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Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking for that purpose. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), consistent with the representations made by digital audio radio satellite service licensees that digital audio radio satellite service would be a national service, to revise its regulations to provide that digital audio radio satellite service (DARSS): (1) licensees shall not provide services that are locally differentiated or that result in programming being delivered to consumers in one geographic market that is different from programming delivered in any other geographic market; and (2) repeaters shall be restricted to simultaneously retransmitting the programming transmitted by satellite directly to DARSS subscribers' receivers. Requires the FCC to complete a rulemaking proceeding [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1545-1546) Bill TextA resolution honoring the life of Myron Cope. 3/4/2008--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.) Recognizes the contributions of Myron Cope (football broadcaster) to the city of Pittsburgh, the game of football, and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331. Bill TextMaking appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 8/2/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2008 funds for the following Department of Agriculture (Department) programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary); (2) executive operations; (3) National Appeals Division; (4) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (5) Homeland Security Staff; (6) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (7) Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (8) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights; (9) Office of Civil Rights; (10) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; (11) agriculture buildings and facilities [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1545-1546) Bill TextA resolution honoring the life of Myron Cope. 3/4/2008--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.) Recognizes the contributions of Myron Cope (football broadcaster) to the city of Pittsburgh, the game of football, and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Also tagged in: Agricultural assistance, Agricultural colleges, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural credit, Agricultural education, Agricultural experiment stations, Agricultural extension work, Agricultural research, Agricultural statistics, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Alien labor, Alternative energy sources, Animals, Apartment houses, Appropriations, Block grants, Broadband, Budgets, Business, California, Child nutrition, Children, China, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Conflict of interests, Congress, Congressional oversight, Credit insurance, Crop insurance, Dairy industry, Dairy products, Dams, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Disaster relief, Distance education, Drugs, East Asia, Economic policy, Economic research, Education, Electronic data interchange, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Energy, Energy conservation, Enterprise zones, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Export finance, Farm Credit Administration, Farm lands, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to housing, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Flood control, Food, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Food relief, Food safety, Food stamps, Foreign aid, Fruit, Futures trading, Government and the press, Government corporations, Government information, Government lending, Government publicity, Grassland ecology, Groundwater, Habitat conservation, Hazardous substances, Hazardous wastes, Higher education, Horses, Housing, Housing subsidies, Illegal aliens, Illinois, Immigration, Imports, Independent regulatory commissions, Indian lands, Indians, Infrastructure, Insect control, Inspectors general, Irrigation, Labor, Laboratories, Lighting, Livestock, Meat inspection, Medical care, Medicine, Methyl bromide, Minorities, Mississippi, Natural resources, North Carolina, Nutrition, Pest control, Pesticides, Politics and government, Poultry, Prescription pricing, Public contracts, Rental housing, Rescission of appropriated funds, Residential rehabilitation, Restoration ecology, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Rural housing, Scholarships, School lunch program, Science policy, Sewage treatment, Sewerage, Solid wastes, State and local government, Surveys, Technology, Telecommunication, Telemedicine, Texas, Trade, Vegetables, Washington State, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources, Watersheds, Welfare, West Virginia, Wetlands, WIC program, Wildlife conservation
Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331. Bill TextMaking appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 8/2/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2008 funds for the following Department of Agriculture (Department) programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary); (2) executive operations; (3) National Appeals Division; (4) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (5) Homeland Security Staff; (6) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (7) Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (8) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights; (9) Office of Civil Rights; (10) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; (11) agriculture buildings and facilities [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking for that purpose. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), consistent with the representations made by digital audio radio satellite service licensees that digital audio radio satellite service would be a national service, to revise its regulations to provide that digital audio radio satellite service (DARSS): (1) licensees shall not provide services that are locally differentiated or that result in programming being delivered to consumers in one geographic market that is different from programming delivered in any other geographic market; and (2) repeaters shall be restricted to simultaneously retransmitting the programming transmitted by satellite directly to DARSS subscribers' receivers. Requires the FCC to complete a rulemaking proceeding [...] show full description
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