Also tagged in: Academic performance, Access to health care, Aged, AIDS (Disease), Americans in foreign countries, Budgets, Charities, Child health, Children, Church and social problems, Citizen participation, Colleges, Communications, Community and school, Community organization, Compensatory education, Conferences, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Data banks, Depressed areas, Developing countries, Disaster relief, Dropouts, Economic policy, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational accountability, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Emergency management, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Entrepreneurs, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to Indians, Food, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Government and business, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grandparents, Grants-in-aid, Health education, Health policy, Higher education, Home repair and improvement, Housing, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Hunger, Indians, Information technology, International affairs, Job hunting, Job training, Labor, Low-income housing, Malaria, Malnutrition, Medical care, Medically uninsured, Medicine, Mentoring, Minorities, National parks, National service, Natural resources, Nonprofit organizations, Parks, Personal budgets, Politics and government, Potable water, Poverty, Preventive medicine, Public lands, Public-private partnerships, Recycling of waste products, Refuse and refuse disposal, Religion, Rivers, Scholarships, Secondary education, Service learning, Social services, Solid wastes, Sports, State and local government, State parks, Sustainable development, Technical assistance, Technology, Telecommunication, Trails, Translating and interpreting, Tuberculosis, Veterans, Veterans' benefits, Veterans' employment, Volunteer workers, Wages, Water pollution, Water pollution control, Water resources, Welfare, Women, Women's education, Women's employment
Latest Action: 09/12/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8482-8498) Bill TextA bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes. 9/12/2008--Introduced. Serve America Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to create two new service-learning programs: (1) a Youth Engagement Zones to Strengthen Communities program, providing competitive grants to partnerships between local educational agencies that serve high-need, low-income communities and certain community-based or state entities to engage students and out-of-school youth in service-learning addressing specific challenges faced by their communities; and (2) a Campus of Service program, which annually grants up to 30 institutions of higher education (IHEs) with exemplary service-learning programs the funds to assist their students' pursuit of public service careers, and the right to nominate additional individuals for ServeAmerica Fellowships. Directs the Corporation for National and Community [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Age and employment, Aged, Authorization, Budgets, Child welfare, Children, Compensatory education, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporation for National and Community Service, Disabled, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Executive departments, Federal aid to education, Government corporations, Governmental investigations, Higher education, Job training, Labor, Mentoring, National service, Nonprofit organizations, Poverty, Salaries, Scholarships, Secondary education, Social services, Volunteer workers, Welfare
Latest Action: 09/11/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8415-8416) Bill TextA bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish Encore Service Programs, Encore Fellowship Programs, and Silver Scholarship Programs, and for other purposes. 9/11/2008--Introduced. Encore Service Act of 2008 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to make eligible for assistance under the National Service Trust program Encore Service programs that engage individuals age 50 or older in national service addressing specific community needs. Gives Encore Service participants age 50 or older five options for their term of service, ranging from full-time to minimum time. Makes such participants eligible for national service educational awards, which they may transfer to others for use within 20 years. Expresses the sense of Congress that, by 2018, 25% of National Service Trust program participants should be age 50 or older. Requires the Corporation for National and Community Service to identify and address the barriers [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Abortion, Adult education, Afghanistan, Aged, Alaska, Alien labor, Aliens, Appropriations, Birth control, Black colleges, Black lung, Blind, Budgets, Business, California, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Child abuse, Child safety, Child sexual abuse, Children, Citizenship education, Civil rights, Coal, Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Communications, Commuting, Conflict of interests, Corporation for National and Community Service, Criminal justice, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Desegregation in education, Disabled, District of Columbia, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Drug industry, Drug legalization, Drugs, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational research, Elementary and secondary education, Energy, English language, Executive departments, Federal aid to child health services, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to the arts and humanities, Federal employees, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Government corporations, Government employees, Government trust funds, Grants-in-aid, Health counseling, Health information systems, Health insurance, Health policy, Higher education, Human embryology, Humanities, Identification devices, Immigrants, Immigration, Incest, Industrial relations, Informers, Inspectors general, Internet, Job training, Labor, Labor statistics, Libraries, Maryland, Medicaid, Medical care, Medically uninsured, Medicare, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Miners, Minorities, Museums, National Council on Disability, National Labor Relations Board, National service, Occupational health and safety, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Pensions, Politics and government, Poor children, Prescription pricing, Public broadcasting, Railroad Retirement Board, Rape, Rebates, Refugees, Religion, Religion in the public schools, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Salaries, Scholarships, School health programs, Social security, Social Security Administration, Social security finance, Social services, South Asia, Special education, State and local government, State laws, Student aid, Student housing, Student loan funds, Subsidies, Supplemental security income program, Technology, Telecommunication, Trade, Trade adjustment assistance, Transportation, Unemployment insurance, Virginia, Visas, Volunteer workers, Welfare, World health
Latest Action: 07/08/2008 - Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Harkin. With written report No. 110-410. Bill TextAn original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 7/8/2008--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.) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations for FY2009 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, including training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) state unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Aged, Budgets, Civil service retirement, Defined benefit pension plans, Federal employees, Government employees, Government information, Government publicity, Grants-in-aid, Income tax, Job training, Labor, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Part-time employment, Pensions, Retirement age, Social security, Social security beneficiaries, State and local government, Tax credits, Taxation
Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3510-3511) Bill TextA bill to improve the employability of older Americans. 4/29/2008--Introduced. Incentives for Older Workers Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to prohibit a reduction in benefits for an employee under a defined benefit pension plan who has begun a phased retirement and was employed on a substantially full-time basis during the previous 12-month period before phased retirement. Defines "phased retirement" as the period when an employee is employed on substantially less than a full-time basis or with substantially reduced responsibilities after reaching age 50 or completing 30 years of creditable service under the plan. Amends the Social Security Act to raise from 70 to 72 the age up to which inidividuals are allowed to earn delayed retirement credits for purposes of the calculation of increased old-age insurance benefit payments. Revises federal old-age, survivors, and disability [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Aged, Alaska, Armed forces, Authorization, Black colleges, Budgets, Business, Child health, Children, Citizenship education, Colleges, Communications, Community and school, Community development, Compensatory education, Computer literacy, Conferences, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporation directors, Corporation for National and Community Service, Cost effectiveness, Crime prevention, Criminal justice, Curricula, Defense economics, Depressed areas, Disaster relief, Dropouts, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Economic policy, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational accountability, Educational innovations, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Engineering, Environmental protection, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Ex-offenders, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Families, Family services, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal-territorial relations, Finance, Financial planning, Financial services, Foster home care, Foundations, Gifts, Government corporations, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Government service contracts, Graduate education, Grandparents, Grievance procedures, Health policy, Higher education, Hispanic Americans, History, Housing, Indian education, Indians, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Inspectors general, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Labor, Law, Leadership, Learning, Literacy programs, Mathematics, Medical care, Medicine, Mental illness, Mentoring, Military base closures, Minorities, Minority education, National service, Nonprofit organizations, Northern Mariana Islands, Parent and child, Parental consent, Parents, Performance measurement, Personal budgets, Policy sciences, Politics and government, Public contracts, Public health, Recidivists, Rehabilitation of criminals, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Rural health, Salaries, Scholarships, School-age child care, Science policy, Scientific education, Secondary education, Service learning, Social services, State and local government, Student employment, Student loan funds, Summer employment, Technical education, Technology, Transportation, Transportation engineering, Travel costs, Urban affairs, Urban economic development, Veterans, Veterans' benefits, Volunteer workers, Wages, Welfare, Youth services
Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1560-1561) Bill TextTo reauthorize and reform the national service laws. 3/10/2008--Introduced. Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, or the GIVE Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NSCA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA) to revise the programs under such Acts and reauthorize appropriations for such programs through FY2012. Revises under NSCA: (1) the School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning programs and Higher Education Innovative Programs for Community Service (Learn and Serve programs); (2) National Service Trust programs (AmeriCorps); (3) the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC); and (4) the Investment for Quality and Innovation program. Eliminates the current Community-Based Learn and Serve programs. Establishes a new Learn and Serve program, Innovative Service-Learning Programs and Research, providing matching grants to: (1) provide community service-learning opportunities to elementary and [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from income and employment taxes real property tax abatements for seniors and disabled individuals in exchange for services. 2/25/2008--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals who have attained age 60 or are disabled an exemption from income and employment taxes for real property tax abatements received under a state or local program in which such individuals have provided services in exchange for such abatements.
Also tagged in: Age discrimination, Aged, Aircraft pilots, Airline employees, Airline passenger traffic, Airlines, Aviation safety, Business, Civil rights, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Discrimination in employment, Employee training, Job training, Labor, Medical care, Medicine, Physical examinations, Rating of employees, Retirement age, Standards, Transportation
Latest Action: 12/14/2007 - Became Public Law No: 110-135. Bill TextTo amend title 49, United States Code, to modify age standards for pilots engaged in commercial aviation operations. 12/13/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act - Amends federal transportation law to allow a pilot who has attained 60 years of age to serve as a passenger airline pilot until the age of 65, provided that a pilot who has attained age 60 may serve as pilot-in-command on international flights only if there is another pilot in the flight crew who has not yet attained 60 years of age. Prohibits subjecting pilots to different medical examinations and standards on account of age unless to ensure an adequate level of safety in flight, except that no person who has attained 60 years of age may serve as a pilot unless such person has a first-class medical certificate.Requires [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Aged, Agriculture, Alien labor, Bonds, Brownfields, Business, Department of Commerce, Department of Labor, Dislocated workers, Employee rights, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Farmers, Finance, Government employees, Hazardous substances, Health insurance, Health insurance continuation, Health policy, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Income tax, Industrial parks, Job hunting, Job training, Labor, Law, Location of industries, Manufacturing industries, Medical care, Occupational retraining, Refuse and refuse disposal, Relocation, Service industries, Solid wastes, Tax credits, Taxation, Trade, Trade adjustment assistance, Unemployment insurance
Latest Action: 11/08/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Trade Act of 1974 to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers and firms, and for other purposes. 10/31/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007 - Title I: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Subtitle A: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Service Sector Workers; Expansion of Covered Shifts in Production; Expansion of Downstream Secondary Worker Eligibility - (Sec. 101) Amends the Trade Act of 1974 (the Act) to allow the filing of a petition with the Secretary of Labor for certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) by adversely affected workers in a service sector firm or a public agency. Revises group eligibility requirements for TAA to cover: (1) a shift, by such workers' firm or subdivision to a foreign country, of production of articles or in provision of services, like [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Aged, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Aquaculture, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Department of Commerce, Department of Labor, Dislocated workers, Employee health benefits, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Farmers, Finance, Fisheries, Health insurance continuation, Health policy, Income tax, Job hunting, Job training, Labor, Law, Marine resources, Medical care, Occupational retraining, Ombudsman, Politics and government, Relocation, Retiree health benefits, Service industries, Tax credits, Taxation, Trade, Trade adjustment assistance
Latest Action: 11/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Bill TextTo amend the Trade Act of 1974 to address the impact of globalization, to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers, and for other purposes. 10/10/2007--Introduced. Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to allow the filing of a petition with the Secretary of Labor for certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) by adversely affected workers in a service sector firm, its subdivision, or a public agency. Revises group eligibility requirements for TAA to cover: (1) a shift, by a public agency to a foreign country, of production of articles or in provision of services, like or directly competitive with articles which are produced, or services which are provided by the workers' firm, subdivision, or public agency; and (2) instances where the workers' firm, subdivision, or public agency obtains or is likely to obtain [...] show full description
Latest Action: 09/26/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextTo amend title 5, United States Code, to facilitate the temporary reemployment of Federal annuitants, and for other purposes. 9/19/2007--Introduced. Allows a federal agency head to waive the application of civil service retirement system and federal employee retirement system provisions restricting annuities and pay upon reemployment with respect to an annuitant employed on a temporary basis, but prohibits waiving such provisions with respect to an annuitant for more than: (1) 520 hours of service performed during the six months following the individual's annuity commencing date; (2) 1040 hours of service performed during any 12-month period; or (3) 6240 hours of service performed during the individual's lifetime.
Also tagged in: Aged, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Aquaculture, Department of Labor, Employee health benefits, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Farmers, Finance, Fishing boats, Health insurance, Health insurance continuation, Health policy, Income tax, Insurance premiums, Job hunting, Job training, Labor, Medical care, Ombudsman, Pensions, Politics and government, Relocation, Retiree health benefits, Tax credits, Taxation, Trade, Trade adjustment assistance
Latest Action: 07/23/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9776-9777) Bill TextA bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to address the impact of globalization, to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers, and for other purposes. 7/23/2007--Introduced. Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to allow the filing of a petition with the Secretary of Labor for certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) by adversely affected workers in a service sector firm, its subdivision, or a public agency.Revises group eligibility requirements for TAA to cover: (1) a shift, by a public agency to a foreign country, of production of articles or in provision of services, like or directly competitive with articles which are produced, or services which are provided by the workers' firm, subdivision, or public agency; and (2) instances where the workers' firm, subdivision, or public agency obtains or [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Abortion, Accreditation (Education), Administrative procedure, Admission of nonimmigrants, Adult education, Advice and consent of the Senate, Afghanistan, Aged, Alien labor, Aliens, Appropriations, Auditing, Bankruptcy, Birth control, Black colleges, Black lung, Blind, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Budgets, Building construction, Cancer, Case mix (Medical care), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Child abuse, Child health, Child labor, Child sexual abuse, Children, Citizen participation, Citizenship education, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Clinical trials, Collection of accounts, Colleges, Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Communications, Commuting, Compensation (Law), Compensatory education, Competitive bidding, Computer literacy, Conferences, Conflict of interests, Congress, Congressional budget, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Consultants, Corporation for National and Community Service, Counseling, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Cytology, Day care, Deaf, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Desegregation in education, Disabled, Discrimination in education, Dislocated workers, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug legalization, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational accountability, Educational innovations, Educational research, Educational technology, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Employment of the disabled, Energy conservation, Energy conservation in buildings, Energy efficiency, Engineering, English language, Entitlements, Executive departments, Executive orders, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to research, Federal employees, Federal libraries, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Federal officials, Federal-state relations, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Forced labor, Foreign policy, Genetic research, Government contractors, Government corporations, Government employees, Government information, Government lending, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government publicity, Government travel, Government trust funds, Graduate education, Grants-in-aid, Health care fraud, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health maintenance organizations, Health policy, Higher education, Hospital rates, Housing, Human embryology, Human experimentation in medicine, Human rights, Humanities, Identification devices, Illegal aliens, Illinois, Immigrants, Immigration, Impact aid, Incest, Income tax, Indian education, Indians, Industrial relations, Influenza, Infrastructure, Inspectors general, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International affairs, Internet, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Job hunting, Job training, Labor, Labor statistics, Latin America, Law, Legislation, Libraries, Lighting, Literacy programs, Managed care, Maryland, Mathematics, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical education, Medical research, Medicare, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Medicinal plants, Medicine, Meditation, Mental health services, Mentoring, Mexico, Middle East and North Africa, Mine safety, Miners, Minorities, Minority education, Minors, Museums, National Council on Disability, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Labor Relations Board, National Mediation Board, National service, Needle exchange programs, Nervous system diseases, Neurology, New York State, Nonprofit organizations, Occupational health and safety, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Ombudsman, Parent and child, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Pension funds, Pensions, Physicians, Politics and government, Pornography, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Preventive medicine, Public broadcasting, Public contracts, Railroad Retirement Board, Rape, Recreation, Refugees, Religion, Religion in the public schools, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Research centers, Research grants, Safety measures, Salaries, Scholarships, School buildings, School districts, School health programs, School security, Science and ethics, Science policy, Scientists, Secondary education, Sex, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sheltered workshops, Skilled labor, Smoking and youth, Social security, Social Security Administration, Social services, South Asia, Special education, Sports, State and local government, State laws, Stroke, Student aid, Student housing, Student loan funds, Student transportation, Subcontractors, Supplemental security income program, Tax credits, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Trade, Trade adjustment assistance, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc., Transportation, Travel costs, Treaties, Unemployment insurance, Vaccines, Veterans, Veterans' employment, Visas, Volunteer workers, Waste in government spending, Welfare, Workers' compensation, World health, Youth employment
Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the question of passage, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding. Bill TextMaking appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 11/7/2007--Senate receded and concurred with amendment. (There are 4 other summaries) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for FY2008. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, including training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) state unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Adoption, Aged, Appropriations, Black lung, Blind, Block grants, Budgets, Business, Children, Colleges, Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Corporation for National and Community Service, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Disabled, District of Columbia, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Employment agencies, Energy, Energy assistance for the poor, Executive departments, Families, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to Indians, Federal aid to the arts and humanities, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Foster home care, Government corporations, Government trust funds, Health care fraud, Health information systems, Health policy, Higher education, Humanities, Indian education, Inspectors general, Job training, Labor, Law, Medical care, Medical libraries, Medical research, Medicare, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Medicine, Minorities, National Council on Disability, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Labor Relations Board, National Mediation Board, National service, Occupational health and safety, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Old age assistance, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Pensions, Politics and government, Public broadcasting, Quality of care, Railroad Retirement Board, Research centers, Science policy, Social Security Administration, Social services, Special education, Supplemental security income program, Telecommunication, Unemployment insurance, Veterans, Veterans' employment, Welfare
Latest Action: 06/29/2007 - Star Print ordered on the bill. Bill TextAn original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 6/27/2007--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.) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related agencies for FY2008. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, including training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans;[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Aged, Alaska, Armed forces, Authorization, Black colleges, Budgets, Business, Child health, Children, Citizenship education, Colleges, Communications, Community and school, Community development, Compensatory education, Computer literacy, Conferences, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporation directors, Corporation for National and Community Service, Cost effectiveness, Crime prevention, Criminal justice, Curricula, Defense economics, Depressed areas, Disaster relief, Dropouts, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Economic policy, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational accountability, Educational innovations, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Energy, Energy conservation, Engineering, Environmental protection, Evaluation research (Social action programs), Ex-offenders, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Families, Family services, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal-territorial relations, Finance, Financial planning, Financial services, Foster home care, Foundations, Gifts, Government corporations, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Government service contracts, Graduate education, Grandparents, Grievance procedures, Health policy, Higher education, Hispanic Americans, Indian education, Indians, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Inspectors general, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Labor, Law, Leadership, Learning, Literacy programs, Mathematics, Medical care, Medicine, Mental illness, Mentoring, Military base closures, Minorities, Minority education, National service, Nonprofit organizations, Northern Mariana Islands, Parent and child, Parental consent, Parents, Performance measurement, Personal budgets, Policy sciences, Politics and government, Public contracts, Public health, Recidivists, Rehabilitation of criminals, Rural affairs, Rural economic development, Rural health, Salaries, Scholarships, School-age child care, Science policy, Scientific education, Secondary education, Service learning, Social services, State and local government, Student employment, Student loan funds, Summer employment, Technical education, Technology, Transportation, Travel costs, Urban affairs, Urban economic development, Veterans, Veterans' benefits, Volunteer workers, Wages, Welfare, Youth services
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - H.AMDT.967 Amendment (A009) offered by Ms. Sutton. (consideration: CR H1389-1390; text: CR H1389) An amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 110-539 to require the Corporation for National and Community Service to conduct a study to identify specifi Bill TextTo reauthorize and reform the national service laws. 11/1/2007--Reported to House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, or the GIVE Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA) to revise their programs and reauthorize appropriations for them through FY2012. Title I: Amendments to National and Community Service Act of 1990 - Revises under the NSCA: (1) the School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning programs and Higher Education Innovative Programs for Community Service, also known as Learn and Serve programs; (2) National Service Trust programs, also known as AmeriCorps; (3) the Civilian Community Corps Demonstration program; and (4) the Investment for Quality and Innovation program. Subtitle A: Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions) - (Sec. 1101) Adds to NSCA purposes: (1) providing [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Accounting, Aged, Agriculture, Air conditioning, Americans in foreign countries, Appropriations, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Business education, Commercialization, Department of Commerce, Depreciation and amortization, Diesel motor, Economic policy, Energy, Energy prices, Entrepreneurs, Executive departments, Executives, Farmers, Finance, Fisheries, Food, Gasoline, Government contractors, Government lending, Government procurement, Heating, High technology, Income tax, Indexing (Economic policy), Industrial buildings |
