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Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act

Bill: 110-hr-7255
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to mandate live training of all Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel who come into contact with unaccompanied alien children. 
 
Sets forth detention standards for immigration detention facilities.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) convene a detention advisory committee; (2) promulgate regulations regarding detainee care and custody; (3) implement secure alternatives to detention programs under which eligible aliens are released under supervision, assistance, and monitoring that ensure their appearance at all immigration interviews, appointments, and hearings; and (4) provide protective detention alternatives for specified categories of vulnerable aliens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-10-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2225)
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Federal Agency Environmental Procurement Act

Bill: 110-hr-7256
Sponsor: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Product safety and quality
Public contracts and procurement
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Federal Agency Environmental Procurement Act - Directs the head of each agency to ensure that: (1) when procuring a consumer electronic or information technology product, the agency meets at least 95% of the agency's requirements with an Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)-registered product, unless there is no EPEAT standard for such product; (2) the Energy Star feature is enabled on agency computers and monitors; and (3) the agency establishes and implements policies to extend the useful life of agency electronic equipment; and (4) the agency uses environmentally sound practices with respect to disposition of electronic equipment that has reached the end of its useful life.

Excludes the Government Accountability Office (GAO) from the definition of &quot;agency&quot; for purposes of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 110-hr-7257
Sponsor: Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Coins and coinage
College teachers
Finance and Financial Sector
Foundations
Gold
Higher education
Kansas
Military education
Officer personnel
Silver
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
5-Star Generals Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins in recognition of five United States Army Five-Star Generals: George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry &quot;Hap&quot; Arnold, and Omar Bradley, alumni of the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 

Requires the design of the coins to include portraits of the generals.

Restricts the issuance of such coins to calendar 2013. 

Requires specified surcharges in the sale of such coins, which shall be paid promptly to the Command and General Staff College Foundation to help finance its support of the College.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Credit Safety Commission Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7258
Sponsor: Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Consumer credit
Crime and Law Enforcement
Executive reorganization
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Law
Restrictive trade practices
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Consumer Credit Safety Commission Act of 2008 - Establishes the Consumer Credit Safety Commission to promulgate consumer credit safety rules that: (1) ban abusive, fraudulent, unfair, deceptive, predatory, anticompetitive, or otherwise anti-consumer practices or product features for creditors; (2) place restrictions on consumer credit practices or product features to reduce the likelihood that they may be provided in a manner inconsistent with this Act; and (3) establish requirements for clear and adequate information appropriate to advance the objectives of this Act. 
 
Directs the Commission to: (1) establish and maintain a best practices guide for providers of consumer credit; (2) conduct, or award grants or contracts for, continuing studies and investigations of consumer credit industry practices; (3) help consumer credit providers to develop consumer credit safety standards or guidelines; and (4) establish and operate a consumer credit customer hotline to register complaints and receive information on how to combat anti-consumer credit.
 
Directs the Commission to establish a program to promote federal-state cooperation to implement this Act.
 
Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for acts prohibited by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Security Clearance Oversight and Accountability Act

Bill: 110-hr-7259
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Governmental investigations
Intelligence community staff
Security clearances

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Security Clearance Oversight and Accountability Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the President: (1) every four years, to conduct an audit of how the executive branch determines whether a security clearance is required for a particular position in the federal government, and report audit results to Congress; (2) every year, to report to Congress on the security clearance process with respect to government employees, government contractors, and intelligence community personnel; and (3) to submit a one-time report to Congress on security clearance investigations and adjudications.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report annually to Congress on security clearance determinations completed or ongoing during the preceding fiscal year that have taken longer than one year to complete.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2008-10-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2220-2221)
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Transparency in the Creation of Wealth Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7260
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Credit and credit markets
Currency
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Reserve System
Foreign loans and debt
Government information and archives
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Monetary policy
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Transparency in the Creation of Wealth Act of 2008 - Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to: (1) devise, calculate, and publish a replacement for the discontinued M3 monetary statistic; (2) tabulate and publish a statistical description of the current distribution of wealth in the United States by quintile; (3) calculate and report to the Congress the total annual seigniorage interest income received by financial institutions as a result of their being allowed to create money in the form of the credit they extend above their own cash deposits or reserves before extending the loans; (4) calculate and publish semi-annually the loss or gain in economic output due to the deviation of the previous year's actual unemployment rate from the 4% level required by specified statute; (5) tabulate and publish data showing the amount of credit and the percentage of credit now being created and directed into specified transactions; (6) develop a market-based estimate of the value of residential, corporate and publicly owned land and report figures; and (7) make projections, in ten-year increments, of the net foreign debt, and estimate and report on the location of federal reserve notes, by country and type of holder.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a full audit of the Federal Reserve System in every year before a presidential election year.
 
Directs the Board to: (1) publish a quarterly and annual summary of total credit market debt; (2) release the statistics required to be compiled by this Act at a quarterly news conference; and (3) the survey of consumer finances and the total credit market debt report at an annual news conference.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Blue Ridge Parkway and Town of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7261
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
National parks
North Carolina
Reservoirs
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Blue Ridge Parkway and Town of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange approximately 20 acres of land within the boundary of the Blue Ridge Parkway, identified as Blowing Rock Reservoir, for approximately 192 acres of land owned by the town of Blowing Rock in North Carolina. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To reform the Federal Deposit Insurance System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-7262
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial crises and stabilization
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to increase the standard maximum amount of deposit insurance from $100,000 to: (1) $250,000
,
 $500,000, $750,000, or $1 million, at the option of the insured depository institution; and (2) $250,000, $500,000, $750,000, or $1 million for eligible retirement accounts, at the institution's option. Requires an annual inflation adjustment.
 
Directs the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board to report to Congress and publish in the Federal Register any such inflation adjustments to the standard maximum deposit insurance amount and to the standard maximum share insurance amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapters 81, 83, and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for enhanced benefits for survivors of Federal public safety officers killed in the line of duty.

Bill: 110-hr-7263
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Labor and Employment
Salaries
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Provides that the pay used to compute monthly compensation based on the death of a federal employee who died from personal injury sustained in the line of duty as a public safety officer, or any survivor annuity under such circumstances, shall be determined based on the pay grade or level which is one grade higher than would otherwise apply.

Entitles anyone who is eligible for such monthly compensation or annuity as the survivor of a public safety officer who died on or after January 1, 1974, to: (1) have such compensation or annuity recomputed upon application submitted within 12 months after enactment of this Act; and (2) a lump-sum payment for the period between January 1, 1974, and the date as of which regular monthly compensation or survivor annuity payments are adjusted to reflect the recomputation

.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Fixing the Federal Voting Assistance Program Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7265
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Absentee voting
Advice and consent of the Senate
Americans in foreign countries
Congress
Congressional elections
Election administration
Federal advisory bodies
Governmental investigations
Presidential appointments
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Fixing the Federal Voting Assistance Program Act of 2008 - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require the presidential designee responsible for carrying out federal functions under the Act to have experience in election administration and be approved by the Senate.
 
Establishes the Overseas Voting Advisory Board to conduct studies and issue reports with respect to various issues, including the ability of U.S. citizens who reside outside of the United States to register to vote and vote in elections for public office.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2008-10-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2247)
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Derivatives Market Reform Act of 1999

Bill: 110-hr-7266
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Commodities markets
Credit and credit markets
Financial services and investments
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Derivatives Market Reform Act of 1999 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to set forth registration requirements for derivatives dealers and for securities association membership.
 
Grants the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): (1) administrative enforcement powers; and (2) exclusive jurisdiction regarding accounts, agreements, transactions, and markets in derivatives.

Redefines securities to include derivatives.

Authorizes both a registered securities exchange and a national securities exchange to adopt rules governing transactions in derivatives.

Directs the SEC to promulgate capital level requirements that take into account the financial activities of a derivatives dealer who is a material associated person of a broker or dealer (including aggregate leverage, customary sources of capital and funding, and credit risk).

Sets forth risk assessment and recordkeeping requirements governing holding companies and other material associated persons associated with: (1) a government securities broker or dealer; and (2) a municipal securities dealer.
 
Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to require unregistered hedge funds to report to the SEC certain information prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (including information for each pooled investment vehicle that is part of an unregistered hedge fund).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2219-2220)
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Credit Repair Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7267
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Commerce
Consumer credit
Foreclosure
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Mortgages

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Mortgage Credit Repair Act of 2008 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to define &quot;front end ratio&quot; as a ratio that indicates what portion of an individual's income is used to make mortgage payments, calculated by dividing an individual's gross monthly income by their housing expenses, particularly the mortgage principal, interest, taxes, and insurance (PITI).
 
Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from making a consumer report containing cases under title 11 or under the Bankruptcy Act that antedate the report by more than three years when certain criteria are met. Includes among such criteria that a consumer's front-end debt ratio on a mortgage instrument originated or refinanced on or after January 1, 2003, was 37% or higher for at least six months before and continuing through the time that the bankruptcy is filed.
 
Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from making a consumer report containing any adverse information excluding bankruptcy, but including closed accounts, amounts in collections, accounts charged to profit or loss, repossessions, and foreclosures, if certain circumstances have occurred. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Clean Air Act to clarify that certain conversions of engines and motor vehicles from conventional fuels to clean alternative fuels will not require additional certifications, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-7268
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2008-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve a combination of conversions to a clean alternative fuel into a single test group, which would normally not be eligible to be in a single test group, if the manufacturer of motor vehicle or engine conversions provides: (1) substantial evidence that all the conversions in the larger grouping will have similar levels of emissions; (2) evidence of equivalent component durability over the vehicle's or engine's useful life; (3) evidence that the groups will result in sufficient in-use verification program data, appropriate tracking in use, and clear liability for the EPA's recall program; and (4) a statement that all vehicles within a test group are certified to the most stringent standards applicable to any vehicle within the test group.

Establishes the Advancing Alternative Fuels Revolving Loan Fund. Directs the Administrator to use amounts in the Fund to provide loans to eligible local governments to finance purchases of authorized equipment to enable public vehicle fleets to operate on alternative fuels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Introduced in House