| Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3309)
Bill Text
A resolution commemorating the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors.
| | Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alternative energy sources, Budgets, Business, Colleges, Commercialization, Community colleges, Congressional reporting requirements, Education, Electric power production, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Environmental protection Latest Action: 10/25/2007 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Bill TextTo support research and development of new industrial processes and technologies that optimize energy efficiency and environmental performance, utilize diverse sources of energy, and increase economic competitiveness. 10/22/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Industrial Energy Efficiency Research and Development Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to conduct: (1) energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities with respect to new industrial and commercial processes, technologies, and methods to achieve improvements in energy efficiency and enhance the economic competitiveness of the U.S. industrial sector; and (2) environmental research and development with respect to new industrial and commercial processes, technologies, and methods to achieve environmental performance improvements such as waste reduction, emissions reductions, and more efficient water use.[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Business, Business and politics, Campaign funds, Communications, Congress, Congressional elections, Corporations, Economic policy, Elections, Fund raising, Indexing (Economic policy), Labor, Labor unions, Political action committees, Politics and government, Presidential elections Latest Action: 09/06/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Bill TextTo amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to increase the limits on the amount of contributions that may be made to political committees and to provide for the indexing of such limits for all contributions made under the Act, and for other purposes. 9/6/2007--Introduced. PAC Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) increase contribution limits for certain political committees, including multicandidate committees; (2) extend indexing of contribution limits for certain kinds of political committees to all political committees covered by the Act; and (3) revise requirements for the period of increase for contribution limitations, determination of the base year, permitted contribution-related communications between corporations and labor organizations and their members, and permitted contribution-related solicitations by trade associations. | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Aliens, Business, Campaign funds, Civil liberties, Congress, Congressional elections, Congressional hearings, Congressional information resources, Congressional Record, Congressional witnesses, Data banks, Decision making, Elections, Executive departments, Executive reorganization Latest Action: 06/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Bill TextTo amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and expenditures by multicandidate political committees controlled by foreign-owned corporations, and for other purposes. 5/16/2007--Introduced. Ethics in Foreign Lobbying Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and expenditures in federal elections by multicandidate political committees or separate segregated funds sponsored by foreign-controlled corporations and associations (at least 50% owned by a non-U.S. citizen or foreign national). Sets forth ownership and operating fund reporting requirements. Prohibits a foreign national from participating in the decision-making process of any person's election-related activities (such as those of a corporation, labor organization, or political committee). Establishes within the Federal Election Commission a clearinghouse of existing public information regarding the political activities of foreign principals [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Business, Consumers, Damages, Discovery (Law), Food, Food industry, Injunctions, Jurisdiction, Law, Liability (Law), Marketing, Medical care, Medicine, Obesity, Products liability Latest Action: 05/11/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6011-6012)
Bill TextA bill to prevent legislative and regulatory functions from being usurped by civil liability actions brought or continued against food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, and trade associations for claims of injury relating to a person's weight gain, obesity, or any health condition associated with weight gain or obesity. 5/7/2007--Introduced. Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007 - Prohibits new, and requires dismissal of pending, civil actions by any person against a manufacturer, marketer, distributor, advertiser, or seller of food, or a trade association, for any injury related to a person's accumulated acts of consumption of food and weight gain, obesity, or any associated health condition. Subjects to such prohibition: (1) any action brought by a person other than the person on whose weight gain, obesity, or health condition the action is based; and (2) any derivative action brought by or on behalf of any person or any representative, spouse, [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Business, Consumers, Damages, Discovery (Law), Food, Food industry, Injunctions, Jurisdiction, Law, Liability (Law), Marketing, Medical care, Medicine, Obesity, Products liability Latest Action: 06/04/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Bill TextTo prevent legislative and regulatory functions from being usurped by civil liability actions brought or continued against food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, and trade associations for claims of injury relating to a person's weight gain, obesity, or any health condition associated with weight gain or obesity. 5/7/2007--Introduced. Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007 - Prohibits new, and requires dismissal of pending, civil actions by any person against a manufacturer, marketer, distributor, advertiser, or seller of food, or a trade association, for any injury related to a person's accumulated acts of consumption of food and weight gain, obesity, or any associated health condition. Subjects to such prohibition: (1) any action brought by a person other than the person on whose weight gain, obesity, or health condition the action is based; and (2) any derivative action brought by or on behalf of any person or any representative, spouse, parent,[...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4719-4720 text as passed Senate: CR S4719-4720 text of measure as introduced: CR S4701)
Bill TextA resolution commending the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting on its 50th anniversary. 4/18/2007--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.) Declares that the Senate: (1) congratulates the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting upon its 50th anniversary; and (2) wishes the Association continued success during its next 50 years. | | Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Business, Consumers, Corporate finance, Cost effectiveness, Countervailing duties, Dumping, Economic policy, Employment, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Governmental investigations, Imports, Independent regulatory commissions, International competitiveness, Inventories Latest Action: 02/16/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill TextTo amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow United States manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings as interested parties, and for other purposes. 2/16/2007--Introduced. American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow U.S. manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products (industrial users) to participate in such proceedings. Requires the U.S. International Trade Commission, when deciding whether an antidumping or countervailing duty should be imposed or continued, to weigh harm to industrial users from such imposition or continuation, as well as (under current law) the potential benefits to the industry in the United States materially injured or threatened with material injury by a foreign countervailing subsidy. | | Also tagged in: Bankruptcy, Business, Chambers of commerce, Civil procedure, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer education, Consumers, Cooperative societies, Depreciation and amortization, Employee health benefits, Evidence (Law), Federal-state relations, Fines (Penalties), Frivolous lawsuits, Government contractors, Government information Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill TextTo reform laws and procedures affecting small business. 2/13/2007--Introduced. Small Business Growth Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans that meet certain ERISA certification requirements and whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations. Requires the Secretary to establish a Solvency Standards Working Group.Preempts any state law that may preclude a health insurance issuer from: (1) offering health insurance coverage in connection with a certified AHP; or (2) offering health insurance coverage of the same policy type to other employers operating in the state that are eligible for coverage under such AHPs, whether or not such other employers are participating employers in such plan.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2011 the increased [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill TextTo amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain coalitions and associations to disclose their lobbying activities, and to require reporting on a quarterly basis. 2/5/2007--Introduced. Stealth Lobbyist Disclosure Act of 2007 - Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to redefine the term "client" with respect to coalitions and associations on whose behalf a lobbyist must file a registration. Provides that, in the case of a coalition or association that employs or retains other persons to conduct lobbying activities, each of the individual members of the coalition or association, and not the coalition or association itself as under current law, is the client for whom a registration must be filed. Exempts from such registration requirement any individual member of a coalition or association if the amount such member is reasonably expected to contribute toward specific legislation-influencing activities of the coalition or association is less than $1,000 [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Bankruptcy, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Civil rights, Collective bargaining, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Criminal justice, Delegation of powers, Department of Labor, Depreciation and amortization, Discrimination in insurance Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Bill TextTo increase the minimum wage, to provide access to health care coverage to employees of small businesses, and to preserve American jobs. 1/9/2007--Introduced. Working Families Wage and Access to Health Care Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to incrementally increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25. Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations, and which meet certain ERISA certification requirements. Establishes the Association Health Plan Fund to be used by the Secretary of Labor to make payments to an insurer to maintain coverage for a plan, if there is a reasonable expectation that, without such payments, claims would not be satisfied by reason of termination of coverage.[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Afghanistan, Arab-Israeli conflict, Armed forces, Armed forces abroad, Arms control, Budgets, Business, Chambers of commerce, Civil liberties, Collection of accounts, Community organization, Congress, Congress and military policy, Congressional oversight, Counterterrorism, Criminal justice Latest Action: 10/02/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11074)
Bill TextTo redeploy United States Armed Forces from Iraq and to establish a new direction for United States policy toward Iraq. 1/24/2007--Introduced. New Direction for Iraq Act of 2007 - Prohibits Department of Defense (DOD) funds from being obligated or expended to increase the number of U.S. Armed Forces serving in Iraq so that the total number serving in Iraq at any time exceeds the number serving in Iraq as of the date of the enactment of this Act unless the increase is specifically authorized by Congress. Directs the Secretary of Defense to begin the redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq within 30 days of enactment of this Act, which shall be completed in the shortest appropriate time frame. (Expresses the sense of Congress that the shortest appropriate time frame should be no longer than one year.) Prohibits: (1) permanent or long-term U.S. military installations in Iraq; and (2) U.S. actions to control Iraqi oil reserves. Provides for assistance [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Bankruptcy, Budgets, Business, Civil rights, Collective bargaining, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Delegation of powers, Department of Labor, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Employee health benefits, Executive departments Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill TextTo amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees. 1/5/2007--Introduced. Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations, and which meet certain ERISA certification requirements. Sets forth rules governing AHPs, including requirements relating to certification, sponsors and boards of trustees, participation and coverage, nondiscrimination, contribution rates, notice of voluntary termination, correction actions, and mandatory termination. Establishes the Association Health Plan Fund to be used by the Secretary of Labor to make payments to an insurer [...] show full description |
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