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Also tagged in: Bank failures, Bank fraud, Budgets, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Department of Justice, Executive departments, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal law enforcement officers, Finance, Government employees, Insider trading in securities, Recruiting of employees
Latest Action: 11/19/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10665) Bill TextA bill to authorize additional Federal Bureau of Investigation field agents to investigate financial crimes. 11/19/2008--Introduced. FBI Priorities Act of 2008 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 to fund 1,000 additional Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field agents to investigate financial crimes.
Latest Action: 10/01/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill Text
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to improve highway transportation in the Untied States, including rural and metropolitan areas.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Budgets, Building laws, Climate change, Emergency management, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-local relations, Federal-state 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.
Also tagged in: Aid to dependent children, Appropriations, Budgets, Cash welfare block grants, Child health, Child welfare, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Entitlements, Federal aid programs, Federal aid to child health services, Federal aid to education, Federal budgets, Health policy, Medical care, Medicine, Secondary education, Welfare
Latest Action: 09/29/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. Bill TextTo amend title 31 of the United States Code to require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed in the President's budget. 9/29/2008--Introduced. Children's Budget Act - Requires the President's annual budget to Congress to include a detailed, separate analysis for the prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted, and the ensuing fiscal year identifying the amounts of gross and net appropriations or obligational authority and outlays directed to children and children's programs within the United States and territories.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Budgets, Building laws, Climate change, Emergency management, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-local relations, Federal-state 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: Academic performance, Budgets, Children, Compensatory education, Continuing education, Corporation for National and Community Service, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational accountability, Educational innovations, Educational statistics, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Executive departments, Federal aid to education, Government corporations, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Graduate education, Higher education, Job training, Mentoring, National service, Paraprofessional school personnel, Recruiting and enlistment, Scholarships, School-age child care, Secondary education, Service learning, Social services, Teacher education, Teacher supply and demand, Welfare, Youth services
Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextTo amend title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to eligible entities to recruit, select, train, and support Expanded Learning and After-School Fellows that will strengthen expanded learning initiatives, 21st century community learning center programs, and after-school programs, and for other purposes. 9/26/2008--Introduced. Teaching Fellows for Expanded Learning and After-School Act of 2008 or the T-FELAS Act - Amends title IV (21st Century Schools) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create an Expanded Learning and After-School Fellows program under which the Secretary of Education shall award competitive three-year grants to partnerships between local educational agencies and community organizations, institutions of higher education, community learning centers or other entities to recruit, select, train, and support exemplary recent college graduates [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Apartment houses, 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, Federal-state 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: Budgets, Compensation for victims of crime, Criminal justice, Department of Justice, Executive departments, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Indian law enforcement, Law, Legal services, Minorities, Victims of crimes, Witnesses
Latest Action: 09/25/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9516) Bill TextA bill to authorize funding for the National Crime Victim Law Institute to provide support for victims of crime under Crime Victims Legal Assistance Programs as a part of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. 9/25/2008--Introduced. Amends the Justice for All Act of 2004 to extend through FY 2014 funding for the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice (DOJ) for victim advocates, staff support, and legal counsel and support services for crime victims.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Compensation for victims of crime, Criminal justice, Department of Justice, Executive departments, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Indian law enforcement, Law, Legal services, Minorities, Victims of crimes, Witnesses
Latest Action: 09/25/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9516) Bill TextA bill to authorize funding for the National Crime Victim Law Institute to provide support for victims of crime under Crime Victims Legal Assistance Programs as a part of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. 9/25/2008--Introduced. Amends the Justice for All Act of 2004 to extend through FY2013 funding for the grant program to provide legal assistance to victims of crime.
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