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Military Valor Roll of Honor Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2610
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2008-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Coast guard
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
Data banks
Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Merchant marine
Merchant seamen
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: 
Military Valor Roll of Honor Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish the Military Valor Roll of Honor registry which shall: (1) contain the names and citations of all members of the Armed Forces, members of the U.S. merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service), and civilians affiliated with the Armed Forces who have been awarded the medal of honor or any other medal authorized by Congress for the Armed Forces, the U.S. merchant marine, or affiliated civilians; and (2) be a publicly available database. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Trade Agreement Benchmarks and Accountability Act

Bill: 110-s-2611
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2008-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Employee rights
Environmental Protection
Exports
House rules and procedure
International Affairs
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Legislation
Legislative resolutions
Senate rules and procedure
Standards
Trade agreements
Unemployment
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: 
Trade Agreement Benchmarks and Accountability Act - Subjects bills implementing trade agreements to a point of order unless certain conditions are met.

Withdraws congressional approval of a bill implementing a trade agreement only if a report by the International Trade Commission (ITC) indicates that certain benchmarks and predictions made with respect to an agreement are not being met and a joint resolution approving such withdrawal is enacted by Congress. Describes the benchmarks as analyses of the following effects of the agreement: (1) resulting job creation and job losses; (2) resulting improvement in wages for U.S. workers; (3) implementation and enforcement of the labor and environmental standards by each country that is a party to the agreement; and (4) the extent to which the agreement will result in an increase in access by U.S. businesses to the market of each country that is a party to the agreement, particularly those sectors identified by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) as of special importance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S793)
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S792-793)
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Lending Stimulus Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2612
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2008-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Industrial buildings
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: 
Small Business Lending Stimulus Act of 2008 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reduce in 2008 the rate of certain loan fees imposed under the Small Business Act and debenture fees under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2008: (1) to cover such rate reductions; and (2) for direct loans and assistance under the SBA Microloan Program.
 
Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize the SBA to refinance certain existing debt of small businesses that received prior loans for plant acquisition, construction, conversion, or expansion.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S793-794)
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer certain amounts to the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-2613
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2008-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Animals
Colorado
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Oil shales
Open space lands
Petroleum reserves
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Revenue sharing
Road construction
Sewerage
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water treatment plants
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: 
Provides for the transfer from the Secretary of the Treasury to the state of Colorado of certain amounts derived from oil and gas development leases involving Oil Shale Reserves Numbered 1 and 3, to be used by Colorado for: (1) conservation, restoration, and protection of land, water, and wildlife resources affected by oil or gas development; (2) repair, maintenance, and construction of state and county roads in development-affected areas; and (3) capital improvement projects to address impacts of such development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S817-818)
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
GEAR Act

Bill: 110-s-2614
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2008-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Awards, medals, prizes
Carbon cycle
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commemorations
Department of Energy
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental technology
Executive reorganization
Fluorocarbons
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Intellectual property
Law
Licenses
Patents
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: 
Greenhouse Gas Emission Atmospheric Removal Act or the GEAR Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States to provide incentives to encourage the development and implementation of technology to permanently remove greenhouse gases (GHGs) from the atmosphere on a significant scale.

Establishes within the Department of Energy (DOE) the Greenhouse Gas Emission Atmospheric Removal Commission.

Requires the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Commission, to provide financial awards on a competitive basis to entities for the achievement of milestones in developing and applying technology that could significantly slow or reverse the accumulation of GHGs in the atmosphere by permanently capturing or sequestrating those gases without significant countervailing harmful effects.

Requires the Commission to: (1) develop specific requirements for the competition, performance, monitoring and verification, and the scale of awards; (2) establish minimum levels for the capture or net sequestration of GHGs required to qualify for a financial award; (3) offer awards to entities that demonstrate achievement of specified technological goals; and (4) establish standards for required peer review of proposals seeking such awards.

Vests title to intellectual property arising from such awards in U.S. entities. Bars title transfer to an entity not incorporated in the United States until the first obtained patent expires. Authorizes the United States to reserve a license to have such property practiced on its behalf.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S818-819)
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the Protect America Act of 2007 for 15 days.

Bill: 110-s-2615
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2008-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appellate procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counterintelligence
Courts of special jurisdiction
Crime and Law Enforcement
Electronic surveillance
Law
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Telecommunication industry
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: 
Amends the Protect America Act of 2007 to extend its authority for 15 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-11
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 571.
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S819)
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2618
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2008-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commemorations
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Health surveys
Medical research
Medical statistics
Muscular diseases
Names
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: 
Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to designate centers of excellence for research on various forms of muscular dystrophy as Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers.
 
Requires the Muscular Dystrophy Interagency Coordinating Committee to give special consideration to enhancing the clinical research infrastructure required to test emerging therapies for the various forms of muscular dystrophy.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that any data on patients that is collected as part of the Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking and Research Network (MD STARnet) is regularly updated to reflect changes in patient condition over time. Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) report to the appropriate congressional committees on MD STARnet and data collection; and (2) make publicly available prospective health outcome data on the health and survival of people with muscular dystrophy.
 
Requires the Director of CDC, in carrying out a program to provide information and education on muscular dystrophy to health professionals and the general public, to: (1) partner with leaders in the muscular dystrophy patient community; and (2) widely disseminate the Duchenne-Becker muscular dystrophy care considerations.
 
Requires the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to: (1) evaluate the available scientific evidence to develop and issue an initial set of care considerations for Duchenne-Becker muscular dystrophy and provide ongoing review and updates where appropriate; and (2) replicate the same systematic review methodology used to develop such care considerations as a model for other muscular dystrophies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Americans from Violent Crime Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2619
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2008-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Animals
Department of the Interior
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Law
National parks
Public Lands and Natural Resources
State laws
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: 
Protecting Americans from Violent Crime Act of 2008 - Bars the promulgation or enforcement of any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including an assembled or functional firearm, in any unit of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm; and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the unit is located. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-11
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 573.
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-2620
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2008-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Social Welfare
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: 
Provides that, if the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) determined under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act without regard to this Act for a state for FY2008 is less than the FMAP as so determined for FY2007, the FY2007 FMAP shall be substituted for the FMAP for the third and fourth calendar quarters of FY2008, before the application of this Act.
 
Provides that, if the FMAP determined without regard to this Act for a state for FY2009 is less than the FMAP as so determined for FY2008, the FY2008 FMAP shall be substituted for the FMAP for the first, second, and third calendar quarters of FY2009, before the application of this Act.
 
Provides that, for each eligible state for the third and fourth calendar quarters of FY2008, and for the first, second, and third calendar quarters of FY2009, the FMAP shall be increased by 2.95 percentage points.
 
Provides for an increase in the cap on Medicaid payments to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
 

 

 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Terrorism Risk Insurance Improvement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2621
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2008-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business insurance
Casualty insurance
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Property insurance
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-11
text: 
Terrorism Risk Insurance Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to revise the definition of &quot;insurer deductible&quot; with respect to a situation where aggregate industry insured losses resulting from a certified act of terrorism exceed $1 billion for an insurer that sustains any of such losses.

Sets forth a calculation for the value of such an insurer's direct earned premiums over the calendar year immediately preceding the program year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2008-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11001 Dunklin Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "William 'Bill' Clay Post Office".

Bill: 110-s-2622
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2008-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Missouri
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11001 Dunklin Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "William 'Bill' Clay Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 840.
action_date: 2008-06-25
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2008-06-25
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2008-06-25
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize travel and transportation allowances for mobilized members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces on leave for suspension of training or to meet minimal staffing requirements, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-2623
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE]
Introduced: 2008-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Military leave
Military training
Military transportation
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to reimburse or provide transportation to a member of the reserves on active duty for more than 30 days who is performing duty at a temporary duty station for travel from the temporary duty station to the permanent duty station in connection with authorized leave pursuant to a suspension of training or to meet minimal staffing requirements at the temporary station. Sets minimum distance requirements and reimbursement limits. Allows such reimbursement or transportation only in connection with leave of more than 96 hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Robocall Privacy Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2624
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2008-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional elections
Election candidates
Fines (Penalties)
Identification devices
Injunctions
Law
Political advertising
Presidential elections
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-12
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 identity of the caller, and the appearance of the caller's telephone number on the recipient's caller identification service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S920-921)
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness in Housing for Disabled Veterans Act

Bill: 110-s-2625
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2008-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Income
Low-income housing
Social Welfare
Veterans' disability compensation
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: 
Fairness in Housing for Disabled Veterans Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the determination of income, particularly low income, for purposes of eligibility for low-income housing programs.
 
Redefines &quot;income&quot; to exclude from consideration as annual income any deferred Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits that are received in a lump sum amount or in prospective monthly amounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 160 East Washington Street in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, as the "Sergeant Michael M. Kashkoush Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-s-2626
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2008-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Military personnel
Names
Ohio
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 160 East Washington Street in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, as the "Sergeant Michael M. Kashkoush Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4046)
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 678.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate