All Information services Legislation - Federal Government
H.RES.985 - Expressing support for the designation of March 7 as National Information and Referral Services Day.
Latest Action: 02/13/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill Text Expressing support for the designation of March 7 as National Information and Referral Services Day. 2/13/2008--Introduced.
Supports designation of a National Information and Referral Services Day (March 7). Comment on Bill H.R.4791 - To amend title 44, United States Code, to strengthen requirements for ensuring the effectiveness of information security controls over information resources that support Federal operations and assets, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 06/04/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill Text To amend title 44, United States Code, to strengthen requirements for ensuring the effectiveness of information security controls over information resources that support Federal operations and assets, and for other purposes. 6/3/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Federal Agency Data Protection Act - (Sec. 3) Defines "personally identifiable information" as any information about an individual maintained by a federal agency, including information about the individual's education, finances, medical, criminal, or employment history, that can be used to distinguish or trace such individual's identity or that is otherwise linked or linkable to the individual. (Sec. 4) Includes within the information security duties of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): (1) reviewing agency information security programs, including plans and schedules, developed on the basis of priorities for addressing levels of [...] show full description H.R.4045 - To award competitive grants to minority serving institutions to establish centers of excellence for teacher education.
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Bill Text To award competitive grants to minority serving institutions to establish centers of excellence for teacher education. 11/1/2007--Introduced. Improving Teacher Diversity Act - Amends title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants for States and Partnerships) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to certain minority-serving institutions of higher education (IHEs), or partnerships between such IHEs and other IHEs, to establish centers of excellence for teacher education. Requires the use of such grants to ensure that current and future teachers are highly qualified by: (1) reforming teacher preparation programs so that teachers are able to understand scientifically-based research and use advanced technology effectively in the classroom; (2) providing preservice clinical experience and mentoring to prospective teachers, and increased interaction between IHE faculty and new and experienced elementary and secondary [...] show full description S.2173 - A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education.
Latest Action: 10/17/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12990-12991) Bill Text A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education. 10/17/2007--Introduced. Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act or the FIT Kids Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require annual state and local educational agency report cards to include specified information on school health and physical education programs. Includes the promotion of healthy, active lifestyles by students within ESEA grant programs that support school counseling, smaller learning communities, community learning centers, and parental involvement in their childrens' education. Revises the professional development program for teachers and principals to include training for physical and health education teachers, and training on improving students' health habits and participation in physical activities. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to fund a study by the National Academy of [...] show full description H.R.3846 - To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and law-abiding lives.
Latest Action: 11/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill Text To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and law-abiding lives. 10/16/2007--Introduced. Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act or the Youth PROMISE Act - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish a PROMISE Advisory Panel to assist the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in: (1) assessing and developing standards and evidence-based practices to prevent juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity; and (2) collecting data in designated geographic areas to assess the needs and existing resources for juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention. Authorizes the Administrator [...] show full description H.RES.732 - Designating the third week of October as "National Estate Planning Awareness Week".
Latest Action: 07/16/2008 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Bill Text Designating the third week of October as "National Estate Planning Awareness Week". 10/10/2007--Introduced.
Encourages the distribution of estate planning information by professionals to all Americans. Supports the designation of a National Estate Planning Awareness Week (third week of October). S.2117 - A bill to encourage the development of research-proven programs funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Latest Action: 09/28/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill Text A bill to encourage the development of research-proven programs funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 9/28/2007--Introduced.
Education Research & Development To Improve Achievement Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to research and development entities to develop, evaluate, and encourage the replication of innovations in core activities under title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Act, including: (1) instruction in mathematics, reading or language arts, and science; (2) school improvement and restructuring; (3) supplemental educational services; and (4) the Reading First program. H.R.3257 - To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education.
Latest Action: 09/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Bill Text To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education. 7/31/2007--Introduced. Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids Act or the FIT Kids Act - Requires state accountability systems, required under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), to measure not only student academic progress, but their progress toward a national goal of 150 minutes of weekly physical education in elementary school and 225 minutes of weekly physical education in middle and high schools. Amends the ESEA to require annual state and local educational agency report cards to include specified information on school health and physical education programs. Includes the promotion of healthy, active lifestyles by students within ESEA grant programs that support school counseling, safe and drug-free schools and communities, smaller learning communities, community learning centers, parental involvement in their [...] show full description H.R.2783 - To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for mass transportation services that provide temporary substitute highway traffic service as a result of an emergency.
Latest Action: 06/20/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill Text To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for mass transportation services that provide temporary substitute highway traffic service as a result of an emergency. 6/19/2007--Introduced.
Amends emergency relief fund provisions providing for the repair of highways, roads, and trails damaged as a result of a natural disaster to authorize on or after April 29, 2007, the expenditure of fund amounts for additional mass transportation services, including the operation of traveler information services, provided as temporary substitute highway traffic services on federal-aid highways during a natural disaster emergency. H.R.2219 - To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award a grant to a private, nonprofit entity to establish, publicize, and operate a national toll-free suicide prevention telephone hotline targeted to and staffed by veterans of the Armed Forces.
Latest Action: 06/14/2007 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill Text To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award a grant to a private, nonprofit entity to establish, publicize, and operate a national toll-free suicide prevention telephone hotline targeted to and staffed by veterans of the Armed Forces. 5/8/2007--Introduced.
Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award a grant of not more than three years in duration to an eligible entity to establish, publicize, and operate a national toll-free telephone number to serve as a suicide prevention hotline targeted to and staffed predominately by veterans. H.R.2188 - To establish kinship navigator programs, to establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 09/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill Text To establish kinship navigator programs, to establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes. 5/7/2007--Introduced. Kinship Caregiver Support Act - Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible entities to pay for the federal share of the cost of carrying out kinship navigator programs. Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize all states to opt to enter agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as foster parents and have committed to care for on a permanent basis. Provides that adoptive parents of children with special needs remain eligible for adoption assistance, even if they receive kinship guardianship [...] show full description S.661 - A bill to establish kinship navigator programs, to establish guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 02/16/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2171-2172) Bill Text A bill to establish kinship navigator programs, to establish guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Kinship Caregiver Support Act - Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants for kinship navigator programs to state agencies, metropolitan agencies, or tribal organizations with experience in addressing needs of kinship caregivers or children and connecting them with services and assistance.Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize all states to opt to enter agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as foster parents and have committed to care for on a permanent basis. Allows states to use part E funds to [...] show full description H.R.940 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the use of interstate commerce for suicide promotion.
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill Text To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the use of interstate commerce for suicide promotion. 2/8/2007--Introduced.
Suzanne Gonzales Suicide Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce to teach a person how to commit suicide, or to provide such person with material support or resources in committing suicide, knowing such person is likely to use such assistance to commit suicide. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of not more than five years for violations. Increases the prison term to any number of years or life if a violation results in a death. H.R.958 - To protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach.
Latest Action: 02/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Bill Text To protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach. 2/8/2007--Introduced. Data Accountability and Trust Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC) to promulgate regulations requiring each person engaged in interstate commerce that owns or possesses electronic data containing personal information to establish security policies and procedures. Authorizes the FTC to require a standard method or methods for destroying obsolete nonelectronic data. Requires information brokers to submit their security policies to the FTC in conjunction with a security breach notification or on FTC request. Requires the FTC to conduct or require an audit of security practices when information brokers are required to provide notification of such a breach. Authorizes additional audits after a breach. Requires information [...] show full description S.379 - A bill to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care.
Latest Action: 01/24/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill Text A bill to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care. 1/24/2007--Introduced. Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2007 - Amends title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to states to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using networks of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care. Authorizes a grant award directly to a political subdivision if the subdivision serves a substantial number of foster care youth. Prescribes program implementation guidelines, including: (1) application requirements; (2) training; (3) screening; (4) educational requirements; (5) federal and nonfederal share of funds for the program; (6) considerations in awarding grants; and (7) use of funds. Sets forth a [...] show full description S.211 - A bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services. volunteer services, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 01/09/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S286) Bill Text A bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services. volunteer services, and for other purposes. 1/9/2007--Introduced. Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to each state to carry out a program for making available throughout that state the 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services. Requires a participating state to ensure that at least 50% of the resources of the program funded by the grant will be derived from other sources. Requires a state seeking a grant to carry out its activities through a lead entity to be known as a 2-1-1 Collaborative. Requires grant amounts to be used solely to make available to a state 2-1-1 telephone service for community information and referral on human services to all citizens of that state with phone access, including telephone connections between families and individuals seeking [...] show full description H.R.275 - To promote freedom of expression on the Internet, to protect United States businesses from coercion to participate in repression by authoritarian foreign governments, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 02/22/2008 - Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged. Bill Text To promote freedom of expression on the Internet, to protect United States businesses from coercion to participate in repression by authoritarian foreign governments, and for other purposes. 12/10/2007--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) Global Online Freedom Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Defines, for this Act, "United States business" to mean: (1) a company with its principal place of business in the United States or that is organized under the U.S. or state laws; (2) any issuer of a security registered under specified provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (3) any foreign subsidiary of such entities to the extent such entity controls the voting shares or other equities of the foreign subsidiary or authorizes, directs, controls, or participates in acts carried out by the foreign subsidiary that are prohibited by this Act. Title I: Promotion of Global Internet Freedom - (Sec. 101) Declares [...] show full description H.R.157 - To require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study on the potential fuel savings from intelligent transportation systems that help businesses and consumers to plan their travel and avoid delays.
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill Text To require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study on the potential fuel savings from intelligent transportation systems that help businesses and consumers to plan their travel and avoid delays. 1/4/2007--Introduced.
Fuel Savings, Smarter Travel, and Efficient Roadways Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on the potential fuel savings from intelligent transportation systems that help businesses and consumers to plan their travel and avoid delays. H.R.211 - To facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services, including volunteer services, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill Text To facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services, including volunteer services, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to each state to carry out a program for making available throughout that state the 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services. Requires a participating state to ensure that at least 50% of the resources of the program funded by the grant will be derived from other sources. Requires a state seeking a grant to carry out its activities through a lead entity to be known as a 2-1-1 Collaborative. Requires grant amounts to be used solely to make available to a state 2-1-1 telephone service for community information and referral on human services to all citizens of that state with phone access, including telephone connections between families and individuals [...] show full description |
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