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FDIC Flexibility Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6565
Sponsor: Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26]
Introduced: 2008-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Reserve System

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: 
FDIC Flexibility Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to repeal: (1) requirements for least-cost resolution of troubled insured depository institutions; (2) requirements for consideration of direct financial assistance to a depository institution before appointment of a conservator or receiver; (3) certain Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) procedures for extension of time and mailed notification regarding determination of claims; and (4) specified FDIC authority relating to determination of claims. 
 
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to repeal limitations on advances to member banks by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
 
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 to repeal provisions regarding early resolution of troubled insured depository institutions by federal banking agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1525)
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act

Bill: 110-hr-6567
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2008-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: 
Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) develop a system to collect data on pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases; (2) establish the National PF Registry; and (3) establish the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Advisory Board.

Allows the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to provide for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases that can be confused with, misdiagnosed as, and progress to pulmonary fibrosis.

Requires the Secretary, in developing the Registry, to: (1) expand and coordinate existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure; and (2) provide for research access to pulmonary fibrosis data.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that epidemiological and other types of information are made available to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Requires the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate Institute pulmonary fibrosis research activities.

Requires the Director of CDC to prepare the National Pulmonary Fibrosis Action Plan.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) convene a summit of individuals with expertise in research and care of pulmonary fibrosis to provide a detailed overview of NIH research activities and discuss potential collaborations between NIH and other federal health agencies; and (2) make information about NIH activities relating to pulmonary fibrosis publicly available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6569
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2008-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health surveys
Medical personnel
Medically uninsured
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: 
Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to activate the coverage of short-term emergency health care services if the Secretary determines that there is a public health emergency. Sets forth factors for the Secretary to consider, including the degree to which the emergency is likely to overwhelm health care providers in the region.

Requires the Secretary to establish a medical monitoring program for monitoring and reporting on the health care needs of the affected population over time.

Limits eligibility for coverage of emergency health care services to: (1) uninsured or underinsured emergency victims who need health care services due to injuries or disease resulting from the public health emergency; or (2) uninsured individuals residing in the affected area whose ability to access care or medicine is disrupted as a result of the emergency.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a streamlined process for determining eligibility for emergency health care services; (2) report to Congress on the number and adequacy of volunteers enrolled in the Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) who will be available to each state in the event of a public health emergency; and (3) conduct an outreach and public education campaign to inform health care providers and the general public about the availability of emergency health care coverage during the period of the emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Air for Federal Workers Act

Bill: 110-hr-6571
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2008-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Congress
Congressional employees
Congressional office buildings
Courthouses
Drug abuse
Federal employees
Federal office buildings
Health
Health education
Judicial officers
Labor and Employment
Law
Occupational health and safety
Smoking

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: 
Healthy Air for Federal Workers Act - Prohibits the smoking of tobacco products in any area outside of any federal executive, legislative, or judicial building which is within 25 feet of any of the building's entrances, exits, windows that open, or ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area of the building where smoking is prohibited.
 
Excludes the smoking of tobacco products which occurs solely for purposes of research on smoking conducted by an agency.
 
Requires the Administrator of General Services, in conjunction with agency heads, regarding executive branch buildings, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, regarding judicial branch buildings, to inform all employees and visitors to such buildings about the smoke-free policy, educate employees about the dangers of exposure to secondhand smoke, and undertake necessary related activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, 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: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Community Assistance Act for Persons with Mental Illness

Bill: 110-hr-6572
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2008-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Block grants
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuum of care
Counseling
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Financial services
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Low-income housing
Mental illness
Personal budgets
Public housing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: 
Community Assistance Act for Persons with Mental Illness - Authorizes the use of specified funds, by state and local governments under the community development, mental health services, and substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant programs of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act, to provide housing counseling and financial counseling for individuals before their release from institutions for individuals with mental illness.
 

 

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to include in a state plan for comprehensive community-based mental health systems: (1) housing counseling; (2) financial counseling; and (3) support services for individuals released from inpatient or residential institutions.
 

 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Office of Domestic Product Promotion Act

Bill: 110-hr-6573
Sponsor: Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2008-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: 
Office of Domestic Product Promotion Act - Establishes within the Department of Commerce an Office of Domestic Product Promotion to: (1) work with U.S. businesses to promote domestic products; (2) provide information and advice to them on benefits and incentives available for producing domestic products, including the award of federal procurement contracts and federal and state tax benefits; (3) establish a comprehensive publicly available database of businesses that use, sell, or would prefer to use or sell, domestic products; (4) develop tools and ideas on how to promote domestic products; and (5) coordinate with state governments to further the Office's performance of its duties.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact

Bill: 110-hr-6577
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2008-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congress
Congressional oversight
Government Operations and Politics
Great Lakes
Illinois
Indiana
Infrastructure
Interstate compacts
Michigan
Minnesota
New York State
Ohio
Pennsylvania
St. Lawrence Seaway
Water supply
Water use
Watersheds
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: 
Grants congressional consent to and approval of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact entered into between the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. 

action_date: 2008-09-22
text: 

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

 
Grants congressional consent to and approval of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact entered into between the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
 
Reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 560.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-863.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-863.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Energy Supply Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6578
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2008-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: 
Consumer Energy Supply Act of 2008 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to publish a plan to: (1) sell prescribed amounts of light grade petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and acquire an equivalent volume of heavy grade petroleum; (2) deposit cash proceeds from those sales into the SPR Petroleum Account; and (3) withdraw from such proceeds the administrative and operational costs of the sale and acquisition.
 
Requires an offer for sale of 70 million barrels of light grade petroleum from the SPR.
 
Requires the sale to: (1) commence within 30 days after enactment of this Act, regardless of whether the Secretary's plan has been published; and (2) be completed within six months after enactment, with at least 20 million barrels offered for sale within the first 60 days after enactment.
 
Sets forth an acquisitions schedule for heavy grade petroleum to replace the light grade petroleum sold under this Act. 

Encourages the Secretary to grant requests to defer scheduled deliveries of petroleum to the SPR if deferral will result in a premium paid in additional barrels of oil which will reduce the cost of oil acquisition and increase the volume of oil delivered to the SPR or yield additional cash bonuses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 268 - 157 (Roll no. 527). (consideration: CR H7092-7093)
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 268 - 157 (Roll no. 527).(consideration: CR H7092-7093)
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: DEBATE - Mr. Barton (TX) asked unanimous consent that debate on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 6578 be extended by 15 minutes, equally divided and controlled. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6578.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7079-7093; text of measure as introduced: CR H7079-7080)
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Mr. Barrow moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
New Resources for Domestic Consumption Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6579
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2008-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Energy revenues and royalties
Land transfers
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: 
New Resources for Domestic Consumption Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the state of Alaska all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 1002 Area of Alaska (Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge). 
 
Requires the Secretary, as a condition of any such transfer, to require Alaska to pay to the United States 50% of all amounts the state receives as a result of developing oil, natural gas, and other natural resources of the Area.
 
Prohibits export from the United States of any oil produced in the 1002 Area after the date of transfer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To appropriate funds for the provision of emergency financial assistance to producers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes for losses incurred as a result of the removal of fresh tomatoes and products containing fresh tomatoes from the market and other actions undertaken in response to a public health advisory regarding tomatoes issued by the Food and Drug Administration in June 2008.

Bill: 110-hr-6581
Sponsor: Rep. Mahoney, Tim [D-FL-16]
Introduced: 2008-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Appropriations
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Government liability

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: 
Appropriates funds to the Secretary of Agriculture for payments to growers and first handlers of fresh tomatoes that experienced crop and/or market losses resulting from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Public Health Advisory issued on June 7, 2008.
 
Limits payments to not more than 75% of the greater of: (1) the value of the unmarketed tomatoes; and (2) the actual loss incurred by the grower or handler. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19300 South Molalla Avenue in Oregon City, Oregon, as the "Alice Norris Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-6584
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2008-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Mayors
Names
Oregon
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19300 South Molalla Avenue in Oregon City, Oregon, as the "Alice Norris Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 311 Southwest 2nd Street in Corvallis, Oregon, as the "Helen Berg Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-6585
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2008-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Oregon
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 311 Southwest 2nd Street in Corvallis, Oregon, as the "Helen Berg Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-29
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H10212-10213)
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H10212-10213)
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10212-10213)
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2008-09-27
text: Mr. Clay asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-07-23
text: Introduced in House