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Also tagged in: Advice and consent of the Senate, Budgets, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Community health services, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Continuing education, Department of Health and Human Services, Education, Executive departments
Latest Action: 10/01/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10337)

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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Wellness Trust. 10/1/2008--Introduced. 21st Century Wellness Trust Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Wellness Trust within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to be headed by the Trust Fund Board. Requires the Trustees to submit to Congress and make publicly available reports on: (1) a system for certification and recertification of prevention health workers to complement the health system; (2) payment methodologies and options for paying certified prevention health workers for clinical preventive care; and (3) the amount of money spent on prevention by public health, public and private health insurers, and applicable self-insured health plans during the most recent year for which such data is available.Requires the Trustees to: (1) establish a plan for delivering and financing prevention priorities and implement pilot programs; and (2) issue a ranked list of designated [...]

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Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Agricultural estimating and reporting, Agriculture, Alcohol as fuel, Banks and banking, Biomass energy, Business, Business records, Coal, Commodity exchanges
Latest Action: 09/25/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9494-9496)

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A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.

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Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alternative energy sources, Budgets, Business, Carbon cycle, Electric power production, Electric power transmission, Energy, Energy efficiency
Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10489)

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A bill to provide incentives to small business concerns for innovative energy-efficient technologies and products, and for other purposes. 10/2/2008--Introduced. Small Business Energy Innovation Act of 2008 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), to make grants and loan guarantees to small business concerns for the development of innovative energy-efficient technologies and products. Amends the Small Business Act to establish in the SBA the position of Director of Energy Innovation to coordinate SBA energy innovation activities and technical assistance programs. Establishes an energy innovation grant program to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to private, nonprofit organizations, including institutions of higher education, that are capable to providing technical assistance relating to renewable and advanced energy efficiency systems, advanced transportation [...]

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Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Department of Energy, Energy, Executive departments, Foreign policy, Idaho, Independent regulatory commissions, International affairs
Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10488)

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A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for thorium fuel cycle nuclear power generation. 10/2/2008--Introduced. Thorium Energy Independence and Security Act of 2008 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish, and provide funds to, an office for the regulation of thorium fuel cycle nuclear power generation in each of: (1) the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (ONEST) of the Department of Energy; and (2) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Directs the NRC Chairman to promulgate regulations for facilities and materials used in thorium fuel cycle nuclear power generation. Requires the heads of the two Offices to: (1) implement demonstration projects for thorium fuel cycle nuclear power generation at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory; and (2) recommend to the Secretary methods of strengthening international partnerships to advance nuclear nonproliferation through thorium fuel [...]

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Also tagged in: Armed forces, Budgets, Business, Defense policy, Energy, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Finance, Government corporations, Law
Latest Action: 10/01/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to establish a United States Nuclear Fuel Management Corporation, and for other purposes.

10/1/2008--Introduced.

United States Nuclear Fuel Management Corporation Establishment Act of 2008 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to establish the United States Nuclear Fuel Management Corporation.

Authorizes the Corporation to: (1) manage a spent nuclear fuel enterprise to eliminate the need for federal funding for the management of spent nuclear fuel; and (2) assume responsibility for the activities, obligations, and use of resources of the federal government with respect to spent nuclear fuel management.

Establishes in the Treasury the United States Nuclear Fuel Management Corporation Fund.

Directs the President to appoint a Transition Manager to transfer spent nuclear fuel management obligations, functions, personnel, and funds from the Secretary of Energy to the Corporation.


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Also tagged in: Animals, Aquatic ecology, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Department of the Interior, Environmental monitoring, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Fishery management
Latest Action: 10/08/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.

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To conserve the United States fish and aquatic communities through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation and improve the quality of life for the people of the United States, and for other purposes. 9/26/2008--Introduced. National Fish Habitat Conservation Act - Establishes a National Fish Habitat Board to promote, oversee, and coordinate the implementation of this Act and the existing National Fish Habitat Action Plan and to review and recommend fish habitat conservation projects. Authorizes the Board to designate Fish Habitat Conservation Partnerships to coordinate Plan implementation at a regional level and develop and carry out fish habitat conservation projects. Sets forth Partnership approval criteria, including that a Partnership: (1) have representatives of a diverse group of public and private partners that are focused on conservation of aquatic habitats to achieve results across jurisdictional boundaries and public and private lands; and (2) is [...]

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Also tagged in: Bank fraud, Credit, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Department of Justice, Derivative securities, Executive departments, Finance, Financial services, Fraud
Latest Action: 10/01/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10338)

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A bill to establish a Special Joint Task Force on Financial Crimes.

10/1/2008--Introduced.

Financial Crimes Accountability Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to establish within the Department of Justice (DOJ) a Special Joint Task Force on Financial Crimes to: (1) provide direction for the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes (i.e., fraud, misrepresentation, or malfeasance involving financial products); and (2) make recommendations to the Attorney General and the President on allocating resources and coordinating governmental efforts to investigate and prosecute financial crimes.


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Also tagged in: Air pollution, Authorization, Budgets, Building laws, Climate change, Emergency management, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-local relations
Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9717-9718)

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A bill to reauthorize the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, and for other purposes.

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Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Consumer credit, Consumers, Criminal justice, Executive departments, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Governmental investigations
Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9711)

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A bill to create a new Consumer Credit Safety Commission, to provide individual consumers of credit with better information and stronger protections, and to provide sellers of consumer credit with more regulatory certainty. 9/26/2008--Introduced. Consumer Credit Safety Commission Act of 2008 - Establishes the Consumer Credit Safety Commission to promulgate consumer credit safety rules that: (1) ban abusive, fraudulent, unfair, deceptive, predatory, anticompetitive, or otherwise anti-consumer practices or product features for creditors; (2) place restrictions on consumer credit practices or product features to reduce the likelihood that they may be provided in a manner inconsistent with this Act; and (3) establish requirements for clear and adequate information appropriate to advance the objectives of this Act. Directs the Commission to: (1) establish and maintain a best practices guide for providers of consumer credit; (2) conduct, or award grants or contracts for,[...]

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Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Consumer credit, Consumers, Criminal justice, Executive departments, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Governmental investigations
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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To create a new Consumer Credit Safety Commission, to provide individual consumers of credit with better information and stronger protections, and to provide sellers of consumer credit with more regulatory certainty. 10/3/2008--Introduced. Consumer Credit Safety Commission Act of 2008 - Establishes the Consumer Credit Safety Commission to promulgate consumer credit safety rules that: (1) ban abusive, fraudulent, unfair, deceptive, predatory, anticompetitive, or otherwise anti-consumer practices or product features for creditors; (2) place restrictions on consumer credit practices or product features to reduce the likelihood that they may be provided in a manner inconsistent with this Act; and (3) establish requirements for clear and adequate information appropriate to advance the objectives of this Act. Directs the Commission to: (1) establish and maintain a best practices guide for providers of consumer credit; (2) conduct, or award grants or contracts for, continuing [...]

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