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Vessel Navigation and Safety Improvement Act

Bill: 110-hr-5428
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2008-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Coast guard
Department of Homeland Security
Electronic data interchange
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Labor and Employment
Law
Navigational aids
Science, Technology, Communications
Ships
Transportation workers

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: 
Vessel Navigation and Safety Improvement Act - Directs the Coast Guard's Commandant to issue regulations requiring: (1) that any pilot serving on a self-propelled, commercial vessel of at least 300 gross tons carry and use a portable electronic device equipped for navigational purposes and capable of being connected to an Automatic Identification System; and (2) related pilot training.
 
Allows the Commandant to exempt a pilot by certifying that such a device is not necessary where the pilot operates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Marine Mammal Cooperative Agreements in Alaska Amendments Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5429
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental research
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Handicraft
Hunting
Indigenous peoples
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine mammals
Marine resources conservation
Minorities
Native Americans
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Wild animal trade
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: 
Marine Mammal Cooperative Agreements in Alaska Amendments Act of 2008 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of the department in which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is operating to enter into cooperative agreements with Alaska Native organizations to conserve and manage (currently, to conserve) any stock of marine mammals. Sets forth allowed contents of agreements and required aspects of harvest management plans.
 
Makes it unlawful for any Alaska Native within the geographic area to which a harvest management plan applies to take, transport, sell, or possess a marine mammal in violation of the provisions of that plan.
 
Modifies the uses of related grants to Alaska Native organizations, including allowing: (1) monitoring marine mammal harvesting for subsistence and handicraft (currently, for subsistence) uses; and (2) participating in marine mammal research conducted by the state of Alaska (currently, by states).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E172)
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain porous hollow fibers.

Bill: 110-hr-5430
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2008-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain porous hollow fibers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain cellular plastic sheets for use in filters.

Bill: 110-hr-5431
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2008-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain cellular plastic sheets for use in filters.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain plastic mesh for use in filters.

Bill: 110-hr-5432
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2008-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain plastic mesh for use in filters.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain plastic fittings.

Bill: 110-hr-5433
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2008-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain plastic fittings.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Americans from Violent Crime Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5434
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2008-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Animals
Department of the Interior
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Law
National parks
Public Lands and Natural Resources
State laws
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: 
Protecting Americans from Violent Crime Act of 2008 - Bars, except as provided under current federal criminal law regarding the possession or the causing to be present of firearms and other dangerous weapons in federal facilities (other than federal court facilities), the promulgation or enforcement of any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing, transporting, or carrying a firearm, including an assembled or functional firearm, in any unit of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing, transporting, or carrying the firearm; and (2) the possession, transportation, or carrying of the firearm is in compliance with the law governing possession, transportation, or carrying of firearms in parks of the state in which the unit is located. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
DTV Border Fix Act

Bill: 110-hr-5435
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2008-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Arizona
Boundaries
Competitive bidding
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Latin America
Law
Licenses
Mexico
New Mexico
Television broadcasting
Television stations
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: 
DTV Border Fix Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow the renewal of a full-power analog television broadcasting license through February 17, 2014, for stations located within 50 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico, provided certain requirements are met, including that the renewal does not prevent the auction of recovered spectrum or encumber or interfere with any channel reserved for public safety use. 
 
Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), if mutually exclusive applications are submitted to use a channel under the amendments made by this Act, to award the authority to use the channel through competitive bidding under existing procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Kadiatou Diallo, Sankerala Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, Mamadou Bobo Diallo, and Mamadou Pathe Diallo.

Bill: 110-hr-5436
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2008-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Provides for the relief of Kadiatou Diallo, Sankerala Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, Mamadou Bobo Diallo, and Mamadou Pathe Diallo.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Tafuna, American Samoa, as the "Fuga Tolani Teleso Satele Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility".

Bill: 110-hr-5438
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: American Samoa
Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional tributes
Health
Names
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Tafuna, American Samoa, as the "Fuga Tolani Teleso Satele Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Civil Service Reform Commission Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5439
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2008-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil service reform
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Dismissal of employees
Education
Employee selection
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Government contractors
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Legislation
Privatization
Productivity in government
Recruiting of employees
Salaries

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: 
Civil Service Reform Commission Act of 2008 - Establishes the Civil Service Reform Commission to study and report to the President and Congress on: (1) the federal compensation system; (2) recruiting individuals for the federal workforce; (3) expediting and improving hiring processes; (4) retaining a high-quality federal workforce and providing continuing professional education to maintain the quality of such workforce; (5) policies and barriers related to the termination of under-performing workers; (6) the role and oversight of federal contractors and issues related to contractor assumption of traditionally federal duties; and (7) proposed legislation to implement recommended improvements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code,to extend the special survivor indemnity allowance to survivors of certain members of the Armed Forces who die on active duty.

Bill: 110-hr-5441
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2008-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Families
Labor and Employment
Military dependents
Military pensions
Survivors' benefits
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: 
Extends the special survivor indemnity allowance to survivors of members of the Armed Forces who die either in the line of duty or while on active duty after: (1) becoming eligible for retired pay; (2) qualifying, but not applying for, retired pay; or (3) completing 20 years of active service but before eligibility for retirement as a commissioned officer because the member has not completed ten years of active commissioned service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
United States-Republic of Korea Defense Cooperation Improvement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5443
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2008-02-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
East Asia
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Military assistance
Military training
President and foreign policy
South Korea

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: 
United States-Republic of Korea Defense Cooperation Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to include the Republic of Korea among those countries given preferential consideration with respect to certain: (1) arms export presidential certification and legislative review requirements; and (2) military training reporting requirements.

action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 

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

 
United States-Republic of Korea Defense Cooperation Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to include the Republic of Korea among those countries given preferential consideration with respect to certain: (1) arms export presidential certification and legislative review requirements; and (2) military training reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8626-8627)
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8626-8627)
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5443.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8626-8628)
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Mr. Higgins moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Job Investment and Economic Stimulus Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5444
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2008-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Department of Labor
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Summer employment
Supplemental appropriations
Youth employment

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: 
Job Investment and Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2008 to the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor for summer youth employment activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase Medicare payments for physicians' services through December 31, 2009.

Bill: 110-hr-5445
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2008-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: 
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, with respect to Medicare payments for physicians' services through 2009.
 
Revises the update to the single conversion factor in the formula for determination of such payments to make it: (1) 1% for the period between July 1, 2008, and December 31, 2008; and (2) 1.8% for all of 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-02-14
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: 2008-02-14
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: 2008-02-14
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: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Global Autism Assistance Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5446
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2008-02-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Autism
Child health
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Health
Higher education
Medical education
Nongovernmental organizations
Teacher education
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: 
Global Autism Assistance Act of 2008 - Directs the Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish and administer a health and education grant program (Global Autism Assistance Program) to: (1) support activities by nongovernmental organizations and other service providers, including advocacy groups, focused on autism in developing countries; and (2) establish a &quot;teach the teachers&quot; program to train health and education professionals working with autistic children in developing countries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act

Bill: 110-hr-5447
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2008-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Commemorations
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee training
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Interstate relations
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Public service advertising
Social science research
Social work
Special months
State laws
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: 
Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress on policy issues associated with the recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work.
 
Directs the Commission to study and report to Congress on issues facing the social work profession, including: (1) fair market compensation, high social work educational debt, social work workforce trends, knowledge development, and social work safety; and (2) state-level social work licensure and reciprocity agreements for providing services across state lines.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award various grants to eligible entities to support demonstration programs and other activities related to research, workplace improvements, education, training, and programs of excellence.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract with a national social work research entity to serve as a coordinating center and clearinghouse for information on activities under the demonstration program; and (2) develop and issue public service announcements that advertise and promote the social work profession.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should designate a National Social Work Awareness month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Introduced in House