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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain from the sale of troubled assets.

Bill: 110-hr-7269
Sponsor: Rep. Sali, Bill [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Financial services and investments
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or exchange of a qualified mortgage or mortgage-related security held for more than one year. Defines &quot;qualified mortgage or mortgage-related security&quot; as any residential or commercial mortgage (or any security, obligation, or other instrument that is based on or related to such a mortgage) that was originated or issued on or before March 14, 2008, and was acquired by the taxpayer after the enactment of this Act and before January 1, 2009. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Temporary Increase in FDIC and Credit Union Insurance Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7270
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank deposits
Credit unions
Deposit insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Temporary Increase in FDIC and Credit Union Insurance Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to establish a temporary increase from $100,000 to $250,000, through December 31, 2009, in the maximum insured amount limitation for deposit insurance and credit union share insurance. 


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
For the relief of Alyssa Chaconis.

Bill: 110-hr-7271
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Provides for the relief of Alyssa Chaconis.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Naval Consolidated Brig, Charleston, South Carolina.

Bill: 110-hr-7272
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Henry E., Jr. [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Caribbean area
Cuba
Detention of persons
Economics and Public Finance
Latin America
Military bases
Prisoners
Prisons
South Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Prohibits federal funds from being used to transfer any individual detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Naval Consolidated Brig, Charleston, South Carolina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income tax for interest on indebtedness and for State and local sales and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain motor vehicles.

Bill: 110-hr-7273
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Automobiles
Commerce
Consumer credit
Excise tax
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Interest
Local taxation
Sales tax
State taxation
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a deduction from gross income for: (1) interest paid on indebtedness (up to $49,500) incurred after November 12, 2008, and before January 1, 2010, for the purchase of a motor vehicle (i.e., passenger automobile or light truck) with a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 8,500 pounds; and (2) state and local sales and excise taxes imposed on the purchase of such a motor vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
ConTACT Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7274
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Elementary and secondary education
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Neurological disorders
School athletics

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2008 or the ConTACT Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states for: (1) establishing, disseminating, and ensuring the implementation by schools of concussion management guidelines with respect to the prevention, identification, treatment, and management of sports-related concussions in student athletes, including standards for student athletes to return to play after a concussion; and (2) funding implementation by schools of computerized preseason baseline and post-injury neuropsychological testing for student athletes. Directs states to utilize, to the extent practicable, applicable expertise and services offered by local chapters of national brain injury organizations.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to convene a conference of medical, athletic, and educational stakeholders to establish model concussion management guidelines with respect to student athletes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2294)
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Financial Oversight Commission Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7275
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Financial crises and stabilization
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Financial Oversight Commission Act of 2008 - Establishes the Financial Oversight Commission to investigate facts and circumstances relating to the financial crisis of 2008, including any relevant legislation, Executive Order, regulation, plan, policy, practice, or procedure that pertains to: (1) government sponsored enterprises (GSEs), including the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac); (2) the stock market; (3) the housing market; (4) credit rating agencies; (5) the financial services sector, including hedge funds, private equity, and the insurance industry; and (6) the role of congressional oversight and resource allocation.
 
Directs the Commission to identify, evaluate, and report to Congress and the President on the lessons learned from the financial crisis regarding the structure, coordination, management policies, and procedures of governmental and nongovernmental entities related to crisis detection, prevention, and response.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to require prior approval by the Congress for expenditures from the third tranche, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-7276
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Financial crises and stabilization

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act to revise the process for exercising the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to make purchases of troubled assets in any amount in excess of the $350 billion previously obligated.
 
Changes the Joint Resolution of Disapproval, regarding the exercise of such authority, to a Joint Resolution of Approval. Prohibits the Secretary, that is, from exercising any authority to make any such purchases unless a joint resolution approving the plan is enacted into law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Temporary IRA Distribution Suspension Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7277
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Temporary IRA Distribution Suspension Act of 2008 - Suspends for calendar 2008 and 2009 the beginning date for required distributions from certain individual retirement (IRA) plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Fairness and Emergency Relief Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7278
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deferral
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Retirement Fairness and Emergency Relief Act of 2008 - Suspends for calendar 2008 and 2009 the beginning date for required distributions from certain individual retirement (IRA) plans.
 

 

 

 
Waives the 10% additional tax (penalty) under the Internal Revenue Code for early distributions from qualified retirement plans in the case of a qualified financial hardship distribution to an individual during calendar 2008-2009 of up to $15,000 per taxable year, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury (including a qualified foreclosure distribution).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Seniors' Investment Security Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7279
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Seniors' Investment Security Act of 2008 - Suspends for calendar 2008-2010 the minimum required distributions from certain individual retirement (IRA) plans.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Elimination of Single Parent Tax Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7280
Sponsor: Rep. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child support
Collection of accounts
Families
Parents

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Elimination of Single Parent Tax Act of 2008 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit states from charging child support recipients for the collection of child support. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Critical Election Infrastructure Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7281
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional elections
Economics and Public Finance
Election administration
Grants-in-aid
Labor and Employment
Presidential elections
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Critical Election Infrastructure Act of 2008 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to make grants to eligible states to carry out election administration improvement plans to promote efficiency and fairness in the operation of polling places in federal elections (including early voting sites), which may include: (1) acquisition of additional voting systems and equipment; (2) improved training of election administration officials; and (3) allocation of additional election administration officials to polling places serving greater numbers of voters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2265)
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the age at which distributions from qualified retirement plans are required to begin from 70 1/2 to 75, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-7283
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Age
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Pension funds
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 70 1/2 to 75 the age at which beneficiaries of tax-exempt pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans must begin taking distributions from such plans and including such distributions in gross income for income tax purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in the maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by representatives with respect to claims of entitlement to past-due benefits and to require cost-of-living adjustments to such level of authorized fees.

Bill: 110-hr-7285
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Legal fees
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Security Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to fees of persons representating claimants prevailing before the Commissioner of Social Security in a claim of entitlement to past-due benefits.
 
Increases the maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by such representatives with respect to such claims.
 
Requires the Commissioner to make annual cost-of-living adjustments to such fee level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 46-02 21st Street in Long Island City, New York, as the "Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-7286
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Names
New York City
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 46-02 21st Street in Long Island City, New York, as the "Geraldine Ferraro Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Wellness Trust Act

Bill: 110-hr-7287
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Health information systems
Health insurance
Health planning
Health services administration
Higher education
Law
Licenses
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical records
Presidential appointments
Preventive medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
21st Century Wellness Trust Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Wellness Trust within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to be headed by the Trust Fund Board. Requires the Trustees to submit to Congress and make publicly available reports on: (1) a system for certification and recertification of prevention health workers to complement the health system; (2) payment methodologies and options for paying certified prevention health workers for clinical preventive care; and (3) the amount of money spent on prevention by public health, public and private health insurers, and applicable self-insured health plans during the most recent year for which such data is available.

Requires the Trustees to: (1) establish a plan for delivering and financing prevention priorities and implement pilot programs; and (2) issue a ranked list of designated prevention priorities based on the potential of an activity to improve health and the activity's cost effectiveness.

Directs the Trustees to establish, support, and sustain the infrastructure for an effective wellness system that includes: (1) an information clearinghouse on prevention priorities; (2) an electronic prevention record or registry; and (3) training for prevention health workers.

Establishes in the Treasury a Wellness Trust Fund. Sets forth funding sources.

Requires the Trust to enter into contracts to reimburse certified prevention health workers for the prevention services designated by the Trustees as prevention priorities. Directs the Trustees to: (1) develop targets for and determine payment methodologies for prevention priorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Public Safety Enhancement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7288
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster insurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire departments
Flood control
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Local laws
Police
State laws
Zoning and zoning law

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Public Safety Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow flood insurance coverage for structures used in protecting public safety and new structures constructed in flood hazard zones that replace flood-damaged or destroyed structures, even though the property involved has been declared in violation of state or local laws, regulations, or ordinances intended to discourage or otherwise restrict land development or occupancy in flood-prone areas.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Financial Literacy Improvement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7289
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational counseling
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Nonprofit organizations
Personal budgets
Standards
Student activities
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Financial Literacy Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award formula matching grants to states or partnerships between states and experienced nonprofit providers of financial literacy or personal finance education programs.
 
Requires grantees to use 25% of the grant funds to: (1) develop financial literacy standards and assessments for at least three grade levels; (2) create teacher training programs to embed financial literacy or personal finance education into core academic subjects; and (3) evaluate the impact such education has on students' financial literacy.
 
Requires the remaining grant funds to be used for subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or partnerships between LEAs and community organizations, local businesses, or other educational entities to implement such financial literacy activities, including student assessments and teacher training. 
 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or partnerships between IHEs and experienced nonprofit providers of financial literacy or personal finance education programs for activities that increase student knowledge in consumer, economic, and personal financial concepts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use.

Bill: 110-hr-7290
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2008-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax credit for producing electricity from closed or open-loop biomass facilities equipped with a metering device to determine electricity consumption or sale to allow a tax credit after 2008 for electricity produced and consumed at such facilities and to extend the credit period for such production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Introduced in House