Referendum Legislation - Federal Government

Constitutional Amendment - States that Congress shall have the power to regulate the raising and spending of money, including through setting limits, for campaigns for nomination for election to, or for election to, federal office.

Gives a state the power to regulate the raising and spending of money for state or local ballot initiatives, referenda, plebiscites, or other similar ballot measures and campaigns for nomination for election to, or for election to, state or local office.

Gives Congress the power to implement and enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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.

Constitutional Amendment - States that Congress shall have the power to regulate the raising and spending of money, including through setting limits, for campaigns for nomination for election to, or for election to, federal office.

Gives a state the power to regulate the raising and spending of money for state or local ballot initiatives, referenda, plebiscites, or other similar ballot measures and campaigns for nomination for election to, or for election to, state or local office.

Gives Congress the power to implement and enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Expresses the sense of Congress that as soon as practicable after submission to Congress of a specified report required by the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 the government of Iraq should schedule a referendum to determine whether the Iraqi people want the U.S. Armed Forces to be withdrawn from Iraq or to remain in Iraq until order is restored.

Democracy for Dairy Producers Act of 2007 - Requires, with respect to a specified referendum on federal milk marketing orders and related reforms, that: (1) if a cooperative association of milk producers elects bloc voting on behalf of its members it shall provide each member with written notice of referendum issues, its intended voting position, and individual producer voting procedures; and (2) the Secretary of Agriculture adjust the association vote to reflect individual producer votes.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that questions on the ballot of the 2008 general election in American Samoa ask whether: (1) individuals born in American Samoa should become citizens of the United States; (2) the Senators of the American Samoa Fono should be elected by the qualified electors from the respective counties that they are to represent; and (3) American Samoa should have its own federal district court with limited jurisdiction.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Extends condolences to the people of Burma for the grave loss of life and vast destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis, and vows full support with the people of Burma.

Calls on Americans to provide emergency assistance to cyclone victims in Burma through humanitarian agencies.

Calls for the Burmese military junta to consider the well-being of its people and accept international assistance.

Taxpayer Property Protection Act of 2008 - Bars the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, and the Forest Service, from assuming control of any land located in a state unless the citizens of each political subdivision of that state in which a portion of the land is located approve the assumption of control by a referendum. Excludes national emergencies and land exchanges between private landowners and the federal government.

Sets forth requirements for the duration and renewal of such an approval.

Constitutional Amendment - States that Congress shall have the power to regulate the raising and spending of money, including through setting limits, for campaigns for nomination for election to, or for election to, federal office.

Gives a state the power to regulate the raising and spending of money for state or local ballot initiatives, referenda, plebiscites, or other similar ballot measures and campaigns for nomination for election to, or for election to, state or local office.

Gives Congress the power to implement and enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Constitutional Amendment - States that Congress shall have the power to regulate the raising and spending of money, including through setting limits, for campaigns for nomination for election to, or for election to, federal office.

Gives a state the power to regulate the raising and spending of money for state or local ballot initiatives, referenda, plebiscites, or other similar ballot measures and campaigns for nomination for election to, or for election to, state or local office.

Gives Congress the power to implement and enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Expresses the sense of Congress that as soon as practicable after submission to Congress of a specified report required by the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 the government of Iraq should schedule a referendum to determine whether the Iraqi people want the U.S. Armed Forces to be withdrawn from Iraq or to remain in Iraq until order is restored.

Expresses the sense of Congress that as soon as practicable after submission to Congress of a specified report required by the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 the government of Iraq should schedule a referendum to determine whether the Iraqi people want the U.S. Armed Forces to be withdrawn from Iraq or to remain in Iraq until order is restored.

Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007 - Directs the Puerto Rico State Elections Commission, not later than September 30, 2009, to conduct a plebiscite in Puerto Rico on the question of its status and relationship with the United States. Requires the ballot to provide for voters to choose: (1) to continue the present status and relationship; (2) independence; (3) nationhood in free association with the United States; or (4) admission as a state.