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United Nations Durban Review Conference (Durban II) Funding Prohibition Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5847
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Antisemitism
Appropriations
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Conferences
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Israel
Middle East and North Africa
Racism
Religion
Reparations
Slavery
Treaties
United Nations
United Nations finances

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
United Nations Durban Review Conference (Durban II) Funding Prohibition Act of 2008 - States that: (1) no funds may be made available to support the 2009 United Nations Durban Review Conference (Durban II Conference) or any other activity relating to the planning, preparation, or implementation of a follow-up meeting to the 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Durban I Conference); and (2) the United States shall withhold from its assessed contributions to the U.N. regular budget the proportional amount allocated for the Durban II Conference and any other activity relating to the planning, preparation, or implementation of a follow-up meeting to the Durban I Conference.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Preparing Teachers for Digital Age Learners Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5848
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Continuing education
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational technology
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Preparing Teachers for Digital Age Learners Act of 2008 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to replace the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology program of part B of title II with the Preparing Teachers for Digital Age Learners program.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds, through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, to consortia of institutions of higher education, states or local educational agencies, and entities able to assist in the technology-related reform of teacher preparation programs, covering up to three-fourths of the costs of projects to: (1) develop long-term partnerships among consortium members that are focused on effective teaching with modern digital tools and content that connect pre-service teacher preparation with high-need schools; or (2) transform the way departments, schools, and colleges of education teach classroom technology integration to teacher candidates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Seasonal Workforce Assistance Act

Bill: 110-hr-5849
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Labor and Employment
Temporary employment
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Seasonal Workforce Assistance Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain returning H-2B aliens (temporary nonagricultural worker) from annual numerical limitations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Charter and Recreational Fishing Collective Marketing Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5850
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commerce
Corporations
Fishery management
Fishery products
Fishing
Fishing boats
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marketing
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Charter and Recreational Fishing Collective Marketing Act of 2008 - Authorizes persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boat or recreational fishermen catching aquatic products to act together in associations in collectively catching, producing, and marketing such aquatic products, including implementing a vessel capacity reduction program, improving the operational and economic efficiency of a fishery, undertaking research, and improving the conservation and management of a fishery resource.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Roan Plateau Oil and Gas Leasing Improvement Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5851
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Colorado
Commemorations
Cultural property
Drainage
Energy
Environmental Protection
Historic sites
History
Landscape protection
Mining leases
Natural areas
Oil and gas leases
Oil shales
Oil well drilling
Prospecting
Water Resources Development
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Roan Plateau Oil and Gas Leasing Improvement Act of 2008 - Designates as Special Protection Areas of the Roan Plateau (Colorado): (1) all public land identified as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern on a specified map; (2) all public land located within the watersheds or drainage of Northeaster Creek and the East Fork of Parachute Creek above the confluence with First Anvil Creek; and (3) all public land identified as subject to a No Ground Disturbance (NGD/NSO) stipulation on a specified map.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Special Protection Areas to prevent irreparable damage to fish and wildlife resources as well as historical, cultural, scenic, and environmental resources.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) permit oil and gas exploration and development activities within designated development corridors, subject to specified conditions; and (2) issue mineral leases affecting public land within the Roan Plateau Planning Area.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from permitting oil shale exploration or development within the Planning Area.
 
Permits the Secretary to select an area for initial issuance of mineral leases, but within no more than one phased development area.
 
Restricts selection of an initial lease area to: (1) the Anvil Ridge Oil and Gas Development Area; or (2) the Corral Ridge Oil and Gas Development Area.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to include in oil or gas exploration leases minimum bonus bid amounts and lease sizes above certain limits of the Mineral Leasing Act.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to select the second and each subsequent phased development area for issuance of mineral leases, subject to notice and opportunity for public comment, and other specified conditions.
 
Requires the Secretary to ensure that each lease under this Act requires the lessee to join a federal unitization agreement covering all leases offered in the relevant phased development area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2008-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act

Bill: 110-hr-5853
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: American Revolution
Boundaries
Commemorations
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Maps
Massachusetts
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act - Modifies the boundary of Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts to include the Colonel James Barrett Farm in Concord.

action_date: 2008-09-22
text: 

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

Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act - Modifies the boundary of Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts to include the Colonel James Barrett Farm in Concord.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 voice vote. (text: CR H8496)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8496)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5853.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8496)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 539.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-839.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-839.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-07-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Military Officers Association of America, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-5854
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Federal incorporation
Nonprofit organizations
Officer personnel
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Grants a federal charter to the Military Officers Association of America (a nonprofit corporation and incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia). 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Foreclosure Counseling Assistance Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5855
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2008-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Counseling
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Home ownership
Housing finance
Law
Legal aid
Mortgages
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: 
Foreclosure Counseling Assistance Act of 2008 - Directs the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NRC) to make grants to qualified counseling intermediaries and qualified legal organizations to provide legal assistance to homeowners of owner-occupied homes with mortgages in default, in danger of default, or subject to or at risk of foreclosure.
 
Requires the NRC to give priority to qualified counseling intermediaries and qualified legal organizations that: (1) provide legal assistance in the 100 metropolitan statistical areas with the highest home foreclosure rates; and (2) have the capacity to begin using the grant funds within 90 days after receipt of the funds.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Combating Climate Change Through Individual Action Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5858
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2008-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Building materials
Carbon dioxide
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commerce
Environmental Protection
Farmers
Grazing
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Plants
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reforestation
Revegetation
Soil conservation
Tax credits
Trees

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: 
Combating Climate Change Through Individual Action Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) 30% of carbon sequestration and soil conservation expenditures made by taxpayers engaged in the business of farming; (2) 10% of qualifying planting expenditures, including expenditures for the purchase and planting of any tree, plant, shrub, or bush, and the purchase and installation of a vegetated roof system; (3) the conversion of cropland to pasture for grazing purposes or to grassland or rangeland; and (4) certain types of reforestation and afforestation of land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that State grants under that Act shall be given to States having consumer beverage container deposit laws on a priority basis, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-5859
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2008-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Beverage containers
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to air pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to provide that grants for support of air pollution planning and control programs shall be given to states that have enacted laws requiring a deposit on consumer beverage containers before any such grants may be given to other states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
To increase the average fuel economy of light-duty vehicles in the Federal fleet.

Bill: 110-hr-5860
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2008-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Automobiles
Energy
Energy efficiency
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Government vehicles
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: 
Amends federal transportation law to increase the average fuel economy standard for light-duty passenger automobiles of the Federal fleet which the President is required to prescribe.
 
Increases the standard from a minimum of 18 miles per gallon to: (1) at least 27.5 miles per gallon for the year beginning on January 1, 2009; and (2) beginning January 1, 2010, and each year thereafter, at least two miles per gallon above the previous year's average fuel economy, until a requirement of 40 miles per gallon is reached. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Florida Coastal Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-5861
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-11]
Introduced: 2008-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coastal zone
Energy
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas leases

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: 
Florida Coastal Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from offering for oil and gas leasing or preleasing (including any related activity) any tract located in: (1) specified areas of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico; (2) a specified portion of the South Atlantic Planning Area; or (3) the Straits of Florida Planning Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the reading of crime victims' rights in open court in criminal cases.

Bill: 110-hr-5862
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2008-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure
Judges
Pretrial procedure
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Trials
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to require the judge, at arraignment or at the commencement of a criminal trial, or at sentencing if there is no trial, to read in open court the rights of crime victims as provided by federal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5863
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2008-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Boundaries
Criminal investigation
Department of Justice
Federal law enforcement officers
Firearms
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Latin America
Mexico
Police training
Prosecution
Smuggling
Technical assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: 
Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) to expand resources for the Project Gunrunner initiative of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to identify, investigate, and prosecute firearms trafficking across the U.S.- Mexico border; and (2) provide ATF agents, equipment, and training to assist Mexican law enforcement officers in combating firearms trafficking and other criminal enterprises.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
Vieques Bioluminescent Bay Conservation Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5864
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Caribbean area
Department of Commerce
Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine parks and reserves
Puerto Rico

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: 
Vieques Bioluminescent Bay Conservation Act of 2008 - Designates certain submerged lands and waters of Puerto Mosquito Bay, Puerto Rico, as the Puerto Mosquito Bay National Marine Sanctuary under specified provisions of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. Gives the governor of Puerto Rico veto power over the designation of any part of that area and over the related management plan and regulations. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue a comprehensive management plan and implementing regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require a court adjudication before certain veterans may be denied the right to possess a firearm, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-5865
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2008-04-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil actions and liability
Firearms
Firearms control
Health
Judicial review
Law
Mental illness
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to require an adjudication by a federal or state court before a veteran with an honorable discharge can be prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm based upon a determination that such veteran is mentally defective or has been committed to a mental institution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-04-22
text: Introduced in House