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Latest Action: 07/23/2008 - Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference. Bill TextA bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. 10/30/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 - Title I: Authorizations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2012 for: (1) Amtrak capital and operating grants, including capital grants to states; (2) the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA); (3) Amtrak repayment of long-term debt and capital leases; (4) payment into the Railroad Retirement Account that portion of Amtrak's Railroad Retirement Tier II Tax which exceeds the Tier II annuities paid to Amtrak retirees; and (5) the rail cooperative research program. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008 for: (1) grants to Amtrak and states participating in the Next Generation Corridor Train Equipment Pool Committee; and (2) Amtrak to evaluate improvements necessary to make all existing intercity rail stations readily accessible to and usable by individuals with [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Congress, Congressional oversight, Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Infrastructure, Michigan, Minnesota, New York State, Ohio, Pennsylvania, St. Lawrence Seaway, State and local government, Water resources, Water supply, Water use, Watersheds, Wisconsin
Latest Action: 08/01/2008 - Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8006-8014) Bill TextA joint resolution expressing the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin. 8/1/2008--Passed Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Grants congressional consent to and approval of the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact as set forth in this resolution's preamble. Declares that current laws provide protection sufficient to prevent Great Lakes diversions until a Great Lakes water compact is ratified and enforceable. Reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this resolution.
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Animals, Arizona, Budgets, Colorado River development, Construction costs, Contracts, Dams, Energy, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Federal aid to water resources development, Government liability, Government trust funds, Groundwater, Habitat conservation, Hydroelectric power, Hydrology, Indian lands, Indian water rights, Infrastructure, Irrigation, Land transfers, Law, Leases, Maintenance and repair, Minorities, Natural resources, New Mexico, Pipelines, Power marketing administrations, Reservoirs, Restoration ecology, Rivers, State and local government, Subcontractors, Transportation, Water allocation (Policy), Water conservation, Water resources, Water storage, Water supply, Water treatment plants, Water use, Watersheds, Wells
Latest Action: 06/25/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-401. Bill TextA bill to amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act and Public Law 87-483 to authorize the construction and rehabilitation of water infrastructure in Northwestern New Mexico, to authorize the use of the reclamation fund to fund the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund, to authorize the conveyance of certain Reclamation land and infrastructure, to authorize the Commissioner of Reclamation to provide for the delivery of water, and for other purposes. 4/19/2007--Introduced. Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act - Amends the Colorado River Storage Project Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Supply Project. Establishes in the Treasury a Reclamation Water Settlements Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to request a transfer from the Fund to implement a congressionally approved settlement agreement that requires the Bureau of Reclamation to plan, design, and construct: (1) water supply [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Canada, Connecticut, Disaster relief, Emergency management, Foreign policy, International affairs, International cooperation, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, State and local government, Treaties, Vermont
Latest Action: 12/26/2007 - Signed by President. Bill TextA joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding. 12/26/2007--Public Law. (There are 4 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Grants the consent of Congress to the International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding entered into between the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut and the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Climate change, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Droughts, Emergency management, Environmental protection, Environmental technology, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal mandates, Federal-state relations, Flood control, Floods, Government information, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Maintenance and repair, Public meetings, State and local government, Storm drains, Strategic planning, Technology, Technology assessment, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water quality, Water resources, Water resources development, Water reuse, Water rights, Water supply, Water use, Weather
Latest Action: 06/04/2008 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-504, Part II. Bill TextTo establish the Twenty-First Century Water Commission to study and develop recommendations for a comprehensive water strategy to address future water needs. 6/4/2008--Reported to House amended, Part II. (There are 2 other summaries) Establishes the Twenty-First Century Water Commission to: (1) use studies and assessments to project future water supply needs and demand, develop national and regional assessments on flood risk and water availability and trends related to water quality; (2) study government and private sector water management programs directed at increasing water supplies, managing flood risk, and improving the availability, reliability, and quality of water resources; and (3) develop recommendations for a comprehensive water strategy.Requires such strategy to: (1) identify incentives to ensure an adequate and dependable supply of water to meet U.S. needs for the next 50 years; (2) consider all available technologies and methods [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/22/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes. 5/22/2007--Introduced. Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act - Grants the consent of Congress to the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (Agreement), the multistate agreement for the administration and collection of sales and use taxes adopted on November 12, 2002. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Agreement provides sufficient simplification and uniformity to warrant federal authorizations to states that are parties to it (member states) to require remote sellers (sellers without a physical presence in the taxing state) to collect and remit the sales and use taxes of such states and their local taxing jurisdictions.Authorizes each member state, after 10 states (comprising at least 20% of all states imposing a sales tax) have petitioned for and become member states, to require all sellers, except those sellers with gross remote taxable sales nationwide [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Fair Tax Act of 2007 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2007. Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services. Sets the sales tax rate at 23 percent in 2009, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. Allows exemptions from the tax for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes and for state government functions. Sets forth rules relating to: (1) the collection and remittance of the sales tax; and (2) credits and refunds. Allows families a sales tax rebate.Grants states the primary authority for the collection [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Auditing, Budgets, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, District of Columbia, Federal aid to transportation, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Infrastructure, Inspectors general, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Local finance, Local laws, Maintenance and repair, Maryland, Mass rapid transit, Metropolitan areas, Motor buses, Politics and government, Railroad engineering, State and local government, State finance, State laws, Subways, Transportation, Urban affairs, Urban transportation, Virginia, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government. H. Rept. 110-141. Bill TextTo amend the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to authorize additional Federal contributions for maintaining and improving the transit system of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and for other purposes. 5/9/2007--Reported to House amended. (There is 1 other summary) National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Amends the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to provide additional funding through grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to finance in part the capital and preventive maintenance projects included in the Capital Improvement Program. Subjects such grants to specified limitations and conditions. Prohibits funding to WMATA until it notifies the Secretary that certain amendments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact have taken effect, including: (1) requiring that all local payments for the [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Adoption, Aid to dependent children, AIDS (Disease), Budgets, Caregivers, Cash welfare block grants, Child health, Child support, Child welfare, Children, Church and social problems, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Custody of children, Day care, Department of Health and Human Services, Disabled, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Education, Electronic government information, Elementary and secondary education, Executive departments, Families, Family services, Family violence, Federal aid to child health services, Food, Food stamps, Foster home care, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Grandparents, Grants-in-aid, Guardian and ward, Health insurance, Health policy, Higher education, Housing, Housing subsidies, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Identification of criminals, Indian children, Indians, Information services, Job training, Legal aid, Legal fees, Legal services, Medicaid, Medical care, Medically uninsured, Medicine, Mental health services, Metropolitan areas, Minorities, Nonprofit organizations, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Ombudsman, Parent and child, Parents, Politics and government, Poor children, Prisoners, Public contracts, Public-private partnerships, Religion, Respite care, Secondary education, Siblings, Social security, Social services, Special education, Standards, State and local government, Students, Supplemental security income program, Technology, Telecommunication, Telephone, Urban affairs, Vocational education, Web sites, Welfare, Welfare eligibility
Latest Action: 02/16/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2171-2172) Bill TextA bill to establish kinship navigator programs, to establish guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Kinship Caregiver Support Act - Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants for kinship navigator programs to state agencies, metropolitan agencies, or tribal organizations with experience in addressing needs of kinship caregivers or children and connecting them with services and assistance.Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize all states to opt to enter agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as foster parents and have committed to care for on a permanent basis. Allows states to use part E funds to [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Civil liberties, Electric power transmission, Eminent domain, Energy, Law, Licenses, Natural resources, Public lands, Right-of-way, State and local government, Transportation
Latest Action: 02/06/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo repeal section 216 of the Federal Power Act (as added by the Energy Policy Act of 2005) providing for the use of eminent domain authority for the construction of certain electric power lines, and for other purposes. 2/5/2007--Introduced. Amends the Federal Power Act, as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, to repeal provisions regarding the siting of interstate electric transmission facilities, including: (1) the designation of national interest electric transmission corridors; (2) issuance of permits for the construction or modification of such facilities; (3) acqusition by a permit holder of rights-of-way for such a facility through the exercise of eminent domain in a federal district court; and (4) the consent of Congress to interstate compacts for establishment of regional transmission siting agencies.
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Latest Action: 08/01/2008 - Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8006-8014) Bill TextA joint resolution expressing the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin. 8/1/2008--Passed Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Grants congressional consent to and approval of the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact as set forth in this resolution's preamble. Declares that current laws provide protection sufficient to prevent Great Lakes diversions until a Great Lakes water compact is ratified and enforceable. Reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this resolution.
Also tagged in: American Samoa, Animals, Banks and banking, Bridges, Budget deficits, Budgets, Business, Congress, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Diesel motor, Disaster relief, Emergency management, Energy, Excise tax, Federal aid to transportation, Forest roads, Gasoline, Government information, Government lending, Government paperwork, Government trust funds, Guam, Highway finance, Highway maintenance, Highway planning, Highway use tax, Indian lands, Infrastructure, Interstate highway system, Limited access highways, Mass rapid transit, Minorities, National forests, National parks, Natural resources, Northern Mariana Islands, Public lands, Public-private partnerships, Road construction, Science policy, State and local government, Tax rates, Taxation, Toll roads, Traffic accidents and safety, Transportation, Transportation research, Virgin Islands, Wildlife refuges
Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs, and for other purposes. 4/7/2008--Introduced. Transportation Empowerment Act - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for the interstate maintenance program, emergency relief, the interstate bridge program, the federal lands highways program, highway safety programs, surface transportation research, and certain administrative expenses. Authorizes a state, upon determining that excess funds have been made available, to transfer the excess funds to, and use them for, any surface transportation purpose (including mass transit and rail) in the state. Revises requirements regarding state apportionments under the interstate maintenance component for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate System. Prohibits any restriction on the ability of a state, as part of any highway improvement project, to impose [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Canada, Connecticut, Disaster relief, Emergency management, Foreign policy, International affairs, International cooperation, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, State and local government, Treaties, Vermont
Latest Action: 10/17/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Bill TextGranting the consent of Congress to the International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding. 10/17/2007--Introduced. Consents to the International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding entered into between Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut and the Provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland.
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Budgets, Comprehensive health care, Department of Health and Human Services, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal aid to health facilities, Health insurance, Health planning, Health policy, Health services administration, Medical care, State and local government
Latest Action: 09/07/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration. 9/7/2007--Introduced. States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (State Comprehensive Health Care and Cost Containment Demonstration Projects). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a state-based Universal Health Care Coverage Commission to participate in the review of state applications for planning and demonstration grants for the development of a cost-effective delivery system of universal, comprehensive health care with simplified administration. Authorizes such grants. Requires a state plan to provide: (1) coverage of all eligible state residents, without regard to employment status, income, health status or preexisting condition,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Budgets, Comprehensive health care, Department of Health and Human Services, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal aid to health facilities, Health insurance, Health planning, Health policy, Health services administration, Medical care, State and local government
Latest Action: 10/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration. 9/7/2007--Introduced. States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (State Comprehensive Health Care and Cost Containment Demonstration Projects). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a state-based Universal Health Care Coverage Commission to participate in the review of state applications for planning and demonstration grants for the development of a cost-effective delivery system of universal, comprehensive health care with simplified administration. Authorizes such grants. Requires a state plan to provide: (1) coverage of all eligible state residents, without regard to employment status, income, health status or preexisting condition, or [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/10/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. Bill TextTo promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes. 8/3/2007--Introduced. Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act - Grants the consent of Congress to the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (Agreement), the multistate agreement for the administration and collection of sales and use taxes adopted on November 12, 2002. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Agreement provides sufficient simplification and uniformity to warrant federal authorizations to states that are parties to it (member states) to require remote sellers (sellers without a physical presence in the taxing state) to collect and remit the sales and use taxes of such states and their local taxing jurisdictions.Authorizes each member state, after 10 states (comprising at least 20% of all states imposing a sales tax) have petitioned for and become member states, to require all sellers, except those sellers with gross remote taxable sales nationwide of [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Colorado, Congress, Congressional oversight, Emergency management, Fire fighters, Fire prevention, Forest fires, Great Plains, North Dakota, South Dakota, State and local government, Wyoming
Latest Action: 07/16/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextTo grant the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate forest fire protection compact. 7/16/2007--Introduced. Grants the consent and approval of Congress to the interstate forest fire protection compact for the Great Plains region of the United States set forth in this Act.
Also tagged in: Alabama, Budgets, Congress, Congressional oversight, Disaster relief, Emergency management, Florida, Government employees, Government trust funds, Gulf States, Hurricanes, Louisiana, Mississippi, State and local government, State officials, Texas
Latest Action: 09/19/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10616) Bill TextTo give the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact between Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas for the purpose of establishing an all-hazard mitigation, readiness, response, and recovery plan, and for other purposes. 6/13/2007--Introduced. Gulf Coast All-Hazard Readiness Act of 2007 - Grants congressional consent to any number of the Gulf Coast states (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) to negotiate and enter into an agreement or compact that: (1) is consented to by the legislatures of the participating states by December 31, 2010; (2) is entered into primarily to establish a plan for all-hazard mitigation, readiness, response, and recovery; (3) establishes a multi-state all-hazard fund generated by participating states to be utilized when a disaster affects those states; (4) requires states to appoint commissioners to organize the operation, management, and disbursement of the fund; and (5) prohibits participating states from taking [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Asbestos, Banks and banking, Budgets, Building construction, Child safety, Children, Congress, Congressional oversight, Construction costs, Disabled, Education, Educational facilities, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Federal aid to education, Federal-state relations, Government lending, Hazardous substances, Hazardous wastes, Humanities, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Libraries, Maintenance and repair, Medical care, Medicine, School buildings, School security, Secondary education, Solid wastes, Special education, State and local government, Students
Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7074-7075) Bill TextA bill to establish State infrastructure banks for education, and for other purposes. 6/5/2007--Introduced. Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into cooperative agreements with states under which: (1) they establish state and multistate infrastructure banks for education; and (2) the Secretary awards grants to states for initial capital to make loans through such banks to local educational agencies and public libraries for construction, reconstruction, or renovation of public elementary or secondary schools and public library facilities. Grants congressional consent to states for interstate compacts to establish multistate infrastructure banks. Requires states to contribute from nonfederal sources at least 25% of the amount of each federal grant for an infrastructure bank. Lists types of projects eligible for such bank loans. Directs the Secretary to establish Healthy, High Performance School [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alternative energy sources, Architecture and the disabled, Asbestos, Bank capital, Bank loans, Budgets, Building construction, Building materials, Congress, Congressional oversight, Construction costs, Construction industries, Construction workers, Department of the Treasury, Disabled, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy conservation in buildings, Energy efficiency, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Federal aid to education, Finance, Government contractors, Government lending, Hazardous substances, Humanities, Indoor air pollution, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Labor, Law, Libraries, Lighting, Maintenance and repair, Minimum wages, Public contracts, School buildings, School districts, Secondary education, Standards, State and local government, State finance, Wages, Water resources, Water use
Latest Action: 07/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Bill TextTo establish State infrastructure banks for education. 6/5/2007--Introduced. Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into cooperative agreements with states for the establishment of state infrastructure banks and multistate infrastructure banks for making loans to local educational agencies and public libraries for building or repairing public elementary or secondary schools and public library facilities. Grants congressional consent to states for interstate compacts to establish multistate infrastructure banks. Directs the Secretary to make grants to such banks to provide initial capital for such loans. Requires states to contribute from nonfederal sources at least 25% of the amount of each federal capitalization grant made to the state and contributed to the bank. Lists types of projects eligible for such bank loans. Directs the Secretary to establish Healthy, High Performance [...] show full description
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