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Nondiscriminatory Use of Consumer Reports and Consumer Information Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5633
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2008-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer protection
Discrimination in insurance
Insurance companies
Minorities
Racial discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: 
Nondiscriminatory Use of Consumer Reports and Consumer Information Act of 2008 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from furnishing to any person, and any person from using or obtaining, a consumer report or consumer information for use in making any decision to underwrite or rate any personal lines of insurance for which the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) determines that such use: (1) results in racial or ethnic discrimination; or (2) represents a proxy or proxy effect for race or ethnicity.
 
Excludes from such proscription insurance information, including property loss data, driver history, and medical history, derived from specified data bases. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
New American Innovators Act

Bill: 110-hr-5634
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2008-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alien labor
Aliens
Education
Higher education
Immigrant education
Immigrants
Labor and Employment
Skilled labor
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: 
New American Innovators Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to treat as a special immigrant, exempt from numerical limitations, any alien who has received a Ph.D. from a U.S. institution of higher education within the three-year period preceding the alien's petition for special immigrant status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Digital Television Transition Consumer Relief Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5635
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2008-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on digital-to-analog converter boxes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Product and Food Safety Information Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5636
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2008-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer education
Consumer protection
Data banks
Defective products
Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Product safety
Public service advertising
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: 
Consumer Product and Food Safety Information Act of 2008 - Requires the head of each federal product safety enforcement agency to design and implement a public information plan to use agency and media resources to provide information to the public concerning: (1) the role of the agency in ensuring product safety; (2) steps consumers can take to enhance their safety while using regulated products; (3) product recalls; and (4) additional information to enhance consumer safety. Requires such plan to include procedures for developing and distributing product safety information to the public.

Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to establish: (1) a clearinghouse to collect and distribute product recall and safety information to government entities and the public; (2) a toll-free number for such information; and (3) a public website to provide recall information to the public.

Requires the head of each enforcement agency to issue: (1) national public service announcements that contain information on the public safety role of the agency, available resources, and product safety information; and (2) posters and other printed material on the public safety role of the agency.

Sets forth requirements for product recall notifications and quarterly reporting.

Requires any manufacturer or distributor of a product who voluntarily initiates a product recall as a result of safety concerns to provide notice of such recall to the relevant enforcement agency within 10 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Securing American Families by Educating and Training Youth (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5637
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2008-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Church and social problems
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Counseling
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to law enforcement
Mentoring
Nonprofit organizations
Nonviolence
Religion
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: 
Securing American Families by Educating and Training Youth (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to state or local governments, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and faith-based entities to prevent or alleviate the effects of community violence by educating, mentoring, and counseling youth regarding the principles and application of nonviolence in conflict resolution. 
 
Gives grant priority to applicants that agree to use the funds in communities experiencing an increase in violence, but lacking the resources to address violence prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 35, United States Code, to create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture.

Bill: 110-hr-5638
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2008-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Intellectual property
Maintenance and repair
Manufacturing industries
Patent infringement

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: 
Declares that it is not a patent infringement to make, use, offer to sell, or sell within the United States or import into the United States any article of manufacture that is a part of another article of manufacture, if the sole purpose of the part is for the repair of the article of manufacture of which it is a part so as to restore its original appearance.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5639
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2008-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Law
Physical fitness
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: 
Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish a report that contains physical activity information and guidelines for the general public that are based on the preponderance of current scientific and medical knowledge. Requires any federal agency that proposes to issue any physical activity guidance for the general population or identified subgroups to submit the text of such guidance to the Secretary for review. Prescribes review procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E408)
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Birthparent Assistance Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5640
Sponsor: Rep. Schmidt, Jean [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2008-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption
Counseling
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Group counseling
Health
Hospital personnel
Labor and Employment
Parents
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: 
Birthparent Assistance Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide certain post-legal adoption services, counseling, and a nationally-available hotline for birthparents who have placed a child for adoption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
IRA Assistance Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5641
Sponsor: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2008-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Loans
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: 
IRA Assistance Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow premature distributions from individual retirement accounts (other than Roth IRAs) without penalty to make hardship loans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
SUSTAIN Act

Bill: 110-hr-5642
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2008-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Labor and Employment
Skilled labor
Temporary employment
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: 
Strengthening United States Technology And Innovation Now Act or the SUSTAIN Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the total number of aliens who may be issued H-1B nonimmigrant visas (specialty occupation) or otherwise acquire such status shall be 195,000 for FY2008 and FY2009. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
First-Time Homebuyers' Tax Credit Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5643
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2008-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: First-Time Homebuyers' Tax Credit Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an income-based, one-time refundable tax credit for first-time homebuyers of ten percent of a principal residence's purchase price ($3,000 maximum credit, $6,000 maximum credit for joint filers); (2) allow transfer of such credit (within 30 days of transfer application) as payment towards related downpayment and closing costs; and (3) apply the credit to purchases made on or after January 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2013, and to binding contracts made between such dates, and in which the residence is occupied before July 1, 2014.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To provide for competitive development and operation of high-speed rail corridor projects.

Bill: 110-hr-5644
Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2008-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Economic development
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Governmental investigations
Highspeed ground transportation
Infrastructure
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
New York City
Northeastern States
Railroad commuting traffic
Railroad engineering
Railroad finance
Railroad freight operations
Railroad passenger traffic

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to solicit proposals for projects for the financing, design, construction, and operation of an initial high-speed rail system between Washington, DC, and New York City, New York (Northeast Corridor). 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) determine whether a proposal is feasible; and (2) establish a commission for each corridor for which one or more feasible proposals are submitted.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the results of an economic development study of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Housing Protection and Foster Care Prevention Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5645
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2008-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Families
Foster home care
Housing subsidies
Low-income housing
Rental housing
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: 
Housing Protection and Foster Care Prevention Act of 2008 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude payments under certain qualified post-foster care guardianship assistance programs from consideration as income with respect to eligibility for low-income rent reductions in assisted housing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Protecting the Second Amendment and Hunting Rights on Federal Lands Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5646
Sponsor: Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2008-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Ammunition
Animals
Crime and Law Enforcement
Firearms
Firearms control
Government regulation
Hunting
Land use
Law
National parks
Sports and Recreation
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: 
Protecting the Second Amendment and Hunting Rights on Federal Lands Act of 2008 - Prohibits any federal regulation from restricting any individual from possessing or carrying a firearm or ammunition, if such restriction is based, in whole or in part, upon the fact that the individual is in a unit of the National Park System or the Wildlife Refuge System. 
 
Sets forth provisions with regard to allowing hunting activities on federal lands. Requires an agency with jurisdiction over any federal land, when developing or considering approval of a management plan, to ensure that hunting activities are allowed as a use of such land to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the federal land is managed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2008-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Home Owners' Loan Corporation for the 21st Century Act

Bill: 110-hr-5649
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2008-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Bonds
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Government lending
Housing finance
Interest
Liens
Mortgages
Property tax
Secondary mortgage market
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: 
Home Owners' Loan Corporation for the 21st Century Act - Establishes the Home Owners' Loan Corporation as an instrumentality of the United States.
 

 
Authorizes the Corporation to: (1) acquire, in exchange for bonds and subject to specified limitations, home mortgages, obligations, and liens secured by real estate (mortgage relief); and (2) make cash advances to pay the taxes and assessments on the real estate, provide for maintenance, meet incidental transaction expenses, and pay the mortgage, obligation, or lien holder the difference (not to exceed $200) between the face value of the bonds exchanged, plus accrued interest, and the purchase price of the mortgage, obligation, or lien. 
 
Requires the homeowner to make mortgage payments to the Corporation. Sets forth 40-year amortization requirements. Authorizes the Corporation to exchange bonds and make cash advances to redeem or recover homes lost by the owners by foreclosure or forced sale.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to limit the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of certain property and to discontinue large in-lieu contributions.

Bill: 110-hr-5650
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2008-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Land transfers
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to: (1) prohibit the President from contributing federal funds to a state or local government or private nonprofit organization for the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of donated real property that the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) determines is not critical to the public welfare; and (2) repeal a provision authorizing a state or local government to elect to receive in lieu of such public facility funds a contribution equal to 90% of the federal share of the estimated cost of repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing a facility and of management expenses if such government determines that conducting such activity would not best serve the public welfare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Child Sexual Slavery Prevention Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5652
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2008-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alien labor
Child labor
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Families
Forced labor
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Illegal aliens
Immigration
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Prostitution
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Slavery
Smuggling

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: 
Child Sexual Slavery Prevention Act of 2008 - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend its sentencing guidelines and policy statements to enhance penalties for crimes involving human trafficking and slave trading, smuggling, transporting, or harboring an unlawful alien, and sex trafficking of children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on certain isotopic separation machinery and apparatus, and parts thereof, for use in the construction of an isotopic separation facility in southern New Mexico.

Bill: 110-hr-5653
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2008-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on certain isotopic separation machinery and apparatus, and parts thereof, for use in the construction of an isotopic separation facility in southern New Mexico.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Families Beyond Bars Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5654
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2008-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family services
Federal aid to law enforcement
Parent and child
Prisoners

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: 
Families Beyond Bars Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to qualified organizations to carry out child-parent visitation programs that foster and develop familial ties between eligible children and their incarcerated parents. 
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on child-parent visitation programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-03-14
text: Introduced in House