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To amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine.

Bill: 110-hr-6610
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Evidence and witnesses
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence with respect to the disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege and work product protection.
 
Provides that, when such a disclosure is made in a federal proceeding or to a federal office or agency, and waives the attorney-client privilege or work-product protection, the waiver extends to an undisclosed communication or information in a federal or state proceeding only if: (1) the waiver is intentional; (2) the disclosed and undisclosed communications or information concern the same subject matter; and (3) they ought in fairness to be considered together.
 
States that, when the disclosure is made in a federal proceeding or to a federal office or agency, it does not operate as a waiver in a federal or state proceeding if: (1) the disclosure is inadvertent; (2) the holder of the privilege or protection took reasonable steps to prevent disclosure; and (3) the holder promptly took reasonable steps to rectify the error.
 
Declares that, when the disclosure is made in a state proceeding and is not the subject of a state-court order concerning waiver, it does not operate as a waiver in a federal proceeding if the disclosure: (1) would not be a waiver under this rule if it had been made in a federal proceeding; or (2) is not waived under law of the state where the disclosure occurred.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Strengthen American Manufacturers Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6611
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Manufacturing
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Strengthen American Manufacturers Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities; (2) increase to 20% the rate of the alternative simplified tax credit for research expenses; (3) make permanent the increased expensing allowance for depreciable business property; and (4) reduce to 30% the maximum income tax rate for corporations.

Directs the Comptroller General to conduct studies of: (1) the impact of workplace employee health care facilities on employee health and and productivity; and (2) the best practices for encouraging college graduates from rural areas to return to those areas after graduation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and make permanent the election to expense certain refineries.

Bill: 110-hr-6612
Sponsor: Rep. Cazayoux, Donald J., Jr. [D-LA-6]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the expensing allowance for qualified refinery property from 50 to 100% of its cost for property placed in service after July 15, 2008, and before January 1, 2012. Makes permanent the 50% expensing allowance for such property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Improving Dental Access in Underserved Communities Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6613
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Minority health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Improving Dental Access in Underserved Communities Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment programs. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reserve a portion of such funds for scholarships to individuals who are accepted for enrollment or enrolled in a course of study or program that leads to a degree in dentistry.

Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for grants and contracts to: (1) assist schools in supporting programs of excellence in health professionals education for underrepresented minority individuals; and (2) assist individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake education to enter a health profession.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
American Tax Fairness Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6614
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Income tax exclusion
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
American Tax Fairness Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal limitations on the exclusion from gross income of income earned by citizens or residents of the United States living abroad. 

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress on U.S. taxation of foreign income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Giving Inmate Terrorists More Opportunities (GITMO) Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6615
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Detention of persons
Latin America
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Giving Inmate Terrorists More Opportunities (GITMO) Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to immediately transport all enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Washington, DC, where the U.S. Supreme Court shall hold such prisoners on Court grounds, confined by adequate fencing.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide shelter for such detainees outside the Court building, but on Court grounds; (2) provide guards; and (3) implement a system to ensure that the prisoners receive an appropriate amount of food and water. Directs detainees to use the restroom facilities inside the Court building.
 
Allows any of the nine justices to guard the prisoners, or provide them with food and water, whenever they choose.
 
Provides that, if either the Secretary or any of the justices refuses to carry out their duties under this Act, then their respective department or Court shall receive funding for the next fiscal year at half the level appropriated for the current fiscal year, or until such time as the Court no longer desires to micromanage the prisoners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Colonel Charles Young Home National Historical Site Study Act

Bill: 110-hr-6616
Sponsor: Rep. Hobson, David L. [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Colonel Charles Young Home National Historical Site Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of the Army, to conduct a study of the Colonel Charles Young Home, a National Historic Landmark in Xenia, Ohio, and associated locations and museums (the study area) to assess its national significance and the suitability and feasibility of including it as a unit of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary, if the study area meets the criteria for inclusion, to include it as a unit of the System. 

Provides for: (1) the consideration of an affiliation of the study area with the National Museum of the United States Army, the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, or other entities associated with Colonel Charles Young in order to focus on his life and the African-American military experience; and (2) an investigation of the historical relationship of the Colonel Charles Young Home with the Underground Railroad. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Stop Deceptive Advertising of Gas Prices Act

Bill: 110-hr-6618
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Energy prices
Marketing and advertising
Motor fuels
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Stop Deceptive Advertising of Gas Prices Act - Requires retailers of transportation fuel to publicly display the price charged for the purchase of such fuel with cash and with other forms of payment (including processing fees charged to consumers for purchases made with credit cards, charge cards, debit cards, or other non-cash methods of payment).
 
Requires incomplete displays of fuel prices to be treated as unfair or deceptive trade acts or practices.
 
Requires the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Savings for the Uninsured on Rx Expenses (SURE) Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6619
Sponsor: Rep. Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Savings for the Uninsured on Rx Expenses (SURE) Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a prescription drug discount card program modeled on the Medicare drug discount card program to provide access to prescription drug discounts for eligible individuals. 
 
Defines as &quot;eligible&quot; an individual who: (1) is a U.S. citizen, national, or alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence; (2) is not eligible for outpatient prescription drug coverage; and (3) is not eligible to enroll for prescription drug coverage under part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.
 
Applies the Medicare drug discount card program requirements related to enrollment and card features, with certain exceptions.
 
Requires a prescription drug card sponsor to disseminate information concerning the use of health savings accounts to cover the costs of prescriptions drugs for which discounts are provided. Directs the Secretary to require that sponsors demonstrate that they have a marketing plan to effectively reach out to eligible individuals. 
 
Disallows judicial review of a determination not to endorse a prescription drug discount card program or not to enter into a contract with a sponsor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-07-24
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: 2008-07-24
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: 2008-07-24
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: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Gas Pump Fair Payment Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6620
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Energy prices
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Gas Pump Fair Payment Act of 2008 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit an electronic payment system network, for a specified six-month period, from requiring or permitting a merchant to pay an interchange, processing, or other fee in connection with any credit, charge, or debit card transaction involving a consumer purchase of motor vehicle fuel in excess of 1% of the cost of each gallon of such fuel.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Reinstatement of Enrollment for Medicaid Eligibility of Disadvantaged Youth (REMEDY) Act

Bill: 110-hr-6621
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-offenders
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Juvenile delinquency
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Reinstatement of Enrollment for Medicaid Eligibility of Disadvantaged Youth (REMEDY) Act - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to require a state plan to provide for the reinstatement to enrollment for medical assistance and child health assistance upon release from a public institution of an individual youth who was enrolled for such assistance immediately before becoming an inmate of such institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Second Amendment Restoration Act

Bill: 110-hr-6622
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ex-offenders
Federal-state relations
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Second Amendment Restoration Act - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the definition of &quot;crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year&quot; for purposes of allowing states to determine the eligibility of individuals convicted of minor crimes to ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To waive sovereign immunity and extend the otherwise applicable statute of limitations for certain actions under the USEC Privatization Act.

Bill: 110-hr-6623
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Energy
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government corporations
Government liability
Law
Pension funds
Privatization
Uranium enrichment

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Amends the USEC Privatization Act with respect to certain actions in U.S. district court related to accrued, vested pension benefits of employees of an operating contractor of the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) at one or both of the two USEC gaseous diffusion plants following: (1) termination of or a change in contractor; and (2) consequent transfer of pension plan assets and liabilities.
 
Authorizes specified active or retired participants (or beneficiaries) under the contractor's pension plan to bring an action against the Department of Energy in U.S. district court for relief, in the form of a one-time lump sum payment, in connection with such a transfer of plan assets and liabilities.
 
Authorizes commencement of such an action on or before June 30, 2011. 
 
Waives U.S. sovereign immunity to any such an action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Whaling Convention Amendments Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6624
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alaska
Department of Commerce
Eskimos
Government Operations and Politics
Hunting
Indigenous peoples
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Whales
Whaling

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Whaling Convention Amendments Act of 2008 - Amends the Whaling Convention Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Commerce to authorize aboriginal subsistence whaling if it: (1) is for subsistence purposes (including the sale of authentic native articles of handicrafts and clothing); (2) does not include the striking, taking, or killing of calves or any whale accompanied by a calf; and (3) is not accomplished in a wasteful manner.

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish catch limits for the Alaska Native aboriginal subsistence hunt of bowhead whales for any year or set of years if: (1) the International Whaling Commission has failed to adopt applicable catch limits; and (2) the biological status of the affected bowhead stock or stocks is such that, based on the most recent review of their status by the Scientific Committee of the Commission, the aboriginal subsistence needs request submitted to the Commission by the United States for that year or set of years is sustainable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1558)
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to repay Federal educational loans of officers of the United States Marine Corps who were commissioned on or after September 11, 2001.

Bill: 110-hr-6626
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2008-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government lending
Higher education
Marines
Military pay
Officer personnel
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to pay the balance on any federal educational loan of an officer of the Marine Corps who was commissioned on or after September 11, 2001, and is not in default on such loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Connell Lake Watershed Protection and Recreation Act

Bill: 110-hr-6628
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: 
Connell Lake Watershed Protection and Recreation Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified federal lands and interests (the Connell Lake conveyance area) to the Ketchikan Gateway Borough in Alaska. 

Requires the Connell Lake conveyance area, once conveyed, to be managed in accordance with the terms of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1590)
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Introduced in House