All Construction workers Legislation - Federal Government
H.R.6947 - Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 09/18/2008 - The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 110-862, by Mr. Price (NC). Bill Text Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 9/18/2008--Reported to House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 - Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2009 for executive management, analysis and operations, and the Offices of the Secretary, the Under Secretary for Management, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer, the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, and the Inspector General.Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes appropriations for FY2009 for: (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for automation modernization, customs and border protection fencing, infrastructure, and technology (with obligations subject to the DHS Secretary [...] show full description Comment on Bill H.R.5931 - To ensure appropriate implementation and oversight of the realignment of military installations and the relocation of military personnel on Guam, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 05/23/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. Bill Text To ensure appropriate implementation and oversight of the realignment of military installations and the relocation of military personnel on Guam, and for other purposes. 4/30/2008--Introduced. Joint Guam Projects Oversight Act - Establishes the Guam Defense Policy Review Initiative Account to carry out transactions in connection with the realignment and relocation of military personnel on Guam. Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to: (1) the use of special purpose entities for military housing related to such realignment and relocation; and (2) federal assistance to Guam for infrastructure development and other needs in connection with the realignment and relocation. Requires a report from the: (1) Comptroller General concerning interagency requirements related to such realignment and relocation; and (2) Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General addressing potential waste and fraud associated with the realignment of military forces on Guam. Outlines [...] show full description H.R.5815 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a comprehensive national system for skilled construction workers to assist first responders in disasters.
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Bill Text To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a comprehensive national system for skilled construction workers to assist first responders in disasters. 4/16/2008--Introduced. Skilled Trades Second Responders Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish a national program for the training, certification, registration, tracking, and integration of skilled construction workers to assist first responders in responding to disasters, including natural and manmade disasters and terrorist attacks. Requires the Director to coordinate and consult with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), other relevant agencies, and private organizations, including construction industry contractors, joint labor-management training funds, and building trade unions, that are experienced in providing rescue and recovery assistance [...] show full description H.R.5401 - To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy improvements at public school facilities, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill Text To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy improvements at public school facilities, and for other purposes. 2/12/2008--Introduced. Grants for Renewable and Energy Efficiency Needs School Improvement Act or the GREEN School Improvement Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to allocate funds to states to provide competitive grants to local educational agencies and eligible entities to make energy improvements to schools that result in a direct reduction in school energy costs, an improvement in teacher and student health, or the installation of renewable energy technologies. Requires a priority to be given to high-need local agencies and local agencies designated with a specified metrocentric locale codes.Sets forth grant application requirements, including a needs assessment for the schools involved and a description of the benefits and costs of the energy improvements to be made. Authorizes [...] show full description H.R.5351 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill Text To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation. 2/27/2008--Passed House 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.)Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to renewable energy sources and energy conservation. Title I: Production Incentives - (Sec. 101) Extends through 2011 the tax credit for the production of electricity from renewable resources (e.g., wind, closed and open-loop biomass, geothermal energy, small irrigation power, municipal solid waste, and qualified hydropower). Imposes a limit on such tax credit based upon investment in renewable resource facilities placed in service after 2009 in lieu of the current phaseout provisions for [...] show full description S.2524 - A bill to improve the enforcement of the Davis-Bacon Act.
Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill Text A bill to improve the enforcement of the Davis-Bacon Act. 12/19/2007--Introduced.
Davis-Bacon Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends the Davis-Bacon Act to require that any provisions of federal law that require payment of prevailing wages be construed to include the Act's debarment requirements (prohibiting for three years any award of federal contracts to persons or related firms, corporations, partnerships, or associations listed by the Comptroller General as having disregarded their obligations to employees and subcontractors under the Act). Requires each federal agency to make available to the public the complete payroll records (including all information in them except Social Security numbers) established under contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act. Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill Text To improve the enforcement of Davis-Bacon Act. 12/19/2007--Introduced.
Davis-Bacon Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends the Davis-Bacon Act to require that any provisions of federal law that require payment of prevailing wages be construed to include the Act's debarment requirements (prohibiting for three years any award of federal contracts to persons or related firms, corporations, partnerships, or associations listed by the Comptroller General as having disregarded their obligations to employees and subcontractors under the Act). Requires each federal agency to make available to the public the complete payroll records (including all information in them except Social Security numbers) established under contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act. S.2515 - A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a comprehensive national system for skilled construction workers to assist first responders in disasters.
Latest Action: 12/18/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill Text A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a comprehensive national system for skilled construction workers to assist first responders in disasters. 12/18/2007--Introduced. Skilled Trades Second Responders Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish a national program for the training, certification, registration, tracking, and integration of skilled construction workers to assist first responders in responding to disasters, including natural and manmade disasters and terrorist attacks.Requires the Director to coordinate and consult with the Department of Homeland Security, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), other relevant agencies, and private organizations, including construction industry contractors, joint labor-management training funds, and building trade unions, that are experienced in providing rescue and recovery assistance [...] show full description H.R.4773 - To authorize the Department of Energy to make grants to carry out renewable energy projects, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 12/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill Text To authorize the Department of Energy to make grants to carry out renewable energy projects, and for other purposes. 12/17/2007--Introduced.
Renewable and Hydroelectric Energy for Alaska's Tomorrow Act (the Renewable HEAT Act) - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to make grants to implement renewable energy projects that generate electricity from solar, wind, geothermal, or ocean energy, or biomass, landfill gas, or Alaska small hydroelectric power. H.R.4048 - To establish the Gulf Coast Recovery Authority to administer a Gulf Coast Civic Works Project to provide job-training opportunities and increase employment to aid in the recovery of the Gulf Coast region.
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Bill Text To establish the Gulf Coast Recovery Authority to administer a Gulf Coast Civic Works Project to provide job-training opportunities and increase employment to aid in the recovery of the Gulf Coast region. 11/1/2007--Introduced. Gulf Coast Civic Works Act - Establishes the Gulf Coast Recovery Authority (Corporation). Requires the Corporation to: (1) administer a Gulf Coast Civic Works Project that employs a minimum of 100,000 Gulf Coast region residents and evacuees for public works projects to rebuild, sustain, and develop the Gulf Coast region; (2) establish job training programs and apprenticeships to recruit and train qualified workers, including from the Gulf Coast region, for specific vacancies in recovery, rebuilding, and development projects; and (3) ensure that all workers are paid wages at not less than the prevailing locality rate (Davis-Bacon Act). Authorizes the Corporation to provide grants to Gulf Coast region residents that possess certain skills [...] show full description H.R.3400 - To fund capital projects of State and local governments, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 08/04/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Bill Text To fund capital projects of State and local governments, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Introduced.
Rebuilding America's Infrastructure - Establishes the Federal Bank for Infrastructure Modernization. Authorizes the Bank to make loans to any state, local government, Indian tribe, and regional or multistate organization for the development of certain transportation- and educational- and water and hazardous treatment-related capital infrastructure facility projects. Sets forth specified requirements with respect to: (1) loan and borrower eligibility; and (2) compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Buy American Act, and the Davis-Bacon Act (wages) as they relate to the development of such projects. H.R.3412 - To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act.
Latest Action: 09/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill Text To repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act. 8/3/2007--Introduced.
Davis-Bacon Repeal Act - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works). H.R.3310 - To amend the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income people.
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. Bill Text To amend the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income people. 8/1/2007--Introduced. Earning and Living Opportunities Act - Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to set forth as a condition of federal housing and community development assistance that: (1) a public or Indian housing agency or contractor shall require that at least 20% of employee hours be performed by low- or very low-income persons; and (2) a recipient of assistance for housing rehabilitation, construction, or other public construction projects and their contractors shall require that at least 20% of new employee hours be performed by low- or very low-income persons. Directs the Secretary to require a public or Indian housing agency and other recipients of federal housing and community development assistance to: (1) establish a section 3 committee of interested parties to oversee all aspects of compliance with section [...] show full description H.R.3241 - To clarify the amount of loans to be guaranteed under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 08/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Bill Text To clarify the amount of loans to be guaranteed under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Reported to House without amendment, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to: (1) prohibit loan guarantees for innovative technologies from being less than the minimum amount determined by the Secretary of Energy to be likely to attract nonguaranteed investment adequate to capitalize the project; (2) authorize the Secretary to guarantee up to 100 % of any debt obligation of the borrower to fund an eligible project; and (3) prohibit the Secretary from issuing a rule or regulation establishing a lower percentage limit. Conditions such loan guarantee upon reasonable assurances by the borrower that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors [...] show full description H.R.3220 - Moving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure.
Latest Action: 09/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Bill Text Moving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure. 7/30/2007--Introduced. New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act - Incorporates various legislative initiatives for energy conservation, independence, and security.Green Jobs Act of 2007 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program; (2) collect and analyze labor market data to track workforce trends resulting from energy-related initiatives under this Act; and (3) award National Energy Training Partnerships Grants to community based nonprofit organizations to carry out training programs that lead to economic self-sufficiency and develop an [...] show full description H.R.3221 - A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.
Latest Action: 09/27/2008 - Hearings Held by Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Prior to Introduction and Referral (05/15/2007).. Bill Text A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. 7/30/2008--Public Law. (There are 4 other summaries) Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 - Division A: Housing Finance Reform - Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008 - Title I: Reform of Regulation of Enterprises - Subtitle A: Improvement of Safety and Soundness Supervision - (Sec. 1101) Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to replace the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (Agency), headed by a Director with regulatory authority over: (1) the Office of Finance; (2) the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs); (3) the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae); and (4) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are referred to jointly as the enterprises.) [...] show full description |
