Claims Legislation - Federal Government

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada in settlement and full satisfaction of certain claims.

Excludes such payment from the provisions of the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act.

Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act - Establishes the Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans to examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies.

Prohibits an individual (or a survivor or beneficiary thereof) from receiving federal annuity or retired pay if such individual is convicted, indicted, or has outstanding charges against him under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for specified offenses concerning: (1) bribery, graft, or conflicts of interest related to public officials and witnesses, Members of Congress, government officers or employees, or obtaining appointive public office; (2) embezzlement or theft of public money, property, or records; (3) the solicitation or use of gifts; (4) fraud and false statements or entries; (5) perjury; (6) subornation of perjury; or (7) false declarations before a grand jury or court.

Refunds annuity contributions and deposits, excluding interest earned, to a convicted individual.

Amends the Inspector General Act to require the Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Justice (DOJ), in preparing semiannual reports on the activities of the IG's office, to describe each settlement or compromise of any claim, suit, or other action entered into with the DOJ that: (1) relates to an alleged violation of statutory provisions prohibiting major fraud or false claims against the United States (including all settlements of alternative remedies); and (2) results from a claim of damages in excess of $100,000.

Specifies the required elements of each such description.

Disabled Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow members of the uniformed services whose retired pay in any taxable year is reduced due to an award of disability compensation by the Department of Veterans Affairs an extension of the three-year limitation period for filing tax refund claims until one year after the date of a disability determination. Limits the period for which such refund claims may be filed to taxable years beginning less than five years before the date of a disability determination.

Refers a pending private bill for the relief of Adela and Darryl Bailor to the chief judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for preparation of a report to the House of Representatives that provides: (1) findings of fact and conclusions of law on the nature, extent, and character of the claim for compensation referred to in the pending bill as a legal or equitable claim against the United States; and (2) the amount, if any, that is legally or equitably due from the United States to Adela and Darryl Bailor.

Valerie Plame Wilson Compensation Act - Provides for the relief of Valerie Plame Wilson.

Provides for the relief of Alyssa Chaconis.

Provides for the relief of Richard M. Barlow of Bozeman, Montana.

Veterans' Notice Clarification Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prescribe regulations specifying the contents of a currently-required notice to claimants of a complete or substantially complete application, including regarding: (1) different contents for notice depending on whether the claim is an original claim, a claim for reopening a prior decision on a claim, or a claim for increased benefits; (2) additional or alternative contents depending on the benefit or services sought; (3) for each type of claim for benefits, the general information and evidence required; and (4) the timing of the notice issuance.

Provides for the relief of Ross E. Lay of Haiku, Hawaii.