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To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting legal right to develop geothermal resources, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6673
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Geothermal resources
Mining leases
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Amends competitive lease provisions of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to set forth conditions under which areas that adjoin federal or nonfederal land for which a qualified company or individual holds a legal right to develop geothermal resources may be made available to the company or individual for noncompetitive lease at the fair market value per acre.

Includes as such conditions that sufficient data has been submitted by a qualified geothermal professional to the relevant federal land management agency to engender a belief that: (1) there is a valid discovery of geothermal or geothermal steam resources on the lands for which the company or individual holds the right to develop the resources; and (2) the thermal feature extends into the adjoining areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Duncan Plaza Homeless Disaster Relief Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6674
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Natural disasters
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Duncan Plaza Homeless Disaster Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an enhanced low-income housing tax credit for low-income housing projects providing temporary living accommodations for homeless individuals located in areas determined by the President to warrant public assistance due to an incident of national significance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail and at risk individuals.

Bill: 110-hr-6675
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Disability and paralysis
Food assistance and relief
Income tax deductions
Motor vehicles
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to 58.5 cents per mile the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of a passenger automobile to deliver meals to homebound individuals who are elderly, disabled, frail, or at risk.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require background checks for employees authorized to possess or transfer firearms or ammunition in the course of a licensed firearms business.

Bill: 110-hr-6676
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful for a licensed firearms dealer to authorize an employee to possess or transfer a firearm or ammunition in the course of employment unless such dealer has received a notice from the Attorney General that the receipt of a firearm by such employee would not be unlawful. Requires the Attorney General to notify the dealer in writing or electronically of a determination that the receipt of a firearm by any employee of the dealer would be unlawful and provide the affected employee with an explanation of the grounds for such determination. Provides civil and criminal penalties for knowingly violating the requirements of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Tax Relief Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6677
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Social Security Tax Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a cost-of-living adjustment after 2008 to the base amounts used to determine the amount of social security benefits includible in gross income for income tax purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Northern Plains National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 110-hr-6678
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Plains
Historic sites and heritage areas
North Dakota

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Northern Plains Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Northern Plains National Heritage Area in North Dakota. Designates the Northern Plains Heritage Foundation as the local coordinating entity for the Area. Directs the Foundation to submit a management plan for the Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to provide for reimbursement for costs incurred by the non-Federal interest in the flood control project in San Antonio, Texas, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6679
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Floods and storm protection
Texas
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to provide for reimbursement for costs incurred by the non-federal interest exceeding the non-federal share of the costs of the flood control project in San Antonio, Texas.

Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Army to accept funds provided by the non-federal interest to carry out project planning, engineering, design, and construction; and (2) the federal share of planning, engineering, design, and construction carried out with non-federal contributions to be credited against the non-federal share of the project's cost.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act

Bill: 110-hr-6680
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Drug abuse
Hepatitis
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Needle exchange programs
Preventive medicine
Virus diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act - Provides that nothing shall prohibit the use of federal funds to establish or carry out a program of distributing sterile syringes to reduce the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and viral hepatitis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 Vine Street in New Lenox, Illinois, as the "Jacob M. Lowell Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-6681
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Illinois
Military personnel
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 Vine Street in New Lenox, Illinois, as the "Jacob M. Lowell Post Office Building."
action_date: 2008-10-21
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 Vine Street in New Lenox, Illinois, as the "Jacob M. Lowell Post Office Building." 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-21
text: Became Public Law No: 110-443.
action_date: 2008-10-21
text: Became Public Law No: 110-443.
action_date: 2008-10-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2008-10-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2008-10-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2008-10-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10129-10130)
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10129-10130)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2008-09-18
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-18
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/17/208 H8324)
action_date: 2008-09-18
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 9/17/208 H8324)
action_date: 2008-09-18
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8454)
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Ms. Foxx 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: 2008-09-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6681.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8324-8325)
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Mr. Davis (IL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2008-09-10
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 110-443
Alaska Timber Management Areas for Education Land Selection Act

Bill: 110-hr-6682
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Commerce
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Government Operations and Politics
Land transfers
Lumber trade
National forests
State laws
Timber sales

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Alaska Timber Management Areas for Education Land Selection Act - Requires, if the state of Alaska elects to select and acquire from within the Tongass National Forest specified lands in order to fulfill a portion of Alaska's remaining statehood entitlement to certain public lands within the National Forest System, conveying to the state the selected lands.
 
Requires the election to be in the form of a bill approved by the state legislature and signed by the governor that contains specified requirements, including that: (1) up to 50% of the annual harvest of timber in state timber management areas be offered as 10-year contracts and that timber sales meet the needs of all existing wood processing operations on the Tongass National Forest; and (2) specified state receipts be deposited into an account for state kindergarten and grade school education.
 
Sets forth provisions governing the exchange-transition period and the post-transition period, including requiring that, in the post-transition period, conveyed portions of the Tongass National Forest shall be administered and managed primarily for timber production as state timber management areas.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program Technical Corrections Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6683
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Rural conditions and development
Small towns
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program Technical Corrections Act of 2008 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act with respect to the Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program to revise the investment components of the eligibility requirements for participating entities.
 
Requires an entity to make investments that have a fisheries-related purpose or a purpose for which the entity made an investment before March 1, 2006.
 
 
Limits non-fisheries-related investments to the property or other assets located within the Community Development Quota (CDQ) region in which the entity's eligible villages are located, or within the CDQ region in which another entity's eligible villages are located if an investment is made jointly with, or with the approval of, the other entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Prescription Drug Cost Equalization Act

Bill: 110-hr-6684
Sponsor: Rep. Ellsworth, Brad [D-IN-8]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Drugs
Prescription pricing

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Medicare Prescription Drug Cost Equalization Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require application to specialty tier drugs (very high cost and unique items) of the process for exception from the tiered cost-sharing for drugs included within a formulary; and (2) limit to 25% the Medicare cost-sharing for such specialty tier drugs.
 
(Under an exception, a nonpreferred drug could be covered under the terms applicable for preferred drugs if the prescribing physician determines that the preferred drug for treatment of the same condition either would not be as effective for the individual, or would have adverse effects for the individual, or both. )


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
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: 2008-07-31
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: 2008-07-31
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: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron working training program for Native Americans.

Bill: 110-hr-6685
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Iron and steel industry
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Minority employment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to make a grant each year to an eligible entity to provide an iron working training program that: (1) provides specialized classroom and on-the-job training in iron working skills to adult members of federally recognized Indian tribes; and (2) facilitates job placement upon program completion.

action_date: 2008-09-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to make a grant each year to an eligible entity to provide an iron working training program that: (1) provides specialized classroom and on-the-job training in iron working skills to adult members of federally recognized Indian tribes; and (2) facilitates job placement upon program completion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 302 - 72 (Roll no. 616). (text: CR H8503)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 302 - 72 (Roll no. 616).(text: CR H8503)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8543-8544)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6685.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8503)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
COMBAT Act

Bill: 110-hr-6686
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health personnel
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Combat Operations and Medical Benefit Authorization for Our Troops Act of 2008 or COMBAT Act - Increases the maximum monthly rates of: (1) hazardous duty pay; (2) hostile fire or imminent danger pay; (3) special pay for service as a member of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team; (4) special pay for members extending duty at designated overseas locations; (5) combat-related injury rehabilitation pay; and (6) the family separation allowance.
 
Increases the maximum annual rates of special pay for: (1) officers serving as psychologists and nonphysician health care providers; and (2) special warfare officers extending their active-duty period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Immigration Enforcement Act

Bill: 110-hr-6687
Sponsor: Rep. Mitchell, Harry E. [D-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Border patrols
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Customs administration
Department of Homeland Security
Energy
Energy prices
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government vehicles
Immigration
International Affairs
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Fuel Immigration Enforcement Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) calculate the annual fuel expense cost for all United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles according to gasoline prices reported by the Energy Information Administration Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update; and (2) report such information to the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight.
action_date: 2008-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1662)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in House