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Expressing disapproval of the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq on the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities During Their Temporary Presence in Iraq, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hres-1535
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2008-12-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Defense spending
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International law and treaties
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: 
Disapproves the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq on the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities During Their Temporary Presence in Iraq, signed on November 17, 2008, and does not regard that Agreement as binding on the United States or obligating the Congress to appropriate the funds necessary to implement the Agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Minimum wages
Northern Mariana Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to: (1) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after enactment of this Act; (2) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and (3) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day.
 
Applies federal minimum wage requirements to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sets forth a transition period during which a specified minimum wage in the Commonwealth shall be gradually increased to equal the federal minimum wage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-08
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9-11)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-3
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congress
Drugs
Legislation
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to amend part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for fair prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-18
text: Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed was not invoked [Record Vote Number 132] entered in Senate.
action_date: 2007-04-18
text: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 42. Record Vote Number: 132. (consideration: CR S4634; text: CR S4634)
action_date: 2007-04-18
text: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S4634-4636)
action_date: 2007-04-16
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4461)
action_date: 2007-04-16
text: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S4461; text: CR S4461)
action_date: 2007-04-16
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4461)
action_date: 2007-04-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 118.
action_date: 2007-04-13
text: Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Baucus under authority of the order of the Senate of 04/12/2007 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2007-04-13
text: Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Baucus under authority of the order of the Senate of 04/12/2007 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2007-04-12
text: Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S48)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9-11)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in Senate
National Energy and Environmental Security Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-6
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air pollution control
Alternative energy sources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commerce
Congress
Consumer protection
Energy industries
Energy prices
Energy security
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Legislation
Petroleum industry
Profit
Restrictive trade practices
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax preferences
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
National Energy and Environmental Security Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to enhance the security of the United States by reducing its dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming by: (1) requiring reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases; (2) diversifying and expanding the use of secure, efficient, and environmentally-friendly energy supplies and technologies; (3) reducing the burdens on consumers of rising energy prices; (4) eliminating tax giveaways to large energy companies; and (5) preventing energy price gouging, profiteering, and market manipulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S49)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9-11)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in Senate
College Opportunity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-7
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Legislation
Scholarships
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
College Opportunity Act of 2007 - Declares the sense of Congress that the Congress should enact, and the President sign, measures that make college more affordable by increasing Pell Grants and providing more favorable student loans and other benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S49)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9-11)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Rebuilding America's Military Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-8
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Congress
Congress and military policy
Deterrence
Education
Health
Higher education
Legislation
Military and naval supplies
Military medicine
Military personnel
Military readiness
National Guard
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Rebuilding America's Military Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should enact legislation to: (1) restore and enhance the capabilities of the Armed Forces for deterrence, combat, and post-conflict operations; (2) enhance the readiness of the Armed Forces, including the reset of military equipment; and (3) support the men and women of the Armed Forces, including members of the National Guard and Reserves.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S49)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9-11)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-9
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alien labor
Border patrols
Congress
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Senate and the House of Representatives should pass, and the President should sign, legislation to recognize the heritage of the United States as a nation of immigrants and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for more effective border and employment enforcement, to prevent illegal immigration, and to reform and rationalize avenues for legal immigration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S49)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9-11)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Fiscal Discipline Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-10
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits
Budget reconciliation
Budget resolutions
Budget surpluses
Congress
Congressional budget
Congressional voting
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal budget process
Legislation
Legislative amendments
Legislative resolutions
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Restoring Fiscal Discipline Act of 2007 - Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider any direct spending or revenue legislation that would increase or cause an on-budget deficit during certain specified time periods.
 
Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider, under the expedited procedures applicable to reconciliation in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA), any bill, resolution, amendment, amendment between chambers, motion, or conference report that increases the deficit or reduces the surplus in the first fiscal year or the ensuing five or 10 fiscal years covered by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.
 
Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider, pursuant to CBA, any resolution, concurrent resolution, amendment, amendment between the chambers, motion, or conference report that contains reconciliation directives that would increase the deficit or reduce the surplus in such fiscal years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S49-50)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9-11)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-11
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Aircraft pilots
Aviation insurance
Aviation safety
Finance and Financial Sector
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare
Torts
Transportation and Public Works
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 to exempt from liability a nonprofit volunteer pilot organization (or its referring agency) that flies for public benefit, its staff members, and its volunteers for harm caused by a volunteer while flying, in furtherance of the organization's purpose, an aircraft for which the volunteer was properly licensed and insured.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16007-16008)
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to temporarily extend increases in certain home loan limits.

Bill: 110-s-13
Sponsor: Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL]
Introduced: 2008-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Mortgages
Secondary mortgage market

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: 
Amends the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 to extend through December 31, 2009: (1) the increased ceiling amount for mortgages purchased by either the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac); and (2) the temporary loan limit increase for Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured mortgages in specified high-cost areas for which a borrower received credit approval. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Invest in America Act

Bill: 110-s-14
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2007-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Computer software
Congress
Corporation taxes
Depreciation and amortization
Dividends
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Legislation
Minimum tax
Research and development tax credit
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Sunset legislation
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax rates
Tax simplification
Teachers
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-17
text: 
Invest in America Act - Repeals the general termination date (i.e., December 31, 2010) of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (thus making provisions of that Act that reduce income tax rates and repeal the estate and gift tax permanent).

Repeals the termination date in the Jobs Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 applicable to the reduction in taxes on dividends and capital gains. 

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) the tax credit for increasing research activities; (2) the increased expensing allowance for small business assets; and (3) the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers. Repeals the alternative minimum tax on individuals after 2006.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Committee on Finance should report legislation before December 31, 2007, to simplify the federal income tax system, without raising tax rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-04-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4602-4604)
action_date: 2007-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for certain land to be held in trust for the Burns Paiute Tribe.

Bill: 110-s-16
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2008-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Gambling
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Oregon
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the benefit of the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon specified real property located in Malheur County, Oregon, if, at the time of conveyance or transfer to the Secretary, no adverse legal claim (including an outstanding lien, mortgage, or tax) exists with respect to the property.

Requires such land to be considered to be: (1) part of the Burns Paiute Reservation; (2) Indian lands as defined in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; and (3) eligible for class I, class II, and class III gaming in accordance with that Act


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10743-10744)
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Notch Fairness Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-17
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2008-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: 
Notch Fairness Act of 2008 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to the benefit computation formula for individuals affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who became eligible (at age 62) for (early retirement) old-age insurance benefits after 1978 and before 1989 (and reached age 65 for full-retirement benefits after 1981 and before 1992).
 
Sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 55% to 5% keyed to the year an individual became eligible for (early retirement) benefits between 1978 and 1989.
 
Provides for an election to receive such payments in a lump sum.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Troubled Asset Relief Program Inspector General Improvement Act

Bill: 110-s-18
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2008-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Auditing
Bank failures
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economic stabilization
Economics and Public Finance
Financial crises
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Inspectors general

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: 
Troubled Asset Relief Program Inspector General Improvement Act - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 with respect to the Special Inspector General (SIG) for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
 
Makes the first $50 million available to the SIG within three days after his or her nomination is first confirmed by the Senate.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) take action to address deficiencies identified by the SIG or another auditor engaged by the TARP; or (2) certify to appropriate congressional committees that no action is necessary or appropriate.
 
Revises the duties of the SIG to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations to: (1) eliminate the limitation of the object of investigations to the purchase, management, and sale of troubled assets by the Secretary and the Secretary's management of the program to guarantee such assets; and (2) extend the objects of investigation to any activities of the Secretary in the expenditure or obligation of funds under such Act.
 
Requires the SIG to report to specified congressional committees by July 1, 2009, on the use of any funds received by an financial institution under TARP.
 
Authorizes the SIG to exercise specified federal civil service employment authorities. Prohibits the SIG from making any appointment after one year following the date of the first confirmation of his or her nomination as SIG.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10744-10745)
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10744)
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-19
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2008-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Checkoff
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Social Welfare
Tax returns
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund and to allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns $3.00 of income taxes ($6.00 in the case of joint returns) to be paid over to such Fund to provide assistance to homeless veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Patients and Health Care Act

Bill: 110-s-20
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2008-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Health facilities
Law
Medical personnel
Religion
Religious liberty

Summary:
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: 
Protecting Patients and Health Care Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing, enforcing, implementing, or taking other action in furtherance of specified proposed regulations regarding conscience clause protections for health care workers and facilities (under the authority of provisions commonly referred to as the Church Amendments and the Weldon Amendment).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10745)
action_date: 2008-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate