 
Rural Information Technology Investment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants to small businesses or not-for-profit organziations operating in rural areas to establish information technology centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Border Fence Trust Fund Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5728
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2008-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Arizona
Boundaries
California
Checkoff
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Income tax
Latin America
Mexico
New Mexico
Road construction
Security measures
Tax returns
Texas
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: 
Border Fence Trust Fund Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Border Improvement Trust Fund and allow individual taxpayers (other than nonresident aliens) to designate that $5.00 ($10.00 in the case of joint returns) of their income taxes be paid over to such Fund to install additional barriers and roads at the U.S. border. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to display in each prosthetic and orthotic clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights.

Bill: 110-hr-5730
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2008-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Clinics
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Patients' rights
Prosthesis
Quality of care
Signs and signboards
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' employment
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' rehabilitation
Vocational rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights is displayed prominently in each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prosthetic and orthotic clinic.
 
Includes in the Bill of Rights the right to: (1) access the highest quality prosthetic and orthotic care; (2) select the practitioner that best meets their prosthetic and orthotic needs; (3) timely and efficient prosthetic and orthotic care; and (4) transition and readjust to civilian life in an honorable manner, including by having ample access to vocational rehabilitation, employment programs, and housing assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Secure the Capitol Act

Bill: 110-hr-5731
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2008-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Alien labor
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Employee selection
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Science, Technology, Communications
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: 
Secure the Capitol Act - Prohibits an office of the legislative branch from entering into a contract for goods or services within the Capitol Complex with any contractor employing individuals unless the contractor: (1) elects to participate in the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to all of its employees and those providing goods or services under the contract; (2) is in compliance with the terms and conditions of such election; and (3) certifies that each of its subcontractors providing goods or services has elected to participate in such program, and is also in such compliance, with respect to all of its employees as well as those providing goods or services under the subcontract.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Securing the Homeland Through Agency Reporting Enhancement Act

Bill: 110-hr-5732
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2008-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alien labor
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Illegal aliens
Labor and Employment
Personnel records
Public records
Social Welfare
Social security numbers

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: 
Securing the Homeland Through Agency Reporting Enhancement Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to any case in which the Social Security account number in the wage records of an employee provided by the employer to the Social Security Administration does not match relevant records otherwise maintained by the Administration.
 
Requires the Commissioner of Social Security, in such a case, to send a prompt written notice (&quot;no match&quot; letter): (1) informing the employer of the discrepancies; (2) requesting information that would assist the Commissioner in resolving the discrepancies; and (3) informing the employer that a copy of such notice is being forwarded to assist the Secretary of Homeland Security in the enforcement of applicable federal immigration laws relating to employment of individuals who are not authorized to work in the United States.
 
Requires the Commissioner to forward such a copy to the Secretary of Homeland Security, including the information in which discrepancies appear.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Glacier National Park Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 110-hr-5733
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Dennis R. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Coins and coinage
Finance and Financial Sector
Montana
National parks
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Silver

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: 
Glacier National Park Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Glacier National Park in Montana, to mint and issue $1 coins emblematic of the Park, its natural features, and wildlife. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5734
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Blind
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Motor vehicle safety
Pedestrians
Sound
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation research

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to Congress on the minimum level of sound that is necessary to be emitted from a motor vehicle, or some other method, to alert blind and other pedestrians of the presence of operating motor vehicles while traveling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Virginia Tech Victims Campus Emergency Response Policy and Notification Act

Bill: 110-hr-5735
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative procedure
College administration
Colleges
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Department of Education
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Evacuation of civilians
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Law
School security
Science, Technology, Communications
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Virginia Tech Victims Campus Emergency Response Policy and Notification Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require schools participating in title IV student assistance programs to include current campus policies regarding immediate emergency response and evacuation procedures in their required annual security reports to current and prospective students and staff.
 
Requires such procedures to include: (1) notifying students and staff within 30 minutes after confirmation that an emergency exists on campus or public property; and (2) testing such procedures annually.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Gadsden, Alabama, as the Colonel Ola Lee Mize Veterans Clinic.

Bill: 110-hr-5736
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alabama
Ambulatory care
Army
Health
Officer personnel
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) outpatient clinic in Gadsden, Alabama, as the &quot;Colonel Ola Lee Mize Veterans Clinic.&quot;

action_date: 2008-09-17
text: 

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

 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) outpatient clinic in Gadsden, Alabama, as the &quot;Colonel Ola Lee Mize Veterans Clinic.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8368-8369)
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/15/2008 H8072)
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 9/15/2008 H8072)
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Stearns objected to the 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: 2008-09-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5736.
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8072-8073)
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Travel Tax Relief Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5737
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Physical examinations
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Veterans Travel Tax Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow veterans a deduction from gross income for their travel expenses (e.g., transportation, food, and lodging) to a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center for treatment related to a service-connected disability or for an examination related to a claim for disability compensation or a pension.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Physician Availability Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5739
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Fines (Penalties)
Hospital care
Hospitals
Law
Medicaid
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Physician Availability Act of 2008 - Requires each covered hospital to have a qualified physician available in the hospital 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to attend to the needs of the hospital's inpatients. 

Defines a &quot;covered hospital&quot; to: (1) include hospitals participating in Medicare or Medicaid or receiving federal funds; and (2) exclude hospitals in a federal facility or hospitals that the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines have fewer than 100 licensed beds.

 Considers a physician to be available if: (1) the physician is physically present in the hospital; (2) the physician's primary responsibility is to be in attendance to serve the needs of the hospital's inpatients without delay; and (3) the physician is not physically present in, assigned to, serving in, or expected to cover the hospital's emergency room or emergency department. 

Sets forth penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House