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Solid Waste Rail Transfer Facilities Regulation Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7186
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2008-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Railroads
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Surface Transportation Board

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: 
Solid Waste Rail Transfer Facilities Regulation Act of 2008 - Requires a solid waste rail transfer facility to comply with all federal and state solid waste environmental laws (except those requiring permits). 
 
Declares that any such facility lacking a state permit shall not be required to possess one (other than a siting permit): (1) if by a certain deadline the facility has applied, in good faith, for all required permits; and (2) until the permitting agency has either approved or denied the permit application.
 
Declares that any such facility that does not possess a state siting permit shall not be required to possess one to continue to operate or to comply with state land use requirements. Authorizes a state governor to petition the Surface Transportation Board to require the facility to apply for a land-use exemption. Requires the Board to accept such a petition and the facility to have such an exception to continue to operate.
 
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make modifications to such requirements to protect human health and the environment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
LEAN Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7187
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2008-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Health and Human Services
Diet
Food service
Government Operations and Politics
Labeling
Law
Nutrition
Restaurants

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: 
Labeling Education and Nutrition Act of 2008 or the LEAN Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize a food service establishment to provide nutrition information for a food item by: (1) providing calories and nutrient information required for food intended for human consumption; (2) disclosing such information in written form; and (3) making such disclosure available upon request prior to purchase.

Requires the labeling of a standard food item served or offered for sale in a food service establishment that is part of a chain that operates 20 or more establishments under the same trade name to disclose, in a clear and conspicuous manner, prior to the point of purchase: (1) the number of calories on a menu board, on a sign meeting certain requirements, in the menu, or as part of or supplement to the menu; (2) specified nutrient information, in writing and upon request; (3) a statement directing the consumer to the availability of additional nutrient information; and (4) a statement providing suggested daily caloric intake, on a menu or menu board that does not list calories.

Declares a person to have knowingly or willfully violated the requirements of this Act if the person: (1) purposefully fails to make a disclosure required by this Act; or (2) makes a disclosure with the intent to deceive.

Provides that a reasonable basis determination of nutrition information shall be required only once per standard food item if certain requirements are met.

Preempts state laws not identical to this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2135)
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Tax Refund Anticipation Loan Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-7188
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2008-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Government information and archives
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Marketing and advertising
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: 
Tax Refund Anticipation Loan Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prescribe advertising and disclosure requirements for tax refund anticipation loans.
 
Prohibits an advertisement for an income tax refund anticipation loan from: (1) describing such a loan as a tax refund or rebate; or (2) advertising or soliciting tax preparation services as including the possibility of obtaining an immediate or rapid income tax refund or rebate if the refund or rebate involves an income tax refund anticipation loan origination.
 
Requires an advertisement for an income tax refund anticipation loan to disclose: (1) fees imposed by the originator in connection with the loan origination; (2) the applicable annual percentage rate (APR) and fees; and (3) the name of the creditor if other than the originator.
 
Sets forth contract and disclosure requirements for income tax refund anticipation loan origination services.
 
Instructs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to publish model disclosure forms to implement this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Public-Private Partnerships Community Stabilization Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7189
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2008-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Financial crises and stabilization
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Housing finance and home ownership
Public-private cooperation
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: 
Public-Private Partnerships Community Stabilization Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in carrying out any Act that provides authority to purchase troubled assets from financial institutions, to provide systematically for purchases from the Secretary, by public-private partnerships established at the community, local, and regional levels, of vacant residential properties the Secretary owns, holds, or controls by reason of purchases of troubled assets. 
 
Requires any federal property manager to provide for purchases by such partnerships of properties owned, held, or controlled by the manager, for the purpose of retaining the value of such properties, stabilizing communities, and minimizing the fiscal impacts of such Act on taxpayers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Fair Value Accounting Standards Reform Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7190
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2008-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Financial crises and stabilization
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: 
Fair Value Accounting Standards Reform Act of 2008 - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon enactment of an Act or Joint Resolution in 2008 providing for the economic recovery of financial institutions, to revise by rule, regulation, or order the application of fair value accounting, including Statement Number 157 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, to any financial institution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
E-Centives Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7191
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2008-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Health information and medical records
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: 
E-Centives Act of 2008 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make enhanced matching payments to states that provide incentive payments to physicians, hospitals, and community health centers that exhibit meaningful use of certified health information technology.
 
Limits such payments to each state that establishes a program to: (1) design, develop, install, maintain, and operate electronic information and eligibility systems and patient registries for the purpose of disease screening; and (2) train providers in the use of such systems and registries.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on Medicaid transformation payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To require a report on business and investment climates in foreign countries, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-7193
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2008-09-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: American investments
Bribery
Business ethics
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Embezzlement
Employee rights
Expropriation
Extortion
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign trade promotion
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government ethics
Government publicity
Human rights
Intellectual property
Labor and Employment
Law
Nepotism
Nontariff trade barriers
Restrictive trade practices
Right of property
Rule of law

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) report annually to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations regarding each foreign country in which acts of unfair business and investment practices have resulted in poor business and investment climates; and (2) establish a system to inform the U.S. business and investing communities of such conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Climate Change Rebate Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7194
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2008-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Income tax credits
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: 
Climate Change Rebate Act of 2008 - Requires that 35% of the total value of greenhouse gas emission allowances created by federal legislation limiting such emissions be auctioned each year to finance the purposes of this Act. 

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain low-income taxpayers a refundable tax credit for energy cost increases attributable to carbon regulation (climate change tax credit).

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) formulate and administer a Climate Change Rebate Program to provide monthly rebates based on energy cost increases to low-income families and families receiving federal assistance; (2) establish a schedule and standards to implement such Program.

Requires receipts from the auction of greenhouse gas emission allowances to be used equally for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and the Weatherization Assistance Program under the Energy Conservation and Production Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To entitle affected participants under a pension plan referred to in the USEC Privatization Act to payment for benefit increases not received.

Bill: 110-hr-7195
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2008-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Energy
Employee benefits and pensions
Judicial review and appeals
Nuclear power

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: 
Entitles to a one-time lump sum payment any persons (affected participants) who: (1) retired from active employment at one of the gaseous diffusion plants of the U.S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC) on or before USEC's privatization date as vested participants in a pension plan maintained either by USEC's operating contractor or by a contractor employed before July 1, 1993, by the Department of Energy to operate a gaseous diffusion plant; or (2) are employed by USEC's operating contractor on or before the privatization date, and are vested participants in such a pension plan.
 
 
Prescribes a formula for determination of the payment.
 
Allows any affected participant to treat such payment as a rollover contribution to a regular individual retirement account (IRA) or a Roth IRA.
 
Prescribes hearing and judicial review rights for any affected participant who may have been prejudiced by any decision with regard to such a payment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-09-27
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: 2008-09-27
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: 2008-09-27
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: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Farm Relief Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7196
Sponsor: Rep. Cazayoux, Donald J., Jr. [D-LA-6]
Introduced: 2008-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural subsidies
Appropriations
Aquaculture
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Florida
Louisiana
Storage
Sugar
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: 
Farm Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 to appropriate funds for: (1) emergency financial assistance to producers on a farm that incurred qualifying natural disaster-caused quantity or quality losses for the 2008 crop; (2) certain processors in Florida for natural disaster-caused crop and other losses in 2008; (3) certain first processors of sugarcane that operate in a county affected by a natural disaster or obtain sugarcane from a county affected by a natural disaster in Louisiana; and (4) certain sugarcane growers in Texas for natural disaster-caused demurrage, storage, and transportation costs in 2008.
 
Provides specified Commodity Credit Corporation funds for grants to state departments of agriculture for assistance to eligible catfish producers to help offset natural disaster-caused feed costs or economic losses in 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit increases in Medicare Advantage payment rates to 2 percent per year until parity achieved with Medicare fee-for-service program.

Bill: 110-hr-7197
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2008-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit Medicare Advantage payment rate increases (except for Programs of All-inclusive Care for Elderly (PACE)) to 2% per year until parity is achieved with the Medicare fee-for-service capitation rate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Medical Information and Treatment Access Act

Bill: 110-hr-7199
Sponsor: Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2008-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Nutrition and diet
Prescription drugs
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: 
Medical Information and Treatment Access Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to utilize an Internet site to: (1) consolidate and translate health care information that is available to the public from federal agencies, linking the various health-related Internet sites of such agencies; and (2) assist in the translation and reporting of disease or condition protocols for physicians and lay persons.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, to establish programs to gather information from health care practitioners and make such information publicly available regarding off-label uses of new drugs and surgical procedures.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine to establish a program to gather information on alternative medicine from health care practitioners and make such information publicly available. Requires the Director of the Center to include information that relates to the effects of dietary supplements and food on diseases and disorders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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