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Tule River Tribe Water Development Act

Bill: 110-hr-6994
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2008-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Government studies and investigations
Indian lands and resources rights
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: 
Tule River Tribe Water Development Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to complete a feasibility study to evaluate alternatives for a domestic, commercial, municipal, industrial, and irrigation water supply for the Tule River Tribe of the Tule River Reservation.

Prohibits any project constructed in relation to that study from providing water supplies for the current tribal casino, an expansion of the current tribal casino, or any other tribal casino, including any current or future lodging, dining, entertainment, meeting space, parking, or other similar facilities in support of gaming activities. Requires water supplies provided from such a project to be available to serve the domestic, municipal, and governmental (including firefighting) needs of the tribe and its members and other commercial, agricultural, and industrial needs unrelated to gaming activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Introduced in House
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6995
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2008-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child care workers
Child safety
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal justice information
Education
Elementary education
Employee rights
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Identification of criminals
Labor and Employment
Liability (Law)
Right of privacy
Secondary education
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: 
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2008 - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to direct the Attorney General to: (1) establish policies and procedures for a program for national criminal history background checks for child-serving organizations; (2) assist such organizations in obtaining access to nationwide background checks; (3) establish procedures for insuring the accuracy of criminal history records; (4) identify individuals convicted of serious misdemeanors or felonies involving children; and (5) collect demographic data relating to individuals and organizations covered by this Act and make reports to Congress on such data.
 
Limits the liability of a child-serving organization for failure to conduct criminal background checks or to take adverse action against employees with a criminal history. Imposes limitations on the disclosure or use of criminal history records.

Amends the PROTECT Act to provide for an extension of the Child Safety Pilot Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".

Bill: 110-hr-6996
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2008-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Armed Forces and National Security
Clinics
Congressional tributes
Health
Names
Tennessee
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the &quot;William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
National Water Research and Development Initiative Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6997
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2008-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Hydrology and hydrography
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 
National Water Research and Development Initiative Act of 2008 - Directs the President to implement a National Water Research and Development Initiative to improve the federal government's role in designing and implementing federal water research, development, demonstration, data collection and dissemination, education, and technology transfer activities to address changes in U.S. water use, supply, and demand.

Directs the President to establish or designate an interagency committee to implement the Initiative, which shall: (1) develop a National Water Research and Assessment Plan; (2) coordinate all water-related federal research, development, demonstration, data collection and dissemination, education, and technology transfer activities; (3) ensure cooperation among federal agencies; and (4) facilitate technology transfer, communication, and opportunities for information exchange with various parties through a National Water Initiative Coordination Office (to be established by the President to provide technical and administrative support to the committee).

Requires the Plan to: (1) establish priorities for federal water research; (2) identify each current program and activity related to the Initiative; (3) identify funding levels; (4) set forth a strategy and timeline to achieve specified desired outcomes, including implementation of a National Water Census; (5) address suggestions and incorporate public input received; and (6) be submitted to Congress within one year of enactment.

Directs the President to: (1) provide guidance to each federal agency participating in the Initiative regarding the preparation of requests for appropriations for activities related to the Plan; and (2) submit, concurrent with the annual budget submission to Congress, a report that describes Initiative activities and results during the previous fiscal year and outlines objectives for the next fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1874-1875)
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Mental Health Training for First Responders and Community Leaders Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6998
Sponsor: Rep. Mahoney, Tim [D-FL-16]
Introduced: 2008-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Emergency medical services and trauma care
First responders and emergency personnel
Iraq
Medical education
Mental health
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Neurological disorders
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 
Veterans Mental Health Training for First Responders and Community Leaders Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a three-year pilot program to provide education and training to emergency response providers and community leaders about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, traumatic brain injury, and other mental health conditions related to deployment in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Universal Roaming Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7000
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2008-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Rural conditions and development
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 
Universal Roaming Act of 2008 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a telecommunications carrier (and the carrier's affiliate) that receives federal universal service support in order to provide services for rural, insular, and high cost areas to offer automatic roaming services without territorial limitation or restriction on just and reasonable terms to a carrier that requests such services and provides technically compatible equipment. Allows a carrier to opt out of that requirement by notifying the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that the carrier will cease to obtain universal service support for the provision of services for such areas. 
 
Prohibits construing this Act as prescribing particular rates for the provision of automatic roaming services. 
 
Gives &quot;automatic roaming&quot; the meaning given it in FCC regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
MOVEMENT Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7002
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2008-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Homeland security
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 
Making Opportunities Via Efficient and More Effective National Transportation Act of 2008 or the MOVEMENT Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a national container fee to be collected on each cargo container imported into, or exported from, a covered U.S. seaport.
 
Establishes the National Goods Movement Improvement Account in which such fees shall be deposited.
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out a National Goods Movement Improvement Grant Program to provide grant funding for eligible projects, including goods movement improvement, homeland security, and environmental projects located at or near a covered U.S. seaport.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Veteran Job Security Act

Bill: 110-hr-7003
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2008-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and health-based discrimination
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health care costs and insurance
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 
Wounded Veteran Job Security Act - Prohibits any employment discrimination or acts of reprisal against any person who has, or who has been treated for, an injury, illness, or disability determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Federal Youth Coordination Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7004
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2008-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Minorities
Presidential appointments
Public-private partnerships
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 
Federal Youth Coordination Act of 2008 - Amends the Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act to establish in the Executive Office of the President the White House Office of National Youth Policy, headed by a Director, to: (1) develop, coordinate, promulgate, oversee the implementation of, and evaluate the National Youth Strategy to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of youth services; (2) review and make recommendations with respect to the budgets for federal youth services to ensure the adequacy of those budgets; (3) coordinate the youth services provided by federal departments and agencies and coordinate federal interagency youth services; (4) consult, coordinate with, facilitate joint efforts among, and support state, local, and tribal governments, nongovernmental entities, and youth, particularly disadvantaged youth, with respect to improving youth services; and (5) make grants and provide training and technical assistance to states to support state Youth Services Coordinating Entities and state Youth Advisory Boards. 
 
Requires the Director to submit to the President and Congress, and make available to the public, a National Youth Strategy that shall set forth a comprehensive plan for that year to improve outcomes for youth in the United States, particularly disadvantaged youth.
 
Requires coordination of federal departments and agencies with the White House Office.
 
Places the existing National Youth Development Council within the White House Office to assist the Director by coordinating: (1) the youth services provided by federal departments and agencies; and (2) federal interagency youth services. Requires the Council also to assist in the development, coordination, implementation, evaluation, and promulgation of the Strategy.
 
Establishes within the White House Office the National Youth Advisory Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
National Commission on American Cybersecurity Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7007
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2008-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 
National Commission on American Cybersecurity Act of 2008 - Establishes the National Commission on American Cybersecurity to analyze the cybersecuirty of American business, national infrastructure, and U.S. Government non-military and non-national security related computer systems and to recommend a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy for those systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Low-Income Rate Payer Disaster Recovery Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7008
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2008-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Depressed areas
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Electric utilities
Electric utility rates
Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 
Low-Income Rate Payer Disaster Recovery Act of 2008 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to make contributions to the owner or operator of a private or investor-owned electric utility company serving low-income households for facilities damaged or destroyed by a major disaster only if the costs of repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing such facilities exceed 10% of the facilities' total transmission and distribution rate base minus: (1) accumulated depreciation on the date of the disaster in the case of a single major disaster; or (2) accumulated depreciation on the date of the first major disaster in the case of an aggregation of major disasters during the preceding 12 months.
 
Sets forth application deadlines.

Prohibits the total amount of contributions made to an owner or operator from exceeding $50 million in any 12-month period. Authorizes the President, for any major disaster occurring after enactment of this Act, to waive the limit upon determining that the event is of an extraordinary nature. Requires the President to approve or disapprove applications within 30 days after receipt.

Allows an owner or operator who determines that the public welfare would not best be served by repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing a facility to elect to receive, in lieu of the cost-based contribution, 75% of the funding that would have been available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Family Work Flexibility Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7009
Sponsor: Rep. Bean, Melissa L. [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2008-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Computers and information technology
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 
Family Work Flexibility Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for the cost of teleworking equipment used by employees to telework and for expenses to maintain such equipment. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to the lesser of $500 for each teleworking employee or $50,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Stability Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7010
Sponsor: Rep. Bean, Melissa L. [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2008-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 

Health Insurance Stability Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for amounts paid to continue health care coverage for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents under the applicable continuation provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). Limits the amount of such credit and disqualifies taxpayers who, in any month, have employer-provided coverage, are covered under Medicare, Medicaid, or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act, or are imprisoned. Denies such credit to individuals who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents or who are dependents of a taxpayer. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for advancing payments of credit amounts to health insurance providers of the taxpayer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Combat-Related Special Compensation Technical Corrections Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7011
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2008-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 
Combat-Related Special Compensation Technical Corrections Act of 2008 - Revises the formula for determining the payment of combat-related special compensation for certain eligible combat-related disabled members of the Armed Forces who are retired for disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House