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All Bonuses Left Behind Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6907
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: 
All Bonuses Left Behind Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, as amended by the Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008, to prohibit a golden parachute payment or indemnification payment to any executive officer or member of the board of directors of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), except pursuant to federal law that specifically: (1) names the individual to whom the payment is to be made; and (2) identifies the payment or payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to give priority to consideration of applications for permits and other authorizations required for renewable energy projects on Federal public land, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6909
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2008-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Department of the Interior
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
General public lands matters
Land transfers
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to give priority to the consideration of applications for permits and other authorizations required for renewable energy projects on federal public lands and to issue regulations that establish an expeditied process for the submission and consideration of such applications, including projects pending before the Department of the Interior. 

Specifies the treatment of such projects with regard to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 

Requires the Secretary to promptly identify federal public land under the Secretary's administrative jurisdiction that is suitable and feasible for renewable energy projects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Stability and Democracy for Georgia Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6911
Sponsor: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2008-09-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Economic assistance
Europe
Georgia (Republic)
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International broadcasting
International relief
Internet
Language and languages
Radio broadcasting
Russia
Science, Technology, Communications
War
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: 
Stability and Democracy for Georgia Act of 2008 or the STAND for Georgia Act of 2008 - Authorizes the President, in the wake of Georgia's August 2008 conflict with the Russian Federation, to provide assistance to Georgia for: (1) humanitarian needs; (2) infrastructure reconstruction; (3) economic development; and (4) governance.
 
Authorizes the use of assistance under this Act to extend broadcasting efforts by the Broadcasting Board of Governors to Georgia and to enhance Russian- and Georgian-language Internet and broadcast capacity for the Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6912
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2008-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Conflict of interests
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Medical ethics
Medicare
Physicians
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: 
Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the additional inpatient hospital service payment (payment adjustment) for low-volume hospitals (usually meaning a &quot;subsection (d) hospital&quot; located more than 25 road miles from another subsection (d) hospital and having less than 800 discharges during the fiscal year.)
 
Redefines low-volume hospital, for discharges occurring during FY2009 only, as a &quot;subsection (d) hospital&quot; located more than 15 (instead of 25) road miles from another &quot;subsection (d) hospital&quot; and having less than 1,500 (instead of 800) discharges of individuals entitled to, or enrolled for, Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) benefits (&quot;tweeners,'' or hospitals too large to be critical access hospitals, but too small to be financially viable under the Medicare hospital prospective payment system (PPS)).
 
Revises, for FY2009 only, the temporary applicable percentage in the formula for determining the payment adjustment for such hospitals.
 
Requires the use of the non-wage adjusted prospective payment rate (PPS) rate during FY2009 under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program.
 
Prescribes requirements for hospitals to qualify for a Medicare hospital exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals to hospitals in which such physicians have an ownership or investment interest in the entity. (Eliminates the Medicare hospital exception for physician-owned hospitals, but provides a limited exception for existing facilities.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-09-16
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: 2008-09-16
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: 2008-09-16
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: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
SEND Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6913
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2008-09-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Caribbean area
Cuba
Department of Commerce
Foreign aid and international relief
Latin America
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: 
Securing Eligibility for Needed Donations Act of 2008 or the SEND Act of 2008 - Prohibits Department of Commerce funds from being used to implement, administer, or enforce specified amendments to Department regulations restricting gift parcels and humanitarian donations to Cuba. (The amendments prohibit: (1) the sending of gifts of clothing, personal hygiene items, seeds, fishing equipment, soap-making equipment, and veterinary medicine and supplies; and (2) more than one gift parcel of certain permitted items a month per household.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8023)
Renewable Energy Tax Extenders Act

Bill: 110-hr-6914
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2008-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: 
Renewable Energy Tax Extenders Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2018 the tax credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources (e.g., wind, biomass, solar energy, small irrigation power, landfill gas, trash combustion, and hydropower facilities). Includes marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy as a renewable resource for purposes of such credit. 

Extends through 2018: (1) the energy tax credit for solar energy, fuel cell, and microturbine property; and (2) the tax credit for residential energy efficient property expenditures. Allows a 30% residential energy efficiency tax credit for the installation of geothermal heat pump systems.

Extends through 2018 the alternative motor vehicle tax credit. Eliminates the limitation on the number of new qualified hybrid and advanced lean-burn technology vehicles eligible for such credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Energy Efficient Vehicles Act

Bill: 110-hr-6915
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2008-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: 
Energy Efficient Vehicles Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2018 the tax credit for alternative motor vehicles. Repeals the limitation on the number of new qualified hybrid and advanced lean-burn technology vehicles eligible for such credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide assistance to individuals and households that are required to evacuate their primary residences as a result of a major disaster.

Bill: 110-hr-6916
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2008-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide assistance to individuals and households that are required to evacuate their primary residences for a period of two or more days pursuant to a mandatory evacuation order issued by a state or local government as a result of a major disaster. 

 Authorizes assistance in the form of reimbursement for subsistence expenses incurred during such an evacuation: (1) for up to seven days; and (2) in an amount not to exceed the federal employee per diem allowance established for the locality to which a person is evacuated.

Provides that: (1) assistance authorized may be for expenses incurred before the date of the disaster's declaration; and (2) this Act shall apply to a major disaster declared by the President on or after September 1, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Wilderness Act to allow recreation organizations to cross wilderness areas on established trails, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6917
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2008-09-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Travel and tourism
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: 
Amends the Wilderness Act to grant members of recreation organizations the right to cross wilderness areas on established trails without restriction as part of a journey along a connecting system of trails across public, private, or wilderness area lands, provided such right is exercised within a day and continued without unreasonable delay. Defines a &quot;recreation organization.&quot; 
 
Authorizes agencies administering wilderness areas to limit the exercise of such right within any specific area to not more than 10 wilderness crossings annually. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Introduced in House
Evacuees Assistance Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6918
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2008-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: 
Evacuees Assistance Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit, up to $2,000, for uncompensated travel expenses (including meals and lodging) incurred due to a mandatory evacuation of a disaster area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.

Bill: 110-hr-6919
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Land transfers
Pollution liability
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HSS) to convey the Maniilaq Health Center, Garage and Activity Center and specified staff quarters to the Maniilaq Association in Kotzebue, Alaska, for use in connection with health and social services programs. 

Shields the Maniilaq Association from liability for any soil, surface water, groundwater, or other contamination on any of the property described above. 

Accords the Secretary any easement or access to the conveyed property as may be reasonably necessary to satisfy any retained obligations and liability of the Secretary. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2008-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1818)
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Home Heating Loan Guarantee Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6920
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2008-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: 
Home Heating Loan Guarantee Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee qualified home heating loans made by depository institutions during the 2008-2009 home heating season if necessary to minimize disruptions in the supply and distribution of home heating resources because of the inability of customers of the suppliers to pay for home heating supplies or repairs made to broken home heating equipment or leaking or frozen lines.
 
Sets forth terms and conditions governing the loan guarantee, including overall loan limits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Small Business Act to provide low-interest loans to small business concerns providing transportation services to assist them in dealing with high motor fuel prices.

Bill: 110-hr-6922
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2008-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Common carriers
Diesel motor
Disaster loans
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Energy prices
Gasoline
Government lending
Motor buses
Small business
Taxicabs
Transportation and Public Works
Trucking

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: 
Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make disaster loans to assist eligible small businesses that have suffered or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of increases in the price of gasoline or diesel fuel. Makes eligible for such loans small businesses engaged in the transportation of persons or property for hire. Limits loan amounts to $250,000, with an authorized waiver by the SBA.
 
States that, for purposes of such assistance, no declaration of a disaster area is required.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Complete the Fence Act

Bill: 110-hr-6923
Sponsor: Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2008-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Arizona
Boundaries
California
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Illegal aliens
International Affairs
Latin America
Mexico
Pedestrians
Texas
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: 
Complete the Fence Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to: (1) provide that fencing that does not effectively restrain pedestrian traffic may not be used to meet the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security construct reinforced fencing along not less than 700 miles of the southwest U.S. border; (2) require the Secretary to complete construction of such fencing and installation of related equipment by December 31, 2010; and (3) prohibit any amounts appropriated for such fencing from being withheld because of the Secretary's failure to comply fully with consultation requirements regarding its impact on nearby communities and residents.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress by June 30, 2009, on progress made in completing such fencing and on plans for completing it by the deadline.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House
GREEN Act

Bill: 110-hr-6924
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2008-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Tariff agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: 
Green Export Enhancement Act or the GREEN Act - Authorizes the President, subject to consultation and layover requirements of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, to proclaim the modification or staged rate reduction of any duty in Schedule XX-United States of America, annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, on environmental goods, as defined in a multilateral negotiation for the reciprocal elimination, reduction, or harmonization of duties under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, if the United States agrees to such modification or reduction in such a negotiation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that each member of the Armed Forces receive employment assistance, job training assistance, and other transitional services provided by the Secretary of Labor before that member separates from active duty service.

Bill: 110-hr-6925
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: 
 Modifies the requirement that the Secretary of Labor provide employment assistance, job training assistance, and other transitional services to each member of the Armed Forces who is being separated from active duty (and the member's spouse).
 
Directs the Secretary concerned (the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs), where such services are available on a routine basis, to require each member to receive such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Introduced in House