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National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5942
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2008-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Information technology
Medical records
Medically uninsured
Science, Technology, Communications
Trauma care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 
National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise provisions governing grants to trauma centers. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish four programs to award grants to public or nonprofit trauma centers to: (1) assist in defraying substantial uncompensated care costs; (2) further a center's core mission; (3) provide emergency relief to ensure continued and future availability of trauma service; and (4) support the development and maintenance of innovative information technology systems. 

Sets forth: (1) minimum qualifications of eligible centers, including requirements for levels of uncompensated care provided; and (2) preferences for awarding grants among level I, II, III, and IV trauma centers and among centers based on the changing availability of or demand for trauma care in the area served and financial need. Requires grantees to submit a long-term plan for providing trauma care.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) annually determine and notify centers of their eligibility to receive a grant; and (2) periodically report on the status of such grants, the financial stability of the centers, the populations using the centers, and the effectiveness and efficiency of center activities.

Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY2009-FY2014 and specifies percentages to be reserved for the different types of grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Used Fuel Prize Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5943
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2008-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Awards, medals, prizes
Commemorations
Commercialization
Energy
Environmental Protection
Nonprofit organizations
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear research
Radioactive wastes
Research and development
Social Welfare
Storage

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 
Nuclear Used Fuel Prize Act of 2008 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to implement a program to award cash prizes competitively for research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of nuclear used fuel storage.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with a private, nonprofit entity to administer the prize competition.
 

 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the Washington Family Legacy Lands of Jefferson County, West Virginia, as part of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park or designating the lands as a separate unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-5945
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2008-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Ex-presidents
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
National parks
Washington Administration
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study relating to the Washington Family Legacy Lands in Jefferson County, West Virginia, which shall evaluate the national significance of such Lands and the suitability and feasibility of adding them as part of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park or designating them as a separate unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Election Day Registration Act

Bill: 110-hr-5946
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2008-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Election Day
State laws
Voter registration
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 
Election Day Registration Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state with voter registration requirements relating to federal elections to permit any eligible individual on the day of a federal election to register to vote, and cast a vote, in such election.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Returning Soldiers' Bill of Rights Act

Bill: 110-hr-5947
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2008-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative fees
Afghanistan
Apprenticeship
Armed forces reserves
Authorization
College costs
Compensatory education
Correspondence schools and courses
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Federally-guaranteed loans
Flight training
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government publicity
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Middle East and North Africa
Military dependents
Military occupation
Military operations
Military personnel
Mortgages
South Asia
Student loan funds
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education
Veterans' employment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 
Returning Soldiers' Bill of Rights Act - Entitles to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill a member of the Armed Forces or reserves who, on or after September 11, 2001, serves at least six months of active duty in support of a contingency operation and, after completion of such duty, is discharged or released under honorable conditions or for a service-connected disability, preexisting medical condition, hardship, or certain physical or mental conditions. Entitles such individuals to 36 months of educational assistance. Allows such assistance to be used for: (1) pursuit of a program of education while on active duty; (2) programs of education pursued on a less-than-half-time basis; (3) apprenticeship or other on-job training; (4) correspondence courses; (5) flight training; (6) tutorial assistance; and (7) licensure or certification tests.
 
Makes individuals entitled to such assistance eligible for supplemental educational assistance for additional service.
 
Allows individuals entitled to such assistance to: (1) transfer such entitlement to a spouse, one or more children, or a combination thereof; or (2) apply such assistance to the repayment of federal student loans.
 
Requires (with exceptions) the use of such assistance within twenty years after the individual's last discharge or release from active duty.
 
Requires individuals eligible under both the above program and the regular Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program to elect one program for participation.
 
Repeals the home loan guaranty fees charged to veterans.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide to each individual entitled to assistance under this Act a readjustment housing allowance of up to $6,000.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2012: (1) for veterans' employment and training programs; and (2) to carry out the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Rodney J. Johnson Community Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-5948
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2008-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alien labor
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Ex-offenders
Fines (Penalties)
Illegal aliens
Labor and Employment
Smuggling

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 
Rodney J. Johnson Community Protection Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the penalties for unlawfully bringing in and harboring aliens for commercial advantage with prior federal felony convictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5950
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2008-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Death
Detention of persons
Health
Immigrant health
Law
Medical screening
Mental health services
Physical examinations
Prisoners' rights

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 
Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008 - Directs: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish procedures for the delivery of medical and mental health care to all immigration detainees in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) custody; and (2) that such procedures address all detainee health needs, including primary care, emergency care, chronic care, prenatal care, dental care, eye care, mental health care, medical dietary needs, and other medically necessary specialized care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5951
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2008-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bicycles
Child safety
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Law
Mass rapid transit
Pedestrians
Road construction
Social Welfare
Standards
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation and the aged
Transportation and the disabled
Transportation engineering
Transportation planning
Transportation safety

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 
Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2008 - Requires each state to have in effect within two years a law, or each state department of transportation or metropolitan planning organization an explicit policy statement, that requires all federally-funded transportation projects to accommodate the safety and convenience of all users in accordance with certain complete streets principles.
 
Defines &quot;complete streets principles&quot; as federal, state, local, or regional level transportation laws, policies, or principles which ensure that the safety and convenience of all users of a transportation system, including pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users as well as children, older people, motorists, and those with disabilities, are accommodated in all phases of project planning and development.
 
Allows such law or policy to make exemptions from such principles only if: (1) affected roadways prohibit specified users by law from using them, the cost of a compliance project would be excessively disproportionate to the need, or the population and employment densities or level of transit service around a roadway is low enough that there is no need to implement such principles; and (2) all project-specific exemptions are properly approved.
 
Requires states to ensure that every agency responsible for a project within an approved transportation improvement program reviews and certifies that the project incorporates complete streets principles.
 
Requires the U.S. Access Board to issue final standards for accessibility of new construction and alterations of pedestrian facilities for public rights-of-way.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E798-799)
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Police and Fire Station Modernization Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5952
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2008-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bonds
Capital investments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire departments
Income tax
Police
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 
Police and Fire Station Modernization Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in bonds to finance capital expenditures for state and local police or fire departments. Terminates such credit after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
MediFair Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5953
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2008-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Law
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Quality of care
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 
MediFair Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system for making adjustments to the amount of payment made to entities and individuals for items and services provided under the original Medicare fee-for-service program under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Requires such adjustments in order to make the state average per beneficiary amount equal to the national average per beneficiary amount.
 
Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to develop recommendations on policies and practices that would encourage: (1) healthy outcomes and quality care under the Medicare program in states with respect to which payments are reduced under such system; and (2) the efficient use of payments made under the Medicare program in such states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans for presumptions of service connection for purposes of benefits under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs for diseases associated with service in the Armed Forces and exposure to biological, chemical, or other toxic agents as part of Project 112, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-5954
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2008-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Military research
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 
Creates, for veterans who were subjected to certain chemical or biological warfare testing involving Project 112 conducted through Deseret Test Center (including the Shipboard Hazard and Defense Project, also known as Project SHAD), a presumption that a disease was incurred in or aggravated by service, notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of the disease during the period of service, if the disease warrants presumtion of service connection by reason of increased exposure to a biological, chemical, or other toxic agent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2008-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-5956
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2008-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Aquaculture
Commerce
Department of Commerce
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Import restrictions
Imports
International Affairs
Labeling
Laboratories
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Science, Technology, Communications
Seafood
Standards
Technical assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: 
Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to establish a program to strengthen federal activities for ensuring that commercially distributed seafood meets federal food quality and safety requirements.
 
Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement to strengthen cooperation on seafood safety, including regarding testing, inspections of foreign facilities, technical assistance of foreign facilities, establishing a distribution chain tracking system, and labeling.
 
Directs the Secretary to increase the number of laboratories certified to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to increase the number and capacity of laboratories operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) involved in testing and other activities under this Act, as provided for in appropriations Acts.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to send inspectors to an originating country or exporter.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-01
text: Introduced in House
To reduce subsidies for agricultural commodity programs.

Bill: 110-hr-5957
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2008-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Agricultural subsidies
Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Government spending reductions
Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-05
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in order to carry out title I of H.R. 2419 of the 110th Congress, as enrolled, to make such reductions in payment rates and loan rates otherwise applicable to commodity programs under such title and amendments made by that title as may be necessary to reduce obligations and expenditures of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) by $7 billion for each of FY2008-FY2012. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2008-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2008-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-05
text: Introduced in House