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Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response Discharged. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to first responders, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Smarter Funding for All of America's Homeland Security Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a State and Regional First Responder Grant Program under which the Secretary may make grants to states and eligible regional entities on the basis of the threat to a state or region's population and critical infrastructure, as determined by the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, to evaluate and prioritize grant applications, considering factors such as threats to the population, specific economic sectors, major communications nodes and transportation systems, specific elements of the food supply, the water and energy supplies, civic infrastructure and emergency response capabilities,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S109-110) Bill TextA bill to encourage the health of children in schools by promoting better nutrition and increased physical activity, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Healthy Students Act of 2007 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a Commission to Improve School Meals composed of nutrition and children's health experts tasked with developing new nutritional standards for the School Lunch, Summer Food Service, Child and Adult Care Food, and School Breakfast programs. Requires such standards to ban foods of minimal nutritional value. Provides for the adjustment of program payment rates to compensate for compliance with such standards. Repeals the current requirement that the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) issue guidance to states and school food authorities to increase the consumption of foods and food ingredients recommended in the most recent Dietary Guidelines [...] show full description
Latest Action: 09/25/2007 - Mr. Holt moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended. Bill TextExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives supporting the goals and ideals of Campus Fire Safety Month, and for other purposes. 9/25/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Supports the goals and ideals of Campus Fire Safety Month. Encourages administrators and municipalities across the country to: (1) provide educational programs to all students during September and throughout the school year; (2) evaluate the level of fire safety being provided in both on- and off-campus student housing; and (3) take the necessary steps to ensure fire-safe living environments through fire safety education, installation of fire suppression and detection systems, and the development and enforcement of applicable codes relating to fire safety.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Burglary, Consumer education, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumers, Criminal justice, Data banks, Emergency management, Executive departments, Federal aid to housing, Federal preemption, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Fires, Government information, Government lending, Government paperwork, Government statistics, Housing, Housing subsidies, Independent regulatory commissions, Labeling, Law, Mortgage guaranty insurance, Packaging, Prefabricated buildings, Product safety, Rental housing, Security measures, Standards, State and local government, State laws, Technology
Latest Action: 04/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. Bill TextTo confirm the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission with respect to releasing systems on residential window bars and to establish a consumer product safety standard ensuring that all such bars include a quick-release mechanism. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Safe Access in Fire Emergencies Act of 2007 - Requires the Consumer Products Safety Commission to establish a consumer product safety standard for window bars that: (1) requires all window bars manufactured or installed in the United States to incorporate releasing systems that meet minimum standards; and (2) addresses such systems for interior and exterior based bars. Provides that the minimum standards shall require that such systems provide for: (1) egress when actuated; and (2) manual activation from inside a residence allowing escape through a protected opening. Requires compliance enforcement under the Consumer Products Safety Act. Directs the Commission to require each manufacturer to include [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S127-128) Bill TextA bill to promote the national security and stability of the economy of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. American Fuels Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Office of Energy Security to oversee all federal energy security programs, including coordination of all federal agency efforts to assist the United States in achieving full energy independence. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide: (1) a tax credit, against both ordinary and alternative minimum tax, for production of qualified flexible fuel motor vehicles; and (2) an alternative fuel retail sales credit. Amends the Clayton Act and the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to prohibit restrictions on the installation of alternative fuel pumps within fuel franchise documents. Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo require accountability for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts, and for other purposes. 1/10/2007--Introduced. Transparency and Accountability in Security Contracting Act of 2007 - Requires each contract, subcontract, or task order awarded or issued by a federal agency that includes private security functions (covered contract) to require the contractor to provide to the agency contracting officer specified information, including the number of persons to perform the security functions and the hiring and training process for such employees. Requires agency oversight in the performance of the covered contract. Directs the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to issue rules of engagement regarding the circumstances under which force may be used by contractor personnel performing private security functions within the area covered by a contingency operation, and the types of force authorized. Provides for: (1) hiring, training,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Advice and consent of the Senate, Afghanistan, Air defenses, Air piracy, Airline passenger traffic, Alliances, Appropriations, Arab-Israeli conflict, Armed forces, Arms control, Arms control agreements, Arms control negotiations, Arms control verification, Arms sales, Aviation safety, Bank examination, Biological warfare, Bombings, Border patrols, Boundaries, Budgets, Business, Central Intelligence Agency, Charities, Chemical warfare, Civil liberties, Communications, Computer crimes, Computer security measures, Confidential funding (Federal budgets), Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congress and military policy, Congressional committee chairmen, Congressional committee membership, Congressional committees (House), Congressional committees (Senate), Congressional investigations, Congressional oversight, Congressional reorganization, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost effectiveness, Counterfeiting, Counterterrorism, Criminal justice, Cultural relations, Data banks, Defense policy, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of State, Detention of persons, Diplomacy, Director of National Intelligence, Economic assistance, Economic development, Economic policy, Education, Educational exchanges, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employee training, Energy, Energy research, English language, Environmental monitoring, Environmental protection, Environmental technology, Exchange of persons programs, Executive departments, Executive Office of the President, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Export controls, Extremist movements in politics, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to law enforcement, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal law enforcement officers, Federal preemption, Federal-Indian relations, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Finance, Fingerprints, Fire departments, Fire fighters, Fire prevention, Fissionable materials, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Foreign service, Former Soviet states, Gifts, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Grants-in-aid, Hazardous substances, Higher education, House Homeland Security, House Intelligence, Human rights, Humanities, Identification devices, Identification of criminals, Immigration, Information technology, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Intelligence activities, Intelligence officers, Intelligence services, International affairs, International broadcasting, International cooperation, International finance, Islamic countries, Islamic fundamentalism, Job training, Law, Leadership, Liability (Law), Libraries, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Middle East and North Africa, Military readiness, Military strategy, Military technology, Minorities, Missile warheads, Money laundering, National security, Natural resources, Nuclear fuels, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear security measures, Nuclear terrorism, Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Paramedical personnel, Passports, Peace negotiations, Performance measurement, Planning, Plutonium, Police, Police communication systems, Police training, Politics and government, President and foreign policy, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Prisoners of war, Prisoners' rights, Products liability, Public-private partnerships, Radio frequency allocation, Religion, Religious education, Rescue work, Research and development, Restoration ecology, Right of privacy, Risk, Rural affairs, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scholarships, Science policy, Scientists, Security clearances, Security measures, Senate Appropriations, Senate Armed Services, Senate Intelligence, Senate rules and procedure, September 11, 2001, Social security, Social security numbers, Social services, South Asia, Standards, State and local government, State laws, State-local relations, Subpoena, Tactical nuclear weapons, Technology, Technology transfer, Telecommunication, Terrorism, Terrorists, Trade, Transportation, Transportation safety, Travel, United Nations, Urban affairs, Urban areas, Volunteer workers, Weapons of mass destruction, Weapons systems, Whistle blowing, Women, Women's education
Latest Action: 01/17/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Bill TextA bill to ensure the implementation of the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. 1/17/2007--Introduced. Ensuring Implementation of the 9/11 Commission Report Act - Homeland Emergency Response Operations Act or the HERO Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complete assignment of the electromagnetic spectrum for public safety services to permit operation by December 31, 2007. Requires reports respecting: (1) a unified incident command system; (2) a national critical infrastructure risk and vulnerabilities assessment; and (3) private sector preparedness. Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 2005 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant program to assist state and local governments in achieving essential capabilities for terrorism preparedness. Directs the Secretary of Homeland [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Admission of nonimmigrants, Alien labor, Aliens, Arizona, Armed forces, Arrest, Border patrols, Boundaries, Business, Central America, Civil liberties, Communication satellites, Computers, Congress, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost accounting, Counterfeiting, Crimes against women, Criminal aliens, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Data banks, Death, Defense policy, Deportation, Detention of persons, Diplomacy, Drone aircraft, Drug abuse, Drug traffic, Drunk driving, Electronic surveillance, Employers' liability, Environmental assessment, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Excavation, Federal law enforcement officers, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Finance, Fingerprints, Firearms, Firearms control, Foreign policy, Fraud, Gangs, Government employees, Government information, Government vehicles, Governmental investigations, Health policy, Human rights, Identification devices, Illegal aliens, Immigrant health, Immigrants, Immigration, Imprisonment, Indian lands, Infrastructure, Intelligence activities, International affairs, International cooperation, Labor, Latin America, Law, Licenses, Light, Limitation of actions, Medical care, Medicine, Mexico, Military civic action, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Money laundering, National Guard, National parks, Natural resources, Noise, Noise pollution, North America, Occupational health and safety, Passports, Police communication systems, Police training, Prison alternatives, Prisoners, Prisons, Public lands, Quality of life, Recruiting of employees, Refugees, Retired military personnel, Right of property, Road construction, Security measures, Small business, Smuggling, State and local government, Technology, Technology assessment, Terrorism, Terrorists, Transportation, Veterans, Violence, Visas, Weapons, Western Hemisphere, Women, Women in business
Latest Action: 01/18/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S754-755) Bill TextA bill to authorize secure borders and comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. 1/18/2007--Introduced. Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 - Provides for increases in the numbers of federal immigration enforcement-related positions and technological assets for use along the borders, including Department of Defense (DOD) equipment. Provides for: (1) recruitment of former military personnel; (2) border control facilities construction; (3) land border port of entry construction and improvements; (4) border patrol checkpoints; and (5) fencing, barrier, and road construction and improvements in the Yuma and Tucson sectors. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to develop: (1) a comprehensive land and maritime border surveillance plan; (2) a National Strategy for Border Security; (3) a plan to combat human smuggling; (4) a southern border study; and (5) a schedule for equippng all land border ports of entry with the [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Building construction, Building laws, College teachers, Colleges, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Death, Drug abuse, Education, Educational facilities, Educational statistics, Electric appliances, Emergency management, Federal aid to education, Fire prevention, Fires, Fraternal organizations, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Higher education, Housing, Planning, School buildings, School personnel, Smoke detectors, Smoking, Standards, Student housing, Students
Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to provide for disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings, and for other purposes. 1/22/2007--Introduced. Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution participating in any program under the Act to provide to all current students and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or employment upon request, an annual fire safety report containing specified information about the campus fire safety practices and standards of that institution. Requires such institutions to: (1) record all on-campus fires, including the nature, date, time, and general location of each fire and all unwanted and false fire alarms; and (2) open such information to public inspection. Requires the institutions to report on such information annually to the campus community in a manner that will aid the prevention of similar occurrences. Directs each institution to require [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Commemorations, Congressional tributes, Counterterrorism, Criminal justice, Foreign aid, Gifts, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Law enforcement officers, Middle East and North Africa, Police, Surplus government property, Terrorism
Latest Action: 05/01/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Bill TextRecognizing the significance of the contribution of the Brotherhood of the Badge to the Global War on Terror through its provision of surplus law enforcement equipment to Iraqi police forces. 5/1/2007--Introduced. Recognizes the significance of the contribution of the Brotherhood of the Badge to the Global War on Terror by its provision of surplus law enforcement equipment to Iraqi police forces.
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Latest Action: 07/24/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7300) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that the payment of the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly. 7/24/2008--Introduced. Firearms Fairness and Affordability Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require excise taxes on recreational equipment to be due and payable on the date for filing the return for such taxes.
Latest Action: 07/11/2008 - Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6611-6612) Bill TextA resolution designating August 2008 as "Digital Television Transition Awareness Month". 6/12/2008--Reported to 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 August 2008 as Digital Television Transition Awareness Month to increase public awareness and encourage consumers to learn about the government coupon program for obtaining converter boxes. Encourages consumers to make the transition well before the conversion date (February 17, 2009). Encourages local nonprofit organizations to assist households in applying for the coupons and installing converter boxes and to educate consumers about websites and other sources of transition information.
Also tagged in: Armed forces, Arms sales, Boundaries, Cameras, Central America, Chemicals, Children, Civil liberties, Compensation for victims of crime, Computers, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Correctional personnel, Corrections, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Data banks, Defense policy, Department of State, Detention of persons, Dropouts, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug law enforcement, Due process of law, Economic assistance, Economic development, Economic policy, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Employee training, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Export controls, Families, Family violence, Fingerprints, Firearms, Firearms control, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Gangs, Government employees, Government ethics, Government information, Guatemala, Helicopters, Human rights, Information networks, Intelligence activities, International affairs, International cooperation, Job creation, Job training, Judges, Labor, Latin America, Law, Law enforcement, Mexico, Military assistance, Money laundering, Organized crime, Patrol aircraft, Patrol ships, Police training, Polygraphs, Prosecution, Public prosecutors, Radar, Rule of law, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Smuggling, Technical assistance, Technology, Telecommunication, Trade, Transportation, Victims of crimes, Weapons systems, Witnesses, Women, Women's shelters, Youth services
Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Bill TextTo authorize law enforcement and security assistance, and assistance to enhance the rule of law and strengthen civilian institutions, for Mexico and the countries of Central America, and for other purposes. 6/10/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008 - Title I: Assistance for Mexico - Subtitle A: Law Enforcement and Security Assistance - (Sec. 112) Authorizes the President to provide assistance for Mexico for: (1) counternarcotics and countertrafficking; (2) port, airport, and related security to assist in controlling the Mexico-U.S. and Mexico-Central America borders; (3) intelligence gathering operational technology; and (4) public security and law enforcement, including assistance to the National Council Against Addiction (CONADIC). (Sec. 114) Prohibits assistance to any armed forces of Mexico or law enforcement unit [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextA bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a survey to determine the level of compliance with national consensus standards and any barriers to achieving compliance with such standards, and for other purposes. 4/17/2008--Introduced. Firefighter Fatality Reduction Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) conduct a survey of and report to Congress on the compliance of fire departments in the United States with national consensus standards for staffing, training, safe operations, personal protective equipment, and fitness relating to fire department operations and firefighting practices; and (2) establish a Task Force to Enhance Firefighter Safety to develop a plan to enhance firefighter safety by increasing compliance with such standards and to consider ways in which the federal government, states, and local governments can promote, encourage, or require compliance.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3031) Bill TextA bill to permit qualified withdrawals from a capital construction fund account under chapter 535 of title 46, United States Code, for gear or equipment required for fishery conservation or safety of life at sea without regard to the minimum cost requirement established by regulation. 4/15/2008--Introduced. Fisheries Capital Construction Fund Enhancement Act of 2008 - Adds withdrawals for the acquisition of gear or equipment required for safety of life at sea or to comply with conservation measures within a fishery to the list of qualified withdrawals from a vessel capital construction fund. Declares that specified capital acquisition, construction, or reconstruction minimum cost requirements do not apply to withdrawals for such purposes.
Latest Action: 04/04/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Bill TextTo make a technical correction to section 3009 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. 4/3/2008--Introduced. Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to extend through FY2012 the requirement for the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce to make payments from the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Fund to implement a program to reimburse each licensee of an eligible low-power television station for equipment to upgrade low-power television stations from analog to digital in eligible rural communities. Requires such reimbursements to be issued to eligible stations on or after February 18, 2009 (currently, no earlier than FY2010).
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Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology. Bill TextTo direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a survey to determine the level of compliance with national consensus standards and any barriers to achieving compliance with such standards, and for other purposes. 4/2/2008--Introduced. Firefighter Fatality Reduction Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) conduct a survey of and report to Congress on the compliance of fire departments in the United States with national consensus standards for staffing, training, safe operations, personal protective equipment, and fitness; and (2) establish a Task Force to Enhance Firefighter Safety to develop a plan to enhance firefighter safety by increasing compliance with such standards and to consider ways in which the federal government, states, and localities can promote, encourage, or require compliance.
Latest Action: 07/30/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextA bill to make a technical correction to section 3009 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. 7/9/2008--Passed House without amendment. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on June 19, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) DTV Transition Assistance Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (title III of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005) with respect to the low-power television and translator digital-to-analog conversion program. Requires the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce to determine whether the full amounts provided from the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Fund will be needed for payments to eligible low-power TV stations toward purchase of a digital-to-analog conversion device to convert the incoming digital signal of their corresponding full-power [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/28/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage investment in high productivity property, and for other purposes. 1/28/2008--Introduced. Job Creation Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the expensing of the cost of certain high productivity property placed in service in 2008, including computer and computer-related peripheral equipment, electronic equipment, software, high technology medical equipment, and advanced environmental and life science products. Allow a 50% depreciation allowance for certain business equipment acquired in 2008. Exempts acclerated depreciation amounts related to properties placed in service in 2008 or 2009 from adjustments in computing alternative minimum taxable income. Allows an offset in 2008 against the alternative minimum tax liability of corporations for their long-term unused tax credits.
Also tagged in: Alcohol as fuel, Automobiles, Biomass energy, Business, Cellulose, Depreciation and amortization, Energy, Energy facilities, Income tax, Manufacturing industries, Minimum tax, Natural resources, Tax deductions, Taxation, Transportation
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S97-99, S101-105) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a special depreciation allowance for certain property placed in service during 2008 and 2009. 1/22/2008--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 30 to 50% the bonus depreciation for new business equipment placed in service in 2008 and 2009.
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