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General Services Administration Portfolio Enhancement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6548
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
District of Columbia
History
Land transfers
Museums
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: 
General Services Administration Portfolio Enhancement Act of 2008 - Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to convey to the National Women's History Museum, Inc. (the Museum) the northern part of specified property in the District of Columbia, which the Administrator and the Museum deem appropriate for a museum facility. 

Grants the Administrator the authority to convey the southern part of such property to the Museum. 

Requires the Administrator to enter into an agreement with the Museum for the conveyance. 

Permits separate conveyance of the northern and southern parts. 

Requires the northern part to be dedicated for use as a site for a national women's history museum for a 99-year period and allows the southern part to be used for any purposes permitted by applicable laws and regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1493)
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay.

Bill: 110-hr-6549
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2008-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal employees
Fire fighters
Hours of labor
Labor and Employment
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: 
Requires disregard of any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement for purposes of any determination relating to federal eligibility for or the amount of any overtime pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1506)
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to make modifications to the Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program.

Bill: 110-hr-6550
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2008-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Chesapeake Bay
Congressional oversight
Delaware
District of Columbia
Ecology
Maryland
New York State
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Water quality
Water resources funding
Watersheds
West Virginia
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to eliminate the pilot program status of the Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program. Permits the nonfederal share of project costs of a local cooperation agreement to include in-kind services. Treats funds provided for a project by a federal agency other than the Corps of Engineers as nonfederal funds for purposes of cost sharing requirements.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out projects under the program in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, with the goal of carrying out projects in Delaware, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia (currently the Secretary is required to establish at least one project in each of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania).
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a program, to be administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to provide small watershed grants for technical and financial assistance to local governments and nonprofit organizations in the Chesapeake Bay region. Permits the use of grant funds only for implementation of cooperative tributary basin and other Chesapeake Bay-wide strategies that address storm water management or the establishment, restoration, protection, or enhancement of natural habitat associated with the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.
 
Increases the authorization of appropriations for the Cheasapeake Bay program.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop at federal expense and submit to Congress a comprehensive plan to prioritize projects within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1506)
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Primary Care Dental Academic Workforce Development Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6551
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2008-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Dental care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Medical education
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: 
Primary Care Dental Academic Workforce Development Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, programs of general dentistry or pediatric dentistry to plan, develop, and operate a loan repayment program to pay student loans in exchange for service as full-time faculty members. Requires the Secretary to: (1) encourage participating programs to use support to broadly recruit diverse faculty; and (2) establish appropriate financial penalties for individuals not completing their service obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System lands subject to ski area permits.

Bill: 110-hr-6553
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2008-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: 
Amends the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to require the term and acreage of ski area permits for the operation of ski areas and associated facilities (under current law, for the operation of nordic and alpine ski areas and facilities) on National Forest System lands to be governed by provisions under the Act relating to such permits and other applicable law. 

Provides for the issuance of ski area permits for the use and occupancy of suitable lands within the National Forest System for skiing and other snow-sports and such other seasonal or year-round recreational activities associated with mountain resorts as the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize pursuant to this Act.

Allows the Secretary to authorize the holder of a ski area permit issued pursuant to the Act to also provide on lands subject to such permit such other seasonal or year-round outdoor and natural-resource based developed recreation activities and associated facilities, in addition to skiing and other snow-sports, as determined appropriate.

Prohibits any activity or facility from being authorized under this Act if its authorization would result in the primary recreational purpose of lands subject to a ski area permit not being skiing or other snow-sports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1502-1503)
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the personal exemption deduction for a stillborn child.

Bill: 110-hr-6554
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Marriage and family status
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a parent to claim a personal tax exemption for a stillborn child for whom a state fetal death certificate is issued. Disallows an exemption for a child who is stillborn by reason of an abortion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Wahab Munir and Hunain Munir.

Bill: 110-hr-6555
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2008-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Provides for the relief of Wahab Munir and Hunain Munir.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the circumstances during which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and applicable States may require permits for discharges from certain vessels, and to require the Administrator to conduct a study of discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels.

Bill: 110-hr-6556
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2008-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
Marine pollution
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-21
text: 
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or a state with an approved National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, from requiring an NPDES permit for a covered vessel for the next two years for any discharge: (1) of effluent from properly functioning marine engines; (2) of laundry, shower, and galley sink wastes; or (3) that is incidental to the normal operation of a covered vessel. Defines &quot;covered vessel&quot; to mean a vessel that is less than 79 feet in length or a fishing vessel.

Requires the Administrator to evaluate the impacts of such discharges, excluding discharges: (1) from a vessel of the Armed Forces; (2) of sewage from a vessel, other than the discharge of graywater from a vessel operating on the Great Lakes; and (3) of ballast water. 

Provides that such prohibition does not apply with respect to: (1) rubbish, trash, garbage, or other such materials discharged overboard; (2) other discharges when the vessel is operating in a capacity other than as a means of transportation; (3) ballast water discharges; or (4) any discharge that contributes to a violation of a water quality standard or poses an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: For Further Action See P.L. 110-229 (S. 3298).
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2008-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Critical Access Act

Bill: 110-hr-6557
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2008-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-21
text: 
Veterans Critical Access Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the Medicare rural hospital flexibility program, to exempt from the critical access hospital inpatient bed limitation any beds provided for veterans whom the Department of Veterans Affairs referred for care in the hospital or for whom it is coordinating such care with other care being provided by the Department. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1750 Lundy Avenue in San Jose, California, as the "Gordon N. Chan Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-6558
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2008-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
County politics and government
Government Operations and Politics
Local officials
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-21
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1750 Lundy Avenue in San Jose, California, as the "Gordon N. Chan Post Office Building."
action_date: 2008-10-21
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1750 Lundy Avenue in San Jose, California, as the "Gordon N. Chan Post Office Building." 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-21
text: Became Public Law No: 110-442.
action_date: 2008-10-21
text: Became Public Law No: 110-442.
action_date: 2008-10-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2008-10-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2008-10-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2008-10-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10422)
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10422)
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H10209)
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H10209)
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10209)
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Mr. Clay asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2008-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-21
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 110-442
OFS Act

Bill: 110-hr-6559
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2008-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Automobile industry
Automobiles
Biomass energy
Commerce
Consumer education
Diesel motor
Energy
Fuel
Labeling

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: 
Open Fuel Standard Act of 2008 or the OFS Act - Amends federal transportation law to require each light-duty automobile manufacturer's annual inventory to comprise at least: (1) 50% fuel choice-enabling automobiles in years 2012-2014; and (2) 80% fuel choice-enabling automobiles in 2015, and in each subsequent year.
 
Defines &quot;fuel choice-enabling automobile&quot; as: (1) a flexible fuel automobile capable of operating on gasoline, E85, and M85; or (2) an automobile capable of operating on biodiesel fuel.
 
Authorizes a manufacturer to request an exemption from such requirement from the Secretary of Transportation.
 
Requires: (1) each manufacturer that receives an exemption to place a label on each exempted automobile; and (2) each exempted light-duty automobile delivered to a dealer and first purchaser to be accompanied with a written notification of such exemption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Gasoline Assistance Act

Bill: 110-hr-6561
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2008-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: 
Emergency Gasoline Assistance Act - Increases funding for the social services block grant under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act for FY2008 and 2009.
 
Requires the state to use such increased funding to provide a gasoline subsidy to assist individuals who are members of families with incomes that do not exceed 300% of the federal poverty line.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Agent Orange Equity Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6562
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2008-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Disability and paralysis
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: 
Agent Orange Equity Act of 2008 - Includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam, for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam, such Republic's inland waterways, waters offshore, and airspace above.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Financial Disclosure Integrity Act

Bill: 110-hr-6563
Sponsor: Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2008-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial disclosure
Government ethics
Government paperwork
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Mortgage interest rates
Mortgages

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: 
Financial Disclosure Integrity Act - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the annual financial disclosure reports of certain federal officers and employees to include mortgages secured by real properties which are the personal residences of the reporting individuals or their spouses. Requires the reporting of any liability consisting of such a mortgage to include applicable interest rate payments during the preceding calendar year and the number of years (or portions) remaining on the mortgage.
 
Requires in the financial report a brief description, the date, and category of value of any purchase, sale, or exchange of such a property during a preceding calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rate of the excise tax on certain arrows designed for use by children.

Bill: 110-hr-6564
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2008-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Outdoor recreation
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on bows and arrows certain shafts measuring 5/16 of an inch or less in diameter that are all fiberglass and hollow, or all natural wood, with no laminations or artificial means of enhancing the spine of such shaft, and of a type used in the manufacture of any arrow which after its assembly is not suitable for use with a bow that would otherwise be subject to such tax (e.g., having a peak draw weight of 30 pounds or more). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House