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Ray Ruiz Special Exposure Cohort Act

Bill: 110-hr-6019
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2008-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Compensation (Law)
Department of Energy
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government liability
Health
Laboratories
New Mexico
Nuclear energy research
Nuclear research
Nuclear weapons
Occupational health and safety
Radiation
Radiation victims
Research and development facilities
Science, Technology, Communications
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: 
Ray Ruiz Special Exposure Cohort Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include an employee of the Department of Energy (DOE) or its contractors or subcontractors who worked for at least 250 work days at the Los Alamos site in New Mexico within the meaning of the term &quot;member of the Special Exposure Cohort&quot; for purposes of occupational illness compensation.

Provides that a claim that an individual qualifies for compensation or benefits under such Act shall be considered notwithstanding any denial of any other claim for compensation with respect to such individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-05-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2008-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E861-862)
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the purchase or lease of housing acquired using Federal loan or grant funds appropriated for the purchase and rehabilitation of foreclosed housing under the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008 by any individual convicted under Federal or State law of a drug-dealing offense, a sex offense, or mortgage fraud.

Bill: 110-hr-6021
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2008-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-offenders
Federal aid to housing
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Fraud
Government lending
Home ownership
Housing finance
Leases
Mortgages
Residential rehabilitation
Sex offenders

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: 
Prohibits any individual from purchasing or leasing any housing (or any dwelling unit in housing) acquired using federal loan or grant funds Congress appropriates for the purchase and rehabilitation of foreclosed housing under the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008, if he or she has been convicted under federal or state law of a felony drug-dealing offense (within the five-year period preceding the purchase or lease transaction date), a sex offense, or mortgage fraud.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Freedom to Serve Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6023
Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2008-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Assault
Destruction of property
Fines (Penalties)
Recruiting and enlistment

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: 
Freedom to Serve Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties for: (1) using force or the threat of force or physical obstruction to injure, intimidate or interfere with anyone providing federal or state military recruiting services or anyone seeking to inquire about or volunteer for military service in the active or reserve Armed Forces or the National Guard of any state; or (2) intentionally damaging or destroying facilities that house or host military recruiting services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E883-884)
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Rio Grande Pueblos Irrigation Infrastructure Improvement Act

Bill: 110-hr-6024
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2008-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Governmental investigations
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Maintenance and repair
Minorities
New Mexico
Water conservation
Water supply
Water use

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: 
Rio Grande Pueblos Irrigation Infrastructure Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to: (1) conduct a study of irrigation infrastructure for 18 Rio Grande Pueblos in New Mexico; and (2) develop a list of projects recommended to be implemented over a 10-year period to repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct such infrastructure. 

Directs the Secretary: (1) in developing that list, to prioritize the projects recommended for implementation based on consideration of specified factors, including the extent of disrepair, economic and cultural impacts, and overall benefits of the project to efficient water operations; and (2) to notify each Rio Grande Pueblo in writing, inviting the Pueblo to consult with the Secretary regarding the study if it notifies the Secretary in writing of such intent within three months after receiving notice.

Authorizes the Secretary (subject to specified limitations) to provide grants to the Pueblos to plan, design, construct, or otherwise implement recommended projects to repair, rehabilitate, reconstruct, or replace Pueblo irrigation infrastructure to: (1) increase water use efficiency and agricultural productivity for the benefit of a Pueblo; (2) conserve water; or (3) otherwise enhance water management or help avert water supply conflicts in the Rio Grande Basin.

Sets the federal share of the project's cost at 75%, with an exception based on financial hardship. 

Provides that nothing in this Act shall affect existing project-specific authority, U.S. responsibilities to any such Pueblo, Pueblo water rights, state water law, or an interstate compact governing water.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Family-Friendly Workplace Act

Bill: 110-hr-6025
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2008-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Collective bargaining
Damages
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hours of labor
Labor contracts
Law
Leave of absence
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: 
Family-Friendly Workplace Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize private employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees, at a rate of 1 1/2 hours per hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required. Authorizes an employer to provide compensatory time only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee.
 
Prohibits an employee from accruing more than 160 hours of compensatory time. Requires an employee's employer to provide monetary compensation, after the end of a calendar year, for any unused compensatory time off accrued during the preceding year.
 
Requires an employer to give employees 30-day notice before discontinuing compensatory time off.
 
Prohibits an employer from intimidating, threatening, or coercing an employee in order to: (1) interfere with the employee's right to request or not to request compensatory time off in lieu of payment of monetary overtime compensation; or (2) require an employee to use such compensatory time.
 
Makes an employer who violates such requirements liable to the affected employee in the amount of the compensation rate for each hour of compensatory time accrued, plus an additional equal amount as liquidated damages, reduced for each hour of compensatory time used.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E897-898)
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To provide highest preference in the use of foreclosed housing acquired using Federal loan or grant funds made available under the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008 for providing housing for disabled veterans and to prohibit the purchase or lease of such housing by any individual convicted under Federal or State law of a drug-dealing offense, a sex offense, or mortgage fraud.

Bill: 110-hr-6027
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2008-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disabled
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-offenders
Federal aid to housing
Finance and Financial Sector
Fraud
Government lending
Home ownership
Housing finance
Housing subsidies
Law
Mortgages
Rental housing
Sex offenders
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: 
Prohibits an individual from purchasing or leasing any housing acquired using federal loan or grant funds made available for use under the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008, or any dwelling unit in any such housing, if such individual has been convicted under federal or state law of a drug-dealing offense, a sex offense, or mortgage fraud.
 
Requires each state, metropolitan city, and urban county that is provided such loan or grant amounts, notwithstanding any other preferences required or authorized under such Act for use of such amounts, to give highest priority to providing housing for disabled veterans.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Family Fairness Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6029
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2008-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Families
Family leave
Health
Hours of labor
Part-time employment
Sick leave

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: 
Family Fairness Act of 2008 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to make an employee eligible for coverage under such Act if that employee has been employed for at least 12 months by a covered employer with respect to whom such leave is requested. (Eliminates the requirement, under current law, that the employee have served at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period before the leave request.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2008-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2008-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2008-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Creating Opportunities to Motivate Mass-transit Utilization To Encourage Ridership Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6030
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2008-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Commuting
Employee benefit plans
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Mass rapid transit
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: 
Creating Opportunities to Motivate Mass-transit Utilization to Encourage Ridership Act of 2008 or the Commuter Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a refundable tax credit for 50% of the cost of transit passes provided on a tax-free basis to employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E901-902)
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Eradicating Asian Carp in the Great Lakes Study Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-6031
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2008-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Animals
Aquatic ecology
Aquatic pests
Environmental Protection
Fishes
Great Lakes
Illinois
Non-native species
Pest control
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Rivers
Waterways
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: 
Eradicating Asian Carp in the Great Lakes Study Act of 2007 [
sic
]- Requires the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to study and report to Congress on methods for eradicating Asian carp from the Illinois Waterway System, including harvesting them from the Illinois River, and repopulating the River with native species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E904-905)
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's Disease.

Bill: 110-hr-6032
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2008-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Environmental Protection
Health
Herbicides
Parkinson's disease
Veterans' disability compensation
Vietnam veterans

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: 
Adds Parkinson's disease (manifested to a degree of disability of 10% or more) to the list of diseases considered to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service in Vietnam, notwithstanding that there is no evidence of the disease during the period of service, provided a veteran served between specified dates and was exposed to an herbicide used in military operations during that period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children.

Bill: 110-hr-6034
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2008-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Families
Immigrants
Law
Marriage
Visas
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow a surviving spouse of a U.S. citizen who was married for less than two years at the time of the citizen's death who proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the marriage was entered into in good faith and not for the purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit to self-petition (within the required two years) for continued immediate relative status.

Extends the petition filing deadline for two years after the date of the enactment of this Act for an alien spouse who failed to file within the required two-year period but would be considered by reason of this Act to remain an immediate relative. 

action_date: 2008-10-03
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow an alien widow of a U.S. citizen who was married for less than two years at the time of the citizen spouse's death who proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the marriage was entered into in good faith and not for the purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit to self-petition (within the required two years) for continued immediate relative status. Applies such provision to all applications and petitions pending on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
 
Extends the petition filing deadline for two years after the date of enactment of this Act for an alien spouse if: (1) the U.S. citizen spouse died before the date of enactment of this Act; (2) the alien and the citizen spouse were married for less than two years at the time of the citizen spouse's death; and (3) the alien has not remarried.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 586.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-911.
action_date: 2008-10-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-911.
action_date: 2008-07-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-07-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to exchange light crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for heavy crude oil, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6035
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2008-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Congress
Energy prices
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Petroleum reserves
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Strategic materials
Sunset legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: 
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) publish an announcement in the Federal Register, within 14 days after the end of any period of ten consecutive days during which the price of oil exceeds $90 per barrel, offering 50 million barrels of light crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in exchange for heavy crude oil; and (2) establish a schedule distributing exchanges over a period of two years. 
 
Sunsets the authority to enter into such exchange agreement one year after the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Lifelong Learning Accounts Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-6036
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2008-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Commerce
Education
Education savings accounts
Educational technology
Employee benefit plans
Higher education
Income tax
Information technology
Labor and Employment
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Tax exemption
Textbooks
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: 
Lifelong Learning Accounts Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt lifelong learning accounts to pay certain educational expenses, including tuition, fees, books, supplies, and information technology devices; (2) allow individuals between age 18 and 71 a tax credit for cash contributions to their lifelong learning accounts; and (3) allow employers a tax credit for contributions made to the lifelong learning accounts of their employees and for administrative costs associated with small employer lifelong learning accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-13
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: 2008-05-13
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: 2008-05-13
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: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Introduced in House