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Pathways Advancing Career Training Act

Bill: 110-hr-5774
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2008-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Career education
College costs
Displaced homemakers
Education
Educational counseling
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Families
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Nonprofit organizations
Single-parent families
Social Welfare
Technical education
Vocational and technical education
Vocational guidance
Women
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: 
Pathways Advancing Career Training Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make formula matching grants to states with approved plans for programs that provide preparatory and supportive services, information on career and technical education, training, pre-apprenticeship assistance, and related services, including tuition assistance, to: (1) single parents and displaced homemakers; and (2) individuals pursuing nontraditional training and employment in fields where individuals from one gender compose less than 25% of workers. 
 
Requires the Secretary, through the award of competitive grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with an independent institution of higher education, public or private nonprofit organization, or state agency, to conduct at least one multi-site evaluation of such programs.
 
Requires eligible state agencies to administer such programs, make competitive subgrants to eligible entities, and identify certain core indicators of performance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Enforcement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5775
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2008-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Industrial relations
Injunctions
Labor unions
Law
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: 
Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Enforcement Act of 2008 - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Landrum-Griffin Act) to make a labor organization liable to any of its members for a civil money penalty of up to $250 for each day that it fails to provide such member information regarding the organization's constitution, bylaws, organization report, and annual financial report, including any books, records, and accounts necessary to verify such reports.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to bring an action in U.S. district court for injunctive relief and enforcement of administrative penalties against any person who has violated or is about to violate any reporting requirements of such Act, including those applying to a labor organization which has or assumes trusteeship over any subordinate labor organization. Requires a district court, upon a complaint by the Secretary that demonstrates failure to file timely and complete reports, to enjoin continued violation of the related reporting requirements.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, upon finding a violation of specified reporting and disclosure requirements, to impose an administrative money penalty of up to $250 a day, or $10,000 in aggregate, adjusted for inflation, against the person, labor organization, or employer responsible for such violation.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Homeowner Empowerment Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5776
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2008-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Mortgages
Pension funds
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: 
Homeowner Empowerment Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income distributions from individual retirement plans and other qualified retirement plans for payments on the mortgage of a taxpayer's principal residence; (2) require repayments of amounts distributed from such retirement plans over a 12-year period; and (3) waive the 10% penalty on premature distributions from retirement plans for distributions used to pay a mortgage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Forever Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5779
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2008-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cabinet officers
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government securities
Identification devices
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Social security finance
Social security taxes
Tax rates
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: 
Social Security Forever Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on employers, employees, and self-employed individuals an additional employment tax for wages in excess of the social security contribution and benefit base. 

Requires all Treasury securities to bear a facsimile of the signatures of the President and the Secretary of the Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5780
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2008-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicare
Pharmacists
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: 
Medicare Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of clinical pharmacist practitioner services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-04-10
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: 2008-04-10
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: 2008-04-10
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: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Secure Access to Firearms Enhancement (SAFE) Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5782
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2008-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate relations
Law
Licenses
Local laws
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: 
Secure Access to Firearms Enhancement (SAFE) Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to provide for reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms in different states by persons who are not prohibited by federal law from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm and who are: (1) carrying a valid state license or permit for carrying a concealed firearm; or (2) otherwise entitled to carry a concealed firearm in their state of residence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5783
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2008-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Checkoff
Income tax
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: 
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a payment of $1 or more to the general fund of the Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5784
Sponsor: Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]
Introduced: 2008-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coinsurance
Commerce
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: 
 Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs paid for the benefit of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents; (2) require business taxpayers who receive payments for certain employee health insurance coverage to file informational returns; and (3) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make advance payments of health insurance tax credit amounts to health insurance providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Homefront Heroes Helping Frontline Families Tax Relief Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5785
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9]
Introduced: 2008-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Families
Family services
Income tax
Military dependents
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: 
Homefront Heroes Helping Frontline Families Tax Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit of up to $500 for volunteer services provided to military families through the America Supports You program of the Department of Defense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Homefront Heroes Tax Relief Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5786
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9]
Introduced: 2008-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Charitable contributions
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Postal service
Social Welfare
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: 
Homefront Heroes Tax Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize a deduction from gross income of up to $500 for amounts paid to provide care packages for members of the Armed Forces serving in a combat zone. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5788
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2008-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Commerce
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: 
Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008 - Amends federal transportation law to: (1) prohibit any individual (except flight crew members or flight attendants) from engaging in voice communications using a mobile communications device on a passenger aircraft during a flight; and (2) direct the Secretary of Transportation to require all domestic and foreign air carriers to adopt this prohibition.
 
Requires the Secretary to waive this prohibition for air carriers of foreign countries that have negotiated an alternative prohibition on voice communications using such devices during a flight.

action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008 - Prohibits any individual (except flight crew members, flight attendants, or federal law enforcement officers) from engaging in voice communications using a mobile communications device on a passenger aircraft during a flight.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require all domestic and foreign air carriers to adopt this prohibition.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to waive this prohibition for air carriers of foreign countries that have negotiated an alternative prohibition on voice communications using such devices during a flight.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-900.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-900.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Subcommittee on Aviation Discharged.
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Science and Technology Innovation Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5789
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2008-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Data banks
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Manufacturing industries
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Subsidies
Technological innovations
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: 
 Science and Technology Innovation Act of 2008 - Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) extend through FY2010 the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs; (2) increase SBIR and STTR set-asides and award levels; (3) prohibit a small business from being excluded from SBIR or STTR program participation due to being owned by more than one equity provider, as long as no single equity provider owns more than 49% of such business; (4) require agency database updates in order to support SBIR and STTR program evaluation and technology utilization; (5) establish an Interagency SBIR/STTR Policy Committee; (6) allow federal agencies to use up to 3% of their SBIR funds for the payment of administrative costs; (7) allow SBIR technical assistance to include the implementation of manufacturing processes and production strategies for utilization; (8) allow federal agencies participating in the SBIR program to enter into agreements with the technical extension or assistance programs of other federal agencies in order to provide small business technical assistance; and (9) increase expenditure limits for the provision of such technical assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2008-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2008-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2008-04-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Universal Homeowner Tax Cut Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5790
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2008-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Local taxation
Property tax
State taxation
Tax deductions
Tax evasion
Tax penalties
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: 
Universal Homeowner Tax Cut Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individual taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize a deduction from gross income for up to $1,000 of their state and local real property taxes; (2) require the inclusion in gross income of deferred compensation paid by certain foreign corporations; (3) set forth rules for the application of the economic substance doctrine for evaluating transactions affecting federal income tax liability; and (4) assess new penalties for underpayments of tax attributable to transactions lacking economic substance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Introduced in House
National Guard and Reserve Readiness Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5791
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2008-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Health
Military medicine
Military operations
National Guard

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: 
National Guard and Reserve Readiness Act of 2008 - Revises the effective date for being considered on active duty, for purposes of entitlement to active-duty medical and dental care, for members of the reserves receiving an alert order anticipating a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Insurance Coverage Options for Consumers Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5792
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2008-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bermuda
Business records
Caribbean area
Commerce
Corporate governance
Corporation directors
Europe
Federal preemption
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Injunctions
Insurance companies
Law
Liability insurance
Property insurance
Standards
State laws
Trusts and trustees
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: 
Increasing Insurance Coverage Options for Consumers Act of 2008 - Amends the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 to cover risk retention groups offering commercial property insurance. Applies the exemption of purchasing groups from state law to commercial property insurance.
 
Terminates the inclusion in risk retention groups under the Act of any such group chartered, licensed, or authorized under the laws of Bermuda or the Cayman Islands.
 
Prescribes general corporate governance standards for such groups, together with license or charter criteria regarding state examination authority and minimum requirements for safety and soundness. 
 
Prohibits a risk retention group from participating in an insurance insolvency guaranty association that includes participants other than risk retention groups.
 
Revises procedures for: (1) submitting financial documents to state insurance commissioners; and (2) mandatory disclosures.

Imposes a fiduciary duty upon the board of directors of a risk retention group to operate in the best interests of the group.

Prohibits a state from issuing a cease-and-desist order to any risk retention group or purchasing group that is not chartered or licensed in such state, or otherwise attempt to regulate such group, except as specifically permitted under this Act.

Redesignates the Liability Risk Retention Act as the Risk Retention Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5793
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2008-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Excise tax
Government Operations and Politics
Local taxation
Science, Technology, Communications
State taxation
Tax rates
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: 
Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008 - Prohibits states or local governments from imposing any new discriminatory tax on mobile services, mobile service providers, or mobile service property for five years after the enactment of this Act. Defines &quot;new discriminatory tax&quot; as a tax imposed on mobile services, providers, or property that is not generally imposed on other types of services or property, or that is generally imposed at a lower rate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Introduced in House