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Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6705
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Caribbean area
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cuba
Deportation
Detention of persons
District courts
Habeas corpus
Immigration
Jurisdiction
Latin America
Military bases
Military law
Prisoners' rights
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction of, and make it the exclusive venue for consideration of, all habeas corpus applications by or on behalf of any enemy combatant held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is neither a U.S. citizen nor a lawful permanent resident (covered individual) that are pending on or filed on or after the enactment of this Act. Prescribes related procedures, including restrictions on oral testimony.
 
Stays any such application until all Military Commission proceedings regarding the covered individual have been resolved.
 
Requires release of a covered individual, for whom the District Court grants a writ of habeas corpus and orders release, into the custody of the Secretary of Homeland Security for transfer to the individual's country of citizenship or another country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Administrative Law Judges Retirement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6706
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Administrative Law Judges Retirement Act of 2008 - Sets forth separate provisions governing Government and employee contributions, annuity eligibility requirements (ten years of service and age 60), early retirement, and annuity computation (2.5% and 1.7%, respectively, of average pay for each year of service) for administrative law judges under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees' Retirement System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no loan may be made from a qualified employer plan using revolving credit arrangements and to limit the number of loans that may be made from a qualified employer plan to a participant or beneficiary.

Bill: 110-hr-6708
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Credit cards
Finance and Financial Sector
Labor and Employment
Loans
Pension funds
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) prohibit tax-exempt employer pension or benefit plans from making a loan to any plan beneficiary through a revolving credit arrangement; and (2) limit to three the number of loans a plan can make to a plan participant or beneficiary without tax consequences.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Oil for Iraq Liberation Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6710
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Oil for Iraq Liberation Act of 2008 - Prohibits: (1) the entry into or the performance by a U.S. person or an entity owned or controlled by such person of a contract that includes overall management responsibility for petroleum development in Iraq, a contract for financing petroleum development in Iraq, or the guaranty of another person's performance under either such contract; (2) any investment by such person in Iraq's petroleum resources; and (3) any transaction by such person that evades or violates such prohibitions. 
 
Sets forth penalties for violation of such prohibitions.
 
Defines specified terms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7634)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Community Health Enhancement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6711
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Home and outpatient care
Humanities programs funding
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Veterans Community Health Enhancement Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer funds appropriated for FY2009 for the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the enhancement of services for veterans at community-based outpatient clinics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
America's Commitment to Veterans Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6712
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Family planning and birth control
Health programs administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Legal Services Corporation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
America's Commitment to Veterans Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer funds appropriated for FY2009 for the Legal Services Corporation and for family planning programs under the Public Health Service Act to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for veterans' medical services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
E-fencing Enforcement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6713
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against property
Criminal justice information and records
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
E-fencing Enforcement Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a duty on any online market provider to disclose the contact information (i.e., name, telephone number, and address for service of legal process) of any high volume seller who has listed goods or items for sale on such provider's online marketplace that match the description of stolen goods listed in a signed report from a criminal law enforcement agency. Defines &quot;high volume seller&quot; as any person who, through an online marketplace, sells or offers for sale in a single offering goods or items worth more than $5,000, or more than $12,000 in one or more offerings during the preceding 365 days. 

Requires an online market provider to: (1) retain contact information on high volume sellers for three years; and (2) deny high volume sellers access to the marketplace if such provider has good reason to believe that such sellers acquired their goods unlawfully. Allows high volume sellers to bring a civil action to challenge the denial of access to an online marketplace.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6714
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws Act of 2008 - Establishes the National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws.
 
Requires the Commission to: (1) review the findings and recommendations of the previous National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws; and (2) study and evaluate state workers' compensation laws to determine their adequacy and whether additional remedies should be available to ensure the payment of benefits and medical care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Fast Track Shale Act

Bill: 110-hr-6715
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of the Interior
Energy
Energy development
Energy research
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Oil and gas leases
Oil shales
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Fast Track Shale Act - Repeals the prohibition under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 on the use of funds to: (1) prepare or publish final regulations regarding a commercial leasing program for oil shale (and tar sands) resources on public lands; or (2) conduct an oil shale lease sale pursuant to such Act. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue all regulations necessary to implement the Oil Share, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005 with respect to oil shale.
 
Directs the Secretary, immediately after issuing such regulations, to offer for leasing: (1) additional 160-acre tracts of lands the Secretary considers necessary for research and development of oil shale resources; and (2) public lands, for commercial exploration, development, and production of oil shale resources, in states for which the Secretary finds sufficient support and interest. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Promoting New American Energy Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6716
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Depreciation and amortization
Electric power distribution
Electric power production
Electric power transmission
Electric utilities
Energy facilities
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Income tax
Natural gas
Nuclear power plants
Pollution control
Solar energy
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Promoting New American Energy Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify as three-year property for depreciation purposes: (1) any industrial steam and electric generation and/or distribution system, electric utility nuclear or steam production plant, electric utility transmission and distribution plant, or electric utility combustion turbine production plant fueled by natural gas that is described in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Revenue Procedure 87-56; (2) certain pollution control equipment; and (3) certain solar energy property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Technology Improvement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6718
Sponsor: Rep. Bean, Melissa L. [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Computers
Depreciation and amortization
Income tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Small Business Technology Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow accelerated depreciation of computer or peripheral equipment placed in service by a small business with annual gross receipts not in excess of $7 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Access to Savings Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6719
Sponsor: Rep. Bean, Melissa L. [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Small Business Access to Savings Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax-free hardship distribution from a 401k pension plan to prevent the insolvency of a trade or business of the plan participant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Natural Gas Strategy Act

Bill: 110-hr-6720
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Natural Gas Strategy - Establishes the Commission on Comprehensive Strategies for the Placement of Natural Gas Infrastructure to conduct a comprehensive review of U.S. natural gas policy to identify problems and make recommendations that will ensure that specified goals of such policy are met. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6721
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Estate tax
Farm lands
Gift tax
Land transfers
Liens
Natural areas
Nature conservation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Farmland Preservation and Land Conservation Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an estate and gift tax exclusion for real property located in the United States which at the time of a decedent's death was being used as a farm for farming purposes or exclusively for conservation purposes. Imposes: (1) an additional estate or gift tax with respect to such property if an heir or donee disposes of or uses such property for other than farming or conservation purposes; and (2) a federal tax lien on such property until liability for estate or gift tax with respect to such property has been satisfied or has become unenforceable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the application of tax exempt bond financing relating to newly included counties in the Gulf Opportunity Zone to property, neither the acquisition of which occurred, nor the construction, reconstruction, or renovations began, prior to the enactment of the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008.

Bill: 110-hr-6722
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief and insurance
Securities
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the application of tax-exempt bond financing for properties located in the Gulf Opportunity Zone (GO Zone) counties of Colbert and Dallas, Alabama, for which neither the acquisition occurred, nor the construction, reconstruction, or renovation was begun, before the enactment of the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 (i.e., July 30, 2008). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Guaranteed Benefits for Our Troops Act

Bill: 110-hr-6723
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military discharges
Military leave
Military pay

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Guaranteed Benefits for Our Troops Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide uncharged leave or a monetary benefit to any member or former member of the Armed Forces who, on any day beginning on January 19, 2007, and ending on the date of implementation of the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program, would have qualified for a day of administrative absence under such program had it been in effect. Makes such benefit: (1) an amount not to exceed $200 for each day, in the case of a former member; and (2) either one day of administrative absence or an amount not to exceed $200, in the case of a current member. Excludes from such benefit any members discharged or released under other than honorable conditions. Sets at 40 the maximum number of days for which such benefit may be provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Drill Offshore to Pay Less Act

Bill: 110-hr-6724
Sponsor: Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Appropriations
Atlantic Ocean
Energy revenues and royalties
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Drill Offshore to Pay Less Act - Declares without force or effect for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) more than 50 miles off the Virginia coast all federal prohibitions against the expenditure of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities.
 
Revokes all withdrawls from leasing of federal OCS submerged lands more than 50 miles off the Virginia coast.
 

 
Prohibits the availability of any area of the OCS off the Virginia coast for leasing for exploration for, or the development or production of, oil or natural gas unless the Governor of Virginia, with the concurrence of the Virginia legislature, has requested the Secretary of the Interior to make such area available.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to take necessary action to ensure that oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities under federal leases of areas off the Virginia coast will result in no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, their habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment.
 
Provides for allocation of oil and gas lease revenues under this Act.
 
Prohibits any person from engaging in any exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas off the Virginia coast that would conflict with any military operation, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House