hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7203
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2008-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Citizen participation
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Educational accountability
Educational equalization
Educational innovations
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008 - Establishes the Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity, composed of the Secretary of Education and 14 educational stakeholders appointed by the Comptroller General.
 
Tasks the Commission with conducting a study and reporting to Congress on ways to enable all students to achieve their academic potential, with particular emphasis on: (1) ensuring that schools receive adequate resources; (2) developing methods for assessing students' educational needs; and (3) creating innovative strategies for state and local educational agencies to follow to enable students to achieve their academic potential, and to enable such agencies to participate in school funding reform efforts that result in educational equity.
 
Directs the Commission to conduct outreach programs with communities throughout the nation to engage them in a public dialogue on how to ensure that their schools enable all students to achieve their academic potential.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish sanctions and penalties applicable to an employer whenever an employee of the employer is convicted of driving an over-the-road bus under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance while acting within the scope of the employee's employment.

Bill: 110-hr-7204
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2008-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Transportation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Motor carriers
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish criminal penalties and fines for employers of over-the-road bus drivers convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance while acting within the scope of their employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Judgment Evading Foreign States Accountability Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7205
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2008-09-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign loans and debt
Government liability
Sanctions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Judgment Evading Foreign States Accountability Act of 2008 - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to deny a judgment evading foreign state (as defined by this Act) access to U.S. capital markets unless the proceeds of such borrowing or sale are to be used to satisfy in full all final judgments that form the basis for such designation as a judgment evading foreign state. 
 
Requires: (1) a proposal to extend bilateral or multilateral assistance to a judgment evading state to bear notice that such state is a judgment evading state; and (2) the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually to Congress identifying each such state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7207
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2008-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Law
Licenses
Radio spectrum allocation
Television frequency allocation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to post on its website detailed transition plans from each federal entity that is eligible for payments from the Spectrum Relocation Fund for costs related to the reallocation of frequencies from federal to nonfederal use. Requires the federal entities, to the fullest extent possible, to provide for sharing and coordination of eligible frequencies with commercial licensees. Requires federal entities to complete spectrum relocation within one year of receiving relocation payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Teen Dating Violence Prevention Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7208
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2008-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child sexual abuse
Child welfare
Church and social problems
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Crime prevention
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family violence
Federal aid to law enforcement
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Homeless
Juvenile delinquency
Legal aid
Mental health
Rape
Religion
Runaway children
Social Welfare
Social life and customs
Stalking
Victims of crimes
Violence
Women
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Teen Dating Violence Prevention Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to state, local, or tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and community and faith-based organizations to provide services and education and counseling programs for runaway and homeless youth or other at-risk youth who are the victims of domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Revitalizing Cities Through Parks Enhancement Act

Bill: 110-hr-7209
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Revitalizing Cities Through Parks Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants to qualified community organizations to develop as open space municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2151)
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Michael Jon Newkirk Transportation Safety Enhancement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7210
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2008-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Michael Jon Newkirk Transportation Safety Enhancement Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to withhold a graduated percentage of federal-aid highway funds of a state that does not enact or enforce a law that requires the annual inspection of registered motor vehicles so that they meet or exceed state motor vehicle standards (including the operability of vehicle seatbelts and speedometers).
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Minerals Management Service Improvement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7211
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2008-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Auditing
Commerce
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Continental shelf
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Interior
Employee training
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial disclosure
Gas in submerged lands
Gas industry
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics
Governmental investigations
Labor and Employment
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mines and mineral resources
Mining leases
Mining royalties
Oil and gas royalties
Oil well drilling
Ombudsman
Petroleum in submerged lands
Petroleum industry
Stocks

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Minerals Management Service Improvement Act of 2008 - Prohibits any employee of the Minerals Management Service of the Department of the Interior from: (1) knowingly accepting a gift from an entity engaged in the business of mineral mining or from being employed by such an entity while employed in the Service; and (2) accepting employment from an entity engaged in the business of mineral mining during the one-year period after termination of employment with the Service. Makes violations of such prohibitions a felony. Requires financial disclosure by employees of the Service in positions equivalent to GS-13 or higher. 
 
Suspends the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to carry out royalty-in-kind programs (payment of royalties from oil and gas leases in the form of production rather than cash) until the Secretary certifies that a comprehensive review of such programs has been conducted, implements an ethics training program for employees of the Minerals Management Service, and creates an ombudsman position to monitor the progress of the Service in carrying out reforms. Requires the Secretary to perform at least 550 audits in each fiscal year of oil and gas leases for which payment is made under a royalty-in-kind program. 
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the authority of the Secretary to pay salaries and other administrative costs related to a royalty-in kind program from royalty-in-kind sales revenues.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for the waiver of requirements relating to recertification kits for the conversion of vehicles into vehicles powered by natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas.

Bill: 110-hr-7213
Sponsor: Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11]
Introduced: 2008-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Energy
Liquefied petroleum gas
Motor vehicle pollution control
Natural gas vehicles
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to waive requirements for recertification of kits for the conversion of vehicles into vehicles that are powered by natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas in any case in which: (1) the kit has been previously certified for the model of vehicle to be converted; and (2) neither the kit nor the design and specifications of the model of vehicle to be converted have substantially changed. Requires the Administrator to waive emission certification system requirements for a vehicle that is more than 10 years old or has more than 120,000 miles and that is powered by natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Combat Stress Healthcare Improvement Act

Bill: 110-hr-7214
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2008-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Education programs funding
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Medical education
Mental health
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Veterans Combat Stress Healthcare Improvement Act - Revises the veterans' health professionals educational assistance program to provide a selection priority under various program components for those seeking to obtain the specialized training necessary to treat combat stress. Provides a similar priority for individuals who have completed the degree requirements necessary for qualification as a licensed mental health professional, are employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in positions related to the treatment of combat stress, and owe any principal or interest on loans used to pay costs related to earning the degree.
 
Reauthorizes the program's scholarship program for FY2009-FY2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Human Costs in Iraq Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7215
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2008-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Iraq
Middle East
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Human Costs in Iraq Act of 2008 - Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008 to require, in a report concerning Department of Defense (DOD) progress toward military and political stability in Iraq, additional information concerning: (1) the total number of Iraqis killed by violence; (2) best efforts to distinguish between combatants, noncombatants, and official Iraqi Security Force personnel killed; and (3) details of the incidents involving each casualty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize funding for emergency management performance grants to provide for domestic preparedness and collective response to catastrophic incidents, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-7218
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2008-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Building construction
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish an emergency management performance grants program to address domestic preparedness and collective response to a catastrophic incident. 

Limits the federal share of the cost of a program funded activity to 50%. Sets forth guidelines for the Administrator to apportion funds to carry out the program among the states on the basis of population. Authorizes appropriations.

Revises the program providing grants to states for emergency operations centers to provide that such centers are to be equipped, upgraded, and constructed for domestic preparedness and collective response to a catastrophic incident.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2008-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Hospital Outpatient and Community Clinic Services Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7219
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2008-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: 
Protecting Hospital Outpatient and Community Clinic Services Act of 2008 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from taking any action before April 1, 2009 (including promulgation of regulations, issuance of regulatory guidance, use of federal payment audit procedures, or other administrative action, policy, or practice, including a Medical Assistance Manual transmittal or letter to state Medicaid directors), to impose any restrictions relating to a specified proposed regulation, if such restrictions are more restrictive in any aspect than those that applied to the subject matter of the proposed regulation as of September 27, 2007.

Identifies the proposed regulation as the one published on September 28, 2007, relating to the outpatient clinic and hospital facility services definition and upper payment limit under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2231)
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-7220
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2008-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Bolivia
Colombia
Corporate finance and management
Customs enforcement
Ecuador
Income tax rates
Latin America
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment
Peru
Tariffs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: 
Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) to extend the ATPA program through December 31, 2009.
 
Extends through FY2010 preferential treatment for apparel articles assembled in one or more beneficiary countries from regional fabrics or regional components, and specified other type apparel (brassieres).
 
Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend certain customs fees for the processing of merchandise entered into the United States.
 
Amends the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 to increase by 0.5% the amount in effect on the date of enactment of this Act of any corporate estimated tax installment otherwise due by a corporation with assets of not less than $1 billion in July, August, or September 2013.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to create an offense for misuse in communications of a registered mark.

Bill: 110-hr-7224
Sponsor: Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2008-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Intellectual property

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine of up to $2 million ($5 million for a person other than an individual [e.g., a business entity]) and/or a prison term of up to 10 years on any person who uses a trademark, service mark, collective mark, or certification mark registered on the principal register in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with the intent to deceive the public that such use is authorized by the owner of the mark. Increases such penalties for subsequent offenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Introduced in House