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Section 8 Reform, Responsibility, and Accountability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-5490
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2008-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disabled
Electronic government information
Ex-offenders
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Housing authorities
Housing for the aged
Housing for the disabled
Housing subsidies
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Planning
Public housing
Rental housing
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Veterans' benefits
Welfare eligibility
Welfare work participation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: 
Section 8 Reform, Responsibility, and Accountability Act of 2007 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit section 8 rental assistance (including tenant- and project-based assistance) from being provided to any family that includes a convicted felon or illegal alien.
 
Places a five-year limitation on section 8 rental assistance, disregarding any month during which such individual was a member of a disabled or elderly family so assisted.
 
Prohibits such assistance on behalf of any family, unless each member of the family who is 18 years of age or older performs at least 20 hours of work activities per week.
 
Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to exempt from such prohibition any individual family member who meets certain requirements.
 
Requires a public housing agency (PHA), in providing such housing assistance, to give preference to families that include a member who is a veteran that will reside in the dwelling unit.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the HUD Moving to Work demonstration program under the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 should be expanded to include significantly more PHAs.
 
Authorizes the use of unspent section 8 housing assistance payments for section 8 compliance measures.
 
Requires approved PHA plans, including modifications and amendments, to be made public at the PHA's office and in electronic form on the World Wide Web.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Pharmacy Technician Training and Registration Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5491
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2008-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Hospital care
Law
Licenses
Medical education
Medical malpractice
Paramedical personnel
Pharmacies
Pharmacists

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: 
Pharmacy Technician Training and Registration Act of 2008 or Emily's Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states to establish and implement a pharmaceutical technician registration program that requires a state to: (1) prohibit an individual from performing the duties of a pharmaceutical technician unless the individual is registered by the State Board of Pharmacy; (2) require for registration that the individual meet certain requirements related to education and training; and (3) submit an annual report to the Secretary on pharmaceutical technician errors in the state.

Allows a state receiving a grant to provide a transitional period for individuals who began practicing as pharmaceutical technicians before the date of the enactment of this Act to comply with the requirements of the registration program.

Expresses the sense of Congress that State Boards of Pharmacy should strive to ensure: (1) a ratio of two pharmaceutical technicians to each pharmacist in hospital settings; and (2) a ratio of three pharmaceutical technicians to each pharmacist in other settings, including drug stores.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to construct a greenhouse facility at its museum support facility in Suitland, Maryland, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-5492
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2008-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Botanical gardens
Building construction
Flowers
Government Operations and Politics
Horticulture
Maryland
Museums
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: 
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to construct a greenhouse facility at its museum support facility in Suitland, Maryland, to maintain its horticultural operations and preserve the orchid collection it holds in trust.

action_date: 2008-03-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) 

 
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to construct a greenhouse facility at its museum support facility in Suitland, Maryland, to maintain its horticultural operations and preserve the orchid collection it holds in trust.
 
Authorizes appropriations.

action_date: 2008-03-11
text: 

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

Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to construct a greenhouse facility at its museum support facility in Suitland, Maryland, to maintain its horticultural operations and preserve the orchid collection it holds in trust.

Authorizes appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1454)
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1454)
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5492.
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1454-1455)
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: Ms. Matsui moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2008-03-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 332.
action_date: 2008-03-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-545.
action_date: 2008-03-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-545.
action_date: 2008-02-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-02-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Savannah's Law

Bill: 110-hr-5494
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2008-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Collection of accounts
Damages
Debt
Debtor and creditor
Disabled
Law
Torts

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: 
Savannah's Law - Amends federal bankruptcy law to declare nondischargeable in bankruptcy any debts for a personal injury that results in a permanent disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Relief for America's Small and Seasonal Businesses Act

Bill: 110-hr-5495
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2008-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Labor and Employment
Temporary employment
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: 
Relief for America's Small and Seasonal Businesses Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain returning H-2B aliens (temporary nonagricultural worker) from annual numerical limitations during FY2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5496
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2008-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic government information
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Government publicity
Higher education
Indian medical care
Internet
Job vacancies
Medical education
Minorities
Office of Personnel Management
Public health personnel
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Student loan funds
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: 
Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Public Health Workforce Scholarship Program to assure an adequate supply of public health professionals to eliminate critical public health preparedness workforce shortages in federal, state, local, and tribal public health agencies by offering four-year scholarships in return for employment at such agencies. 
 
Requires the Secretary to establish the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program to provide for the repayment of loans incurred by individuals in the pursuit of the relevant public health preparedness workforce educational degree or certificate in exchange for working at such agencies for at least three years.
 
Requires the Secretary to award grants to public health agencies that receive public health preparedness cooperative agreements from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to operate state, local, and tribal public health workforce loan repayment programs.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide for scholarships to enable mid-career professionals in the public health workforce to receive additional training in the field of public health preparedness or biodefense.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to ensure that included in the OPM website there is an online catalogue of public health workforce employment opportunities in the federal government.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to establish Academic Health Departments to provide for collaboration between the academic and practice aspects of public health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E247-248)
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Kids IRA Act of 2008 (K-IRA)

Bill: 110-hr-5497
Sponsor: Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12]
Introduced: 2008-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Saving and investment
Tax deductions
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: 
Kids IRA Act of 2008 (K-IRA) - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish young savers account for individual taxpayers under age 26. Treats such accounts as Roth individual retirement accounts (Roth IRAs) for income tax purposes. Allows a tax deduction for contributions to young savers accounts, up to $5,000 a taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To increase the cap on the obligation of receipts for the Crime Victims Fund.

Bill: 110-hr-5498
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2008-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Compensation for victims of crime
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: 
Increases to $661 million the amount in the Crime Victims Fund that may be obligated in FY2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Iraq Redeployment Timetable and Political Reconciliation Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5499
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2008-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Arab countries
Armed forces abroad
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Democracy
Diplomacy
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Embassies
Ethnic relations
Europe
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
International Affairs
International agencies
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Military readiness
Military withdrawal
Minorities
NATO countries
Negotiations
Protection of officials
Regionalism (International organization)
Religion
Religious liberty
Rule of law
Security measures
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: 
Iraq Redeployment Timetable and Political Reconciliation Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) begin U.S. military redeployment from Iraq within 90 days after the enactment of the Act; and (2) complete such redeployment within 180 days.
 
States that the redeployment shall be carried out in order to protect U.S. national security interests and improve U.S. military readiness. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to retain U.S. military forces in Iraq as required for protection of the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) continue to work with the government of Iraq to provide for the security and stability of Iraq and its transition to democratic rule through diplomatic means; and (2) begin negotiations for the creation of a multilateral security and economic organization for the Middle East region (the Middle East Security and Economic Organization).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-26
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: 2008-02-26
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: 2008-02-26
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: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Foreclosure Credit Forgiveness Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-5500
Sponsor: Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2008-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Foreclosure
Housing and Community Development
Mortgages

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: 
Foreclosure Credit Forgiveness Act of 2008 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the foreclosure on a subprime mortgage of a consumer from being taken into account by any person preparing or calculating the consumer's credit score.
 
Defines &quot;subprime mortgage&quot; as any consumer credit transaction secured by the consumer's principal dwelling that meets criteria prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend Public Law 106-206 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer.

Bill: 110-hr-5502
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2008-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Licenses
Motion pictures
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary), for any film crew of five persons or fewer, to require a permit and assess an annual fee of $200 for commercial filming activities or similar projects on federal lands administered by the Secretary. Makes such a permit valid for such activities or projects that occur in areas designated for public use during public hours on all federal lands administered by the Secretary for a 12-month period. Prohibits the Secretary, for persons holding such a permit, from assessing any additional fee for commercial filming activities and similar projects that occur in those areas during those hours. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2008-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain engines for snowmobiles.

Bill: 110-hr-5503
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2008-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain engines for snowmobiles.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-5504
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2008-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arkansas
Clinton Administration
Commemorations
Ex-presidents
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if the Clinton Birthplace Foundation, Inc. donates the William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home, to designate the William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home site as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, to be known as the &quot;President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Black Metropolis District National Heritage Area Study Act

Bill: 110-hr-5505
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2008-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Black history
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Illinois
Metropolitan areas
Minorities
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: 
Black Metropolis District National Heritage Area Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of designating the Black Metropolis District in Chicago, Illinois, as the Black Metropolis District National Heritage Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Introduced in House