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Pension Protection Act IRC Amendments of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7242
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2008-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Law enforcement officers
Life, casualty, property insurance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: 
Pension Protection Act IRC Amendments of 2008 - Makes technical corrections to various pension-related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, including provisions relating to: (1) the interest rate assumption for applying pension plan benefit limitations; (2) minimum individual retirement account (IRA) distribution requirements; (3) employer-owned life insurance contracts; (4) the deductibility of contributions to defined benefit and contribution plans; (5) the treatment of distributions from governmental retirement plans for health and long-term care insurance for public safety officers; (6) safe harbor rules for combined pension plans; and (7) the inclusion of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) in combined pension plans.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue guidance for allowing a nonspouse pension beneficiary to use a specified life expectancy rule. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Liberty Memorial at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the National World War I Memorial.

Bill: 110-hr-7243
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2008-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
History
Missouri
Museums
National monuments
World War I

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: 
Designates the Liberty Memorial at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the National World War I Memorial. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Protection Against Wrongful Voter Purges Act

Bill: 110-hr-7244
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2008-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Government information and archives
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: 
Protection Against Wrongful Voter Purges Act - Amends the National Voter Registration Act to establish notice and review requirements for removal of individuals from a list of eligible voters by reason other than death or a change of residence.
 
Requires the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to adopt voluntary guidance with respect to audits of the statewide computerized voter registration list so that each state will be able to ensure that the list: (1) reflects an accurate and complete count of all individuals validly registered to vote in federal elections; and (2) is secure against unauthorized uses.
 
Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from refusing to register any applicant who has completed the national voter registration application form.
 
Requires the appropriate state or local election official to ensure that, at each polling place for a federal election and on a public website of the election official of each registrar's jurisdiction, a list is available which shows: (1) all individuals registered to vote in that election at all polling places located in the registrar's jurisdiction; and (2) for each such individual, the polling place at which the individual is registered. Permits an individual to request exclusion from the list. Prohibits such list from containing an individual's address. 
 
Provides that this Act shall not apply to a state in which there is no voter registration requirement for individuals in the state with respect to federal elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Election Software Disclosure Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7245
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2008-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business records
Computers and information technology
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Licensing and registrations
Technology assessment
Trade secrets and economic espionage

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: 
Election Software Disclosure Act of 2008 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a voting system used in a state in a federal election from containing or using any election-dedicated voting system technology: (1) which has not been certified by the state for such use; and (2) which has not been deposited with the appropriate state and local election officials to be held in escrow and disclosed in accordance with this Act. 
 
Requires a state or local election official with whom an election-dedicated voting system technology has been deposited to: (1) hold it in escrow; and (2) disclose information regarding it to a qualified person who has entered into a nondisclosure agreement meeting certain requirements with respect to the technology, or if state law requires such disclosure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Poll Tape Transparency Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7246
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2008-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: 
Poll Tape Transparency Act of 2008 - Amends the Help America Vote Act with respect to the requirements for each voting system used in a federal election.
 
Requires the appropriate election official, upon the closing of the polls at each polling place, and under the observation of the certified tabulation observers admitted to the polling place, to: (1) announce the vote orally; (2) post a copy of the poll tape reflecting the totals from each voting machine in the polling place upon which votes were cast; (3) prepare and post a statement of the total number of individuals who appeared at the polling place to cast ballots; and (4) display by noon the following day, at a prominent public location, a copy of each poll tape and statement.
 
Requires display of such information also on the official public websites of the applicable local election official and chief state election official.
 
Specifies similar treatment of ballots cast at early voting sites, absentee ballots, and the daily count of provisional ballots. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Vote Tabulation Audit Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7247
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2008-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: 
Vote Tabulation Audit Act of 2008 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states to meet specified standards for transparent and accurate tabulation of votes and aggregation of vote counts in federal elections, including standards for: (1) the treatment of ballots cast at early voting sites as well as absentee ballots and provisional ballots; and (2) mandatory hand recount in case of unresolved discrepancy.
 
Requires the Election Assistance Commission to: (1) reimburse states to cover the costs of carrying out tabulations at certain polling places of votes cast on paper optical scan ballots; and (2) adopt a model format for the posting of the tabulation of votes and aggregate vote counts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Military and Overseas Voting Enhancement Act

Bill: 110-hr-7248
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2008-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Absentee voting
Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Congress
Congressional elections
Postal service
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: 
Military and Overseas Voting Enhancement Act - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require states to accept and process absentee ballots of overseas uniformed services and civilian voters submitted by the voter to a provider of express mail no later than the day before election day for transmission to the appropriate state election official, as long as the ballot is received within 10 days after the election.
 
Requires the Presidential designee to reimburse overseas uniformed services voters for the costs of using a provider of express mail services to transmit the ballot to the official. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Power for Agriculture Incentive Program Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7249
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2008-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: 
Renewable Power for Agriculture Incentive Program Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for excessive fuel costs for creditable fuel (i.e., fossil fuel or electricity) used by a taxpayer in the trade or business of farming. Defines &quot;excessive fuel cost&quot; as the excess amount paid for creditable fuel over the adjusted base price for such fuel (the average price for such fuel on September 6, 2004, for the region in which the taxpayer purchased such fuel). Terminates such credit after 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Arctic Climate Preservation Act

Bill: 110-hr-7250
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2008-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Arctic and polar regions
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International law and treaties
Mammals
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: 
Arctic Climate Preservation Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) conduct a study of black carbon and organic carbon emissions; and (2) propose regulations under the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of black carbon. Defines &quot;black carbon&quot; as the strongly light absorbing component of carbonaceous aerosols. 

Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the amount, type, and direction of all U.S. foreign aid for reducing black carbon pollution. 

States the policy of the United States with respect to international agreements and treaties relating to the reduction of black carbon emissions, protection of the Arctic environment, the the threat to polar bears from global warming, human rights under the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, and the reduction of shipping pollution through domestic means and through the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships (MARPOL).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Science and Technology, 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: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Science and Technology, 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: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Science and Technology, 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: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Science and Technology, 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: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
Land-In-Trust Impact Aid and PILT Equity Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7251
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2008-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Impact aid
Indian lands
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Minorities
Native Americans
Payments in lieu of taxes
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: 
Land-In-Trust Impact Aid and PILT Equity Act of 2008 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that local educational agencies (LEAs) receive full payment under the Impact Aid program, which compensates LEAs for the financial burden of federal activities affecting their school districts, for federal property within their districts that is held in trust for federally recognized Indian tribes or individual Indians.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make full payments in lieu of taxes (PILT) to local governments that have federal lands within their areas that are held in trust for federally recognized Indian tribes or individual Indians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2008-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Introduced in House
To designate the structure of the Gateway Arch and the Old St. Louis Courthouse as National Historic Landmarks, to designate the grounds of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial surrounding the Arch for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-7252
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Missouri
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Designates the structure of the Gateway Arch and Old St. Louis Courthouse as National Historic Landmarks.
 
Designates the grounds of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial surrounding the Arch for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Economic Growth and Financial Stabilization Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7253
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Capital gains tax
Corporate finance and management
Financial crises and stabilization
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Income tax rates
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Economic Growth and Financial Stabilization Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe a 0% capital gains rate for individuals.
 
Revises the formula for: (1) the alternative tax for corporations to prescribe a 0% capital gains rate; and (2) the ordinary income tax for corporations by eliminating the two tax rate brackets above 25% and reducing the maximum amount of tax imposed.
 

 

 
Establishes in the Department of the Treasury a Distressed Assets Loan Fund under the control of the Secretary of the Treasury to make loans available at low rates of interest to depository institutions with distressed assets.
 
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to increase from $100,000 to $250,000 the maximum amount of deposit insurance and share insurance, respectively.
 
Treats gain or loss from the sale or exchange of any applicable preferred stock by any applicable financial institution as ordinary income or loss. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit government-sponsored enterprises from making lobbying expenditures, political contributions, or other certain contributions.

Bill: 110-hr-7254
Sponsor: Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Charitable contributions
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Housing and Community Development
Law
Lobbying
Mortgage banks
Public corruption
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Prohibits the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and their affiliates from making: (1) lobbying expenditures; (2) political contributions; or (3) contributions to any nonprofit tax-exempt organization.

Declares that violating this Act shall constitute violation of federal law limiting the use of appropriated funds to influence certain federal contracting and financial transactions (thus, imposing the same penalties).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House