Top Legislation - View All
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air travel, Annuities, Appropriations, Armed forces, Auditing, Authorization, Bribery, Budgets, Campaign funds, Charter airlines, Communications, Conferences, Conflict of interests, Congress, Congressional agencies, Congressional allowances, Congressional caucuses, Congressional committees (House), Congressional committees (Senate), Congressional conference committees, Congressional elections, Congressional employees, Congressional ethics, Congressional information resources, Congressional investigations, Congressional leadership, Congressional office operations, Congressional officers, Congressional pensions, Congressional privileges and immunities, Congressional publications, Congressional publicity, Congressional Record, Congressional reorganization, Congressional reporting requirements, Congressional salaries, Congressional travel, Congressional voting, Conspiracy, Cost of living adjustments, Criminal justice, Data banks, Defense policy, Department of Veterans Affairs, Election candidates, Elections, Electronic data interchange, Employee training, Ex-Members of Congress, Executive departments, Families, Federal aid programs, Federal employees, Federal officials, Federal-Indian relations, Fees, Finance, Financial disclosure, Fines (Penalties), Foreign agents, Foreign policy, Fund raising, Gifts, Government employees, Government ethics, Government information, House of Representatives, House rules and procedure, House Standards of Official Conduct, Income tax, Indian claims, Indictments, Informers, Internet, Law, Legal services, Legislation, Legislative amendments, Legislative calendars, Licenses, Lobbying, Married people, Medical care, Medicine, Members of Congress, Military law, Minorities, Misconduct in office, Money laundering, Office of Personnel Management, Parking facilities, Pensions, Perjury, Political action committees, Political conventions, Political parties, Politicians' families, Politics and government, Presidential elections, Presidents, Private aviation, Senate, Senate Ethics, Senate rules and procedure, Sports, Sports facilities, Standards, Tariff, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax exclusion, Tax preferences, Tax returns, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Trade, Transportation, Travel costs, Veterans, Veterans' medical care, Web sites, Witnesses
Latest Action: 09/14/2007 - Signed by President. Bill TextA bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process. 9/14/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 31, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 - Title I: Closing the Revolving Door - (Sec. 101) Amends the federal criminal code to extend from one to two years the ban on lobbying contacts by former: (1) very senior executive personnel with any Member, officer, or employee of the entity in which such person served before his or her tenure terminated; and (2) Senators with any Member, officer or employee of either chamber, or employee of any other legislative office.Continues the one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former: (1) Members of the House of Representatives with any Member, officer, or employee of either chamber, or employee of any other legislative office; (2) [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Alien labor, Aliens, Authorization, Border patrols, Budgets, Citizenship, Civil liberties, Confidential communications, Counterfeiting, Criminal justice, Data banks, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Dismissal of employees, Electronic government information, Employee selection, Employers' liability, Encryption, Executive departments, Federal aid to law enforcement, Fines (Penalties), Fingerprints, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Identification devices, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Labor, Law, Photography, Recruiting of employees, Right of privacy, Social security, Social security numbers, Technological innovations, Technology, Telecommunication, Telephone
Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - For Further Action See Title III of H.R. 2954. Bill TextTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to enforce restrictions on employment in the United States of unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require inclusion of encrypted machine-readable electronic identification strips on Social Security cards. Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to: (1) develop the strip in a manner that enables employers to access the Employment Eligibility Database (EED) established by this Act; and (2) transmit to the Secretary of Homeland Security necessary information from an individual's application for a Social Security card or number for inclusion in the EED. Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain the EED. Requires the EED to [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to amend section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession, transfer, or use of fraudulent travel documents. 1/4/2007--Introduced. False Travel Documents Prohibition Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the production, transfer, possession, and use of false travel documents.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Advice and consent of the Senate, Ambulances, Athletes, Boxing, Bribery, Budgets, Business, Civil liberties, Collection of accounts, Communicable diseases, Confidential communications, Conflict of interests, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Contracts, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Data banks, Department of Commerce, Electronic government information, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Executive compensation, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Extortion, Federal-Indian relations, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Fees, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Government information, Government paperwork, Government publications, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Health information systems, Health policy, Identification devices, Indian lands, Indians, Injunctions, Intellectual property, Internet, Labor, Law, Licenses, Local laws, Medical care, Medical instruments and apparatus, Medical personnel, Medical records, Medical supplies, Medicine, Minorities, Occupational health and safety, Organized crime, Parties to actions, Physical examinations, Physicians, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Prosecution, Restrictive trade practices, Right of privacy, Salaries, Self-incrimination, Sports, Sports agents, Standards, State and local government, State laws, Subpoena, Surety and fidelity, Technology, Telecommunication, Television broadcasting of sports, Trademarks, Transfer of employees, Transportation, Web sites, Witnesses
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye without amendment. With written report No. 110-28. Bill TextA bill to establish a United States Boxing Commission to administer the Act, and for other purposes. 3/1/2007--Reported to Senate 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.) Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to: (1) authorize a tribal organization to establish a boxing commission to regulate professional boxing matches held on Indian land; and (2) provide that its provisions shall apply to professional boxing matches held on tribal lands to the same extent and in the same way as they apply to such matches held in any state. Requires health and safety standards and licensing requirements for matches to be at least as restrictive as: (1) standards and requirements in the state in which the Indian land is located; or (2) the guidelines established [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Accounting, Administrative procedure, Auditing, Broadband, Budgets, Business, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost control, Criminal justice, Disabled, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Executive departments, Federal Communications Commission, Federal preemption, Finance, Humanities, Independent regulatory commissions, Indians, Internet, Law, Libraries, Medical care, Minorities, Off-budget expenditures, Performance measurement, Rural affairs, Rural health, Standards, State and local government, State laws, Surveys, Technology, Telecommunication, Telecommunication industry, Telecommunication rates, Telephone, Territories (U.S.)
Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to update and reinvigorate universal service provided under the Communications Act of 1934. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Universal Service for Americans Act or USA Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require each communications service provider to contribute to support universal service (the provision of communications service in rural, insular, and high-cost areas), subject to exemptions. Modifies requirements regarding interconnection and rural telephone companies. Imposes on facilities-based IP-enabled voice service providers the same rights, duties, and obligations as a requesting telecommunications carrier if the provider elects to assert those rights. Prohibits a carrier from refusing to transport or terminate IP-enabled voice traffic solely because it is IP-enabled and prohibits a provider originating, transmitting, or terminating IP-enabled voice traffic from being exempted from paying compensation for interstate traffic solely because the [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Criminal justice, Federal employees, Federal officials, Finance, Financial disclosure, Government employees, Government ethics, Government information, Government paperwork, Honoraria, Politics and government, Presidential ethics, Presidents, Vice Presidents
Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextA bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to establish criminal penalties for knowingly and willfully falsifying or failing to file or report certain information required to be reported under that Act. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to one year for an intentional failure to file or report certain financial information.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Armed forces, Armed forces abroad, Auditing, Budgets, Congress, Congress and military policy, Congressional investigations, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Defense budgets, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Defense policy, Economic assistance, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Fines (Penalties), Foreign policy, Government contractors, Inspectors general, International affairs, International cooperation, International relief, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Law, Middle East and North Africa, Military occupation, Military operations, Public contracts, Security measures, Supplemental appropriations, War relief, Waste in government spending
Latest Action: 06/22/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1381-1382) Bill TextProviding for Operation Iraqi Freedom cost accountability. 1/24/2007--Introduced. Requires: (1) the Department of Defense Inspector General and the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction to report quarterly to Congress respecting the expenditures of military and reconstruction funds in Iraq, including efforts to obtain assistance from other countries and an assessment of future funding needs; (2) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct an audit if either Inspector General fails to submit such report; and (3) the imposition of sanctions against contractors who have engaged in profiteering or fraud. States that: (1) Congress should create a Truman Committee to conduct an ongoing study and investigation of Operation Iraqi Freedom contracts; (2) funding requests for Operation Iraqi Freedom beginning with FY2008 must come through the regular appropriations process and not through emergency supplementals; and (3) the Administration should condition [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Abandonment of family, Actions and defenses, Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Admission of nonimmigrants, Adoption, Advice and consent of the Senate, Aliens, Armed forces, Census, Child welfare, Children, Citizenship, Communications, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional reporting requirements, Counseling, Criminal justice, Custody of children, Data banks, Defense policy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Diplomats, Electronic data interchange, Electronic government information, Emigration, Employee training, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Families, Family services, Federal employees, Fees, Fines (Penalties), Fingerprints, Foreign policy, Foster home care, Government employees, Government information, Immigration, International affairs, International cooperation, International employees, Job training, Judicial review, Law, Medical care, Medical records, Medicine, Military personnel, Orphans, Parent and child, Parental consent, Passports, Physical examinations, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Residence requirements, Social services, Support of dependents, Technology, Telecommunication, Translating and interpreting, Treaties, Treaty-making power, Vaccines, Visas, Welfare
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Bill TextTo reform Federal procedures relating to intercountry adoption. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Intercountry Adoption Reform Act of 2007 or the ICARE Act - Establishes an Office of Intercountry Adoptions within the Department of State to be headed by the Ambassador at Large for Intercountry Adoptions. Transfers to the Office all functions with respect to intercountry adoptions currently performed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise: (1) conditions for automatic citizenship for children born outside the United States, including for adopted children; and (2) requirements concerning the history of parents' physical presence in the United States or its possessions. Defines the term "full and final adoption." Prescribes procedural requirements for the adoption of foreign-born children by U.S. citizens.Establishes a nonimmigrant W-visa for an adoptable child coming into the United States for adoption by [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. Bill TextTo require the prompt issuance by the Secretary of Agriculture of regulations to restore integrity to the payment limitation requirements applicable to commodity payments and benefits, to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse related to the receipt of commodity payments and benefits, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Farm Programs Payment Limitation Integrity Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations to establish measurable standards to prevent the use of separate entities to exceed commodity payment limitations and to provide payments only to active farmers. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide that if the Secretary determines that a person has committed fraud in connection with the adoption of a scheme or device to evade payment limitations such person shall be ineligible for farm program payments in the crop year for which the scheme or device was adopted and the succeeding five crop years.
Also tagged in: Business, Business records, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Government information, Government paperwork, Identification devices, Identity theft, Labor, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Public records, Social security, Social security numbers, Wages
Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. Bill TextTo amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that individuals and appropriate authorities are notified by the Commissioner of Social Security of evidence of misuse of the Social Security account numbers of such individuals. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Identity Theft Notification Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to notify individuals and appropriate authorities of evidence of a certain misuse of individual Social Security account numbers. Requires the Commissioner to determine, in certain instances of wage reports involving multiple addresses for the same employee name, whether there is evidence that the wages were not paid to the individual to whom the Social Security account number was assigned.
|
Latest Legislation - View All
Also tagged in: Bank fraud, Credit, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Department of Justice, Derivative securities, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Finance, Financial services, Housing, Mortgages, Prosecution, Secondary mortgage market, Swaps (Finance)
Latest Action: 10/01/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10338) Bill TextA 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.
Also tagged in: Bank fraud, Banks and banking, Business, Business ethics, Commodity exchanges, Conflict of interests, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional joint committees, Congressional reorganization, Criminal justice, Derivative securities, Economic conditions, Economic policy, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Finance, Financial services, Fines (Penalties), Futures trading, Government ethics, Governmental investigations, Housing, Inspectors general, Insurance companies, Law, Mortgage banks, Mortgages, Politics and government, Secondary mortgage market, Securities regulation, Stock exchanges
Latest Action: 09/29/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill Text
A bill to provide for financial market investigation, oversight, and reform.
Also tagged in: Business, Business records, Contractors, Damages, Electronic government information, Employee rights, Employers' liability, Fines (Penalties), Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Hours of labor, Income tax, Labor, Law, Minimum wages, State and local government, State laws, Tax evasion, Tax returns, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Unemployment insurance
Latest Action: 09/29/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill Text
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require employers to keep records of non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and to provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees as non-employees, and for other purposes.
Also tagged in: Annuities, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Death, Divorce, Families, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Income tax, Inspectors general, Judicial officers, Law, Marriage, Pensions, Politics and government, Prisoners, Survivors' benefits, Tax evasion, Tax returns, Taxation, Widowers, Widows, Women
Latest Action: 10/15/2008 - Became Public Law No: 110-428. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose certain prisoner return information to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and for other purposes. 10/15/2008--Public Law. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 27, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose to the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons tax return information of prisoners whom the Secretary has determined may have filed or facilitated the filing of a false tax return. Prohibits the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons from disclosing any prisoner tax return information to any person other than an officer or employee of such Bureau. Restricts the use of such tax return information to preventing the filing of false and fraudulent [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Alien labor, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Department of Homeland Security, Executive departments, Immigrants, Immigration, Labor, Law, Religion, Visas
Latest Action: 10/10/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextA bill to extend the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program and for other purposes. 10/10/2008--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.) Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the special immigrant program for non-minister religious workers until March 6, 2009. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue final regulations to eliminate or reduce fraud in the special immigrant non-minister religious worker program not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act. Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress on such regulations' effectiveness by March 6, 2009.
Also tagged in: Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Data banks, Department of Justice, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Finance, Government information, Government paperwork, Housing, Law, Licenses, Mortgage banks, Mortgages, Prosecution, State and local government, Technology, Telecommunication, Telephone
Latest Action: 09/23/2008 - Received in the Senate. Bill TextA bill to establish in the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator to address mortgage fraud in the United States, and for other purposes. 9/22/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator Act of 2008 - Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to assign the Chief of its Financial Crimes Section, Criminal Investigative Division, to be the Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator, who shall oversee all FBI activities related to investigation of mortgage fraud. Directs the Coordinator to: (1) establish regional task forces, consisting of the voluntary participation of federal, state, and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies, to organize initiatives to address mortgage fraud; (2) train such agencies; (3) collect and disseminate mortgage fraud data; and (4) perform other related functions. Authorizes the Coordinator to: (1) [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Alien labor, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Department of Homeland Security, Executive departments, Illegal aliens, Immigrants, Immigration, Labor, Law, Religion, Visas
Latest Action: 07/14/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 875. Bill TextA bill to extend immigration programs to promote legal immigration and for other purposes. 7/11/2008--Introduced. Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008 - Extends: (1) the EB-5 regional center pilot program; (2) the Conrad state 30 program; (3) the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program; and (4) the E-Verify program.
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Agriculture, Alabama, Alaska, All terrain vehicles, American Revolution, Animals, Archaeology, Archives, Arizona, Arkansas, Authorization, Authors and authorship, Botanical gardens, Boy Scouts, Budgets, California, Canals, Caves, Children, Civil liberties, Civil war, Clinton Administration, Coal, Colorado, Commemorations, Communications, Concentration camps, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Connecticut, Construction costs, Consumers, Criminal justice, Cultural property, Department of Agriculture, Department of the Interior, Destruction of property, Easements, Ecosystem management, Emergency management, Endangered species, Environmental assessment, Environmental education, Environmental protection, Everglades, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to water resources development, Federal employees, Fines (Penalties), Flood control, Floods, Florida, Food, Forest conservation, Forest ecology, Forfeiture, Fossils, Freedom of information, Geology, Georgia, Government employees, Government information, Government property, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grazing, Great Plains, Habitat conservation, Harbors, Hawaii, Historic sites, History, Horses, Humanities, Idaho, Indians, Informers, Infrastructure, Inventors, Iowa, Irrigation districts, Islands, Japanese Americans, Judicial review, Kansas, Labeling, Land transfers, Land use, Landscape protection, Larceny, Law, Licenses, Louisiana, Maine, Maps, Marine resources, Maryland, Massachusetts, Military parks, Miners, Minorities, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Mormons, Museums, National forests, National monuments, National parks, National recreation areas, Natural areas, Natural gas, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York State, North Dakota, Official secrets, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Outdoor recreation, Paleontology, Parks, Pennsylvania, Pipelines, Planning, Postal service, Presidents, Public buildings, Public lands, Public records, Range management, Recidivists, Recruiting of employees, Religion, Research, Research centers, Research natural areas, Reservoirs, Restoration ecology, Rhode Island, Rivers, Rural affairs, Science policy, Sheep, Sports, Tennessee, Texas, Tourism, Trails, Transportation, Transportation planning, Truman Administration, Urban affairs, Urban areas, Utah, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington State, Water conservation, Water districts, Water rates, Water resources, Water supply, Watersheds, Wells, West (U.S.), West Virginia, Wild rivers, Wilderness areas, Wildlife conservation, Wildlife refuges, World War II, Wyoming
Latest Action: 06/27/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 855. Bill TextA bill to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 6/26/2008--Introduced. Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 - Authorizes specified programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture concerning, among other things, national wilderness preservation, boundary adjustments, national rivers, the national landscape conservation system, national conservation areas, land conveyances and exchanges, watershed management, watershed restoration and enhancement, wildland firefighter safety, forest landscape restoration, national trails, paleontological resources preservation, national parks, studies, national heritage areas, national heritage corridors, and water projects.Makes amendments to various public laws, including the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Auctions, Business, Education, Educational technology, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Fines (Penalties), Health policy, Inspectors general, Internet, Interstate commerce, Interstate relations, Law, Libraries, Medical care, Medicine, Politics and government, Public contracts, Rural affairs, Rural health, Secondary education, State and local government, State laws, Subsidies, Technology, Telecommunication, Telecommunication industry, Telecommunication rates, Telemedicine, Telephone
Latest Action: 06/24/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextTo reform the collection and distribution of universal service support under the Communications Act of 1934. 6/24/2008--Introduced. Universal Service Reform, Accountability, and Efficiency Act of 2008 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to revise the policies concerning the principles for the advancement of universal service to require that the policies be based on the principles of affordability, efficiency, certain contribution and distribution requirements, transparency, consumer focus, and access to advanced telecommunications services for schools, libraries, and rural health care providers. Requires that universal service support be used solely to provide voice (including IP-enabled voice) communications in high cost areas and to low-income households. Authorizes the FCC to select any contribution mechanism that is consistent with the above principles and that: (1) is based exclusively on providing voice communications service; (2) does not assess broadband [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Coast guard, Containerization, Criminal justice, Emergency management, Employee training, Energy, Federal aid to transportation, Freight, Fuel, Hazardous substances, Identification devices, Import restrictions, Job training, Labor, Law, Licenses, Marine safety, Marine terminals, Merchant ships, New Jersey, New York City, Nuclear terrorism, Police training, Private police, Security measures, Standards, Trade, Transportation, Transportation planning, Transportation safety, Transportation workers
Latest Action: 06/20/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to improve port and intermodal supply chain security. 6/20/2008--Introduced. Port Authority of New York/New Jersey Port Security Task Force Implementation Act of 2008 - Amends federal port security law to revise mandatory elements of the secure system of transportation program. Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, acting through the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, to establish minimum program standards and procedures for verifying, at the point goods are placed in a cargo container for shipping, that such container is free of unauthorized contents, including hazardous chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear material, and is securely sealed after verification of its contents. Prohibits the entry of any container that has not complied with such standards and procedures. Requires Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans to establish regional response and recovery protocols for transportation [...] show full description
|
