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To designate a portion of the Rappahannock River in the State of Virginia as the "John W. Warner Rapids".

Bill: 110-hr-7031
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2008-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Dams
Members of Congress
Names
Rivers
Senate
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: 
Designates a portion of the Rappahannock River comprised of the manmade rapids located at the site of the former Embry Dam in Fredericksburg, Virginia, as the John W. Warner Rapids.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Introduced in House
To improve interagency coordination and cooperation in the processing of Federal permits for production of domestic oil and gas resources.

Bill: 110-hr-7032
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of the Interior
District of Columbia
Energy revenues and royalties
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal district courts
General public lands matters
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Establishes the Office of the Federal Oil and Gas Permit Coordinator, headed by a Federal Permit Coordinator, to: (1) coordinate permitting activities by federal and state agencies regarding any oil and gas project under a federal lease either onshore or on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), including oil shale projects; and (2) ensure the compliance of participating federal and state agencies. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish regional offices to coordinate review of federal permits for oil and gas projects on federal lands onshore and on the OCS.
 

 
Sets forth a schedule for federal agency review of oil and gas applications for: (1) Class I permits, that require preparation of an environmental impact statement to inform the permitting decision; (2) Class II permits, for activities that would not significantly affect the quality of the human environment; and (3) Class III permits, for activities that qualify for a statutory or regulatory categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
 
Prescribes dispute resolution procedures governing oil and gas permit reviews. Empowers the Regional Permit Coordinator to resolve all administrative issues affecting such reviews.
 

 

 

 
Directs the Regional Permit Coordinators to facilitate and coordinate concurrent state reviews of permits for oil and gas projects in the state or on an adjacent portion of the OCS.
 
Grants the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive original jurisdiction over any civil action for the review of a permit decision.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7033
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act of 2008 - Requires the Attorney General to: (1) adopt procedures to ensure the accuracy and completeness of federal criminal background records exchanged for employment purposes; and (2) report annually to Congress on all employment restrictions and disqualifications based on criminal records required by federal law and policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Citizen's Accessibility Election Act

Bill: 110-hr-7034
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Citizen's Accessibility Election Act - Amends the Revised Statutes with respect to the time of a federal election to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every even numbered year, as the days for the election.
 

 
Establishes the polling place hours in the continental United States for federal elections as the six-hour period beginning with noon Eastern time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Improving Dependent Care Tax Assistance Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7035
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Improving Dependent Care Tax Assistance Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $7,500 the employee tax exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Elder Care Tax Credit Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7036
Sponsor: Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caregivers
Disabled
Families
Grandparents
Income tax
Parents
Social Welfare
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
 Elder Care Tax Credit Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the tax credit for dependent care expenses for parents (or ancestors of such parents) of the taxpayer who are physically or mentally incapable of self-care, regardless of whether such a parent has the same principal place of abode as the taxpayer for more than one-half of the taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Activity for Lifelong Energy Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7037
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Healthy Activity for Lifelong Energy Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to enable state health departments to maintain community action teams to work within the local community to promote healthier lifestyles through physical activity and good nutrition and thereby prevent obesity and chronic disease. Requires such departments to collect data on the effectiveness of the community action team program.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct training institutes to jump-start the work of such teams; (2) provide the teams with access to national experts in ongoing community change; and (3) disseminate information about success achieved through the teams to communities across the nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Voters in Foreclosure Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7040
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Housing finance and home ownership
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Protecting Voters in Foreclosure Act of 2008 - Amends the Help America Vote Act to consider any individual who resides in a household located in a jurisdiction in which a federal election is held, and which is subject to foreclosure proceedings at the time of the election, to reside in that same jurisdiction for purposes of determining the individual's eligibility to vote in the election. Requires such an individual to be permitted to cast a nonprovisional ballot in the election.
 
Applies this requirement also with respect to an individual who resided in a household which was: (1) located in such a jurisdiction; and (2) subject to foreclosure proceedings at any time during the three-year period ending on the date of the election.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Laboratory Surge Capacity Preparedness Act

Bill: 110-hr-7041
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Homeland security
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Research administration and funding
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Laboratory Surge Capacity Preparedness Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants to regional biocontainment laboratories for maintaining surge capacity that can be used to respond to acts of bioterrorism or outbreaks of infectious diseases. Authorizes the Secretary to award such a grant only if the laboratory agrees to allow the Secretary and other relevant federal agencies to inspect laboratory facilities.
 
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on: (1) activities undertaken to integrate the network of regional biocontainment laboratories with the laboratory response network of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); and (2) the extent to which additional Biosafety Level 3 laboratories are needed to fulfill the national's laboratory surge capacity needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
First Responders Support Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7042
Sponsor: Rep. Cazayoux, Donald J., Jr. [D-LA-6]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Disability assistance
Education programs funding
Employee benefits and pensions
Family services
First responders and emergency personnel
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Income tax credits
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
First Responders Support Act of 2008 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) increase death and disability benefits for public safety officers; and (2) expand educational benefits for dependents of public safety officers killed or disabled in the line of duty.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for up to $7,500 of the medical expenses paid or incurred by a public safety officer or a family member for injuries sustained while such officer was performing an official duty.

Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to award grants for mental health services or counseling to public safety officers seriously injured in the line of duty and the family members of such officers who are killed or seriously injured in the line of duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for expensing of installing underground electric lines within the Hurricane Gustav disaster area, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-7043
Sponsor: Rep. Cazayoux, Donald J., Jr. [D-LA-6]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Government studies and investigations
Income tax deductions
Louisiana
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer election to expense the cost of installing underground public utility property in the Hurricane Gustav disaster area. Terminates such expensing allowance after December 31, 2009.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the electric grid failures in Louisiana following Hurricane Gustav.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a temporary dividends received deduction for taxable years beginning in 2008 or 2009.

Bill: 110-hr-7044
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the tax deduction for dividends received by a U.S. corporation from a controlled foreign corporation to: (1) extend the applicability of such provisions to taxable years beginning after FY2007; and (2) reduce such deduction for corporations that do not maintain certain employment levels. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
National Plan to Advance Pancreatic Cancer Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7045
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic government information
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Health information systems
Higher education
Medical education
Medical research
Medical technology
Medical tests
Pharmaceutical research
Preventive medicine
Research and development
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
National Plan to Advance Pancreatic Cancer Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative to assist in coordinating activities to address the high mortality rate associated with pancreatic cancer.

Requires the Secretary to establish the Interdisciplinary Pancreatic Cancer Coordinating Committee to: (1) provide advice on overall research objectives and benchmarks for pancreatic cancer research; (2) develop and annually update a strategic plan for pancreatic cancer research awareness; and (3) conduct evaluations and make recommendations to the Secretary, the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Director of the National Cancer Institute regarding the prioritization and award of NIH research grants relating to pancreatic cancer.

Requires the Secretary to develop a primary care provider education program on pancreatic cancer.

Requires the Director of NIH and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a communication tool kit for patients and their families that focuses on specific pancreatic cancer issues relating to patient choices and patient care.

Allows the Secretary to award grants to research institutions for use in developing innovative compounds or technologies for the prevention, early detection, or treatment of those cancers with five-year survival rates of less than 50%. Requires the Secretary to focus on pancreatic cancer during the initial five fiscal years of awarding such grants.

Allows the Secretary to designate two additional Specialized Programs of Research Excellence focusing solely on pancreatic cancer research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to construct a new community-based outpatient clinic at Ord Military Community, California.

Bill: 110-hr-7046
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Ambulatory care
California
Clinics
Health
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to construct a new community-based outpatient clinic at the Ord Military Community, California.
 
Makes such construction subject to: (1) the completion of a feasibility study; and (2) the availability of appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California.

Bill: 110-hr-7047
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Foundations
Land transfers
National forests
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to convey real property within Los Padres National Forest in California, to the White Lotus Foundation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To provide additional housing assistance for certain individuals and households adversely affected by a major disaster.

Bill: 110-hr-7048
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Applies to any individual or household adversely affected by a major disaster that occurred on or after January 1, 2006, the provision of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 that eliminates the maximum limit on financial assistance, adjusted for inflation, of: (1) $5,000 for repair of owner-occupied private residences, utilities, and residential infrastructure damaged by a major disaster; and (2) $10,000 for replacement of owner-occupied private residences damaged by a major disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Anthrax Attacks Investigation Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7049
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2008-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Anthrax
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: 
Anthrax Attacks Investigation Act of 2008 - Establishes the National Commission on the Anthrax Attacks Upon the United States to: (1) conduct an investigation of the anthrax letter attacks of September and October 2001; and (2) submit interim reports to the President and Congress and a final report on its findings with recommendations for corrective measures to prevent and respond to acts of bioterrorism. Directs the Commission to hold public hearings and release its reports to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-24
text: Introduced in House