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Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Bill TextTo authorize States to regulate the receipt and disposal of out-of-State municipal solid waste. 1/4/2007--Introduced. 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.
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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Bill TextTo repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Business Checking Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends federal law to authorize interest-bearing or dividend-bearing transaction accounts for all businesses, permitting up to 24 transfers per month to another account of the owner in the same institution. Amends the Federal Reserve Act, the Home Owners' Loan Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to repeal the prohibition against the payment of interest on demand deposits. Authorizes the payment of interest on reserves by a federal reserve bank at least quarterly on balances maintained there on behalf of a depository institution. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the Board to survey biennially and report biennially to Congress on bank fees and certain services. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, and the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/17/2007 - Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate. Bill TextAn original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012. 5/16/2007--Conference report filed in House. (There are 4 other summaries) Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2008, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2007 and FY2009-FY2012. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY2007-FY2012, with respect to: (1) federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits; (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public. (Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for Social Security and specified major functional categories for FY2007-FY2012. Title II: Budget Process [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill TextTo improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes. 1/5/2007--Introduced. NICS Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to require: (1) the head of each federal agency that has records relating to persons for whom receipt of a firearm would violate federal or state law to provide that information to the Attorney General for inclusion in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS); (2) the agency, upon being made aware that the basis under which a record was made available no longer applies, to correct the record and notify the Attorney General; and (3) the Secretary of Homeland Security to make available to the Attorney General records relevant to a determination that a person is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm and information about a change in such person's status for removal from NICS, where appropriate.Directs the Attorney General to make grants to: (1) states [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Admission of nonimmigrants, Agricultural labor, Agriculture, Alien labor, Budgets, Children, Civil liberties, Collective bargaining, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Deportation, Dismissal of employees, Executive departments, Families, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Identification devices, Immigration, Judicial review, Labor, Law, Married people, Mediation, Prosecution, Recruiting of employees, Right to travel, Seasonal labor, Social security, Social security numbers, Temporary employment, Visas
Latest Action: 01/10/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S361-363) Bill TextA bill to improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States and for other purposes. 1/10/2007--Introduced. Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2007 or the AgJOBS Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to confer "blue card status" upon an alien who: (1) has performed agricultural employment in the United States for at least 863 hours or 150 work days during the 24-month period ending on December 31, 2006; (2) applied for such status during the 18-month application period beginning on the first day of the seventh month that begins after the date of enactment of this Act; (3) is otherwise admissible to the United States; and (4) has not been convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor, an element of which involves bodily injury, threat of serious bodily injury, or harm to property in excess of $500. Directs the Secretary to adjust a blue card alien (and spouse and minor children) to permanent [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Bill TextTo amend the National Park Service Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998, to extend to additional small businesses the preferential right to renew a concessions contract entered into under such Act, to facilitate the renewal of a commercial use authorization granted under such Act, and for other purposes. 1/5/2007--Introduced. NPS Concessions Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the National Park Service Concessions Management Improvement Act of 1998 to increase the anticipated annual gross receipts eligible for a concessioner's preferential right of renewal. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide to any entity that submitted a proposal and who was not awarded a proposed concessions contract a debriefing as to why it was not selected as submitting the best proposal for that concessions contract. Permits a leasehold surrender interest in a capital improvement upon U.S.-owned land within a unit of the National Park Service (NPS) under a concession [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Admission of nonimmigrants, Agricultural labor, Agriculture, Alien labor, Budgets, Children, Civil liberties, Collective bargaining, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Deportation, Dismissal of employees, Executive departments, Families, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Identification devices, Immigration, Judicial review, Labor, Law, Married people, Mediation, Prosecution, Recruiting of employees, Right to travel, Seasonal labor, Social security, Social security numbers, Temporary employment, Visas
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Bill TextTo improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States, and for other purposes. 1/10/2007--Introduced. Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2007 or the AgJOBS Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to confer "blue card status" upon an alien who: (1) has performed agricultural employment in the United States for at least 863 hours or 150 work days during the 24-month period ending on December 31, 2006; (2) applied for such status during the 18-month application period beginning on the first day of the seventh month that begins after the date of enactment of this Act; (3) is otherwise admissible to the United States; and (4) has not been convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor, an element of which involves bodily injury, threat of serious bodily injury, or harm to property in excess of $500. Directs the Secretary to adjust a blue card alien (and spouse and minor children) to permanent resident [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes. 1/10/2007--Introduced. Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to revise provisions governing the importation of prescription drugs. Waives the limitation on importation of prescription drugs that have been exported from the United States. Prohibits the importation of a qualifying drug unless such drug is imported by: (1) a registered importer; or (2) an individual for personal use. Establishes registration conditions for importers and exporters. Requires the Secretary to inspect places of business, verify chains of custody, inspect facilities, and determine compliance with registration conditions. Sets forth provisions governing the importation of qualifying drugs that are different from U.S. label drugs, including standards for judging such differences.[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/18/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S766-767) Bill TextA bill to improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States and for other purposes. 1/18/2007--Introduced. Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2007 or the AgJOBS Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to confer "blue card status" upon an alien who: (1) has performed agricultural employment in the United States for at least 863 hours or 150 work days during the 24-month period ending on December 31, 2006; (2) applied for such status during the 18-month application period beginning on the first day of the seventh month that begins after the date of enactment of this Act; (3) is otherwise admissible to the United States; and (4) has not been convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor, an element of which involves bodily injury, threat of serious bodily injury, or harm to property in excess of $500. Directs the Secretary to adjust a blue card alien (and spouse and minor children) to permanent [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Accounting, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Bank employees, Budgets, Business, Capital gains tax, Checks, Citizenship, Compensation for victims of crime, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Contracts, Corporation taxes, Cost of living adjustments, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Debt, Department of the Treasury, Depreciation and amortization, Disabled, Due process of law, Economic policy, Employment, Employment agencies, Enterprise zones, Executive compensation, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Expatriation, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Food, Foreign corporations, Fraud, Gifts, Governmental investigations, Immigration, Income tax, Indexing (Economic policy), Insurance, Interest, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Inventories, Investments, Job training, Labor, Law, Leases, Legislation, Pensions, Professions, Profit, Punitive damages, Restaurants, Retail trade, Securities, Small business, Stockholders, Stocks, Subsidiary corporations, Surety and fidelity, Tax administration, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax deferral, Tax exclusion, Tax liens, Tax penalties, Tax refunds, Tax returns, Tax-deferred compensation plans, Taxation, Taxation of foreign income, Trade, Trusts and trustees, Urban affairs, Veterans, Veterans' employment, Visas, Wages, Welfare, Welfare work participation, Whistle blowing, Withholding tax
Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Baucus. With written report No. 110-1. Additional views filed. Bill TextAn original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax incentives to employers and employees of small businesses, and for other purposes. 1/22/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment, 1st committee reporting. (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.) Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007 - Title I: Small Business Tax Relief Provisions - Subtitle A: General Provisions - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 the increased expensing allowance for small business assets. (Sec. 102) Extends through March 2008 accelerated depreciation of qualified leasehold and restaurant improvement property. Revises the definition of "qualified restaurant property" to eliminate the requirement that improvements to restaurant property must be [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Botswana, Budgets, Business, Caribbean area, Clothing, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporation taxes, Customs administration, Developing countries, Dominican Republic, Foreign policy, Free trade, Imports, Income tax, International affairs, International competitiveness, Latin America, Mauritius, Namibia, Tariff, Tariff preferences, Tax administration, Taxation, Textile fabrics, Textile industry, Trade, Trade agreements
Latest Action: 07/30/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextTo establish an earned import allowance program under Public Law 109-53, and for other purposes. 7/22/2008--Introduced. Amends the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish an earned import allowance program, which shall provide earned import allowance certificates to any producer or entity controlling production of eligible apparel articles in an eligible country, based on specified elements. Declares that eligible apparel articles wholly assembled in an eligible country and imported directly from an eligible country shall enter the United States free of duty, without regard to the source of the fabric or yarns from which the articles are made, if such apparel articles are accompanied by an earned import allowance certificate that reflects the amount of credits equal to the total square meter equivalents of fabric in such apparel articles.
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative remedies, Agriculture, Animals, Antibiotics, Budgets, Civil liberties, Clinical trials, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Data banks, Drug approvals, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Drugs, Food, Food safety, Generic drugs, Government information, Government publicity, Law, Livestock, Meat, Medical care, Medicine, Right of petition, Technology, Veterinary medicine
Latest Action: 08/14/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the animal drug user fee program, to establish a program of fees relating to generic new animal drugs, to make certain technical corrections to the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, and for other purposes. 8/14/2008--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 30, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Title I: Animal Drug User Fee Amendments - Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008 - (Sec. 102) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise definitions, including defining the "process for the review of animal drug applications" to include the review of advertising and labeling prior to an approval of an animal drug application or supplemental animal application after the animal drug has been approved.(Sec. 103) Requires the [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Airline passenger traffic, Airlines, Airports, Authorization, Aviation insurance, Budgets, Business, Department of Transportation, Economic assistance, Excise tax, Executive departments, Federal aid to transportation, Fees, Fines (Penalties), Foreign aid, Government insurance, Government trust funds, Infrastructure, Law, Liability (Law), Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Oceania, Palau Islands, Taxation, Terrorism, Transportation, Transportation engineering
Latest Action: 06/30/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 6/30/2008--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on June 24, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through FY2008: (1) excise taxes on aviation fuels and air transportation of persons and property; and (2) the expenditure authority for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.Amends federal transportation laws to extend funding through September 30, 2008, for various airport development projects, including: (1) the pilot program for passenger facility fees at nonhub airports; (2) state and local airport compatibility projects; (3) airport improvement projects; (4) Midway Island airport development; (5) small airport [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Alternative energy sources, Budgets, Commuting, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Electric vehicles, Energy, Environmental protection, Federal aid to transportation, Federal employees, Federal-state relations, Fringe benefits, Government employees, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Mass rapid transit, Motor buses, Motor vehicle pollution control, Natural gas vehicles, Parking facilities, Railroad terminals, State and local government, Subways, Transportation, Transportation engineering, Travel costs, Urban affairs, Urban transportation
Latest Action: 06/27/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextTo promote increased public transportation use, to promote increased use of alternative fuels in providing public transportation, and for other purposes. 6/26/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Authorizes appropriations for each of FY2008-FY2009 for public transportation formula grants for urbanized areas and for other areas. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make such grants for: (1) operating costs of equipment and facilities being used to provide the public transportation or intercity bus service that the grant recipient is no longer able to pay as a result of reducing fares; (2) operating and capital costs of equipment and facilities being used to provide transportation services or intercity bus service that the recipient incurs as a result of expanding such services; (3) the avoidance of increased fares for public transportation or intercity bus service [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to airports, Air traffic, Airline passenger traffic, Airlines, Airports, Authorization, Aviation fuels, Aviation insurance, Aviation safety, Avionics, Budgets, Business, Coal, Commercial aviation, Consumer protection, Consumers, Department of Transportation, Drone aircraft, Emergency management, Energy, Environmental protection, Excise tax, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to transportation, Finance, Fire prevention, Flight crews, Government trust funds, Indian lands, Infrastructure, Minorities, National parks, Natural resources, Navigation (Aeronautics), Noise, Public lands, Reinsurance, Research and development, Rural affairs, Science policy, Taxation, Tourism, Transportation, Transportation planning, Transportation research
Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 726. Bill TextA bill to reauthorize and modernize the Federal Aviation Administration. 5/2/2008--Introduced. Aviation Investment and Modernization Act of 2008 - Amends federal transportation law to authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2011 for: (1) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations; (2) FAA air navigation facilities and equipment; (3) civil aviation research and development (R&D); (4) airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning programs; (5) certain other aviation programs; and (6) administrative expenses for certain airport programs. Revises passenger facility charge (PFC) provisions granting an eligible public agency that controls a commercial service airport the authority to impose a PFC on passengers boarding an aircraft. Establishes an alternative PFC collection pilot program. Authorizes the FAA Administrator to carry out a pilot program for certain airports to take over operational responsibility for airport terminal area air [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Blacks, Budgets, Business, Civil rights, Commemorations, Competitive bidding, Concessions, Discrimination in public facilities, District of Columbia, Golf, Government contractors, Historic sites, History, Land transfers, Leases, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Natural resources, Public contracts, Public lands, Segregation, Sports, Sports facilities
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term ground lease for the operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac as golf courses, and for other purposes. 4/10/2008--Introduced. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to: (1) solicit proposals to procure the lease for the continued operation and maintenance of the Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac golf courses in the District of Columbia; and (2) ensure that month-to-month concessions contracts are continued for the operation and maintenance of Rock Creek and Langston golf courses until the lease in force on the date of this Act's enactment for East Potomac expires. Requires the lease to include the three golf courses in one lease agreement and mandate that the courses be operated and maintained in a manner that: (1) retains the historic nature of the courses, including an appropriate commemoration of the Langston [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Clothing, Colombia, Commercial arbitration, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Corporation taxes, Customs administration, Dispute settlement, Foreign policy, Free trade, Government liability, Government procurement, Import relief, Income tax, International affairs, Latin America, Law, Public contracts, Tariff, Tax administration, Taxation, Textile fabrics, Textile industry, Trade, Trade agreements
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance pursuant to section 2103(c) of Public Law 107-210. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2745-2754) Bill TextA bill to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. 4/8/2008--Introduced. United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act - Approves the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (the Agreement) entered into with the government of Colombia. Provides for the Agreement's entry into force upon certain conditions being met on or after January 1, 2009.Authorizes the President to proclaim actions, and other appropriate officers of the U.S. government to issue regulations, necessary to ensure appropriate implementation of any provision of this Act that takes effect on the date the Agreement enters into force.Provides for: (1) administration of dispute settlement proceedings; (2) arbitration of certain claims against the United States; and (3) specified tariff modifications. Prescribes requirements for: (1) enforcement of textile and apparel rules of origin; (2) actions for relief from imports benefiting from the [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Budgets, Business, Claims, Clothing, Colombia, Commercial arbitration, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporation taxes, Customs administration, Dispute settlement, Foreign policy, Free trade, Government liability, Government procurement, Import relief, Income tax, International affairs, Latin America, Law, President and foreign policy, Presidents, Public contracts, Tariff, Tax administration, Taxation, Textile fabrics, Textile industry, Trade, Trade agreements
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Rule H. Res. 1092 passed House. (consideration: CR H2177-2190) Bill TextTo implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. 4/8/2008--Introduced. United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act - Approves the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (the Agreement) entered into with the government of Colombia. Provides for the Agreement's entry into force upon certain conditions being met on or after January 1, 2009.Authorizes the President to proclaim actions, and other appropriate officers of the U.S. government to issue regulations, necessary to ensure appropriate implementation of any provision of this Act that takes effect on the date the Agreement enters into force.Provides for: (1) administration of dispute settlement proceedings; (2) arbitration of certain claims against the United States; and (3) specified tariff modifications. Prescribes requirements for: (1) enforcement of textile and apparel rules of origin; (2) actions for relief from imports benefiting from the Agreement;[...] show full description
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