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Latest Action: 12/11/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill Text
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities through September 30, 2009.
Latest Action: 12/10/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill Text
A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities through September 30, 2009.
Latest Action: 09/25/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextA bill to amend the Clean Air Act to improve motor fuel supply and distribution. 9/25/2008--Introduced. Motor Fuel Supply and Distribution Improvement Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) update provisions limiting the number of gasoline or diesel fuels allowed in a state implementation plan; and (2) allow a limited, temporary waiver of a control or prohibition of a fuel or fuel additive in circumstances that prevent the distribution of an adequate supply of such fuel or fuel additive to consumers.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Authorization, Budgets, Building laws, Climate change, Emergency management, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-local relations, Standards, State and local government, Storms, Strategic planning
Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9717-9718) Bill Text
A bill to reauthorize the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 09/25/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to designate 4 counties in the State of New York as high-intensity drug trafficking areas, and to authorize funding for drug control activities in those areas. 9/25/2008--Introduced. New York/New Jersey High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Expansion Act of 2008 - Designates the counties of Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, and St. Lawrence in the state of New York as high-intensity drug trafficking areas and incorporates such counties into the New York/New Jersey high-intensity drug trafficking area program administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Authorization, Budgets, Building laws, Climate change, Emergency management, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-local relations, Standards, State and local government, Storms, Strategic planning
Latest Action: 09/27/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Bill Text
To reauthorize the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, and for other purposes.
Also tagged in: Apartment houses, Authorization, Bonds, Budgets, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Delegation of powers, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Disabled, Executive departments, Federal aid to housing, Federal-local relations, Finance, Housing, Housing authorities, Housing finance, Housing for the disabled, Housing subsidies, Income tax, Leases, Low-income housing, Nonprofit organizations, Public contracts, Public housing, Rent, Rental housing, Social services, Tax credits, Taxation, Welfare
Latest Action: 09/25/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA bill to amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for persons with disabilities. 9/25/2008--Introduced. Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008 - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (the Act) to revise requirements for supportive housing for persons with disabilities. (Retains authority to provide such assistance to private nonprofit organizations to expand the supply of such housing.) Repeals the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide tenant-based rental assistance directly to eligible persons with disabilities. Authorizes appropriations for such assistance under section 8 (rental voucher program) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for persons with disabilities in FY2009. Modifies project rental assistance contract requirements, including renewal of, and increases in, annual [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9686-9688) Bill Text
A bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, and for other purposes.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Aged, Budgets, Civil liberties, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Data banks, Department of Justice, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal aid to law enforcement, Federal officials, Federal-local relations, Government employees, Government information, Grants-in-aid, Information networks, Law, Missing persons, Nonprofit organizations, Old age assistance, Police communication systems, Right of privacy, Social services, Standards, State and local government, Technology, Telecommunication
Latest Action: 09/25/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the United States, to authorize grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults, and for other purposes. 9/25/2008--Introduced. National Silver Alert Act - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a national Silver Alert communications network within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to assist regional and local search efforts for missing seniors; (2) assign a DOJ officer to serve as the Silver Alert Coordinator to coordinate the network with states; and (3) award grants to states for support of Silver Alert plans and the network. Defines "missing senior" as any individual who is reported as missing to or by a law enforcement agency and who meets state requirements for designation as a missing senior. Directs the Coordinator to: (1) establish minimum standards for the issuance and dissemination of alerts issued through the network; and (2) make available to states,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal-local relations, Foreign policy, Gulf of Mexico, International affairs, International environmental cooperation, Latin America, Marine ecology, Mexico, Restoration ecology, Solid wastes, State and local government, Waste disposal in the ocean, Water pollution, Water quality, Water resources, Watersheds
Latest Action: 09/24/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill Text
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico.
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