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Advance Directive Promotion Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5702
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2008-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer education
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health maintenance organizations
Health planning
Living wills
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical records
Medicare
Physical examinations
Public service advertising
Social Welfare
Telephone
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: 
Advance Directive Promotion Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a service provider, Medicare+Choice organization, or prepaid or eligible organization to include the content of an advanced directive in a prominent part of an individual's current medical record. 
 
Requires a service provider to give effect to a valid advance directive executed outside the state in which such directive is presented to the same extent as such provider would give effect to a valid advance directive executed under the law of the state in which it is presented.
 
Requires an initial preventative physical examination to include an end-of-life planning consultation.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to operate a clearinghouse and a 24-hour toll free telephone hotline in order to provide consumer information about advance directives, end-of-life decisionmaking, and available end-of-life and hospice care services. 
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary, directly or through grants to public or nonprofit private entities, to conduct a national public education campaign to increase awareness of advance directive planning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Elderly Care Tax Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5703
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2008-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disabled
Health
Home care services
Social Welfare
Tax exemption
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: 
Elderly Care Tax Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt recipients of home care services under federally-assisted state or local government home care programs for the elderly or disabled from payment of employment taxes for amounts paid to service providers. Imposes liability for payment of such taxes on the fiscal administrators of such programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5704
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2008-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home care services
Medicare
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Social Welfare
Speech disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: 
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2008 - Permits a home health agency to determine the most appropriate skilled service to make the initial assessment visit for an individual who: (1) is eligible for home health services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; but (2) does not require skilled nursing care as long as that skilled service is included as part of the plan of care for such services. 
 
Permits an occupational therapist to make the initial assessment visit in such a case if occupational therapy is included in such plan in the initial physician referral in conjunction with physical therapy or speech language pathology services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-04-03
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: 2008-04-03
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: 2008-04-03
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: 2008-04-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E492)
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Clean Energy Partnership with India Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5705
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2008-04-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
American investments
Carbon dioxide
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional reorganization
Congressional reporting requirements
Economic growth
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy development
Energy policy
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Exports
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Geothermal resources
Hydroelectric power
India
International agencies
International environmental cooperation
Job creation
Poverty
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Solar energy
South Asia
Sustainable development
Technical assistance
Water Resources Development
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: 
Clean Energy Partnership with India Act of 2008 - Establishes in the legislative branch the Congressional Commission on Renewable Power Technology Commerce with India to: (1) study methods for improvement and promotion of bilateral renewable energy cooperation between the United States and India; and (2) recommend to Congress and the President methods and strategies to develop joint energy policy between the United States and India for reliable energy throughout India using renewable, environmentally-friendly means of production.
 
Requires the Secretary of State to report to Congress on: (1) the extent to which energy is reliably available in India and what portion of it is produced through renewable means; (2) estimated investment, export, and job creation potential if U.S. industry plays a central role in the production and distribution of renewable energy in India; (3) estimated economic benefits and poverty reduction that would result if India's energy needs were met through renewable energy; (4) the estimated level of greenhouse gasses that India would produce in the coming years if it did not pursue renewable means of energy production; and (5) recommendations for the federal government and the private sector regarding technical assistance with the investment, production, and distribution of renewable energy in India.
 
Directs the President to seek to establish a permanent joint renewable energy council between the United States and India to advise the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of India on promotion of environmentally sustainable economic growth in India and the United States through public policy regarding investment, production, and distribution of renewable energy in India.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
10k Run for the Border Act

Bill: 110-hr-5706
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2008-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alien labor
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal investigation
Detention of persons
Economics and Public Finance
Employers' liability
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Illegal aliens
Imprisonment
Labor and Employment
Law
Prosecution

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: 
10k Run for the Border Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase employer civil fines for: (1) hiring, or recruiting or referring for a fee, an alien that the employer knows is not authorized for employment; and (2) continuing to employ such alien.
 
Sets forth a federal-state (and local) allocation of such additional penalty funds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Conrad State 30 Improvement Act

Bill: 110-hr-5707
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Access to health care
Alien labor
Education
Foreign-trained physicians
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Medical education
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: 
Conrad State 30 Improvement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to make the the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program permanent.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) revise entry provisions for H-1B visa foreign medical graduates and provide for an increase in the annual per-state cap of 30 foreign doctors; (2) exempt from worldwide immigration numerical limitations alien physicians who have completed service requirements of a state waiver or exemption, including alien physicians who completed such service before the date of the enactment of this Act; and (3) increase Conrad program waiver authority with respect to facilities that treat patients from, but who may not be located in, a medically underserved area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Everglades National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5708
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2008-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boats and boating
Emergency Management
Everglades
Florida
Hurricanes
Land transfers
Law
Licenses
National parks
Sailing ships
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: 
Everglades National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2008 - Adjusts the boundary of the Everglades National Park in Florida to include the Tarpon Basin property comprising approximately 600 acres of land and water surrounding Tarpon Basin and located in South Key Largo. 

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire through a voluntary donation, sale, or exchange any land or interest in the Tarpon Basin property.

Requires the lands and waters added to the Park by this Act to be administered as part of the Park. 

Authorizes the Secretary to issue a permit to any owner of a sailing vessel who had secured the sailing vessel in Hurricane Hole to protect it from a tropical storm or hurricane. 

Allows the inclusion in such a permit of any term or condition determined necessary to protect the Park's resources and to ensure the safety of the public in the Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Disability Fairness Act

Bill: 110-hr-5709
Sponsor: Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18]
Introduced: 2008-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Auditing
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Law
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: 
Veterans Disability Fairness Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in order to carry out the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) quality assurance program with respect to the administration of veterans' disability compensation, to ensure the accuracy and consistency across VA offices of the treatment of claims for disability compensation, including disability rating determinations and whether a disability is service-connected.
 
Requires the Secretary to conduct reviews and audits, at least annually, to identify and correct any inaccuracies or inconsistencies in disability ratings and the adjudication of disability compensation claims by VA regional offices and employees responsible for such ratings or adjudications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
action_date: 2008-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Assure Access to Mammography Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5711
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2008-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Indexing (Economic policy)
Mammography
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medicare
Social Welfare
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: 
Assure Access to Mammography Act of 2008 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a floor for payment of screening and diagnostic mammography under the Medicare Program.
 
Sets the payment floor for 2009 at 115% of the fee scheduled amount for mammography for 2008, increased by the percentage increase in the Medicare Economic Index (MEI). Requires the payment floor for subsequent years to be the previous year's amount, again increased by the percentage increase in the MEI.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2008-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2008-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Splash and Dash Correction Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5713
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2008-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Diesel motor
Energy
Energy crops
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Imports
Income tax
Oils and fats
Refuse as fuel
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-04
text: 
Splash and Dash Correction Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow income and excise tax credits for alcohol and biodiesel used as fuel and other alternative fuels or mixtures unless such fuels are produced in or imported into the United States for consumption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5716
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2008-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank accounts
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of the Treasury
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Income tax
Law
Loans
Social Welfare
Tax preparers
Tax refunds
Tax returns
Taxpayers
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: 
Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to publish a summary statement of specified taxpayer rights and obligations.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make grants to provide matching funds for qualified return preparation programs that provide volunteer income tax preparation assistance to low-income taxpayers; and (2) refer such taxpayers to taxpayer clinics funded by the federal government. 

Requires the Secretary to establish a system for regulating and testing federal income tax return preparers.

Requires refund loan facilitators to file annual registrations with the Secretary and to make certain disclosures to borrowers about refund anticipation loans.

Expands and increases penalties on tax return preparers for understating taxpayer liabilities.

Requires the Secretary to furnish to the public the identity of enrolled agents and registered refund loan facilitators.

Permits enrolled agents licensed to practice before the Department of the Treasury to use the designation &quot;enrolled agent,&quot; &quot;EA,&quot; or &quot;E.A.&quot;

Expresses the sense of Congress that the IRS should provide certain expanded services to taxpayers.

Authorizes the Secretary to award demonstration project grants to eligible entitites to provide bank accounts to taxpayers who currently do not have an account with a financial institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-08
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: 2008-04-08
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: 2008-04-08
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: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Inform and Deter Spam Act

Bill: 110-hr-5717
Sponsor: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2008-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advertising
Awards, medals, prizes
Commemorations
Commerce
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal liability
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic commerce
Electronic mail systems
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Independent regulatory commissions
Informers
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: 
Inform and Deter Spam Act or the ID Spam Act - Amends the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 to authorize the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on it's motion or at it's direction, to add a civil penalty amount obtained for a violation of the Act to a fund to provide rewards to individuals who provide violation information.
 
Authorizes the CPSC, in its sole discretion, to grant a reward up to $100,000 to any individual who provided valuable violation information which resulted in a final court order against any violators. Declares that the receipt of a reward under this section does not constitute immunity from criminal liability. Makes it unlawful to provide false information. Authorizes regulations providing for procedures to protect informants' anonymity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening the Safety Net Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5721
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2008-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Case management
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal-state relations
Hospital care
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: 
Strengthening the Safety Net Act of 2008 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish a disproportionate share hospital (DSH) redistribution pool from unexpended Medicaid DSH allotments to fund an increase in allotments for low DSH states.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award demonstration grants to health access networks to improve access, quality, and continuity of care for uninsured individuals through better coordination of care by such networks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E544)
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Introduced in House