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Family Relief and Economic Stimulus Act

Bill: 110-hr-6152
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Diesel motor
Dividends
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Excise tax
Federal aid to housing
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Foreign corporations
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Inflation
Labor and Employment
Losses
Low-income housing
Real estate development
Residential rehabilitation
Social Welfare
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
Unemployment insurance
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Family Relief and Economic Stimulus Act - Allows federal-state agreements for payment of emergency unemployment compensation to individuals who have exhausted their rights to such compensation.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individuals who are facing foreclosure to make penalty-free withdrawals from tax-exempt retirement plans; (2) extend through 2008 the tax deduction for dividends received from controlled foreign corporations; (3) suspend the excise tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene for a specified period in 2008; and (4) adjust the basis of certain capital assets for inflation for purposes of determining gain or loss for income tax purposes. 

Provides additional funding to state and local governments for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed upon residences and for the weatherization of homes of low-income families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6153
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Congress
Congressional oversight
Dentists
Department of Veterans Affairs
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Employee selection
Federal employees
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Hours of labor
Medical education
Medical personnel
Nurses
Part-time employment
Pharmacists
Physicians
Recruiting of employees
Salaries
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to appoint personnel for health care positions within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) not specifically listed as authorized categories for appointment, as long as the Secretary provides prior notification to the congressional veterans' committees and the Office of Management and Budget. Requires newly-appointed nurses to serve a probationary period. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) appoint nurse assistants; and (2) waive required pay offsets for federal annuitants reemployed in VA health care positions. Sets the minimum rate of basic pay for appointees to certain positions in the Office of the Under Secretary for Health at the lowest rate of basic pay for a Senior Executive Service position. Allows for the payment of: (1) comparability pay of up to $100,000 annually for Office positions which are not physicians or dentists; and (2) special incentive pay of up to $40,000 annually to a VHA pharmacist executive.
 
Removes or waives certain pay restrictions for: (1) physicians or dentists occupying administrative or executive leadership positions; (2) nurses; and (3) certified registered nurse anesthetists. Revises locality pay scale computations.
 
Increases from $25,000 to $100,000 the special pay for nurse executives. Makes part-time nurses eligible for additional nurse pay.
 
Provides limitations on overtime duty, weekend duty, and alternative work schedules for nurses, with exceptions for emergency situations.
 
Reinstates the VA's health professionals educational assistance scholarship program, and increases maximum assistance amounts. Authorizes the Secretary to provide an educational loan repayment program for clinical researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To establish a pilot program to provide partial or full gasoline reimbursement for certain commuters and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6154
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commuting
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy prices
Federal aid to transportation
Fuel consumption
Gasoline
Subsidies
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration to establish a three-year pilot program to provide states with grants to reimburse commuters (except anyone already receiving mileage reimbursement from an employer) for the cost of gasoline for not more than 30 miles a day.
 
Specifies reimbursement levels based on a commuter vehicle's estimated fuel economy rating by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
 
Requires such a reimbursement to be available to a commuter only if: (1) the average cost of gasoline across the country exceeds $2.75 per gallon; and (2) the state has sufficient funds to provide such reimbursement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act

Bill: 110-hr-6156
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Environmental Protection
Forest conservation
National forests
National recreation areas
Snowmobiles
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act - Designates the following areas in California as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) certain lands in the Humboldt-Toiyabe and Inyo National Forests, which shall be considered as part of the Hoover Wilderness; (2) certain lands in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, which shall be considered to be part of the Emigrant Wilderness; (3) certain lands in the Inyo National Forest, which shall be considered to be part of the Ansel Adams Wilderness; (4) certain lands in the Inyo National Forest and lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Inyo County, which shall be considered to be part of the John Muir Wilderness; (5) certain lands in the Inyo National Forest and lands administered by BLM in Mono County, which shall be known as the White Mountains Wilderness; (6) certain lands administered by BLM in Mono County, which shall be known as the Granite Mountain Wilderness; and (7) certain lands in the Angeles National Forest, which shall be known as the Magic Mountain Wilderness and the Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness.

Releases any parts of the following areas from further study for designation as wilderness: (1) the Masonic Mountain Wilderness Study Area; (2) the Mormon Meadow Wilderness Study Area; (3) the Walford Springs Wilderness Study Area; and (4) the Granite Mountain Wilderness Study Area.

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the following as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system: (1) the Amargosa River; (2) the Owens River; and (3) Piru Creek.

Designates certain lands in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest as the Bridgeport Winter Recreation Area.

Requires certain lands in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest to be managed in a manner consistent with the non-wilderness forest areas immediately surrounding acreage identified as Area X on the forest's May 20, 2008, proposed management map.

Designates certain public lands in California as the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the exception from the 10 percent penalty for early withdrawals from governmental plans for qualified public safety employees.

Bill: 110-hr-6157
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Age
Annuities
Civil service retirement
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defined contribution plans
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Local employees
Paramedical personnel
Police
State employees
Tax penalties
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: ( 1) modify the exemption from the 10% penalty for premature distributions from governmental employee benefit plans to qualified public safety employees to eliminate the restriction that such plans be defined benefit plans; and (2) exempt from tax penalties certain periodic payments made to qualified public safety employees before the enactment of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (i.e., August 17, 2006).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a geographic adjustment in the Medicare cap on payment for hospice care and to require hospice programs to report comprehensive data on hospice care.

Bill: 110-hr-6158
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hospital rates
Medicare
Social Welfare
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a geographic adjustment in the Medicare hospice payment cap, increasing the work geographic index to 1.00 for any locality for which such index is less than 1.00.

Requires hospice programs to report comprehensive data on hospice care. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act

Bill: 110-hr-6162
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Colorado
Environmental Protection
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Natural areas
Nature conservation
Riparian ecology
Stream conservation
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act - Establishes the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area in Colorado to conserve and protect the unique and nationally important values of certain public land in Mesa, Montrose, and Delta Counties and the water resources of area streams that are necessary to support aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial species and communities.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) develop a comprehensive management plan for the long-range protection and management of the Conservation Area; and (2) establish the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council to advise the Secretary on the preparation and implementation of the management plan.

Designates certain lands in Mesa, Montrose, and Delta Counties as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Federal Housing Enterprises Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6164
Sponsor: Rep. Watt, Melvin L. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Electronic data interchange
Federal home loan banks
Finance and Financial Sector
Mortgage banks
Mortgages
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary mortgage market
Securities regulation
Swaps (Finance)

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Federal Housing Enterprises Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008 - Directs the Federal Housing Board to require each Federal Home Loan Bank, and the Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to require the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), to carry out a pilot program to reduce risk through the use of electronic platforms to conduct transactions in interest rate swaps and forward rate agreements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Solid Waste Interstate Transportation Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6166
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2008-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Aluminum
Beverage containers
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental monitoring
Environmental technology
Fines (Penalties)
Gifts
Glass and glass industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Groundwater
Health
Incineration
Interstate commerce
Interstate relations
Landfills
Law
Licenses
Maps
Medical wastes
Methane
Minorities
Municipal solid waste
Native Americans
Paper recycling
Plastics
Pollution measurement
Potable water
Public meetings
Radioactive wastes
Recycling of waste products
Refuse and refuse disposal
Road construction
Sewage disposal
Sewage sludge
State laws
State-local relations
Steel
Subsidies
Transboundary pollution
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Trucking
Trucks
User charges
Waste disposal sites
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: 
Solid Waste Interstate Transportation Act of 2008 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit a landfill or incinerator (facility) from receiving out-of-state municipal solid waste (MSW) for disposal or incineration unless the waste is received pursuant to a new or existing host community agreement or an exemption from this prohibition (which may be limited by the state). Establishes conditions for exemptions. 
 
Authorizes states to establish limits on the amount of out-of-state MSW received annually for disposal at each facility. Sets the limitation amount for any facility that began receiving documented out-of-state waste before enactment of this Act at the amount received during 1993 (or first subsequent year of documentation). Prohibits state limits from conflicting with permits or host community agreements. 
Authorizes states to require that a permit for a new or expanded facility include an annual limitation of not less than 20% on the total quantity of out-of-state MSW relative to the total waste received by the facility. Requires percentage limitations to be uniform and not discriminate against out-of-state MSW according to state of origin. 
Allows states to limit the amount of out-of-state MSW received annually at each facility to the amount received during 1995 if the state has a comprehensive, statewide recycling program. Prohibits discrimination against shipments of such waste on the basis of state of origin. 
Authorizes states to require inspectors to be onsite during operation of a facility that receives out-of-state MSW.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6167
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2008-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Commerce
Computer crimes
Criminal aliens
Deceptive advertising
Deportation
Immigration
Internet
Life imprisonment
Murder
Names
Passports
Pornography
Rape
Recidivists
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex offenders
Sex-oriented businesses
Smuggling
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: 
Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to increase criminal penalties for offenses relating to the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, transportation of minors for illicit sexual purposes, child sex trafficking and prostitution, and sex crimes against children resulting in death. 

Directs the Attorney General to notify the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security of individuals, including aliens, who are convicted of sex offenses against children. Requires the Secretary of State to deny passports for such individuals and authorizes the Secretary to revoke, restrict, or limit a passport issued to a convicted sex offender if the passport was used to transport a minor for illicit sexual purposes.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to place aliens convicted of sex offenses in removal proceedings. 

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) render aliens who are convicted of sexual abuse of a minor inadmissible to the United States; and (2) subject aliens convicted of a sex crime against a minor to deportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as the "Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-6168
Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2008-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Marines
Military personnel
Missouri
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as the "Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2008-09-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 403 - 0 (Roll no. 574). (text: CR H7884)
action_date: 2008-09-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 403 - 0 (Roll no. 574).(text: CR H7884)
action_date: 2008-09-09
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7928-7929)
action_date: 2008-09-09
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2008-09-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6168.
action_date: 2008-09-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7884-7885)
action_date: 2008-09-09
text: Mr. Davis (IL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2008-07-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-07-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Introduced in House