Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural research, Agricultural statistics, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Alaska, Animal diseases, Animals, Appropriations, Aquaculture, Argentina, Biomass energy, Block grants, Budgets, Business, Canada, Caribbean area, Civil liberties, Congress, Congressional oversight, Crop insurance, Cuba, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Treasury, Economic policy, Electric utilities, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Energy, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Export finance, Farm Credit Administration, Farm lands, Federal aid to research, Federal aid to water pollution control, Federal employees, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Fisheries, Fishing boats, Flood control, Food, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Food relief, Foreign trade promotion, Forest fires, Fruit, Government employees, Government lending, Government spending reductions, Grain, Grassland ecology, Groundwater, Gulf of Mexico, Habitat conservation, Hawaii, Hunger, Hurricanes, Illinois, Import restrictions, International relief, Latin America, Law, Layoffs, Marine resources, Marketing of farm produce, Meat, Meat inspection, Meat packing industry, Medical care, Medical supplies, Medicine, Missouri, Natural resources, North Carolina, Nutrition, Organic farming, Pest control, Plant diseases, Plant protection, Potable water, Poultry, Privatization, Regional economic development, Relocation, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Research centers, Research grants, Right to travel, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Sanctions (International law), School lunch program, Science policy, Solid wastes, State and local government, Swine, Technological innovations, Technology, Texas, Trade, Transfer of employees, Transportation, Trees, Trucking, Trucks, User charges, Vegetables, Vermont, Veterinary medicine, Waste water treatment, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources, Watersheds, West Virginia, Wetlands, Wisconsin
Latest Action: 07/21/2008 - Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Kohl. With written report No. 110-426. Bill TextAn original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 7/21/2008--Reported to Senate 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.) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2009 funds for the following Department of Agriculture (Department) programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary); (2) Office of the Chief Economist; (3) National Appeals Division; (4) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (5) Office of Homeland Security; (6) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (7) Office of the Chief Financial Officer;[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/27/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 855. Bill TextA bill to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. 6/26/2008--Introduced. Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 - Authorizes specified programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture concerning, among other things, national wilderness preservation, boundary adjustments, national rivers, the national landscape conservation system, national conservation areas, land conveyances and exchanges, watershed management, watershed restoration and enhancement, wildland firefighter safety, forest landscape restoration, national trails, paleontological resources preservation, national parks, studies, national heritage areas, national heritage corridors, and water projects.Makes amendments to various public laws, including the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 12/04/2007 - Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14746-14747; text: CR S14746-14747) Bill TextA resolution providing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Commerce should declare a commercial fishery failure for the groundfish fishery for Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island and immediately propose regulations to implement section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. 12/4/2007--Passed Senate 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.) Declares that the Secretary of Commerce should reconsider a decision to deny the requests of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the states of Maine and Rhode Island for a groundfish fishery failure declaration, look favorably on the request of the state of New Hampshire for such a declaration, and immediately propose regulations implementing related fisheries disaster relief provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 10/17/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Bill TextGranting the consent of Congress to the International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding. 10/17/2007--Introduced. Consents to the International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding entered into between Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut and the Provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland.
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Latest Action: 07/16/2008 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Bill TextTo amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. 7/16/2008--Reported to Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to revise the item descriptions of specified high priority project authorizations. Increases, decreases, or terminates certain project authorizations. Authorizes funds for a transportation improvement project for reconstructing the I-95/S.R. 1 interchange in the state of Delaware, and adding a fifth lane. Revises the item description of the Cuming Street transportation improvement project in Omaha, Nebraska, to include the narrowing of 24th Street from Cuming Street to Cass Street and adjacent lighting, landscaping, and pedestrian safety enhancements.
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Latest Action: 07/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans. Bill TextTo prohibit the commercial harvesting of Atlantic blackfish in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone, and for other purposes. 6/28/2007--Introduced. Atlantic Blackfish Conservation Act - Prohibits the commercial harvesting of Atlantic blackfish, popularly known as tautog, in the coastal waters or the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or the sale of blackfish taken in violation of that prohibition. Imposes penalties and allows civil forfeiture of vessels for violations. Requires the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to take actions reflecting the prohibition.
Latest Action: 06/07/2007 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7415 text as passed Senate: CR S7415 text of measure as introduced: CR S7389) Bill TextA resolution congratulating the Brown University women's crew team for winning the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women's Rowing Championship. 6/7/2007--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.) Congratulates the Brown University women's crew team for their victory in the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Women's Rowing Championship.
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Nongovernmental organizations, North Carolina, North Dakota, North Korea, Nuclear energy research, Nuclear fuels, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear reactors, Nuclear security measures, Nuclear warfare, Nuclear weapons, Nuclear weapons plants, Nuclear weapons tests, Oaths, Officer personnel, Oklahoma, Ordnance, Pakistan, Palau Islands, Peace, Pennsylvania, Pension funds, Pensions, Performance measurement, Personnel management, Petroleum, Petroleum industry, Plutonium, Police, Politics and government, Potable water, Prescription pricing, Prison labor, Private police, Private schools, Public contracts, Radar, Radioactive waste disposal, Radioactive wastes, Reconnaissance satellites, Rent, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Research and development, Research and development facilities, Research centers, Retired military personnel, Russia, Scholarships, School buildings, Science policy, Secondary education, Security clearances, Service academies, Shipbuilding, Shipyards, Soldiers' homes, Solid wastes, South Asia, South Carolina, Space activities, Space warfare, Special forces (Military science), Strategic forces, Strategic materials, Strategic planning, Student loan funds, Submarines, Supplemental appropriations, Survivors' benefits, Tanker aircraft, Tanks (Combat vehicles), Tax-deferred compensation plans, Technical assistance, Technology, Tennessee, Terrorism, Terrorists, Texas, Thailand, Transportation, Travel costs, Treaty-making power, Utah, Veterans, Virginia, Wages, Warships, Washington State, Water resources, Weapons systems, Western Hemisphere, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 06/29/2007 - Select Committee on Intelligence. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with amendments. With written report No. 110-125. Additional views filed. Bill TextAn original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 6/5/2007--Reported to Senate 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.) 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 aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Air force, Alabama, Alaska, Animals, Appropriations, Arizona, Arkansas, Armed forces, Armed forces abroad, Armed forces reserves, Arms control, Army, Authorization, Budgets, Building construction, California, Chemical warfare, College costs, Colleges, Colorado, Communicable diseases, Congress, Congress and military policy, Congressional reporting requirements, Connecticut, Defense budgets, Defense economics, Defense policy, Delaware, East Asia, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Energy, Energy conservation, Environmental protection, Europe, Families, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Governmental investigations, Habitat conservation, Hawaii, Higher education, Housing, Illinois, Indiana, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Laboratories, Land transfers, Land use, Leases, Louisiana, Maine, Maintenance and repair, Marines, Maryland, Massachusetts, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Michigan, Middle East and North Africa, Military base closures, Military bases, Military construction operations, Military dependents, Military housing, Military medicine, Military readiness, Military training, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, National Guard, NATO military forces, Natural resources, Navy, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York State, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rent, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Research and development facilities, Research centers, Scholarships, School buildings, Science policy, Shipbuilding, Shipyards, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington State, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Committee on Armed Services. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Levin. Without written report. Bill TextAn original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military construction, and for other purposes. 6/5/2007--Reported to Senate 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 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 - Title XXI [sic]: Army - (Sec. 2101) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and carry out military construction projects in specified amounts at specified installations and locations. Authorizes such Secretary to construct or acquire family housing units, carry out architectural planning and design activities, and improve existing military family housing in specified amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Army for fiscal years after 2007 for military construction, land acquisition, and military family housing functions [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 12/26/2007 - Signed by President. Bill TextA joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding. 12/26/2007--Public Law. (There are 4 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Grants the consent of Congress to the International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding entered into between the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut and the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland.
Latest Action: 05/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextTo provide wage parity for certain prevailing rate employees in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. 5/17/2007--Introduced. Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island Federal Worker Fairness Act of 2007 - Requires the wage schedule and rates for prevailing rate employees in the Boston, Massachusetts Wage Area to be used to determine the rate of pay for prevailing rate employees in the Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Wage Area.
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Latest Action: 04/30/2007 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Boxer. With written report No. 110-58. Bill TextAn original bill to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes. 4/30/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) Water Resources Development Act of 2007 - Renews the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). Authorizes Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) water resources development and conservation projects, including flood control, environmental restoration, shoreline protection, and inland navigation projects. Title I: Water Resources Projects - (Sec. 1001) Authorizes specified projects for navigation, ecosystem restoration, flood or storm damage reduction, and related purposes in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextA bill to provide wage parity for certain prevailing rate employees in Rhode Island. 3/20/2007--Introduced. Rhode Island Federal Worker Fairness Act of 2007 - States that the wage schedules and rates applicable to prevailing rate employees in the Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, wage area shall be the same as the wage schedules and rates applicable to prevailing rate employees in the Boston, Massachusetts, wage area.
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Latest Action: 11/09/2007 - Became Public Law No: 110-114. Bill TextTo provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes. 11/8/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on July 31, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Water Resources Development Act of 2007 - Reauthorizes the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). Authorizes flood control, navigation, and environmental projects and studies by the Army Corps of Engineers.Title I: Water Resources Projects - (Sec. 1001) Authorizes projects for navigation, ecosystem or environmental restoration, and hurricane, flood, or storm damage reduction in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota,[...] show full description
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