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Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Bill TextTo establish the Commission on Economic Indicators to conduct a study and submit a report containing recommendations concerning the appropriateness and accuracy of the methodology, calculations, and reporting used by the Government relating to certain economic indicators. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Commission on Economic Indicators Act of 2007 - Establishes the Commission on Economic Indicators to study and report to Congress on: (1) economic statistics collected and reported by U.S. government agencies, including national income, employment and unemployment, wages, personal income, wealth, savings, debt, productivity, inflation, and international trade and capital flows; and (2) ways to improve the related statistical measurements.
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Budgets, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer credit, Consumers, Credit bureaus, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Depressed areas, Disabled, Earnings, Economic policy, Executive departments, Federal aid to housing, Finance, Governmental investigations, Home ownership, Housing, Housing authorities, Housing for the disabled, Housing subsidies, Income, Indexing (Economic policy), Law, Low-income housing, Performance measurement, Public housing, Rent, Rental housing, Standards, Welfare, Welfare eligibility
Latest Action: 07/16/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextTo reform the housing choice voucher program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. 7/12/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise requirements for public housing agency (PHA) inspections of each dwelling unit for which a housing assistance payment contract is established. Requires an initial inspection before any assistance payment is made. Allows such payments if failure to meet standards is a result only of non-life threatening conditions. Requires suspension of payments until each deficiency has been corrected.Permits a housing agency, in the case of projects receiving certain federal housing subsidies, to authorize occupancy before completion of an initial inspection. Requires biennial inspections, in lieu of current annual inspections, to determine compliance. Provides for interim inspections,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo establish a living wage, jobs for all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories, and for other purposes. 2/14/2007--Introduced. A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act - Declares that Congress affirms the basic economic rights and responsibilities under the 1944 "Economic Bill of Rights," while updating and extending it to include: (1) certain rights to decent jobs, income security for individuals unable to work for pay, a decent living for farm families, freedom from monopolies, decent housing, adequate health services, Social Security in old age, sickness, accidental injury, and unemployment, and education and work training; and (2) certain other rights relating to collective bargaining, a safe working environment, information on trends in pollution sources and products and processes that affect the well-being of workers throughout the world, voting and campaigning, and personal security. Requires corporations registered with the Securities and Exchange [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Aid to dependent children, Budgets, Cash welfare block grants, Children, Disabled, Economic policy, Education, Education savings accounts, Families, Federal aid to child health services, Finance, Food, Food stamps, Health insurance, Higher education, Indexing (Economic policy), Individual retirement accounts, Medically uninsured, Motor vehicles, Pensions, Poor children, State and local government, Supplemental security income program, Transportation, Welfare, Welfare eligibility
Latest Action: 04/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Bill TextTo exclude certain assets in determining eligibility under the food stamp program, the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, and the State children's health insurance program (SCHIP). 7/25/2007--Introduced. Freedom to Save Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to modify the asset test for food stamp program eligibility by increasing the amounts of allowable financial resources, with annual inflation adjustments, and excluding from countable financial resources any retirement accounts, education accounts, and licensed vehicles. Prohibits the use of any asset test under the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act. Prescribes an administrative penalty for any state imposing such a test. Eliminates any asset test for disabled persons under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income (SSI)) of the Social Security Act (SSA) and [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/25/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextTo amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize and reform the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). 7/25/2007--Introduced. SCHIP Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2007 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to require the state SCHIP plan to specify how it will achieve coverage for 90% of targeted low-income children. Prohibits SCHIP payments for children with family income above 250% of the poverty line. Sets forth special rules for payment for children with family income above 200% of the poverty line. Provides for: (1) standardization of income determinations; (2) the application of citizenship documentation requirements; (3) an increased federal matching rate for citizenship documentation enforcement under Medicaid and SCHIP; and (4) temporary increase in federal matching rate for Medicaid and SCHIP administrative costs. Sets limitations on eligibility based on substantial [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Bill TextTo exclude certain assets in determining eligibility under the food stamp program, the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, and the State children's health insurance program (SCHIP). 7/25/2007--Introduced. Freedom to Save Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to modify the asset test for food stamp program eligibility by increasing the amounts of allowable financial resources, with annual inflation adjustments, and excluding from countable financial resources any retirement accounts, education accounts, and licensed vehicles. Prohibits the use of any asset test under the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act. Prescribes an administrative penalty for any state imposing such a test. Eliminates any asset test for disabled persons under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income (SSI)) of the Social Security Act (SSA) and [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/25/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextTo amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize and reform the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). 7/25/2007--Introduced. SCHIP Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2007 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to require the state SCHIP plan to specify how it will achieve coverage for 90% of targeted low-income children. Prohibits SCHIP payments for children with family income above 250% of the poverty line. Sets forth special rules for payment for children with family income above 200% of the poverty line. Provides for: (1) standardization of income determinations; (2) the application of citizenship documentation requirements; (3) an increased federal matching rate for citizenship documentation enforcement under Medicaid and SCHIP; and (4) temporary increase in federal matching rate for Medicaid and SCHIP administrative costs. Sets limitations on eligibility based on substantial [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Budgets, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer credit, Consumers, Credit bureaus, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Depressed areas, Disabled, Earnings, Economic policy, Executive departments, Federal aid to housing, Finance, Governmental investigations, Home ownership, Housing, Housing authorities, Housing for the disabled, Housing subsidies, Income, Indexing (Economic policy), Law, Low-income housing, Performance measurement, Public housing, Rent, Rental housing, Standards, Welfare, Welfare eligibility
Latest Action: 07/16/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextTo reform the housing choice voucher program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. 7/12/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise requirements for public housing agency (PHA) inspections of each dwelling unit for which a housing assistance payment contract is established. Requires an initial inspection before any assistance payment is made. Allows such payments if failure to meet standards is a result only of non-life threatening conditions. Requires suspension of payments until each deficiency has been corrected.Permits a housing agency, in the case of projects receiving certain federal housing subsidies, to authorize occupancy before completion of an initial inspection. Requires biennial inspections, in lieu of current annual inspections, to determine compliance. Provides for interim inspections,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Balance of payments, Balance of trade, Business, Capital movements, Congress, Congressional agencies, Congressional investigations, Congressional reorganization, Congressional reporting requirements, Debt, Economic policy, Economic statistics, Employment, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Finance, Government information, Government paperwork, Government statistics, Gross national product, Income, Industrial production, Inflation, International finance, Labor, Labor statistics, Saving and investment, Trade, Unemployment, Wages
Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Bill TextTo establish the Commission on Economic Indicators to conduct a study and submit a report containing recommendations concerning the appropriateness and accuracy of the methodology, calculations, and reporting used by the Government relating to certain economic indicators. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Commission on Economic Indicators Act of 2007 - Establishes the Commission on Economic Indicators to study and report to Congress on: (1) economic statistics collected and reported by U.S. government agencies, including national income, employment and unemployment, wages, personal income, wealth, savings, debt, productivity, inflation, and international trade and capital flows; and (2) ways to improve the related statistical measurements.
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Affordable housing, Aged, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Air pollution, Armed forces, Associations, institutions, etc., Awards, medals, prizes, Boycott, Budget deficits, Budgets, Business, Business and social problems, Business cycles, Business ethics, Campaign funds, Capital investments, Cartels, Child labor, Children, Children's rights, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Civil service retirement, Collective bargaining, Commemorations, Communications, Competition, Conferences, Congress, Congressional budget, Congressional committees, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Congressional voting, Consumer protection, Consumers, Conversion of industries, Cooperative societies, Corporate accountability, Corporate corruption, Corporate mergers, Corporation directors, Corruption in politics, Crime prevention, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Data banks, Day care, Defense budgets, Defense economics, Defense industries, Depressed areas, Development credit institutions, Disabled, Economic concentration, Economic development, Economic growth, Economic policy, Economic security, Education, Election administration, Elections, Electric power failures, Electronic government information, Employee health benefits, Employee rights, Employee vacations, Employment, Employment of the disabled, Energy, Energy conservation, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Executives, Families, Family farms, Family leave, Farm income, Farmers, Federal budgets, Federal reserve system, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Food, Foreign aid, Foreign loans, Foreign policy, Free enterprise, Freedom of information, Full employment policies, Fund raising, Government contractors, Government employees, Government information, Government lending, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Grants-in-aid, Hazardous substances, Health insurance, Health policy, Hours of labor, Household workers, Housing, Housing subsidies, Human rights, Humanities, Income distribution, Income tax, Industrial pollution, Inflation, Information disclosure (Securities law), Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Interest rates, International affairs, International environmental cooperation, International finance, International labor activities, Investment guaranty insurance, Investment of public funds, Investments, Job training, Labor, Labor disputes, Labor productivity, Labor unions, Legislation, Legislative resolutions, Life expectancy, Manufacturing industries, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical statistics, Medicare, Medicine, Mines and mineral resources, Minimum wages, Minorities, Monetary policy, Monopolies, Natural resources, Nonprofit organizations, Occupational health and safety, Occupational retraining, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Parent and child, Part-time employment, Pension funds, Pensions, Pollution, Pollution control, Potable water, Poverty, Presidential messages, Presidents, Preventive medicine, Price fixing, Prices, Public contracts, Public corruption, Public debt, Public service employment, Public utilities, Punishment, Quality of life, Quality of work life, Racism, Research, Residential rehabilitation, Restrictive trade practices, Right of property, Roosevelt Administration, Salaries, Science policy, Self-employed, Sex discrimination, Small business, Social security, Social services, Soil conservation, Standard of living, State and local government, Strikes, Student employment, Sustainable development, Tax expenditures, Taxation, Technology, Torture, Trade, Transportation, Treaties, Unemployment, Unemployment insurance, United Nations, Violence, Volunteer workers, Voting, Voting machines, Voting rights, Wages, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water resources, Welfare, White collar crime, Women, Women's rights, Working poor
Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo establish a living wage, jobs for all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories, and for other purposes. 2/14/2007--Introduced. A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act - Declares that Congress affirms the basic economic rights and responsibilities under the 1944 "Economic Bill of Rights," while updating and extending it to include: (1) certain rights to decent jobs, income security for individuals unable to work for pay, a decent living for farm families, freedom from monopolies, decent housing, adequate health services, Social Security in old age, sickness, accidental injury, and unemployment, and education and work training; and (2) certain other rights relating to collective bargaining, a safe working environment, information on trends in pollution sources and products and processes that affect the well-being of workers throughout the world, voting and campaigning, and personal security. Requires corporations registered with the Securities and Exchange [...] show full description
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