Also tagged in: Charities, Congress, Congressional allowances, Congressional districts, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, House of Representatives, Members of Congress, Secondary education, Service learning, Social services, Student activities
Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Bill TextAuthorizing Members of the House of Representatives to use funds provided for official and representational duties to sponsor and conduct academic and community service competitions among elementary and secondary school students in their Congressional districts and to permit the use of the facilities of their offices in support of the activities of charitable organizations. 4/29/2008--Introduced. Congressional Leadership in Communities Resolution of 2008 - Permits Members of the House of Representatives to: (1) sponsor or conduct academic and community service competitions among elementary and secondary school students in their Congressional districts; and (2) allow charitable organizations to use their office facilities in support of charitable or educational purposes, so long as such use does not interfere with regular office operations. Considers amounts Members spend for the academic and community service competitions to be amounts spent in support of their official [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Business, Congress, Disabled, Government contractors, Government procurement, Labor, Public contracts, Small business, Veterans, Veterans' benefits, Veterans' employment
Latest Action: 01/17/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Bill TextTo require offices of the legislative branch to meet a threshold for participation by small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities in procurement contracts entered into by such offices, and for other purposes. 1/17/2008--Introduced. Legislative Branch Recognizes the Value of Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Act of 2008 - Requires each official responsible for entering into procurement contracts for goods and services for a legislative branch office to ensure that at least 3% of the aggregate value of all contracts entered into during a fiscal year is attributable to contracts awarded to eligible disabled veterans small businesses.
Defines "eligible disabled veterans small business" as a small business concern listed on the database maintained by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as a small business concern owned and controlled by a veteran with a service-connected disability.
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Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3724; text as passed: CR S3724; text of measure as introduced: CR S3718) Bill TextA resolution to direct the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in support of the appellee in Office of Senator Mark Dayton v. Brad Hanson. 3/23/2007--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.) Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae on behalf of the Senate in support of Appellee Brad Hanson in Office of Senator Mark Dayton v. Brad Hanson, to protect the Senate's interest in the proper application of the Speech or Debate Clause to civil actions brought under the Congressional Accountability Act.
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Latest Action: 09/14/2007 - Signed by President. Bill TextA bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process. 9/14/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 31, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 - Title I: Closing the Revolving Door - (Sec. 101) Amends the federal criminal code to extend from one to two years the ban on lobbying contacts by former: (1) very senior executive personnel with any Member, officer, or employee of the entity in which such person served before his or her tenure terminated; and (2) Senators with any Member, officer or employee of either chamber, or employee of any other legislative office.Continues the one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former: (1) Members of the House of Representatives with any Member, officer, or employee of either chamber, or employee of any other legislative office; (2) [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Computers, Congress, Education, Educational technology, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Gifts, House of Representatives, Members of Congress, Politics and government, Public contracts, Secondary education, Surplus government property, Technology
Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Bill TextTo permit members of the House of Representatives to donate used computer equipment to public elementary and secondary schools designated by the members. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 to allow the Clerk of the House of Representatives, at the request of a Member of the House, to donate computers and related peripheral tools previously used by the Member to a public elementary or secondary school designated by such Member without regard to whether the donation: (1) is a cost to the government; or (2) has a recoverable value.
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