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Also tagged in: Affordable housing, Armed forces, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Commercialization, Crime prevention, Defense budgets, Defense economics, Defense procurement, Drug abuse, Drug law enforcement, Energy, Energy research, Federal aid to housing, Fighter aircraft, Fossil fuels, Government spending reductions, Government trust funds, Grants-in-aid, High technology, Housing, Housing subsidies, Low-income housing, Manufacturing industries, Rent, Research and development, Science policy, Technology, Violence, Weapons systems, Welfare
Latest Action: 01/30/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1328-1331) Bill TextA bill to provide for additional section 8 vouchers, to reauthorize the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Program, and for other purposes. 1/30/2007--Introduced. Affordable Housing Expansion and Public Safety Act - Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Secretary) to provide an additional 100,000 incremental vouchers for tenant-based rental housing assistance under the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program in FY2008. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to direct: (1) each participating jurisdiction to use Home Investments Partnership (HOME) grant funds to provide affordable housing to individuals or families whose income is 30% or lower than the area median income (extremely low-income); and (2) direct the Secretary to allocate HOME funds to such jurisdictions on a specified pro-rata basis. Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to: (1) extend to FY2012 the authorization of appropriations for the Public [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Armed forces, Auditing, Budgets, Business, Business ethics, Competitive bidding, Computer security measures, Conflict of interests, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Congressional witnesses, Criminal justice, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Defense policy, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Disciplining of employees, Due process of law, Emergency management, Employee rights, Employee selection, Environmental Protection Agency, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Extraterritoriality, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal employees, Federal officials, Finance, Forfeiture, Fraud, General Services Administration, Government contractors, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Intelligence activities, Judicial review, Law, Legal fees, Military operations, Misconduct in office, Office of Government Ethics, Office of Management and Budget, Official secrets, Politics and government, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Profit, Prosecution, Public contracts, Security clearances, Valuation, Waste in government spending, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextA bill to improve Federal contracting and procurement by eliminating fraud and abuse and improving competition in contracting and procurement and by enhancing administration of Federal contracting personnel, and for other purposes. 2/15/2007--Introduced. Honest Leadership and Accountability in Contracting Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose fines and penalties on war profiteering and fraud. Requires revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide that no prospective contractor shall be considered to have a satisfactory record of integrity and ethics if it has a pattern of either overcharging the government or failing to comply with the law. Provides for the disclosure to Congress of audit reports issued by executive agencies. Requires the Federal Procurement Data System to be modified to include publication of information on specified federal contractor penalties and violations. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Business, Earnings, Families, Family enterprises, Income tax, Labor, Married people, Self-employed, Social security, Social security taxes, Tax returns, Taxation
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a married couple who operates a unincorporated business as co-owners to file separate self-employment tax returns. 2/7/2007--Introduced. Family Small Business Tax Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a married couple filing a joint tax return an election to conduct a trade or business as a qualified joint venture for purposes of determining separate net employment income. Defines "qualified joint venture" as an entity that is not treated as a partnership and that allows spouses to: (1) treat items of income and expense in accordance with their respective interests in the venture; and (2) conduct their business activities as sole proprietors.
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Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextTo provide for the establishment of the Science and Technology Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office, and for other purposes. 2/27/2007--Passed House 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.) Promoting Antiterrorism Cooperation through Technology and Science Act, or PACTS Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish the Science and Technology Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office (the Office). Provides for the Office to be headed by a Director, who: (1) shall be selected by and shall report to the Under Secretary; and (2) may be an officer of DHS serving in another position. Requires the Director to: (1) develop, in consultation [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Admission of nonimmigrants, Affiliated corporations, Alien labor, Aliens, Business, Business education, Contracts, Department of Homeland Security, Executive departments, Foreign corporations, Fraud, Identification devices, Immigration, International cooperation, Job training, Labor, Law, Passports, Service industries, Skilled labor, Technical education, Trade, Visas
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Bill TextTo provide for the admission to the United States of nonimmigrant business facilitation visitors. 2/7/2007--Introduced. Business Travel Facilitation Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include business facilitation visitors from a qualifying country as nonimmigrant aliens visiting the United States temporarily for business. Defines "business facilitation visitor" as an alien visiting the United States temporarily to: (1) provide services pursuant to a qualifying services contract; or (2) provide management or technical training to, or receive management or technical training from personnel of a U.S. entity. Sets forth conditions with respect to: (1) provision of services; and (2) provision or receipt of management or technical training. Provides a period of authorized admission of: (1) one year with a one-time six month extension for an alien providing services; and (2) one year for an alien providing or receiving management [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Alternative energy sources, Budgets, Business, Commercialization, Department of Energy, Energy, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to research, Foreign policy, International affairs, International cooperation, International cooperation in science, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, Research and development, Research grants, Revolving funds, Science policy
Latest Action: 09/17/2007 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 110-176. Bill TextA bill to authorize funding for eligible joint ventures between United States and Israeli businesses and academic persons, to establish the International Energy Advisory Board, and for other purposes. 9/17/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act - (Sec. 3) Instructs the Secretary of Energy, in implementing the "Agreement between the Department of Energy of the United States of America and the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure of Israel Concerning Energy Cooperation," to establish a grant program to support research, development, and commercialization of renewable energy or energy efficiency. Authorizes grants to promote: (1) solar energy; (2) biomass energy; (3) energy efficiency; (4) wind energy; (5) geothermal energy; (6) wave and tidal energy; and (7) advanced battery technology. Makes eligible for a grant projects that address improved energy efficiency [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to improve acquisition under the Deepwater program of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. 3/15/2007--Introduced. Deepwater Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, after reaching the end of the period of performance currently under contract with Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS) under the Deepwater program of the Coast Guard, to acquire all assets under that contract through new competitive contracts, subject to exception.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Affiliated corporations, Business, Business records, Civil liberties, Computer security measures, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer education, Consumer protection, Consumers, Contractors, Criminal justice, Data banks, Encryption, Executive departments, Federal Communications Commission, Fines (Penalties), Forfeiture, Fraud, Government information, Government paperwork, Identification devices, Independent regulatory commissions, Internet, Law, Restrictive trade practices, Right of privacy, Security measures, Standards, Technology, Telecommunication, Telecommunication industry, Telephone, Voice mail systems, Wireless communication
Latest Action: 02/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Bill TextTo prohibit fraudulent access to telephone records. 2/8/2007--Introduced. Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act - Makes it unlawful to attempt to obtain, or cause to be disclosed to any person, customer proprietary network information (CPNI) relating to any other person by: (1) making a false or fraudulent statement to an officer, employee, or agent of a telecommunications carrier; or (2) providing any document or other information to such officer, employee, or agent that the presenter knows or should have known to be forged, lost, stolen, or otherwise fraudulently obtained, or to contain a false or fraudulent statement or representation. Prohibits also: (1) the solicitation of another person to fraudulently obtain such information; and (2) the sale or other disclosure of CPNI obtained under false pretenses. Provides for enforcement through the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to expand responsibilities of telecommunications [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Administrative procedure, Alcohol tax, American Samoa, Armed forces, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Business records, California, Capital gains tax, Caregivers, Child health, Children, Clinics, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporation taxes, Defense policy, Dental care, Department of Health and Human Services, Depreciation and amortization, Depressed areas, Diabetes, Disabled, Dividends, Economic policy, Education, Electronic data interchange, Electronic government information, Elementary and secondary education, Employee health benefits, Employee rights, Employment of the disabled, Enterprise zones, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Families, Family enterprises, Family leave, Federal aid to child health services, Federal employees, Federal-state relations, Federal-territorial relations, Finance, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Government trust funds, Guam, Hawaii, Health education, Health information systems, Health maintenance organizations, Health policy, Health surveys, Hospital rates, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Import restrictions, Income tax, Indexing (Economic policy), Infants, Insurance premiums, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Labor, Law, Legislation, Licenses, Managed care, Married people, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical economics, Medical records, Medical screening, Medical tests, Medically uninsured, Medicine, Mental health services, Military personnel, Minimum tax, Minimum wages, Northern Mariana Islands, Obesity, Partnerships, Pediatrics, Pensions, Poor children, Pregnant women, Preventive medicine, Puerto Rico, Quality of care, Rural affairs, Rural health, School health programs, Self-employed, Small business, Social security, Social security taxes, State and local government, Supplemental security income program, Tax administration, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax penalties, Tax rates, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Tennessee, Tipping, Tobacco industry, Tobacco tax, Trade, Veterans, Veterans' employment, Virgin Islands, Vocational rehabilitation, Wages, War casualties, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Welfare waivers, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 10/18/2007 - The Chair announced that the message and the accompanying bill would be referred to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means and that the Clerk would be directed to notify the Senate of the actions of the House. Bill TextAn act to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. 9/25/2007--House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment. (There are 4 other summaries) Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Makes the amendments made by this Act effective on October 1, 2007, regardless of whether final regulations have been promulgated to carry them out. Allows certain state plans under titles XIX (Medicaid) or XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) (also known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) that require state legislation to meet additional requirements imposed by this Act additional time to make required plan changes. Sets forth a contingent effective date for CHIP funding for FY2008. Title I: Financing - Subtitle A: Funding - (Sec. 101) Amends SSA title XXI to reauthorize the CHIP program through FY2012 at [...] show full description
Also tagged in: American investments, Armed forces, Business, Corporate accountability, Defense policy, Executive orders, Export controls, Finance, Foreign corporations, Foreign policy, Import restrictions, International affairs, International finance, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Partnerships, Presidents, Sanctions (International law), Subsidiary corporations, Trade, War and emergency powers
Latest Action: 04/26/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5214) Bill TextA bill to strengthen the liability of parent companies for violations of sanctions by foreign entities, and for other purposes. 4/26/2007--Introduced. Stop Business with Terrorists Act of 2007 - Subjects the parent company of a foreign entity that violates certain executive orders prohibiting certain business transactions with Iran (or other such prohibitions imposed on Iran under the authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act) to penalties to the same extent as if the parent company had engaged in such violations. Provides that such prohibitions and penalties shall not apply if the parent company divests or terminates its business with such entity.
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Also tagged in: Air force, Alaska, American Battle Monuments Commission, Appellate courts, Appropriations, Arab countries, Armed forces, Armed forces reserves, Army, Boundaries, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Buy American, Chemical warfare, Civil liberties, Colorado, Commemorations, Congress, Congress and military policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost plus contracts, Courts of special jurisdiction, Defense budgets, Defense burdensharing, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Defense policy, Defense procurement, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Diabetes, Disabled, East Asia, Electronic commerce, Eminent domain, Europe, Executive departments, Families, Federal aid to health facilities, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Government contractors, Government information, Government insurance, Government procurement, Government trust funds, Health policy, Home ownership, Home repair and improvement, Homeless, Housing, Indian housing, Indian medical care, Indians, Information technology, Infrastructure, Inspectors general, International finance, Iron and steel industry, Japan, Job training, Land transfers, Law, Leases, Lobbying, Marines, Marshall Islands, Medical care, Medical research, Medical supplies, Medicine, Members of Congress, Middle East and North Africa, Military base closures, Military bases, Military cemeteries and funerals, Military construction operations, Military dependents, Military housing, Military maneuvers, Minorities, Mortgages, Names, National Guard, NATO military forces, Natural resources, Navy, Nursing homes, Oceania, Pensions, Politics and government, Property tax, Prosthesis, Public contracts, Public lands, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Research and development, Road construction, Rural health, Science policy, Soldiers' homes, Steel, Survivors' benefits, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Trade, Transportation, Veterans, Veterans' benefits, Veterans' hospitals, Veterans' medical care, Veterans' pensions, Veterans' rehabilitation, Vocational rehabilitation, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 08/01/2008 - H.AMDT.1165 Amendment (A016) offered by Mr. Flake. An amendment numbered 4 printed in the Congressional Record to insert a new section at the end of the bill for the elimination of military construction congressional earmarks. Bill TextMaking appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 7/24/2008--Reported to House 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.) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009 - Title I: Department of Defense - Appropriates funds for FY2009 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing construction and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/03/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4971-4972) Bill TextA bill to establish a National Innovation Council, to improve the coordination of innovation activities among industries in the United States, and for other purposes. 6/3/2008--Introduced. National Innovation and Job Creation Act of 2008 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President a National Innovation Council, to be responsible for formulating and advocating for the federal government's innovation policy. Requires the Council to collaborate with major statistical agencies, collect data concerning the impact on productivity of the Council's programs, and annually report to Congress on national innovation and productivity. Places the Council under the direction of a National Innovation Council Board.Transfers to the Council specified research and innovation programs of the National Institute of Standards of Technology, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Labor.Establishes within the Council the CLUSTER Information Center to promote [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to strengthen sanctions against the Government of Syria, to enhance multilateral commitment to address the Government of Syria's threatening policies, to establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government in Syria, and for other purposes. 4/24/2008--Introduced. Syria Accountability and Liberation Act - States that U.S. sanctions, controls, and regulations relating to Syria shall remain in effect until the President certifies that Syria has ceased support for terrorism, has dismantled biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons programs and has committed to combat their proliferation, respects the boundaries and sovereignty of all neighboring countries, and upholds human rights and civil liberties. Imposes specified trade, assistance, and military sanctions, as appropriate, on persons or countries that transfer goods or technology so as to contribute to Syria's biological, chemical, nuclear, or advanced conventional weapons programs.[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/28/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo provide for the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as previously enrolled, with certain modifications to address the foreign sovereign immunities provisions of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the attachment of property in certain judgements against Iraq, the lapse of statutory authorities for the payment of bonuses, special pays, and similar benefits for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. 1/28/2008--Public Law. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on January 16, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2008 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 11/08/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H13301-13302) Bill TextMaking appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 11/7/2007--Introduced. Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Appropriates funds for FY2008 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing construction and related operation and maintenance for the mil |
