Top Legislation - View All
Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to implement the increase provided under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, in the amount of funds made available for the compensation of attorneys representing indigent defendants in the District of Columbia courts, and for other purposes. 7/25/2008--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the District of Columbia Official Code to increase from $65 to $80 the hourly rate of attorneys representing indigent defendants in the District of Columbia courts. Revises the current cap on total compensation paid to an attorney representing such a defendant to apply the corresponding caps under the federal criminal code. Increases the cap: (1) before the Superior Court of the District from $1,900 to $2,000 for misdemeanors and from [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Academic performance, Authorization, Budgets, Child health, Child nutrition, Children, Colleges, Communications, Community and school, Congressional reporting requirements, Continuing education, Curricula, Department of Education, Distance education, Education, Educational accountability, Educational innovations, Educational planning, Educational research, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Environmental education, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Food, Fund raising, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Higher education, Job training, Labor, Language arts, Lifestyle, Magnet schools, Mathematics, Medical care, Medicine, Nonprofit organizations, Nutrition, Obesity, Outdoor education, Outdoor recreation, Performance measurement, Politics and government, Reading, Recruiting of employees, School districts, Secondary education, Service learning, Social services, Sports, Standards, State and local government, State politics and government, Teacher education, Teacher supply and demand, Teaching, Textbooks
Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextTo reauthorize and enhance the National Environmental Education Act, and for other purposes. 7/10/2008--Reported to House amended. (There is 1 other summary) No Child Left Inside Act of 2008 - Amends the National Environmental Education Act (the Act) to add to the minimum functions and activities required of grantees under the Environmental Education and Training program, which trains educational professionals in the development and delivery of environmental education and training. Requires such grantees to: (1) create opportunities for enhanced and ongoing professional development, in addition to classroom training; (2) ensure that their environmental education programs and curricula are aligned with challenging state and local academic content standards and advance the teaching of interdisciplinary courses that include strong field components; (3) bring teachers into contact with working environmental professionals; (4) provide environmental [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Affordable housing, Apartment houses, Budgets, Federal aid to housing, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Foreclosure, Government information, Government publicity, Housing, Housing authorities, Housing subsidies, Low-income housing, Mortgage guaranty insurance, Mortgages, Politics and government, Real estate appraisal, Rental housing, State and local government, State politics and government, Welfare
Latest Action: 03/16/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. Bill TextTo preserve affordable housing opportunities for low-income families, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Stabilizing Affordable Housing for the Future Act - Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 and the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to: (1) repeal certain conditions on the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to manage multifamily projects; and (2) authorize the Secretary to provide grants (including up-front grants) and loans from the General Insurance Fund when managing and disposing of such properties. Instructs the Secretary to maintain rental assistance payments for dwelling units in any multifamily property program administered by the Secretary. Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to redefine loan market value and property market value with respect to physically distressed properties sold by HUD in discount [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Accounting, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Animals, Authorization, Budgets, Chesapeake Bay, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Delaware, District of Columbia, Droughts, Ecological research, Ecosystem management, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental technology, Estuaries, Eutrophication, Executive departments, Federal aid to water pollution control, Federal-local relations, Government information, Government publicity, Habitat conservation, Law, Licenses, Marine ecology, Marine resources, Marine resources conservation, Maryland, Natural resources, New York State, Nitrogen, Nonpoint source pollution, Nonprofit organizations, Pennsylvania, Performance measurement, Phosphorus, Rain and rainfall, Restoration ecology, Revolving funds, Rivers, Sediment control, Sedimentation, Sewage treatment, Social services, Solid wastes, State and local government, Technology, Virginia, Water pollution, Water quality, Water resources, Watersheds, West Virginia
Latest Action: 01/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve and reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay program. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to revise requirements for implementation and monitoring grants under the Chesapeake Bay Agreement and for reporting on federally-funded projects under such Agreement. Requires federal agencies that carry out activities within the watershed to: (1) participate in planning and restoration programs; and (2) ensure that such activities comply with the Chesapeake Bay Agreement and the Federal Agencies Chesapeake Ecosystem Unified Plan. Requires the President to submit as part of the annual federal budget information regarding each federal agency involved in Chesapeake Bay restoration. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to report on progress in achieving and maintaining nutrient and sediment reduction [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs. Bill TextTo amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to authorize the legislature of the Virgin Islands to create municipal governments. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to authorize the legislature of the Virgin Islands to create units of local government in the Virgin Islands.
Also tagged in: Advice and consent of the Senate, Alabama, Auditing, Budgets, Citizen participation, Community development, Community organization, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, County politics and government, Depressed areas, Economic policy, Federal-state relations, Florida, Georgia, Government information, Government paperwork, Grants-in-aid, High technology, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Interstate relations, Job training, Mississippi, Nonprofit organizations, North Carolina, Politics and government, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Regional economic development, Regional planning, Rural affairs, Social services, South Carolina, State and local government, Technology, Urban affairs, Virginia, Welfare
Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo establish the SouthEast Crescent Authority, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Southeast Crescent Authority Act of 2007 - Establishes a Southeast Crescent Authority for all parts of the following southeastern states not eligible for assistance from the Appalachian Regional Commission or the Delta Regional Authority: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. Directs the Authority to perform various functions, including: (1) formulating plans and programs to spur economic development, and approving grants to states and public and nonprofit entities toward that end; (2) establishing priorities in a development plan for the region; (3) supporting local development districts, and creating them where they do not exist; and (4) encouraging private investment in the region. Permits the Authority to request and receive federal, state and local government personnel as employees. States that Authority grants [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Criminal justice, Elections, Environmental health, Environmental law enforcement, Environmental protection, Hazardous substances, Incineration, Interstate commerce, Landfills, Medical care, Medicine, Municipal solid waste, Politics and government, Public contracts, Referendum, Refuse and refuse disposal, Solid wastes, State and local government, State politics and government, State-local relations, Transboundary pollution, Transportation, Transportation of hazardous substances, User charges, Waste disposal sites
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Bill TextTo authorize States to regulate the receipt and disposal of out-of-State municipal solid waste. 1/4/2007--Introduced. State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2007 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize a state to limit, place restrictions on, or otherwise regulate out-of-state municipal solid waste received or disposed of annually at each landfill or incinerator in the state, except, until two years after enactment of this Act, to the extent that a host community agreement (between an owner or operator of a landfill or incinerator and an affected local government) specifically authorizes such receipt.
Also tagged in: Congress, Congressional agencies, Courts, Criminal justice, District of Columbia, Executive departments, Foreign policy, Identification devices, Immigration, Law, Passports, State and local government
Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Bill TextTo prohibit a Federal agency from accepting a form of individual identification issued by a foreign government, except a passport that is accepted on the date of enactment. 1/12/2007--Introduced. Identification Integrity Act of 2007 - Prohibits federal agencies from accepting for any official purpose an identification document for an individual issued by a foreign government. Creates an exception for foreign passports authorized by federal law to be accepted for a specific official purpose.
Also tagged in: Banks and banking, Budgets, Business, Business and politics, Campaign funds, Checkoff, Civil liberties, Computer software, Computers, Congress, Congressional elections, Corporations, Election candidates, Elections, Electronic data interchange, Electronic government information, Finance, Freedom of information, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Government trust funds, Income tax, Internet, Labor, Labor unions, Political action committees, Political parties, Politics and government, Presidential elections, Presidents, State and local government, State laws, State politics and government, Tax returns, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication
Latest Action: 01/16/2007 - Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 comm Bill TextTo amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for election for Federal office. 1/16/2007--Introduced. Citizen Legislature and Political Freedom Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to terminate limitations on federal election campaign contributions after 2007.Repeals the ban on contributions and expenditures by corporations and labor organizations with respect to elections occurring after December 2007. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate after December 31, 2006, the designation of income tax payments to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Terminates the Fund itself and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account after December 31, 2007, and transfers any amounts remaining in the Fund to the general fund of the Treasury. Amends FECA to require any political committee of a state or local political party to file with the Federal Election Commission a copy of any report [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative remedies, Civil liberties, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Disciplining of employees, Dismissal of employees, Due process of law, Election candidates, Elections, Employee rights, Evidence (Law), Federal preemption, Fines (Penalties), Government employee unions, Government employees, Government employees' political activities, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Grievance procedures, Injunctions, Judicial opinions, Labor, Law, Law enforcement officers, Leave of absence, Local employees, Local laws, Personnel records, Police, Police brutality, Police corruption, Police questioning, Police-community relations, Politics and government, Polygraphs, Right of privacy, Right to counsel, Self-incrimination, Sound recording and reproducing, State and local government, State employees, State laws, State police, State politics and government, Subpoena, Witnesses
Latest Action: 01/31/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1421-1422) Bill TextA bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide standards and procedures to guide both State and local law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers during internal investigations, interrogation of law enforcement officers, and administrative disciplinary hearings, to ensure accountability of law enforcement officers, to guarantee the due process rights of law enforcement officers, and to require States to enact law enforcement discipline, accountability, and due process laws. 1/31/2007--Introduced. State and Local Law Enforcement Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to set forth the due process rights, including procedures, that shall be afforded a law enforcement officer (officer) who is the subject of an investigation or disciplinary hearing. Declares that an officer shall not be: (1) prohibited from engaging in political activity or be [...] show full description
|
Latest Legislation - View All
Also tagged in: Budgets, District of Columbia, Environmental protection, Government employees, Government procurement, Infrastructure, Local budgets, Local employees, Municipal home rule, Personnel management, Public contracts, Sewage treatment, Solid wastes, State and local government, Waste water treatment, Water pollution, Water resources, Water supply
Latest Action: 07/15/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo preserve the independence of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority. 6/16/2008--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on June 9, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Independence Preservation Act - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to declare that the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia does not have authority over the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority's personnel. Requires the financial management, personnel, and procurement functions and responsibilities of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority to be: (1) established exclusively pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by its Board of Directors; and (2) consistent with the Water and Sewer Authority Establishment and Department of Public Works Reorganization Act of 1996, as in [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Coastal engineering, Coastal zone, Congress, Disaster relief, Emergency management, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Flood control, Floods, Governmental investigations, Hurricanes, Law, Legislation, Louisiana, Marine resources, State and local government, State politics and government, Water resources
Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextA bill to establish the 8/29 Investigation Team to examine the events beginning on August 29, 2005, with respect to the failure of the flood protection system in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and for other purposes. 4/7/2008--Introduced. 8/29 Investigation Team Act - Establishes a bipartisan 8/29 Investigation Team to examine: (1) the events beginning on August 29, 2005, with respect to the failure of the flood protection system in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; and (2) each flood control and restoration project that has been carried out since that date in the region in which those events occurred.Prohibits any elected federal official from serving as a Team member. Expresses the sense of Congress regarding member qualifications.Urges the Team to: (1) review findings and recommendations of all studies conducted in the aftermath of the levee failures in Louisiana on or after August 29, 2005; (2) review the ongoing U.S. exposure to flood control [...] show full description
Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to implement the increase provided under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, in the amount of funds made available for the compensation of attorneys representing indigent defendants in the District of Columbia courts, and for other purposes. 7/25/2008--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the District of Columbia Official Code to increase from $65 to $80 the hourly rate of attorneys representing indigent defendants in the District of Columbia courts. Revises the current cap on total compensation paid to an attorney representing such a defendant to apply the corresponding caps under the federal criminal code. Increases the cap: (1) before the Superior Court of the District from $1,900 to $2,000 for misdemeanors and from [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Bicycles, Biomass energy, Bonds, Business, Capital gains tax, Carbon dioxide, Cellulose, Commuting, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction industries, Construction workers, Corporation taxes, Depreciation and amortization, Electric appliances, Electric power production, Electric utilities, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy crops, Energy development, Energy efficiency, Environmental protection, Excise tax, Finance, Fuel cells, Gas industry, Geothermal resources, Government contractors, Governmental investigations, Greenhouse gases, Heat pumps, Hydroelectric power, Income tax, Infrastructure, Investment tax credit, Irrigation, Labor, Minimum tax, Minimum wages, Municipal solid waste, Natural gas, Natural gas vehicles, New York City, New York State, Ocean energy resources, Oils and fats, Petroleum, Petroleum industry, Public contracts, Refuse as fuel, Service stations, Solar energy, Solid wastes, State and local government, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax exclusion, Tax incentives, Taxation, Taxation of foreign income, Tidal power, Transportation, Valuation, Wages, Water resources, Wind power
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation. 2/27/2008--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to renewable energy sources and energy conservation. Title I: Production Incentives - (Sec. 101) Extends through 2011 the tax credit for the production of electricity from renewable resources (e.g., wind, closed and open-loop biomass, geothermal energy, small irrigation power, municipal solid waste, and qualified hydropower). Imposes a limit on such tax credit based upon investment in renewable resource facilities placed in service after 2009 in lieu of the current phaseout provisions for [...] show full description
Latest Action: 09/09/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextTo amend chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for an additional, limited exception to the provision prohibiting a State or local officer or employee from being a candidate for elective office. 12/4/2007--Introduced. Provides that the prohibition against a state or local officer or employee being a candidate for elective office shall not apply to any local government office of an area with a population of less than 100,000.
Also tagged in: AIDS (Disease), Budgets, Bush (George W.) Administration, Child health, Children, Civil rights, Commemorations, Comprehensive health care, Congressional tributes, Federal aid to research, Food, Food relief, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Health policy, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Hunger, Infant mortality, International affairs, International relief, Malaria, Medical care, Medical research, Medical tests, Medicine, Politics and government, Poverty, Presidents, Preventive medicine, Science policy, Special days, State and local government, State politics and government, Tuberculosis, Welfare, Women, Women's rights, World health
Latest Action: 12/04/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextSupporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day. 12/4/2007--Introduced. Recognizes the 20th anniversary of observing World AIDS Day. Commends the President and state and local governments for publicizing its importance and encouraging individuals to undergo HIV testing. Expresses support for: (1) the goals and ideals of such Day; (2) continued funding for prevention, care, treatment services, and research programs for persons living with HIV/AIDS in the United States and for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; (3) providing universal access to comprehensive prevention, treatment, care, and support programs by 2010; and (4) efforts to address the factors that make populations vulnerable to HIV/AIDS by decreasing poverty, hunger, and childhood mortality and by empowering women.
Also tagged in: Accounting, Administrative procedure, Aged, Aliens, Alimony, Americans in foreign countries, Annuities, Armed forces, Athletics, Bank accounts, Banks and banking, Bonds, Business, Business travel, Capital gains tax, Cemeteries and funerals, Charitable contributions, Child support, Children, College costs, College sports, Colleges, Commemorations, Communications, Conservation of natural resources, Contracts, Cooperative societies, Corporate governance, Corporate mergers, Corporation taxes, Cost of living adjustments, Criminal justice, Damages, Debt, Defense policy, Department of the Treasury, Depreciation and amortization, Disability insurance, Disabled, Dividends, Divorce, Economic policy, Education, Education savings accounts, Employee ownership, Employee training, Environmental protection, Estate tax, Executive departments, Expatriation, Families, Finance, Financial services, Food, Foreign corporations, Foreign policy, Foster home care, Foundations, Fringe benefits, Gift tax, Gifts, Government corporations, Habitat conservation, Health insurance, Health policy, Higher education, Historic sites, History, Home ownership, Housing, Housing finance, Immigration, Imports, Income tax, Indexing (Economic policy), Individual retirement accounts, Insurance companies, Insurance premiums, Interest, Intergovernmental tax relations, International affairs, Job training, Labor, Land use, Law, Leases, Life insurance, Loan defaults, Lobbying, Losses, Marketing, Married people, Medical care, Medical economics, Medical research, Medical savings accounts, Medicare, Military pay, Military pensions, Mortgages, Natural resources, Officer personnel, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Open space lands, Outdoor recreation, Partnerships, Pensions, Politics and government, Profit, Railroad retirement plans, Real estate business, Real estate development, Recreation areas, Rent, Salaries, School personnel, Science policy, Single people, Social security, Social security taxes, Social services, Sports, Sports facilities, State and local government, State politics and government, Stocks, Tax administration, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax deferral, Tax evasion, Tax exclusion, Tax exemption, Tax penalties, Tax rates, Tax refunds, Tax returns, Tax simplification, Tax treaties, Tax-deferred compensation plans, Tax-exempt organizations, Taxation, Taxation of foreign income, Teachers, Telecommunication, Telecommunication industry, Telephone, Territories (U.S.), Terrorism, Torts, Trade, Transportation, Travel costs, Trusts and trustees, Unemployment, Unrelated business income tax, Vocational education, Wages, Withholding tax, Workers' compensation
Latest Action: 11/13/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure and replace the income tax system of the United States to meet national priorities, and for other purposes. 11/13/2007--Introduced. Simplified USA Tax Act of 2007 - Repeals, after 2006, income tax and estate and gift tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Replaces such Code with a new tax system, to be known as the Simplified USA Tax. Establishes three income tax brackets at 15, 25, and 30% for individual taxpayers. Redefines "gross income" and allows certain exclusions from gross income, including previously-taxed benefits, tax-exempt bond interest, compensation for injuries and sickness, and gain from the sale of a principal residence. Allows tax deductions for alimony and child support, home mortgage interest, certain higher education expenses, and charitable contributions. Allows a tax credit for employee social security payroll taxes.Revises rules for Roth individual retirement [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Anniversaries, Commemorations, Congressional tributes, District of Columbia, Maryland, Metropolitan areas, Nonprofit organizations, Regional planning, Social services, State and local government, Urban affairs, Virginia
Latest Action: 11/13/2007 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 808. Bill TextCommemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. 11/13/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Offers the sincerest congratulations of the U.S. House of Representatives to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in recognition of its 50th Anniversary and its legacy of outstanding service to the governments and citizens of greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan region, and expresses its appreciation for a job well done.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Charities, Education, Federal aid to education, Higher education, Law, Nonprofit organizations, Social services, State and local government, State politics and government, Student loan funds, Tax-exempt organizations, Trusts and trustees
Latest Action: 10/31/2007 - Signed by President. Bill TextA bill to temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, to amend the definition of an eligible not-for-profit holder, and for other purposes. 10/31/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 to extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through March 31, 2008. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to consider trustees acting on behalf of certain governmental or tax-exempt entities as eligible nonprofit holders of Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs), regardless of whether or not such entities are eligible FFEL lenders.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Building laws, Disaster relief, Emergency management, Government information, Government paperwork, Grants-in-aid, Housing, Politics and government, State and local government, State laws, State politics and government
Latest Action: 10/23/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Bill TextTo amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes, and for other purposes. 10/22/2007--Introduced. Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2007 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to increase the maximum total of contributions for a major disaster by an amount equal to 4% of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under the Act, if at the time of a declaration of a major disaster the affected state has in effect and is actively enforcing an approved state building code. Requires a state, to be eligible for the increased federal share, to submit its state building code to the President for approval at least once every six years.Directs the President to approve a state building code submitted upon determining that it: (1) is consistent [...] show full description
|
