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Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5174
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education
Higher education
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Medical education
Medicare
Nurses
Nursing education
Paramedical personnel
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: 
Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from denying provider-operated status for a nursing and allied education program that substantially meets certain requirements pertaining to the cost of approved activities for such programs, in effect as of October 1, 2006, on the basis of an organizational structure, contractual arrangements, or legal structure of the program, or a change in such a structure or arrangement, so long as a hospital, hospitals, or health system continues to substantially control the nursing or allied program. 
 
Prohibits denial of payments for the costs of approved educational activities for a nursing or allied health education program. Requires restoration to a hospital of any recoupment or denial effected for a previous cost reporting year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Federal Tax Withholding Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5175
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Labor and Employment
Payroll deductions
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax administration
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: 
Federal Tax Withholding Act of 2008 - Amend the Internal Revenue Code to repeal withholding of tax requirements for income, railroad retirement, and social security taxes. Requires estimated tax payments for social security and railroad retirement taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act

Bill: 110-hr-5176
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Chronically ill
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Health planning
Medical education
Mental health services
Public health personnel
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Student loan funds
Telemedicine

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: 
Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for: (1) services to children, adults, and older adults with mental illnesses who have co-occurring primary care conditions and chronic diseases through the co-location of primary and specialty medical care in community-based mental and behavioral health settings; (2) programs to address behavioral and mental health workforce needs in professional shortage areas; (3) expanding behavioral and mental health education and training programs; (4) tele-mental health in medically-underserved areas; and (5) developing and implementing a plan to ensure that the National Health Information Infrastructure meets the needs of mental health and substance abuse providers.

Provides for reports to Congress on: (1) the paperwork burden on community mental health providers; and (2) the compensation structure for such providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Pima County Land Adjustment Act

Bill: 110-hr-5177
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Arizona
Boundaries
Civil actions and liability
Commemorations
Compensation (Law)
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Forest roads
Land transfers
Landfills
Law
National monuments
National parks
Natural areas
Real estate appraisal
Right-of-way
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water rights

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: 
Pima County Land Adjustment Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to convey to Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC, the Sahuarita property, which consists of approximately 1,280 acres, in exchange for the Empirita-Simonson property, which consists of approximately 2,490 acres, and the Bloom property, which consists of approximately 160 acres. Requires the Secretary to modify the boundaries of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area to include the Empirita-Simonson property and the boundaries of the Saguaro National Park to include the Bloom property. 

Requires the Secretary to convey the Tumamoc Hill property, which consists of approximately 290 acres, to Pima County, Arizona, upon the county paying the value of such property to the State of Arizona, State Land Department. 

Modifies the boundary of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area to exclude the 40-acre tract presently leased by the Bureau of Land Management to the town of Elgin, Arizona, for a sanitary landfill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
International Education Leadership Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5179
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Department of Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Executive reorganization
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
International Affairs
International education
Language and languages
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: 
International Education Leadership Act of 2008 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish, in the Department of Education, an Office of International and Foreign Language Education, headed by an Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education with extensive experience in international and foreign language instruction. 
 
Makes the Assistant Secretary responsible for: (1) promoting the study of foreign languages and cultures at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels; (2) administering the Department's programs on international and foreign language education and research, and its activities in international affairs; and (3) coordinating such programs with other related federal programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Justice's Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program.

Bill: 110-hr-5180
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to law enforcement
Off-budget expenditures

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: 
Makes emergency appropriations for FY2008 for state and local law enforcement assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Robin Danielson Act

Bill: 110-hr-5181
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Breast cancer
Cervical cancer
Child development
Child health
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Dioxins
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Epidemiology
Families
Federal aid to research
Fetus
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health education
Maternal and infant welfare
Medical research
Medical statistics
Ovarian cancer
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Product safety
Reproduction
Science, Technology, Communications
Synthetic fabrics
Toxic shock syndrome
Toxicology
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: 
Robin Danielson Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide for the conduct or support of research on the extent to which additives in feminine hygiene products pose any risks to the health of women or the health of the children of women who use those products during or before the pregnancies involved.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) collect, analyze, and make available data on toxic shock syndrome, including data on the causes of such syndrome; and (2) determine the national incidence and prevalence of such syndrome.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E104)
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on cyclopentadecanolide.

Bill: 110-hr-5182
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on cyclopentadecanolide.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on cis-3-Hexen-1-ol.

Bill: 110-hr-5183
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on cis-3-Hexen-1-ol.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2-methyl-3-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl) propanal.

Bill: 110-hr-5184
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on 2-methyl-3-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl) propanal.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on polytetramethylene ether glycol.

Bill: 110-hr-5185
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on polytetramethylene ether glycol.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on magnesium zinc aluminum hydroxide carbonate hydrate.

Bill: 110-hr-5186
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on magnesium zinc aluminum hydroxide carbonate hydrate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Magnesium aluminum hydroxide carbonate hydrate.

Bill: 110-hr-5187
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Magnesium aluminum hydroxide carbonate hydrate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on C12-18 alkenes.

Bill: 110-hr-5188
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on C12-18 alkenes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To establish the Orange Juice Promotion and Production Improvements Trust Fund.

Bill: 110-hr-5189
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural research
Agricultural subsidies
Beverages
Citrus fruits
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Marketing of farm produce
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: 
Establishes within the Treasury the Orange Juice Promotion and Production Improvements Trust Fund in order to provide grants to U.S. entities for the generic promotion of orange juice in the U.S. market. Requires such grants to be made only to entities that themselves provide funds on a matching basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.

Bill: 110-hr-5190
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out the highway project known as the "Trans-Texas Corridor".

Bill: 110-hr-5191
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Road construction
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: 
Prohibits the use of federal funds for the Trans-Texas Corridor highway project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To award a congressional gold medal to Barry C. Scheck and to Peter Neufeld in recognition of their outstanding service to the Nation and to justice as co-founders and co-directors of the Innocence Project.

Bill: 110-hr-5193
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional gold medals
Crime and Law Enforcement
DNA
Forensic medicine
Health
Law
Lawyers
Legal aid
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: 
Awards a congressional gold medal to Barry C. Scheck and to Peter Neufeld in recognition of their outstanding service to the nation and to justice as co-founders and co-directors of the Innocence Project (a nonprofit legal clinic dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and to reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E108-109)
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Clethodim.

Bill: 110-hr-5194
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Clethodim.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Red 30-kilovolt high-frequency cable, 30 square millimeters.

Bill: 110-hr-5195
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Red 30-kilovolt high-frequency cable, 30 square millimeters.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on UNITRONIC LIYCY-type 350-volt Multi-conductor copper cable, PVC (Polyvinylcarbonate) insulation, 8.9 millimeter diameter.

Bill: 110-hr-5196
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on UNITRONIC LIYCY-type 350-volt Multi-conductor copper cable, PVC (Polyvinylcarbonate) insulation, 8.9 millimeter diamer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on White plastic mounting flange, 286 millimeter diameter, 45 millimeter thickness.

Bill: 110-hr-5197
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on White plastic mounting flange, 286 millimeter diameter, 45 millimeter thickness.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Cathode high voltage connector.

Bill: 110-hr-5198
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Cathode high voltage connector.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Stainless steel Vaccuum Feed-Through for optical sensor, 41 millimeter diameter, MANSKE part number 43935/2.

Bill: 110-hr-5199
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2008-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Stainless steel Vaccuum Feed-Through for optical sensor, 41 millimeter diameter, MANSKE part number 43935/2.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-29
text: Introduced in House