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Preserving the American Historical Record Act

Bill: 110-hr-6056
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2008-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Archives
Arts, Culture, Religion
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
History
Internet
Labor and Employment
Science, Technology, Communications
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: 
Preserving the American Historical Record Act - Authorizes the Archivist of the United States to make grants to states to: (1) protect historical records; (2) use such records in new and creative ways; (3) provide education and training to those who care for historical records; and (4) create a wide variety of access tools, including finding aids, documentary editions, indexes, and images of key records maintained on state and local organization websites.

Requires the Archivist to consult with state and local officials on criteria for making the grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Polar Bear Seas Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-6057
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2008-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alaska
Animals
Arctic and polar regions
Bears
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coastal zone
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Continental shelf
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental technology
Gas in submerged lands
Habitat conservation
Indigenous peoples
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine ecology
Marine pollution
Native Americans
Oil and gas leases
Oil pollution
Oil well drilling
Petroleum in submerged lands
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Water pollution control
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: 
Polar Bear Seas Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from offering or approving any new lease, or approving an exploration or development plan, within any area of the Chukchi or Beaufort Sea marine and coastal ecosystems until: (1) the National Research Council reports to Congress on certain missing information regarding the composition, distribution, status, and ecology of the living marine resources in such ecosystems; (2) the polar bear is listed as either an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and critical habitat is designated for it; (3) the Secretary performs an oil spill response gap analysis for proposed and existing arctic oil operations; and (4) the Secretary makes specified determinations, including that oil and gas exploration and development can be conducted in the Beaufort and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas without posing a risk of substantial adverse impact to wildlife, or wildlife habitat and subsistence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Safe Homes Safe Families Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6058
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2008-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault
Burglary
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal statistics
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Homicide
Housing and Community Development
Right of privacy
Right of property

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: 
Safe Homes Safe Families Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties for engaging in a home invasion while possessing a weapon that has moved in or affected interstate or foreign commerce. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Delivering Effective Training and Enforcement Resources (DETER) Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6059
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2008-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional personnel
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Geographic information systems
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Parole
Probation
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: 
Delivering Effective Training and Enforcement Resources (DETER) Act of 2008 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) include the use of global positioning monitoring technologies to monitor individuals on parole and probation and the hiring of additional parole officers as permissible corrections grant purposes under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program; and (2) provide funding under the grant program to establish the National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center for collecting and disseminating information on laws relating to and grants for parole and probation agencies and officers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6060
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2008-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Compensation for victims of crime
Computer crimes
Computer software
Conspiracy
Counterfeiting
Electronic surveillance
Extortion
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Forfeiture
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government property
Homicide
Identity theft
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Jurisdiction
Juvenile delinquency
Law
Prosecution
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Securities fraud
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Taxation
Trade secrets
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: 
Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) authorize criminal restitution orders in identity theft cases to compensate victims for the time spent to remediate the intended or actual harm incurred; (2) expand identity theft and aggravated identity theft crimes to include offenses against organizations (currently, only natural persons are protected); (3) include conspiracy to commit a felony within the definition of &quot;felony violation&quot; for purposes of aggravated identity theft crimes; (4) include making, uttering, or possessing counterfeited securities, mail theft, and tax fraud as predicate offenses for aggravated identity theft; (5) enable prosecution of computer fraud offenses for conduct not involving an interstate or foreign communication; (6) eliminate the requirement that damage to a victim's computer aggregate at least $5,000 before a prosecution can be brought for unauthorized access to a computer; (7) make it a felony, during any one-year period, to damage 10 or more protected computers used by or for the federal government or a financial institution; (8) expand the definition of &quot;cyber-extortion&quot; to include a demand for money in relation to damage to a protected computer, where such damage was caused to facilitate the extortion; (9) prohibit conspiracies to commit computer fraud; (10) expand interstate and foreign jurisdiction for prosecution of computer fraud offenses; and (11) impose criminal and civil forfeitures of property used to commit computer fraud offenses.

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review its guidelines and policy statements for the sentencing of persons convicted of identity theft, computer fraud, illegal wiretapping, and unlawful access to stored information to reflect increased penalties for such offenses. Sets forth criteria for updating such guidelines and policy statements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Personal Lines of Insurance Fairness Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6062
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2008-05-15 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

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: 
Personal Lines of Insurance Fairness 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, either a consumer report or consumer information for use in making any decision to underwrite or rate any personal lines of insurance. 
 
Exempts from such prohibition insurance information derived from specified data bases, including property loss, driver history, and medical history . 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Green Schools Act

Bill: 110-hr-6065
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2008-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Air pollution control
Bonds
Building construction
Building materials
Conservation of natural resources
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Federal aid to education
Green products
Income tax
Indoor air pollution
Maintenance and repair
Public Lands and Natural Resources
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Sustainable development
Tax credits
Taxation
Water Resources Development
Water conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: 
Green Schools Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program awarding matching grants to local educational agencies for green school construction and improvement projects that create healthy learning environments while saving natural resources and money.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend, through 2012, the Qualified Zone Academy Bond program (which provides tax credits to the holders of such bonds, which in turn finance low or no interest loans for the improvement of public schools serving low-income areas). 
 
Requires public school rehabilitation, repair, or equipment financed through such bonds to serve the green goals of creating healthy learning environments while saving natural resources and money.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2008-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2008-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2008-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E933)
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Extractive Industries Transparency Disclosure Act

Bill: 110-hr-6066
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2008-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Coal
Commerce
Energy
Energy development
Gas industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Metals
Mines and mineral resources
Natural gas
Oil well drilling
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Securities regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: 
Extractive Industries Transparency Disclosure Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to instruct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require specified annual reports of an issuer to disclose the total payments made to an agency or instrumentality of a foreign government: (1) for natural resources in a foreign country; or (2) in connection with the extraction of natural resources from a foreign country.

Requires compilation of such information so that it is accessible by the public directly from the SEC website without separately accessing the annual reports of each issuer filing the information on the EDGAR system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6068
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2008-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Animals
Consumer protection
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Hotels, motels, etc.
Insect control
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: 
Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to provide grants to an eligible state to assist the state, if the State has established a program to inspect at least 20% of rooms in lodging facilities in the state, for cimex lectularius, commonly know as the bed bug. Allows a state to use a grant to conduct inspections, train inspection personnel, and educate lodging proprietors and staff about prevention and eradication of bed bugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Enhanced Emergency and Enforcement Authority Act

Bill: 110-hr-6069
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2008-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Brokers
Civil actions and liability
Civil procedure
Commerce
Emergency Management
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Investment advisers
Investors
Law
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities industry
Securities regulation
Subpoena

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: 
Enhanced Emergency and Enforcement Authority Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to empower the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to reduce, eliminate, or prevent substantial disruption by an emergency of the ability of market participants to conduct securities activities or comply with obligations under the securities laws in a timely, orderly, or efficient manner.
 
Amends the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide that, in any action or proceeding instituted by the SEC in federal district court for any judicial district, subpoenas issued by or on behalf of such court to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents or tangible things (or both) may be served in any other district (thus granting the SEC nationwide service of process).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Military Spouses Residency Relief Act

Bill: 110-hr-6070
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2008-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congressional elections
Election administration
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Married people
Military dependents
Presidential elections
Residence requirements
Tax administration
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: 
Military Spouses Residency Relief Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to prohibit, for purposes of voting for a federal, state, or local office, deeming a person to have lost a residence or domicile in a state, acquired a residence or domicile in any other state, or become a resident in or of any other state solely because the person is absent from a state because the person is accompanying the person's spouse who is absent from the state in compliance with military or naval orders.
 
Prohibits a servicemember's spouse from either losing or acquiring a residence or domicile for purposes of taxation because of being absent or present in any U.S. tax jurisdiction solely to be with the servicemember in compliance with the servicemember's military orders if the residence or domicile is the same for the servicemember and the spouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Consumer Protection Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6071
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2008-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative fees
Commerce
Consumer education
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health insurance
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Law
Medical economics

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: 
Health Care Consumer Protection Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an issuer of group health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan that cancels or does not renew the coverage by reason of nonpayment of premiums to: (1) provide to the administrator of the plan and to each participant receiving coverage, during the 14-day period beginning on the date of such cancellation or non-renewal, written notice of the cancellation or non-renewal, the reason for such cancellation or non-renewal, and the right of reinstatement; and (2) reinstate the coverage as if it had not lapsed if the premiums due and such reasonable administrative fee as the state regulating such coverage may specify are paid to the issuer by not later than 60 days after the date the cancellation or non-renewal would otherwise have become effective.

Applies such requirement in the same manner to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in the individual market. Requires the notice to be provided to an association or other organization responsible for paying premiums as well as the individuals whose coverage is affected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Interagency Cooperation Commission Act

Bill: 110-hr-6072
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2008-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Computer simulation
Congress
Decision making
Defense budgets
Defense procurement
Department of Defense
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Federal budget process
Law
Legislation
Planning-programming-budgeting
Science, Technology, Communications
Strategic planning

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: 
Interagency Cooperation Commission Act - Establishes the Interagency Cooperation Commission to examine the long-term global challenges facing the United States and develop legislative and administrative proposals to improve interagency cooperation.

Requires the Commission to: (1) address the role and impact in facilitating or impeding interagency cooperation of a variety of budgetary, planning, and operational factors; and (2) examine interdepartmental cooperation within the Department of Defense (DOD), including the common organizational structures, reference materials, and budget processes, and examine the value of such structures as models for broader government commonality.

 Lists as the subjects of required assessments: (1) past examples of successful and unsuccessful interagency cooperation; (2) the impact of the Goldwater-Nichols Act within DOD; (3) the effectiveness of current interagency structures and processes to engage in strategic planning and oversee and implement long-term United States policy in global affairs; (4) simulation-based assessments of global scenarios the United States may face in the long-term; and (5) the legal decision-making authority and resources needed in each department and at the highest levels of government to execute reforms proposed by the Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2008-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2008-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Introduced in House