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Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5740
Sponsor: Rep. Mitchell, Harry E. [D-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Apprenticeship
Armed forces reserves
College costs
Correspondence schools and courses
Education
Employment tests
Flight training
Higher education
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 - Amends federal veterans' benefits provisions to entitle to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill individuals in certain length-of-service categories who, commencing on or after September 11, 2001, serve on active duty in the Armed Forces.

 Establishes the duration of such assistance (in most cases 36 months) and assistance amounts. Requires programs of education pursued with such assistance to be approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Allows for the pursuit of an approved program of education while on active duty. Allows, under such assistance, for the pursuit of: (1) programs on less than a half-time basis; (2) apprenticeship or other on-job training; (3) correspondence courses; (4) flight training; (5) tutorial assistance; and (6) licensure and certification tests. Makes individuals entitled to assistance under this Act also eligible for supplemental educational assistance for additional active duty service.

Requires the Secretary to carry out a program, to be known as the &quot;Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program,&quot; under which colleges and universities may enter into an agreement with the Secretary to cover, for certain individuals, a portion of established charges not otherwise covered and match contributions toward such costs.

Requires educational assistance under this Act to be used within 15 years of the individual's discharge or release from active duty (with exceptions). Allows individuals currently under the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program to elect to participate in the post-9/11 educational assistance program with respect to any unused entitlement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend eligibility under the new markets tax credit for community development entities created or organized in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

Bill: 110-hr-5742
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Commerce
Community development
Corporation taxes
Corporations
Guam
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Infrastructure
Northern Mariana Islands
Partnerships
Puerto Rico
Tax credits
Urban affairs
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify corporations and partnerships created or organized as community development entities in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands for the new markets tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E566)
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Scientific Transformations through Advancing Research (STAR) Act

Bill: 110-hr-5743
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Federal office buildings
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government property
Laboratories
Land transfers
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Scientific Transformations through Advancing Research (STAR) Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to accept and use donations of real and personal property, laboratory and office space, utility services, and infrastructure upgrades to carry out research, development, testing, evaluation, and related activities.

action_date: 2008-09-08
text: 

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

 
Scientific Transformations through Advancing Research (STAR) Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to accept and use donations of real and personal property, laboratory and office space, utility services, and infrastructure upgrades to carry out research, development, testing, evaluation, and related activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 532.
action_date: 2008-09-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 110-828.
action_date: 2008-09-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 110-828.
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight Discharged.
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend permanently the election to deduct State and local general sales taxes.

Bill: 110-hr-5744
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Local taxation
Sales tax
State taxation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent provisions allowing a taxpayer to elect to deduct state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes.


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
To amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act to expand the definition of missing child for purposes of that Act.

Bill: 110-hr-5745
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Custody of children
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Kidnapping
Missing children

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to include within the definition of &quot;missing child&quot; a child (less than 18 years of age) whose whereabouts are known to the child's legal custodian from whose control such child: (1) was removed in violation of law; or (2) is believed by such custodian to have been taken out of the Untied States without the consent of such custodian by, or for the benefit of, an individual who may possibly claim custodial rights with respect to such child. 


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
Hydrogen Tax Incentives Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5746
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Energy
Energy facilities
Hydrogen
Income tax
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Hydrogen Tax Incentives Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for hydrogen infrastructure and fuel costs. Terminates such credit after three years.


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
Robocall Privacy Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5747
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional elections
Election candidates
Fines (Penalties)
Identification devices
Law
Political advertising
Presidential elections
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Robocall Privacy Act of 2008 - Makes it unlawful for a person during specified periods before a federal primary or general election to make certain prerecorded political telephone calls with respect to a candidate for federal office without immediate disclosure of the recorded nature of the calls, the name of the sponsor or originator of the call, and the appearance of the caller's telephone number on the recipient's caller identification service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Ryan Dant Health Care Opportunity Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5748
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Drugs
Earnings
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Ryan Dant Health Care Opportunity Act of 2008 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit states to exclude earned income in determining eligibility for individuals with prescription drug costs of over $250,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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
Senior Citizenship Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5750
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship
Civics education
Education
Educational tests
English language
Government Operations and Politics
Language and languages
Naturalization
Residence requirements
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Senior Citizenship Act of 2008 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain older persons from the naturalization U.S. history-government and English language requirements and permit certain other older persons to take such history-government examination in a language other than English.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5751
Sponsor: Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Boundaries
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Land transfers
Land use
National monuments
Research natural areas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of an area identified as the Walnut Canyon Proposed Study Area (the study area) to assess: (1) the suitability and feasibility of designating all or part of the study area as an addition to Walnut Canyon National Monument in Arizona; and (2) continued management of the study area by the Forest Service, or any other designation or management option that would provide for protection of resources within the study area and continued access to, and use of, the study area by the public. 
 
Requires the Secretaries to provide for public comment in the preparation of the study, including with appropriate federal, state, and local governmental entities. 

action_date: 2008-07-29
text: 

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

Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of an area identified as the Walnut Canyon Proposed Study Area (the study area) to assess: (1) the suitability and feasibility of designating all or part of the study area as an addition to Walnut Canyon National Monument in Arizona; and (2) continued management of the study area by the Forest Service, or any other designation or management option that would provide for protection of resources within the study area and continued access to, and use of, the study area by the public. 

Requires the Secretaries to provide for public comment in the preparation of the study, including with appropriate federal, state, and local governmental entities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-799.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-799.
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: 2008-07-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the security of United States passports, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-5752
Sponsor: Rep. Sali, Bill [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Buy American
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Electronics
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Passports
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the U.S. government must set the highest standards to protect U.S. passport privacy and security; and (2) the Department of State must safeguard U.S. passport security. 
 
Directs the Secretary of State: (1) when establishing the requirements for physical and security components of U.S. passports and passport cards, to include only such electronic components as are currently manufactured in the United States, or can be manufactured in the United States; and (2) to ensure that all assembly of U.S. passports occurs only within U.S. borders and personalization of permanent U.S. passports occurs only under the direct supervision of U.S. government employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the sale of kitchen ranges or ovens which do not include a design, bracket, or other device which complies with an applicable consensus product safety standard intended to prevent the product from tipping.

Bill: 110-hr-5753
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer education
Electric appliances
Energy
Gas appliances
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Product safety
Public service advertising
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Prohibits, under the Consumer Product Safety Act, the manufacture, sale, distribution, importation, or installation of a residential kitchen range or oven which does not include a device which complies with a consensus product safety standard intended to prevent product tipping.
 
Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to conduct a campaign to educate consumers about range and oven tipping danger and the importance of installing such products in accordance with an applicable consensus product safety standard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-10
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
Employees' Pension Security Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5754
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2008-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Annuities
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy courts
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Collective bargaining
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Government paperwork
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Injunctions
Investments
Labor contracts
Law
Parties to actions
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Pension funds
Pension trust guaranty insurance
Reinsurance
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: 
Employees&#146; Pension Security Act of 2008 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require assets of single-employer pension plans to be held in trust by joint boards of trustees.
 
Requires plan sponsors and administrators to provide all material investment information in an accurate form to participants and beneficiaries. Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties for violations of certain information requirements.
 
Sets forth additional requirements for plan termination, to prevent abuse of the bankruptcy and termination process, including requirements relating to: (1) distress termination; (2) bankruptcy court decrees, and the right to intervene to challenge them; (3) consideration of alternatives by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the plan sponsor; (4) PBGC efforts at consulting on alternatives with plan participants and their union representatives; and (5) notice of the right to challenge determinations relating to plan termination.
 
Amends federal bankruptcy law to include, in a priority order for recovery of expenses and claims, allowed unsecured claims for benefit liabilities to participants and beneficiaries under a single-employer plan in connection with the plan termination, in excess of the benefits payable to them by the PBGC in connection with such termination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Bipartisan Earmark Reform Commission Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5755
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2008-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government spending reductions
Legislation
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: 
Bipartisan Earmark Reform Commission Act of 2008 - Establishes the Bipartisan Earmark Reform Commission to: (1) develop a clear definition of what constitutes an earmark; and (2) report findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the President and Congress.
 
Requires the Majority Leaders of the House of Representatives and of the Senate to introduce (by request) the legislation recommended in the report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2008-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2008-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.

Bill: 110-hr-5756
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2008-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Migratory bird conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: 
Amends the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to authorize appropriations to the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Account for FY2010-FY2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House