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Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Received in the Senate. Bill TextTo direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, and for other purposes. 6/4/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act - Title I: Grants for Modernization, Renovation, or Repair of School Facilities - (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including public charter schools, to make them safe, healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date. Allocates grant funds among states on the basis of the relative portion of school improvement funds provided to local educational agencies (LEAs) in each state under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Reserves 1% of the grant funds for assistance to outlying areas and Indian [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/25/2008 - On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 415 - 0 (Roll no. 461). (consideration: CR H6082) Bill TextTo establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 3/6/2008--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) CPSC Reform Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to authorize appropriations: (1) to carry out the Act and any other provision of law the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is authorized or directed to carry out; (2) for the office of Inspector General; (3) to make capital improvements to the research, development, and testing facility of the CPSC; and (4) for research into safety issues related to the use of nanotechnology in consumer products. (Sec. 4) Requires the CPSC, subject to the availability of appropriations, to increase by at least 500 the number of its full-time employees and by at least 50 the number of its port-of-entry and overseas production facility inspectors. Requires [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/03/2008 - Received in the House. Bill TextA bill to protect children from cybercrimes, including crimes by online predators, to enhance efforts to identify and eliminate child pornography, and to help parents shield their children from material that is inappropriate for minors. 5/22/2008--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act - Title I: Promoting a Safe Internet for Children - (Sec. 101) Declares that the issue of Internet safety includes issues regarding the use of the Internet in a manner that promotes safe online activity for children, protects children from cybercrimes, including crimes by online predators, and helps parents shield their children from material that is inappropriate for minors. (Sec. 102) Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to carry out a nationwide program to increase public awareness and provide education on strategies to promote the safe use of the Internet by children. (Sec. 103) Requires [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/22/2008 - Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Bill Text
A resolution designating June 2008 as "National Internet Safety Month".
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Children, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumers, Container industry, Energy, Executive departments, Gasoline, Independent regulatory commissions, Law, Petroleum storage, Product safety, Safety measures, Standards
Latest Action: 07/07/2008 - Presented to President. Bill TextTo require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers. 10/9/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act - Requires each portable gasoline container manufactured for sale in the United States and intended for use by consumers to conform to a specified child-resistance standard issued by ASTM International. Considers that requirement to be a consumer product safety rule issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) under the Consumer Product Safety Act. Requires the CPSC to report to specified congressional committees on the degree of industry compliance, related enforcement actions, and incidents involving children interacting with portable gasoline containers (including both those that are and are not in compliance with the standard).
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Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Bill TextTo enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education. 5/16/2007--Introduced. School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) allow the placement and use of surveillance equipment in schools under the matching grant program for public elementary and secondary school security; (2) allow the use of grant funds to establish hotlines or tiplines for reporting potentially dangerous students and situations and for making capital improvements to make school facilities more secure; (3) set the federal matching share of program costs at 80%; and (4) revise application requirements for school security grants. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Secretary of Education to establish an interagency task force to develop and promulgate advisory school safety guidelines. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Children, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Day care, Employee selection, Fingerprints, Government information, Identification of criminals, Nonprofit organizations, Social services, Volunteer workers, Youth services
Latest Action: 07/08/2008 - Received in the House. Bill TextA bill to extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks. 6/26/2008--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the PROTECT Act to extend by six months the Child Safety Pilot Program (allowing certain volunteer organizations to obtain national and state criminal history background checks on their volunteers).
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Latest Action: 05/14/2008 - Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Bill TextTo amend the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to define environmental intervention blood lead level. 8/3/2007--Introduced. Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2007 - Amends the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to set the environmental intervention blood lead level for a confirmed concentration of lead in whole blood as equal to or greater than ten micrograms of lead per deciliter for a single test, for purposes of provisions concerning lead-based paint hazards in housing. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to amend relevant regulations to comply with this Act within 90 days.
Also tagged in: Children, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Day care, Employee selection, Fingerprints, Government information, Identification of criminals, Nonprofit organizations, Social services, Volunteer workers, Youth services
Latest Action: 06/23/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextTo extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks. 6/23/2008--Introduced. Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the PROTECT Act to extend by six months the Child Safety Pilot Program (allowing certain volunteer organizations to obtain national and state criminal history background checks on their volunteers).
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2849-2850 text as passed Senate: CR S2850 text of measure as introduced: CR S2824) Bill TextA resolution designating the week beginning March 12, 2007, as "National Safe Place Week". 3/7/2007--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week of March 12-March 18, 2007, as National Safe Place Week. Calls on people and groups to promote awareness of, and volunteer involvement in, the Safe Place program (which offers young people in early stages of crisis safe places where trained volunteers are available to counsel and advise them).
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Also tagged in: Children, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Day care, Employee selection, Fingerprints, Government information, Identification of criminals, Nonprofit organizations, Social services, Volunteer workers, Youth services
Latest Action: 07/08/2008 - Received in the House. Bill TextA bill to extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks. 6/26/2008--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the PROTECT Act to extend by six months the Child Safety Pilot Program (allowing certain volunteer organizations to obtain national and state criminal history background checks on their volunteers).
Also tagged in: Children, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Day care, Employee selection, Fingerprints, Government information, Identification of criminals, Nonprofit organizations, Social services, Volunteer workers, Youth services
Latest Action: 06/23/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextTo extend the pilot program for volunteer groups to obtain criminal history background checks. 6/23/2008--Introduced. Criminal History Background Checks Pilot Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the PROTECT Act to extend by six months the Child Safety Pilot Program (allowing certain volunteer organizations to obtain national and state criminal history background checks on their volunteers).
Also tagged in: Children, Commemorations, Community organization, Electronic mail systems, Families, Internet, Parent and child, Social services, Special months, Technology, Telecommunication, Volunteer workers
Latest Action: 05/22/2008 - Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Bill Text
A resolution designating June 2008 as "National Internet Safety Month".
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2166) Bill TextA resolution designating the week beginning March 16, 2008, as "National Safe Place Week". 3/14/2008--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week of March 16 through 22, 2008, as "National Safe Place Week."
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Children, Communications, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Department of Justice, Executive departments, Government information, Infants, Information networks, Informers, Kidnapping, Law, Missing children, Police communication systems, Radio broadcasting, Signs and signboards, Standards, Telecommunication, Traffic signs and signals, Transportation
Latest Action: 01/14/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Bill TextTo amend title III of the PROTECT Act to modify the standards for the issuance of alerts through the AMBER Alert communications network to assist in facilitating the recovery of abducted newborns. 12/12/2007--Introduced. Tory Jo's Loophole AMBER Response Act of 2007 - Amends the PROTECT Act to: (1) require the minimum standards for the issuance and dissemination of alerts through the AMBER Alert communications network to allow local law enforcement officials to issue and provide for the dissemination of an alert to facilitate the recovery of an abducted newborn; and (2) define "child" to mean an individual under age 18 or a newborn.
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Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Bill TextTo help keep students safe on school-run, overnight, off-premises field trips. 12/4/2007--Introduced. Phylicia's Law - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies applying for funds under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program to require schools sponsoring off-premises overnight field trips to develop, and provide to parents whose children are to be taken on such trips, written safety plans that include: (1) policies on curfews, room checks, and chaperone qualifications; and (2) emergency procedures to be followed when a serious injury or death occurs.
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Latest Action: 12/04/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextTo direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue regulations concerning the safety and labeling of certain furniture. 12/4/2007--Introduced. Katie Elise and Meghan Agnes Act - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate final consumer product safety standards, applicable to any furniture the CPSC determines poses a substantial safety hazard due to tipping, that are (at a minimum) substantially the same as a specified ASTM standard. Requires the CPSC to promulgate final consumer product safety standards to require that, in any furniture containing a glass surface or pane of a size that poses a safety hazard on breaking, the glass be safety glass.
Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Bill TextEncouraging Americans to purchase American-made products during the holiday season, and for other purposes. 11/15/2007--Introduced. Recognizes that the United States has the safest regulatory regime in the world that better protects families and children. Encourages Americans to support American workers and protect American children by buying American products this holiday season.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Children, Criminal justice, Department of Justice, Executive departments, Families, Grants-in-aid, Internet, Law, Parent and child, Technology, Telecommunication
Latest Action: 12/13/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m. Bill TextA bill to create a competitive grant program to provide for age-appropriate Internet education for children. 12/13/2007--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.) Internet Safety Education Act of 2007 - Directs the Attorney General, subject to the availability of funds, to create and administer a competitive grant program for eligible organizations to carry out free, age-appropriate programs that promote Internet safety for children. Directs the Attorney General to define, by rule, the term "eligible organization." Authorizes appropriations.
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Latest Action: 11/06/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to promote the adoption of children with special needs. 11/6/2007--Introduced. Adoption Equality Act of 2007 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for children with special needs in the adoption assistance program. Requires that the child be in the care of a public or licensed private child placement agency or Indian tribal organization pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement, relinquishment, or involuntary removal of the child from the home, where the state has determined that continuation in the home would be contrary to the child's safety or welfare. Specifies related requirements.Prohibits adoption assistance to parents with respect to a child who is not a U.S. citizen or resident, and who was adopted outside of the United States or brought into the United States for the purposes of being adopted.Expresses the sense of the [...] show full description
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