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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3624 Commercial Street Southeast in Salem, Oregon, as the "Sue Miller Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-6586
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2008-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Oregon
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3624 Commercial Street Southeast in Salem, Oregon, as the "Sue Miller Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Electronic Device Privacy Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6588
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2008-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Computers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Customs administration
Electronics
Evidence (Law)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Searches and seizures
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: 
Electronic Device Privacy Act of 2008 - Prohibits any person acting under U.S. authority, derived from a sovereign's power to search at its border, from searching the electronic contents of a laptop computer or other similar device of a person entering the United States. Allows searches based on lawful authority other than a sovereign's power to search at its border. Defines &quot;laptop computer or other similar device&quot; to include any electronic device normally used for electronic mail or messaging or for storing electronic data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the country of origin of a nonimmigrant religious worker to extend reciprocal immigration treatment to nationals of the United States.

Bill: 110-hr-6590
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2008-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Religion
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit issuance of a nonimmigrant temporary religious worker visa (R-visa) to an alien whose country of nationality has been determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to not extend reciprocal immigration treatment to U.S. nationals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the conveyance to the United States of certain non-Federal land to be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the construction of a veterans medical facility.

Bill: 110-hr-6591
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2008-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Colorado
Health
Land transfers
Military base closures
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: 
Authorizes the city of Aurora, Colorado, to convey by donation to the United States nonfederal lands consisting of parcel I of the former United States Army Garrison Fitzsimons, Colorado, as more specifically described in the deed, and the parcel of land described in the deed, for construction of a veterans' medical facility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Middle Class Tax Fairness Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6595
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Oil and gas
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Middle Class Tax Fairness Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow in 2008 and 2009: (1) an increase in the basic standard tax deduction; (2) a tax deduction for real property taxes for taxpayers who do not itemize their deductions; and (3) a reduction in the earned income threshold amount for determining the refundable portion of the child tax credit.

Provides for certain revenue-raising provisions, including: (1) treatment of net income and loss from an investment services partnership as ordinary income and loss; (2) denial of tax benefits for major integrated oil companies; (3) imposing a limit on tax deductions and exemptions for individuals with adjusted gross incomes in excess of $250,000 ($500,000 in the case of a joint tax return); (4) the inclusion in gross income of certain deferred compensation from foreign entities; (5) new reporting requirements for payment settlement entities and securities brokers; (6) repeal of tax rules for the worldwide allocation of interest for purposes of computing the limitation on the foreign tax credit; (7) new rules for the application of the economic substance doctrine to transactions affecting tax liability; and (8) penalties for underpayment of tax due to transactions lacking economic substance.

Requires any increase in tax receipts resulting from this Act to be used for deficit reduction purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1624)
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7063)
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Gas Price Relief for Schools Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6596
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Energy prices
Motor fuels
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Gas Price Relief for Schools Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to a state or local government unit responsible for providing school bus transportation to a public school system to assist it in offsetting increases in school bus transportation operating costs due to higher fuel prices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6597
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Criminal justice information and records

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to change existing Department of Justice (DOJ) crime data bases so that data on all crimes of animal cruelty will be collected and made publicly available in a manner that facilitates analysis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1551)
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6598
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Food industry
Horses
Protection of animals

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to three years for possessing, shipping, transporting, purchasing, selling, delivering, or receiving any horse, horse flesh, or carcass with the intent that it be used for human consumption. Reduces the prison term to one year if the offense involves less than five horses or less than 2,000 pounds of horse flesh or carcass and the offender has no prior conviction for this offense.

action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to three years for possessing, shipping, transporting, purchasing, selling, delivering, or receiving: (1) any horse (i.e., member of the family Equidae) with the intent that it be slaughtered for human consumption; or (2) any horse flesh or carcass with the intent that it be used for human consumption. Reduces the prison term to one year if the offense involves less than five horses or less than 2,000 pounds of horse flesh or carcass and the offender has no prior conviction for this offense.

Requires the Attorney General to provide for the humane placement or disposition of any horse seized in connection with an offense under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Jan. 3, 2009.
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 3, 2008.
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 2, 2008.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Agriculture for a period ending not later than Sept. 29, 2008 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(a), rule X.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 110-901, Part I.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 110-901, Part I.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
action_date: 2008-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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
Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6600
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Identity theft
Medicare
Social Welfare
Social security numbers

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish cost-effective procedures to ensure that Social Security account numbers are not included on Medicare cards. 

action_date: 2008-09-29
text: 
Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish cost-effective procedures to ensure that Social Security account numbers are not included on Medicare cards.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to report to Congress after one year on the implementation of this Act, including line-item estimates of and justifications for associated costs, taking into consideration, among other factors, cost-effectiveness and beneficiary outreach and education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/27/2008 H10200)
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 9/27/2008 H10200)
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10631)
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Johnson, Sam objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 6600.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6600.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10200-10202l)
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Mr. Doggett moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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
Small Business Tax Modernization Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6601
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax deductions
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Small business
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Small Business Tax Modernization Act of 2008 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions affecting small business taxpayers to: (1) allow an alternative standard tax deduction for the business use of a personal residence and establish a de minimis standard for determining personal use; (2) repeal restrictions on the depreciation deduction for cellular telephones and similar telecommunications equipment; (3) allow nonresident aliens to be S corporation shareholders; (4) increase the limit on the tax deduction for business meals and entertainment expenses; and (5) allow accelerated depreciation for energy-efficient heating, ventilation, air conditioning, or commercial refrigeration systems installed in nonresidential and residential rental buildings before January 1, 2012.


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 provide for the use of amended income tax returns to take into account receipt of certain hurricane-related casualty loss grants by disallowing previously taken casualty loss deductions.

Bill: 110-hr-6602
Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Florida
Income tax deductions
Louisiana
Mississippi
Natural disasters
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Allows taxpayers who claimed a tax deduction for a casualty loss to a principal residence resulting from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, or Wilma and then received a grant as reimbursement for such loss in a subsequent taxable year to file an amended income tax return and reduce such tax deduction by the amount of the reimbursement. Waives interest and penalties on any underpayment of tax resulting from the reduced tax deduction if such underpayment is paid within one year of the filing of the amended tax return.


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
Local Officials Tax Relief Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6603
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax exclusion
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Local Officials Tax Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and Title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to exempt from social security taxes remuneration paid to any elected or appointed member of any general governing board, commission, or committee of any political subdivision of a state if such remuneration is not more than $1,300 and is paid for service performed on or after January 1, 2008. 


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
Home Heating Fuels Cost Relief Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6605
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax credits
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Home Heating Fuels Cost Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income-based refundable tax credit for up to $1,000 ($2,000 in the case of a joint return) of the cost of heating oil, natural gas, and propane to heat a principal residence. Terminates such credit after 2009.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to states to create revolving loan funds for home weatherization loans. 


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 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: 2008-07-24
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: 2008-07-24
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: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to impose requirements for the improvement of security camera and video surveillance systems at certain airports, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6606
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airports
Armed Forces and National Security
Aviation safety
Cameras
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disciplining of employees
Electronic surveillance
Emergency Management
Labor and Employment
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Terrorism
Transportation workers
Video tape recording

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary), acting through the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration), to require category X or category 1 airport operators to modify their airport security programs to provide for the installation of airport security camera and video surveillance systems.
 
Requires airport operators to submit their modifications to the Secretary for approval.
 
Prohibits the use of images from such cameras and surveillance systems against an airport employee involved in an employment disciplinary matter, except in a criminal investigation or prosecution of criminal acts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Uninsured Children's Entitlement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6607
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Abandonment of family
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Orphans
Residence requirements
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Social Security Uninsured Children's Entitlement Act of 2008 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to entitle certain uninsured children to new monthly benefits treated as monthly insurance benefits payable under the OASDI benefit program. 


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 provide for recovery rebates for certain pension recipients.

Bill: 110-hr-6609
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2008-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 2008 recovery rebate for certain pension recipients not covered under social security. 


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