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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, Environmental protection, Environmental technology, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Fuel, Small business, Small Business Administration, Technological innovations, Technology, Water pollution, Water pollution control
Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10489) Bill TextA 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 [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, College costs, Education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employee health benefits, Employee training, Finance, Fire fighters, Fringe benefits, Health insurance, Health policy, Higher education, Job training, Labor, Life insurance, Medical care, Medicine, Scholarships, Social services, Student loan funds, Transportation, Travel costs, Volunteer workers
Latest Action: 10/01/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextA bill to support the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel, and for other purposes. 10/1/2008--Introduced. Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Support Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a program to provide funds to a state or local government, nonprofit firefighter association, or governmental or nongovernmental emergency medical services (EMS) organization, that carries out a volunteer firefighter incentive program in accordance with this Act.Directs the Secretary, for each fiscal year in which a state or local government, nonprofit firefighter association, or governmental or nongovernmental EMS organization carries out a volunteer firefighter incentive program, to pay such government, association, or organization (organization), out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for such fiscal year, a sum equal [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Carbon monoxide, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer education, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumers, Electric power production, Energy, Executive departments, Health warnings, Independent regulatory commissions, Labeling, Law, Medical care, Medicine, Product safety, Standards, State and local government, State laws
Latest Action: 10/01/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet the applicable ANSI/UL standard by treating that standard as a consumer product safety rule, to encourage States to require the installation of such detectors in homes, and for other purposes. 10/1/2008--Introduced. Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to publish the American National Standard for Single and Multiple Station Carbon Monoxide Alarms (American National Standard ANSI/UL 2034-2005) as a mandatory consumer product safety standard. Makes it unlawful for any manufacturer or distributor to import into or distribute any new assembled or unassembled residential carbon monoxide detector unless it complies with the standard. Requires the CPSC to promulgate consumer product safety rules requiring, at a minimum, that every portable generator sold to [...] show full description
Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to authorize a comprehensive program of nationwide access to Federal remote sensing data, to promote use of the program for education, workforce training and development, and applied research, and to support Federal, State, tribal, and local government programs. 9/26/2008--Introduced. AmericaView Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to: (1) establish and maintain a nationwide AmericaView Program to advance the availability, distribution, and use of remote sensing data (information acquired from above the surface of the Earth by satellite or airplane) and technology in each state; (2) maintain AmericaView (the national nonprofit collaboration of StateView participants cooperating with the EROS Data Center to achieve the purposes of the AmericaView Program) in each state to develop publicly accessible remote sensing data archive and distribution infrastructure and expand remote [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Alaska, Animals, Aquatic ecology, Budgets, California, Ecosystem management, Environmental protection, Federal aid to water resources development, Fishery management, Habitat conservation, Idaho, Land transfers, Marine resources, Natural resources, Oregon, Public lands, Salmon, Washington State, Water resources, Watersheds
Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9669) Bill TextA bill to establish a Salmon Stronghold Partnership program to protect wild Pacific salmon and for other purposes. 9/26/2008--Introduced. Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2008 - Establishes the Salmon Stronghold Partnership Board with members from federal, state, tribal, and non-governmental organizations, and other entities with significant resources regionally dedicated to the protection of wild salmon ecosystems, including representatives of specified organizations and Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, and Alaska.Requires the Assistant Administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to carry out specific information and assessment functions associated with the network of salmon strongholds.Provides for: (1) the establishment of a salmon stronghold watershed grants and technical assistance program; and (2) agency coordination.Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) [...] show full description
Latest Action: 09/24/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9420) Bill TextA bill to establish a pilot program to provide for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses. 9/24/2008--Introduced. National Lighthouse Stewardship Act of 2008 - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the National Park Service, to establish a three-year pilot program under which the Secretary shall provide grants to eligible entities for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouse structures. Establishes in the Treasury a National Lighthouse Stewardship Fund consisting of such amounts as are appropriated to the Fund under this Act.
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Latest Action: 09/25/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill Text
A bill to establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers, and for other purposes.
Also tagged in: Aged, Agriculture, Budgets, Farm produce, Food, Hospital care, Hospitals, Medical care, Medicine, Nursing homes, Nutrition, Social services, Veterans, Veterans' medical care
Latest Action: 09/25/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill TextA bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to hospitals and other nonprofit inpatient healthcare institutions, Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, and other social service programs for the acquisition of local nutritious agricultural products. 9/25/2008--Introduced. Healthy Food for Healthy Lives Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide demonstration grants to eligible entities to purchase eligible local or regional products from participating vendors to improve the availability of nutritious meals for: (1) patients and employees of, and visitors to, eligible hospitals, including Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical and nursing facilities; and (2) clients of eligible social service organizations that provide nutrition services.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Child health, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Employee training, Employment of the disadvantaged, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Epidemiology, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Government information, Government paperwork, Hazardous substances, Home repair and improvement, Housing, Job training, Labor, Law, Lead, Lead poisoning, Licenses, Medical care, Medicine, Paints and varnishes, Pregnant women, Residential rehabilitation, Risk, Soil pollution, Standards, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Boxer. With written report No. 110-515. Additional views filed. Bill Text
An original bill to protect pregnant women and children from dangerous lead exposures.
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, Federal-state relations, Government employees, Government information, 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
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