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Oil Speculation Reduction Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6279
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2008-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Consumer protection
Derivative securities
Energy prices
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Futures trading
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Imports
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Law
Margins (Security trading)
Petroleum
Securities regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: 
Oil Speculation Reduction Act of 2008 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from exempting a board of trade, exchange, or market located outside the United States from the requirement to become a designated contract market, derivatives transaction execution facility, or other registered entity, with respect to agreements, contracts, and transactions (transactions) in crude oil to be physically delivered in the United States, unless the CFTC makes certain determinations.
 
Requires the CFTC to determine, in order to make such an exemption, that the board of trade, exchange, or market: (1) applies principles or requirements regarding the daily publication of trading information and position limits or accountability levels for speculators in such transactions comparable to those applied by a designated contract market, derivatives transaction execution facility, or other registered entity; (2) provides information to the CFTC regarding the extent of speculative and nonspeculative trading in transactions in crude oil comparable to the information the CFTC determines necessary to publish a Commitment of Traders report for a designated contract market, derivatives transaction execution facility, or other registered entity with respect to the trading; and (3) imposes margin requirements comparable to those imposed by a designated contract market, derivatives transaction execution facility, or other registered entity for commodities, and sufficient to reduce excessive speculation and protect consumers.
 
Directs CFTC to determine whether to continue to grant any such exemption that was granted before the enactment of this Act to any board of trade, exchange, or market located outside the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
America's Affordable Health Care Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6280
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2008-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Authorization
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Federal preemption
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government insurance
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Health insurance
Law
Licenses
Local laws
Medically uninsured
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: 
America's Affordable Health Care Act of 2008 - Authorizes a health insurance issuer to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to certify health insurance coverage policies offered in the individual market in any state as Health Benefit Plans. Allows certified plans to be offered to individuals in all states without regard to state and local laws respecting mandates for benefits. Requires such plans to cover inpatient hospital services and physicians' surgical and medical services. 
 
Requires the Secretary to review the impact of this Act on the availability and purchase of health insurance coverage.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the authorization of appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for grants to states for the creation and operation of qualified high risk health insurance pools.
 
Conditions eligibility for receiving an operating grant on a state submitting to the Secretary evidence-based information on the operation of such pool for purposes of creating best practice guidelines. Requires the Secretary to: (1) recommend and publicly post a list of best practices on the operation of qualified high risk pools; and (2) give a bonus grant to states that demonstrate that their pool was operated in accordance with such best practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
High School Sports Anti-Drug Act

Bill: 110-hr-6281
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2008-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug testing
Drugs and athletes
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Parent and child
Secondary education
Sports and Recreation
Steroids
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: 
High School Sports Anti-Drug Act - Directs the Secretary of Education, acting through the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, to award competitive grants to states to develop and carry out statewide pilot programs that randomly test secondary school students for performance-enhancing drug use.
 
Requires a parent's or guardian's written consent before a student may be tested.
 
Directs grantees to: (1) provide recovery, counseling, and treatment programs for students who test positive for performance-enhancing drug use; and (2) spend at least 10% of grant funds on preventing such drug use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Helping HANDS for Autism Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6282
Sponsor: Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]
Introduced: 2008-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Autism
Curricula
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to housing
Housing and Community Development
Housing for the disabled
Labor and Employment
Rescue work
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: 
Helping Housing, Awareness, and Navigation Demonstration Services for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders Act of 2008 or the Helping HANDS for Autism Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS Secretary), in coordination with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD Secretary) and the Secretary of Education, to establish a demonstration program to award grants to eligible entities to develop an autism navigator program to create a more efficient, effective, coordinated use of the health, housing, education, and social service systems for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder.
 
Requires: (1) an eligible entity that receives a grant to develop an autism navigator program that will recruit, employ, train, assign, and supervise autism navigators; and (2) the HHS Secretary to provide for evaluations to determine the effects of navigator services.

Directs the HHS Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) develop, demonstrate, and disseminate a standard curriculum for training first responders in assisting individuals with autism and other cognitive behavioral disabilities and their families during emergencies; and (2) award grants to states and local governments to train first responders in providing assistance to such individuals in emergency situations.

Requires the HUD Secretary to convene a task force to establish a housing demonstration grant program to award grants to entities to provide a program aimed at providing individualized housing and services to adults with an autism spectrum disorder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Reimbursing Our American Drivers (ROAD) Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6283
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2008-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Automobiles
Charitable contributions
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government travel
Health
Household moving
Income tax
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: 
Reimbursing Our American Drivers (ROAD) Act of 2008 - Increases to 70 cents per mile, for the period after December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2009: (1) the standard mileage rate for calculating the tax deduction for business, medical, and moving use of an automobile; and (2) the standard mileage rate for reimbursement of federal employee automobile expenses. Increases from 14 to 40 cents per mile the standard mileage rate for purposes of computing the tax deduction for the use of a passenger automobile for charitable purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Close the London Loophole Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6284
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2008-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Commodity exchanges
Crime and Law Enforcement
Derivative securities
Energy
Energy prices
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fraud
Petroleum
Prices
Prosecution
Restrictive trade practices

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: 
Close the London Loophole Act of 2008 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to authorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in the case of a registered entity located within the United States, and subject to CFTC jurisdiction, which trades on a foreign board of trade, exchange, or market located outside the United States, to: (1) enforce criminal prosecution of violations, including manipulation or attempted manipulation, the making of false statements, and willful violations of this Act; (2) require a person to limit, reduce, or liquidate any position to prevent or reduce the threat of price manipulation, excessive speculation, price distortion, or disruption of delivery or the cash settlement process; and (3) apply necessary recordkeeping requirements.
 
Addresses the kind of case in which the CFTC grants or considers granting relief to a foreign board of trade from the requirement that it become a designated contract market, derivatives transaction execution facility, or other registered entity with respect to an energy commodity physically delivered in the United States. Requires the CFTC, before granting or considering such relief, to determine that the foreign board of trade: (1) applies comparable principles or requirements regarding the daily publication of trading information and position limits or accountability levels for speculators as apply to a designated contract market, derivatives transaction execution facility, or other registered entity trading energy commodities physically delivered in the United States; and (2) provides such information to the CFTC regarding the extent of speculative and nonspeculative trading in the energy commodity that is comparable to the information the CFTC determines necessary to publish a Commitment of Traders report for such a designated contract market, derivatives transaction execution facility, or other registered entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for adequate progress on the construction of a flood protection system to include the appropriation of at least 60 percent of the system cost from Federal, State, or local funds.

Bill: 110-hr-6285
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2008-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster insurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Flood control
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Local finance
State finance
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: 
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to revise the requirements for determining a community's adequate progress on the construction of a flood protection system for flood insurance eligibility purposes. Permits the minimum 60% of system cost appropriation requirement to be met from federal, state, or local appropriations or funds otherwise made available (currently, only from federal appropriations).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1025 Nevin Avenue in Richmond, California, as the "Harold D. McCraw, Sr. Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-6286
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2008-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1025 Nevin Avenue in Richmond, California, as the "Harold D. McCraw, Sr. Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Travel Equity Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6287
Sponsor: Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2008-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Disabled
Government Operations and Politics
Government travel
Health
Labor and Employment
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: 
Veterans Travel Equity Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in determining the amount of allowance or reimbursement under the beneficiary travel program (a program authorizing a travel allowance or reimbursement for the transportation of veterans to obtain medical care), to use the mileage reimbursement rates for the use of privately owned vehicles by government employees traveling on official business.
 
Prohibits the Secretary, effective 90 days after the enactment of this Act, from imposing any income or pension eligibility requirement, or requiring any service-connected disability rating, in order for a veteran to be eligible for such allowance or reimbursement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Retiree Health Account Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6288
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2008-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Medical savings accounts
Retiree health benefits
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: 
Retiree Health Account Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt retirement health arrangements and individual health accounts to assist retirees in paying their medical expenses; (2) make a portion of the tax credit for retirement plan contributions refundable for contributions to retirement health savings accounts; and (3) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay refundable credit amounts to retirement health savings accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1270-1271)
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Save Family-Owned Farms and Small Businesses Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6289
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Estate tax
Family farms
Farm lands
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax deductions
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Save Family-Owned Farms and Small Businesses Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to $1.85 million the maximum reduction amount for alternative valuations of farmland and other business property for estate tax purposes; and (2) restore after 2008 the estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests and increase such deduction to $2 million. Allows annual inflation adjustments to such increased amounts after 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Oregon Treasures Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6291
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Caves
Energy
Energy facilities
Environmental Protection
Forest conservation
Grazing
Land transfers
Licenses
National monuments
Oregon
Restoration ecology
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Oregon Treasures Act of 2008 - Adjusts the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument (Monument).

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture or the Interior to: (1) implement forest restoration activities within the boundary of the Monument; and (2) accept any grazing permit or lease donated by a permitee or lessee (i.e., livestock operators who hold valid leases or permits for a grazing allotment). 

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain additional segments of the Monument and the Rogue River, Oregon, as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Parents' Right to Know Improvement Act

Bill: 110-hr-6292
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2008-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational counseling
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Law
Licenses
Parent and child
Parent-school relationships
Psychologists
School personnel
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Social work

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: 
Parents&#146; Right to Know Improvement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies (LEAs) to notify the parents of each student at the beginning of each school year that they will provide the parents, upon request, with timely information regarding the professional qualifications of their child's specialized instructional support persons. (This is in addition to the current requirement that LEAs provide parents, upon request, with information regarding the professional qualifications of their child's classroom teachers.)
 
Defines &quot;specialized instructional support persons&quot; as school counselors, social workers, psychologists, or other qualified professionals providing services that are part of a comprehensive program to meet student needs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-18
text: Introduced in House