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Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Redress Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3392
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Aviation safety
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer complaints
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Employee training
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Labor and Employment
Law
Right of privacy
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Fair, Accurate, Secure and Timely Redress Act of 2008 or the FAST Redress Act of 2008 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish: (1) a timely and fair appeal and redress process for individuals delayed or prohibited from boarding a commercial aircraft because they were wrongly identified as a threat when screened against any terrorist watchlist or database used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) or any Department of Homeland Security (DHS) component; and (2) an Office of Appeals and Redress within DHS to implement the process. 

Requires the process to include the establishment of a method for maintaining and disseminating a Comprehensive Cleared List of individuals who: (1) were misidentified; (2) complete an appeal and redress request approved by DHS and provided required additional information; and (3) permit their personally identifiable information to be shared among multiple DHS components for purposes of this Act.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) transmit the List and any other information necessary to resolve misidentifications, improve administration of the advanced passenger prescreening system, and reduce false positives to TSA, other governmental and tribal entities, and air carriers that use any terrorist watchlist or database; and (2) ensure that the List is considered by all DHS components assessing an individual's security risk. Terminates transmission of the List to air carriers when the government assumes terrorist watchlist screening functions.

Directs the Secretary to require that DHS employees complete mandatory privacy and security training before being authorized to handle personally identifiable information. Requires the Office to ensure that a TSA supervisor trained in the appeal and redress process is available at each airport at which DHS has a significant presence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Carson City Vital Community Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3393
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Conservation easements
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Government trust funds
Habitat conservation
Indian lands
Land transfers
Land use
Minorities
National forests
Nevada
Open space lands
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Urban affairs
Urban areas
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Carson City Vital Community Act of 2008 - Provides for the conveyance of specified Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land or interest in such land (the federal land) in Nevada by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior in exchange for specified non-federal land by Carson City Consolidated Municipality, Nevada. 

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to reserve a perpetual conservation easement to the Silver Saddle Ranch and Carson River Area.

Releases the reversionary interest of BLM in certain of the conveyed federal land. Provides for the conveyance of such land by the City. 

Makes the non-federal land part of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. 

Transfers administrative jurisdiction over certain Forest Service land from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior. Requires the City to be granted a right-of-way for maintenance of flood management facilities on such land.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct sales of specified BLM land to qualified bidders. 

Amends the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 to make amounts in the special account available to the City for the development of parks, trails, and natural areas and up to 10% of amounts in the account available for conservation initiatives on federal land in the City administered by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture. Makes the City eligible to nominate for expenditure amounts to acquire lands or interests for parks and natural areas and for conservation initiatives adjacent to and within the floodplain of Carson River. 

Provides for specified land to be held in trust for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. Prohibits the use of such land for class II and class III gaming. 

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a cooperative agreement ensuring access by the Tribe's members and others in its community across National Forest System land from the City to Lake Tahoe for cultural and religious purposes. 

Requires the City to notify the Tribe of proposed ground disturbing activities to provide the Tribe with time for inventorying and collecting tribal artifacts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7949-7952)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7947-7949)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prevent the undermining of the judgments of courts of the United States by foreign courts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-3394
Sponsor: Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Damages
Dumping
Judicial opinions
Law
Legal fees

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Makes unenforceable by a federal or state agency, department, or court any judgment of a foreign court or agency under a certain kind of foreign statute that requires a U.S. plaintiff (or affiliate) to pay damages to a foreign defendant.

Describes such a foreign statute as one that has the effect of nullifying all or part of a final judgment of a U.S. court under the Antidumping Act of 1916 by enabling a foreign defendant that has paid damages pursuant to such judgment to recover any portion of them from the U.S. plaintiff (or affiliate).

Authorizes a U.S. plaintiff (or affiliate) held liable, or required to forfeit or pay damages, pursuant to a foreign judgment to file a civil action for the amount of such damages (plus interest and costs) against the foreign defendant that obtained damages pursuant to the foreign judgment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Marginal Well Production Preservation and Enhancement Act

Bill: 110-s-3395
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air pollution control
Commerce
Depletion allowances
Depreciation and amortization
Energy
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Gas industry
Income tax
Natural gas
Oil pollution
Oil well drilling
Petroleum industry
Tax deductions
Waste water treatment
Water pollution control
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Marginal Well Production Preservation and Enhancement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to 27.5% the percentage depletion allowance for domestic crude oil and natural gas production from marginal properties; (2) extend through 2008 the temporary suspension of the taxable income limit with respect to marginal production of crude oil and natural gas; and (3) accelerate to three years the recovery period of qualified tertiary injectant property for depreciation purposes.

Amends the Clean Air Act with respect to emissions from small oil and gas exploration and production-related equipment. 

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to: (1) amend the definition of &quot;wastewater treatment facility&quot; to include produced water from an oil production facility; and (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish cost-effective minimal requirements for the prevention of oil and hazardous substance discharges for small facilities with oil storage capacities of less than 50,000 gallons at which no single tank exceeds a nominal capacity of 21,000 gallons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7952)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Independent Drug Education and Outreach Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3396
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer education
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drug therapy
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Nonprescription drugs
Physicians
Prescription pricing

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Independent Drug Education and Outreach Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to award grants or contracts for: (1) the development and production of educational materials concerning the evidence available on the relative safety, effectiveness, and cost of prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and nondrug interventions for treating selected conditions, to be distributed and presented to health care providers who prescribe such drugs and their patients; and (2) the development and implementation of a program to appropriately train and deploy health professionals to distribute such materials to, and otherwise educate, physicians and other drug prescribers concerning such drugs and interventions. 

Requires that grantees receive no support from any entity that manufactures products used to treat the medical conditions discussed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7952)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
First Responders Support Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3397
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Disability assistance
Education programs funding
Employee benefits and pensions
Family services
First responders and emergency personnel
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Income tax credits
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
First Responders Support Act of 2008 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) increase death and disability benefits for public safety officers; and (2) expand educational benefits for dependents of public safety officers killed or disabled in the line of duty.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for up to $7,500 of the medical expenses paid or incurred by a public safety officer or a family member for injuries sustained while such officer was performing an official duty.

Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to award grants for mental health services or counseling to public safety officers seriously injured in the line of duty and the family members of such officers who are killed or seriously injured in the line of duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Device Safety Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3398
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Defective products
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Local laws
Medical malpractice
Medical supplies
Medical technology
Products liability
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Medical Device Safety Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that provisions preempting state and local requirements for medical devices intended for human use shall not be construed to modify or otherwise affect any action for damages or the liability of any person under state law. Makes this Act effective as if it were included in the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 and applicable to any civil action pending or filed on or after the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7953-7954)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement Act II of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3399
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Finance and Financial Sector
Mining royalties
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Real estate investment
Tax rates
Timber sales

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement Act II of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) the reduction in the rate of tax on the net timber gain of corporations; and (2) rules for the treatment of timber real estate investment trust (REIT) gains, mineral royalty income, and prohibited transactions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7954-7955)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
GI Bill Fairness Act

Bill: 110-s-3400
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: College costs
Distance education
Education
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
GI Bill Fairness Act - Revises the amount payable to veterans for pursuit of a program of education under the post-9/11 veterans' educational assistance program to make such amount the highest amount charged by an institution of higher education in the appropriate state for tuition and fees for in-state undergraduate students for full-time pursuit of such programs of education.
 
Provides a monthly housing stipend for an individual pursuing a program of education through distance learning equal to the basic allowance for housing for a member residing in military housing in that area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3401
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Caribbean area
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cuba
Deportation
Detention of persons
District courts
Habeas corpus
Immigration
Jurisdiction
Latin America
Military bases
Military law
Prisoners' rights
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction of, and make it the exclusive venue for consideration of, all habeas corpus applications by or on behalf of any enemy combatant held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is neither a U.S. citizen nor a lawful permanent resident (covered individual) that are pending on or filed on or after the enactment of this Act. Prescribes related procedures, including restrictions on oral testimony.
 
Stays any such application until all Military Commission proceedings regarding the covered individual have been resolved.
 
Requires release of a covered individual, for whom the District Court grants a writ application and orders release, into the custody of the Secretary of Homeland Security for transfer to the individual's country of citizenship or another country.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Health Education and Transparency Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3402
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Consumer education
Curricula
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to education
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health education
Health insurance
Law
Medical economics
Preventive medicine
School health programs
Standards
State laws
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Consumer Health Education and Transparency Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Office of Consumer Health Education and Information to provide consumers of health care services and health insurance with information concerning personal health and wellness and health insurance coverage. 

Requires the Secretary to: (1) require the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to develop standards for use by health insurance issuers in compiling and providing to enrollees a summary of benefits explanation that accurately represents the benefits and coverage provided by the issuer under the applicable health insurance plan; and (2) promulgate regulations to apply such standards.

Directs health insurance issuers and federal health care programs to provide such a summary of benefits explanation to individuals prior to the effective date of coverage.

Provides that such standards preempt related state standards that provide less information to consumers.

Subjects entities that willfully fail to provide such information to fines.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office, to establish and implement a consumer health education and outreach initiative.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a comprehensive study of matters related to improved consumer education on end-of-life care decisions and spending; and (2) award grants to local education agencies to develop and implement a personal health and nutrition curriculum in elementary or secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Accuracy in Fuel Economy Standards Act

Bill: 110-s-3403
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Automobiles
Cost effectiveness
Energy
Energy prices
Finance and Financial Sector
Fuel consumption
Gasoline
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Accuracy in Fuel Economy Standards Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to calculate maximum feasible fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles and non-passenger automobiles based on the most recent high gasoline price projection issued by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Defines the &quot;applicable high gasoline price projection&quot; as the greatest of a range of estimated gasoline prices that the EIA issues as part of its annual energy outlook, short-term energy outlook, or similar analyses for: (1) the year (or years) corresponding to the model year (or model years) for which the Secretary is prescribing an average fuel economy standard; and (2) the range of years considered by the Secretary in determining the costs and benefits associated with such standard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Beef Checkoff Modernization Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-3404
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agriculture in foreign trade
Animals
Cattle
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Marketing orders
Meat
Referendum

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Beef Checkoff Modernization Act of 2008 - Amends the Beef Research and Information Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain (as a subcommittee of the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board) an importers qualified beef council to promote nondomestic beef or to pursue any other authorized purpose of a qualified beef council.

Replaces the definition of &quot;qualified state beef council&quot; with a definition of &quot;qualified beef council&quot; that includes an importers qualified beef council.

Requires a beef promotion and research order to provide that: (1) at least 30% of U.S. producer assessments be made available to promote and market products derived from cattle born and raised in the United States; and (2) the importers qualified beef council reserve a percentage of its funds to promote products derived from cattle not born and raised in the United States, or for any other purpose allowed under this Act for any other qualified beef council.

Requires the Secretary, beginning in 2010 and at least every seven years thereafter, upon receipt of a petition of a group comprising 10% or more of cattle producers, to conduct a referendum to: (1) determine whether cattle producers favor the termination or suspension of the order; and (2) vote on any other amendments to the order.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate