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Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextTo require the identification of companies that conduct business operations in Sudan, to prohibit United States Government contracts with such companies, and for other purposes. 7/31/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure the publication every six months in the Federal Register of a list of all persons (as defined by this Act) who have a direct investment in or are conducting business operations in Sudan's power production, mineral extraction, oil-related, or military equipment industries. Sets forth excluded business operations, including operations with: (1) the regional government of southern Sudan; (2) maginalized populations of Sudan; and (3) peacekeeping or humanitarian organizations. (Sec. 4) States that it is U.S. policy to support state and local efforts to divest funds from, or restrict investments in, companies [...] show full description
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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
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Latest Action: 01/24/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1067-1069) Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children. 1/24/2007--Introduced. Keeping Families Together Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award competitive matching grants to states to establish systems of care to treat and provide services to all children who are in the custody of the state or at-risk of entering into the custody of the state for the purpose of receiving mental health services. Requires states to use grant funds for certain activities, including to: (1) expand public health insurance programs to cover community-based mental health and family support services [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530) Bill TextTo direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer ownership of the American River Pump Station Project, and for other purposes. 6/28/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) American River Pump Station Project Transfer Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer ownership of the American River Pump Station Project located at Auburn, California, to the Placer County Water Agency. Makes federal costs associated with construction of the Project nonreimbursable. Authorizes the Secretary to grant title to the Agency in full satisfaction of U.S. obligations under Land Purchase Contract 14-06-859-308 to provide a water supply to that Agency. Requires the Secretary, before conveying such land and facilities, to comply with requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support grant program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children. 1/24/2007--Introduced. Keeping Families Together Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award competitive matching grants to states to establish systems of care to provide mental health treatment and services to all children who are in the custody of the state or at-risk of entering into the custody of the state for the purpose of receiving mental health services. Requires states to use grant funds for certain activities, including to: (1) expand public health insurance programs to cover community-based mental health and family [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Star Print ordered on the bill. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes. 3/9/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Water Quality Financing Act of 2007 - Title I: Technical and Management Assistance - (Sec. 101) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (popularly known as the Clean Water Act [CWA]) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to nonprofit organizations to provide: (1) technical assistance to rural and small municipalities for grants from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Funds; (2) technical assistance and training for rural and small publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) and decentralized wastewater systems to enable them to protect water quality and comply with the CWA; and (3) information to rural and small municipalities and municipalities that meet a state's affordability [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/16/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that installment sales treatment shall not fail to apply to property acquired for conservation purposes by a State or local government or certain tax-exempt organizations merely because purchase funds are held in a sinking or similar fund pursuant to State law. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Open Space Preservation Promotion Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow installment sales treatment for land sold to a governmental unit or tax-exempt charitable organization for conservation purposes even though the purchase funds for such sale are held in a sinking or similar fund, as required by state law.
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Latest Action: 02/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo address problem gambling. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Comprehensive Awareness of Problem Gambling Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national campaign to increase knowledge and raise awareness of problem gambling.Requires the Secretary to: (1) administer and coordinate the voluntary donation of resources to assist in implementing new programs and augmenting existing national campaigns to provide national strategies for dissemination of information intended to address problem gambling; (2) encourage media outlets to provide information aimed at preventing problem gambling; and (3) target radio and television audiences of sporting events and gambling.Requires the President to: (1) establish and implement a national program of research on problem gambling; (2) appoint an advisory commission to coordinate federal research; and (3) consider the National Gambling Impact Study Commission's recommendations.Authorizes [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 10/04/2007 - Star Print ordered on Report 110-188. Bill TextA bill to 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. 10/3/2007--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.) National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2007 - 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 the WMATA until it notifies the Secretary that [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill TextTo amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a flexibility incentive grant program. 3/20/2007--Introduced. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a flexibility incentive grant pilot program to encourage states to establish new sources of revenue for public transportation projects and services and to reward states for creating more flexibility in the use of their existing transportation funds. Requires the Secretary to make a grant for FY2008-FY2011 to: (1) each state whose increase in expenditures for public transportation projects and services over the preceding fiscal year was 10% or more and aggregate expenditures for such projects and services was $1 billion or less; (2) each large state whose increase in expenditures for such projects and services over the preceding fiscal year was 1% or more and aggregate expenditures for such projects and services was more than $1 billion; (3) each state that established in the first [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 727. Bill TextA bill to promote the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes. 5/2/2008--Introduced. American Energy Production Act of 2008 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permit projected lines of states adjacent to the subsoil and seabed of the outer Continental Shelf to be used for oil and gas preleasing and leasing activities. Authorizes the governor of a state with a new producing area within the offshore administrative boundaries beyond the submerged land of the state to petition the Secretary of Energy to make new producing areas available for oil and gas leasing. Sets forth a lease sales program for oil and gas development within the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Prescribes environmental protection procedures for the Coastal Plain. Requires Alaska to establish in its state treasury the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund to assist designated Alaska entities impacted by [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Animals, Arctic regions, Armed forces, Biomass energy, Business, Coal, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Continental shelf, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Diesel motor, Electric batteries, Energy, Energy research, Energy storage, Environmental protection, Environmental research, Gas in submerged lands, Gas industry, Gasoline, Government procurement, Governmental investigations, Law, Licenses, Marine resources, Motor vehicles, Natural resources, Oil and gas leases, Oil and gas royalties, Oil shales, Oil well drilling, Petroleum, Petroleum in submerged lands, Petroleum industry, Petroleum refineries, Petroleum reserves, Public contracts, Public lands, Research and development, Science policy, Strategic materials, Synthetic fuel, Transportation, Wildlife refuges
Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3710-3712) Bill TextA bill to promote the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes. 5/1/2008--Introduced. American Energy Production Act of 2008 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permit projected lines of states adjacent to the subsoil and seabed of the outer Continental Shelf to be used for oil and gas preleasing and leasing activities. Authorizes the governor of a state with a new producing area within the offshore administrative boundaries beyond the submerged land of the state to petition the Secretary of Energy requesting that the Secretary make new producing areas available for oil and gas leasing.Provides for disposition of outer Continental Shelf revenues from new producing areas to the Treasury and to new producing states and coastal political subdivisions.Sets forth a lease sales program for oil and gas development within the Coastal Plain located on a certain map entitled "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." Prescribes [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 12/31/2007 - Became Public Law No: 110-174. Bill TextAn original bill to authorize State and local governments to divest assets in companies that conduct business operations in Sudan, to prohibit United States Government contracts with such companies, and for other purposes. 12/31/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 12, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Defines specified terms. (Sec. 3) Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. government should support a state or local government decision to divest from or prohibit the investment of state or local assets in a person determined to pose a financial or reputational risk. Authorizes a state or local government to divest state or local assets or prohibit investment of state or local assets in persons that are conducting or have direct investments in business [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 10/18/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextTo amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for the renovation of schools. 10/18/2007--Introduced. Public School Repair and Renovation Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to allocate funds to states for competitive school repair and renovation grants to local educational agencies (LEAs). Requires each state, in awarding such grants, to: (1) award high-need and rural LEAs, in the aggregate, at least the same proportion of this Act's LEA funds for the state that they received of total LEA school improvement funds for the state under part A of title I of the ESEA; and (2) consider the percentage of poor children LEAs serve, the condition of their public schools, and their fiscal capacity to cover repairs and renovations without such a grant. Directs each state to reserve a portion of their allocation for a state-level database of [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/20/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11856) Bill TextA bill to authorize Western States to make selections of public land within their borders in lieu of receiving 5 percent of the proceeds of the sale of public land lying within said States as provided by their respective enabling Acts. 9/20/2007--Introduced. Action Plan for Public Lands and Education Act of 2007 - Makes grants of land to the following states in lieu of receiving, for the support of the common schools, 5% of the proceeds of the sales of federally land owned within such states which have not been sold by the United States as of July 1, 2005: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Makes the amount of land granted to each state 5% of the number of acres of federally owned land within that state as of July 1, 2005. Requires land selected to be held in trust to be sold or leased and the proceeds to be used only for the support of public education.
Also tagged in: Alaska, Arizona, Budgets, California, Colorado, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Government trust funds, Hawaii, Idaho, Impact aid, Land transfers, Mines and mineral resources, Mining claims, Montana, Natural resources, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Public lands, State and local government, Utah, Washington State, West (U.S.), Wyoming
Latest Action: 09/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Bill TextTo authorize Western States to make selections of public land within their borders in lieu of receiving 5 percent of the proceeds of the sale of public land lying within said States as provided by their respective enabling Acts. 9/20/2007--Introduced. Action Plan for Public Lands and Education Act of 2007 - Makes grants of land to the following states in lieu of receiving, for the support of the common schools, 5% of the proceeds of the sales of federally land owned within such states which have not been sold by the United States as of July 1, 2005: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Makes the amount of land granted to each state 5% of the number of acres of federally owned land within that state as of July 1, 2005. Requires land selected to be held in trust to be sold or leased and the proceeds to be used only for the support of public education.
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Auditing, Bank capital, Bank loans, Banks and banking, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Business records, Buy American, Capital investments, Collection of accounts, Collective bargaining, Construction costs, Construction industries, Construction workers, Education, Educational facilities, Elementary and secondary education, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal budgets, Federal-Indian relations, Finance, Government contractors, Government corporations, Government information, Government paperwork, Government spending reductions, Higher education, Indian lands, Indians, Industrial relations, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Interest rates, Iron, Iron and steel industry, Labor, Labor contracts, Labor disputes, Law, Loan defaults, Local finance, Minimum wages, Minorities, Mortgages, Open market operations, Politics and government, Public buildings, Public contracts, Public schools, School buildings, State and local government, State politics and government, Steel, Stocks, Subcontractors, Trade, Wages
Latest Action: 08/04/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Bill TextTo fund capital projects of State and local governments, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Introduced. Rebuilding America's Infrastructure - Establishes the Federal Bank for Infrastructure Modernization. Authorizes the Bank to make loans to any state, local government, Indian tribe, and regional or multistate organization for the development of certain transportation- and educational- and water and hazardous treatment-related capital infrastructure facility projects. Sets forth specified requirements with respect to: (1) loan and borrower eligibility; and (2) compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Buy American Act, and the Davis-Bacon Act (wages) as they relate to the development of such projects.
Also tagged in: Architecture and the disabled, Asbestos, Bonds, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Charter schools, Children, Competitive bidding, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Cost accounting, Data banks, Disabled, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational planning, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Families, Federal aid to education, Finance, Government contractors, Government information, Government paperwork, Hazardous substances, Local finance, Maintenance and repair, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Parent-school relationships, Poor children, Public contracts, Rural affairs, Rural education, School buildings, School districts, Secondary education, State and local government, Technology, Welfare, Women, Women in business
Latest Action: 08/02/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10792-10793) Bill TextA bill to amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for the renovation of schools. 8/2/2007--Introduced. Public School Repair and Renovation Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to allocate funds to states for competitive school repair and renovation grants to local educational agencies (LEAs). Requires each state, in awarding such grants, to: (1) award high-need and rural LEAs, in the aggregate, at least the same proportion of this Act's LEA funds for the state that they received of total LEA school improvement funds for the state under part A of Title I of the ESEA; and (2) consider the percentage of poor children LEAs serve, the condition of their public schools, and their fiscal capacity to cover repairs and renovations without such a grant. Directs each state to reserve a portion of their allocation for a state-level database [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alaska, Animals, Bonds, Budgets, Carbon dioxide, Coastal zone, Continental shelf, Department of the Treasury, Depreciation and amortization, Easements, Electric power production, Energy, Energy transportation, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Federal-state relations, Finance, Gas in submerged lands, Government trust funds, Grants-in-aid, Hazardous substances, Income tax, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Land transfers, Law, Licenses, Marine resources, Natural gas, Natural resources, Nuclear energy, Oil and gas leases, Oil and gas royalties, Petroleum in submerged lands, Petroleum refineries, Public lands, Radioactive waste disposal, Right-of-way, Solid wastes, State and local government, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation, Transportation, Wildlife refuges, Wind power
Latest Action: 06/10/2008 - Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Walberg. Petition No: 110-8. (Discharge petition text with signatures.) Bill TextTo secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission. 7/18/2007--Introduced. No More Excuses Energy Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations for the taxpayer election to expense the cost of certain refinery property not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow the issuance of tax exempt facility bonds for the financing of domestic use oil refinery facilities; (2) extend through 2018 the tax credit for producing electricity from wind facilities; and (3) allow tax credits for the production of electricity from nuclear energy, natural gas production, and carbon dioxide tertiary injectant processes.Requires the President to designate at least 10 sites for oil or natural gas refineries on federal lands and make such sites available to the private sector for construction of refineries. Prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from denying [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Authorization, Budgets, California, Concessions, Department of Agriculture, Department of the Interior, Energy, Energy prices, Environmental protection, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Fees, Gas in submerged lands, Gulf of Mexico, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Law, Local finance, Logging, Louisiana, Marine resources, National forests, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Oil and gas leases, Oregon, Payments in lieu of taxes, Pennsylvania, Petroleum in submerged lands, Public contracts, Public lands, Railroad land grants, South Carolina, South Dakota, State and local government, Texas, Timber sales, Transportation, User charges, Washington State
Latest Action: 06/05/2008 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5016-5017) Bill TextTo amend chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, to provide full payments under such chapter to units of general local government in which entitlement land is located, to provide transitional payments during fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to those States and counties previously entitled to payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 12/19/2007--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) Public Land Communities Transition Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2011 for the making of payments to units of general local government in which entitlement lands are located. Provides for 80% funding in FY2008, 90% funding in FY2009, and the making of full payments in FY2010 and FY2011. (Sec. 3) Sets forth provisions for the making of transition payments for FY2008-FY2011 to eligible states, U.S. territories, and counties previously receiving [...] show full description
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