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To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pyrimethanil.

Bill: 110-hr-5123
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pyrimethanil.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Reinstatement of the Secure Fence Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5124
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arizona
Boundaries
California
Cameras
Illegal aliens
Latin America
Lighting
Mexico
New Mexico
Remote sensing
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Texas
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
Reinstatement of the Secure Fence Act of 2008 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to construct at least 700 miles of two-layered, 14-foot reinforced fencing along the southwest border and provide for the installation of additional physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors within six months of enactment of this Act.
 
Prohibits the inclusion of fencing in existence on January 1, 2008, as part of the fencing requirement under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a Medicare Advantage benchmark adjustment for certain local areas with VA medical centers and for certain contiguous areas.

Bill: 110-hr-5125
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Health maintenance organizations
Medicare
Preferred provider organizations (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for a Medicare Advantage benchmark adjustment for certain local areas with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and for certain contiguous areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-01-23
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: 2008-01-23
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: 2008-01-23
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: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Family Security and Small Business Stimulus Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5126
Sponsor: Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Income tax
Small business
Tax deductions
Tax rates
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
Family Security and Small Business Stimulus Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a reduced 5% income tax rate on taxable income for low-income taxpayers; (2) allow an advance refund in 2008 for the reduction in the tax rate; and (3) increase to $375,000 between 2008 and 2010 the expensing allowance for small business depreciable assets. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E73)
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-5127
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural research
Agriculture and Food
Agronomy
Commemorations
Historic sites
History
Iowa
Land transfers
National parks
Plant breeding
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
Requires, if the Secretary of the Interior acquires by donation from the Borlaug Heritage Foundation fee simple and unencumbered title to the Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace site and the Norman E. Borlaug Childhood Home site (both in Cresco, Iowa) and any related personal property, designation of all such property as a National Historic Site and as a unit of the National Park System, to be known as the &quot;Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace Home National Historic Site.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Disapproving of any formal agreement emerging from the "Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America" unless the agreement is approved through an Act of Congress.

Bill: 110-hr-5128
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive relations
Department of Defense
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Legislation
Legislators
Middle East and North Africa
Military agreements
President and foreign policy
Treaties
Treaty-making power

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
States that any formal agreement emerging from the &quot;Declaration of Principles for a Long-term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America&quot; shall not have the effect of force of law unless the agreement is approved by Congress after the date of enactment of this Act. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that any formal agreement emerging from such Declaration must be approved by the Iraqi legislature. 
 
Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense (DOD) or any other U.S. department or agency from being used to enforce or implement any formal agreement emerging from such Declaration unless the agreement is approved by Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H926)
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the payment of interest on claims paid by the United States in connection with the correction of military records when a military corrections board sets aside a conviction by court-martial.

Bill: 110-hr-5130
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Claims
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Crime and Law Enforcement
Finance and Financial Sector
Government liability
Interest
Law
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
Requires the payment of compound interest by the United States on the payment of any claim in connection with the correction of a military record that involves the setting aside of a conviction by court-martial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris Act

Bill: 110-hr-5131
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Cemeteries and funerals
Commemorations
Destruction of property
Fines (Penalties)
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris Act - Amends the federal criminal code to modify the prohibition against destruction of veterans' memorials to include destruction of the grave, headstone, or marker of any person in the Armed Forces and to extend such prohibition to memorials, graves, headstones, or markers on private as well as public property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Aiding Social Services in States Temporarily Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5133
Sponsor: Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Block grants
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
Aiding Social Services in States Temporarily Act of 2008 - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to increase FY2008 funding for the social services block grant program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-5134
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Capital gains tax
Families
Family farms
Farm lands
Income tax
Land transfers
Land use
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2007 [
sic
] - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income 100% of the gain, up to $500,000, from the sale of qualified farm property to a first-time farmer who certifies that such property will be used for farming purposes for 10 years. Allows: (1) a 50% exclusion for the sale of qualified farm property to any other person who certifies that such property will be used for farming purposes for 10 years; and (2) a 25% exclusion for the sale of qualified farm property to any other person for any other use. 

Defines &quot;qualified farm property&quot; as real property located in the United States which is used for farming purposes for a specified three-year period and in which there was material participation by the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse or family member. Requires the recapture of tax benefits if qualified farm property is sold or ceases operation as a farm before the required 10-year period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to permit foreign jewelry manufacturers who purchase precious metals produced in the United States for use in the manufacture of jewelry abroad to pay import duties on the value of the imported jewelry articles less the value of all United States origin precious metals incorporated in the article.

Bill: 110-hr-5136
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Imports
Jewelry trade
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for a duty on the value of imported jewelry that does not include the cost of U.S. components with respect to imported jewelry assembled abroad with components produced in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5138
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2008-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy courts
Caregivers
Cemeteries and funerals
Civil procedure
Cooperative housing
Debtor and creditor
Disabled
Estates (Law)
Families
Health
Housing and Community Development
Law
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: 
Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2008 - Amends federal bankruptcy law to cite circumstances under which a medically distressed debtor may elect to exempt from the property of the estate in bankruptcy up to $250,000 of the debtor's aggregate interest in specified real or personal property that the debtor (or debtor's dependent) uses as a residence, in a cooperative, or in a burial plot for the debtor or a dependent.
 
Revises requirements for dismissal or conversion of a Chapter 7 case to prohibit the court or specified parties in interest from filing a motion to dismiss or convert to Chapter 11 or 13 if the debtor is a medically distressed debtor or an economically distressed caregiver.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a theme study to identify sites and resources to commemorate and interpret the Cold War.

Bill: 110-hr-5139
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2008-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Cold War
Commemorations
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) conduct a national historic landmark theme study to identify sites and resources in the United States that are significant to the Cold War; (2) establish the Cold War Advisory Committee; and (3) prepare and publish an interpretive handbook on such War and disseminate information gathered through the study.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Job Creation Economic Stimulus Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5141
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2008-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Air pollution control
Commerce
Computer software
Computers
Corporation taxes
Depreciation and amortization
Electronics
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Equipment and supplies
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
High technology
Income tax
Medical supplies
Minimum tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: 
Job Creation Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the expensing of the cost of certain high productivity property placed in service in 2008, including computer and computer-related peripheral equipment, electronic equipment, software, high technology medical equipment, and advanced environmental and life science products.

Allow a 50% depreciation allowance for certain business equipment acquired in 2008. 

Exempts acclerated depreciation amounts related to properties placed in service in 2008 or 2009 from adjustments in computing alternative minimum taxable income. 

Allows an offset in 2008 against the alternative minimum tax liability of corporations for their long-term unused tax credits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Family Economic Stimulus Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5142
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2008-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Tax rebates
Unemployment insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: 
Family Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude unemployment compensation from gross income in 2007 and 2008; (2) increase the child tax credit to $1,200 in 2008; (3) allow individual taxpayers a $400 tax rebate ($800 in the case of a joint return) in 2008; (4) extend unemployment insurance benefits; and (5) require states to distribute to unemployed individuals information about unemployment insurance eligibility conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Securing Success for Veterans on Campus Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5143
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2008-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Compensatory education
Counseling
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational counseling
Educational planning
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Social Welfare
Student activities
Student aid
Student housing
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education
Veterans' organizations
Vocational guidance

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: 
Securing Success for Veterans on Campus Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award three-year grants to institutions of higher education to develop model programs that require each grantee to establish a campus Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success that provides a single point of contact for the coordination of comprehensive support services for students who are veterans.
 
Requires the Secretary to develop an evaluation and accountability plan for measuring the effect such programs have on veterans' success in postsecondary education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on lightweight digital camera lenses.

Bill: 110-hr-5144
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2008-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on lightweight digital camera lenses.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on digital zoom camera lenses.

Bill: 110-hr-5145
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2008-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on digital zoom camera lenses.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on gaiters of textile materials.

Bill: 110-hr-5147
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2008-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on gaiters of textile materials.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Introduced in House