Also tagged in: Agriculture, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Automobile engines, Biomass energy, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Carbon cycle, Carbon dioxide, Cellulose, Coal, Cogeneration of electric power and heat, Continental shelf, Damages, Depreciation and amortization, Diesel motor, Disability retirement, Disabled, Education, Electric appliances, Electric power distribution, Electric power production, Electric vehicles, Elementary and secondary education, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Energy facilities, Environmental protection, Excise tax, Exports, Fuel cells, Gas in submerged lands, Gas industry, Geothermal resources, Government trust funds, Greenhouse gases, Gulf of Mexico, Heat pumps, Home repair and improvement, Housing, Hydroelectric power, Incineration, Income tax, Investment tax credit, Irrigation, Law, Liability for environmental damages, Marine resources, Natural gas, Natural resources, Ocean energy resources, Oil pollution, Oil shales, Oil well drilling, Pensions, Petroleum in submerged lands, Petroleum industry, Petroleum refineries, Public lands, Recycling of waste products, Refuse as fuel, Rural affairs, Rural education, Service stations, Solar energy, Solid wastes, Tankers, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax refunds, Taxation, Trade, Transportation, Trucks, Water pollution, Water resources, Wind power
Latest Action: 09/11/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8392) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for the production of energy, to provide transportation and domestic fuel security, and to provide incentives for energy conservation and energy efficiency, and for other purposes. 9/11/2008--Introduced. Energy Independence and Investment Act of 2008 - Amends and extends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to energy production, transportation and domestic fuel security, energy conservation and efficiency, and nuclear power.Extends through 2011 the tax credit for production of electricity from specified renewable resources, including wind energy, biomass, geothermal energy, refined coal, and hydropower. Includes marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy as a renewable resource for purposes of such tax credit. Extends through 2016 the energy tax credit for solar, fuel cell, and microturbine property and the tax credit for residential energy efficient property. Allows a new investment tax [...] show full description
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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: Accounting, Aged, Armed forces, Budgets, Civil service retirement, Coal, Coal mines and mining, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Defense policy, Demography, Energy, Federal budgets, Finance, Financial statements, Government employees, Government trust funds, Health policy, Insurance premiums, Labor, Medical care, Medical economics, Medicare, Medicine, Military pensions, Miners, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Pensions, Public debt, Railroad retirement plans, Social security, Social security taxes, Transportation, Valuation, Workers' compensation
Latest Action: 11/14/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Bill TextTo amend title 31, United States Code, to require certain additional calculations to be included in the annual financial statement submitted under section 331(e) of that title, and for other purposes. 10/24/2007--Introduced. Truth in Accounting Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to include in the audited financial statement of executive branch accounts of the previous year a calculation of the net present value of the overall fiscal exposures of the U.S. government. Requires such financial statement to include a program-by-program calculation of: (1) the generational imbalance; (2) the fiscal imbalance; and (3) the total amount of the fiscal imbalance plus the public debt. Instructs the President, in preparing the federal budget, to take this financial statement into consideration, including the effect of the overall budget upon: (1) the generational imbalance calculation and the fiscal imbalance calculation; and (2) the net present value of [...] 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, 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, 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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, 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, Older workers, 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: Access to health care, Accounting, Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Advice and consent of the Senate, Aged, Agricultural machinery, Agricultural research, Agriculture, Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alabama, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Alcohol tax, Alcoholic beverages, Alternative energy sources, Ambulatory care, American Samoa, Apartment houses, Apprenticeship, Arkansas, Auctions, Auditing, Authorization, Automobile engines, Aviation fuels, Bank capital, Bank employees, Bank failures, Bank fraud, Bank loans, Banks and banking, Bicycles, Biomass energy, Bonds, Books, Brokers, Budgets, Building construction, Building materials, Business, California, Capital gains tax, Carbon cycle, Carbon dioxide, Cellulose, Charitable contributions, Children, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Civil rights enforcement, Coal, Cogeneration of electric power and heat, Coinsurance, College costs, Community development banking, Commuting, Computers, Conflict of interests, 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Secondary mortgage market, Securities, Securities industry, Securities regulation, Senate rules and procedure, Service stations, Small business, Social security, Social security taxes, Solar energy, Solid wastes, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sports, Sports facilities, Standards, Stock exchanges, Stocks, Storms, Strip mining, Student loan funds, Survivors' benefits, Tankers, Tariff, Tax administration, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax deferral, Tax exclusion, Tax exemption, Tax penalties, Tax preparers, Tax rates, Tax refunds, Tax returns, Tax-deferred compensation plans, Tax-exempt organizations, Taxation, Taxation of foreign income, Teachers, Teaching materials, Technology, Telecommunication, Television industry, Terrorism, Texas, Textbooks, Timber sales, Tornadoes, Trade, Transportation, Travel costs, Trucks, Undercover operations, Unemployment insurance, Unfair labor practices, Urban affairs, Urban economic development, Valuation, Virgin Islands, Washington State, Water 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Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1525, the House moved to agree to the Senate amendments. (consideration: CR H10712-10806) Bill TextA bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. 10/3/2008--Public Law. (There are 6 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on October 1, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Division A: Emergency Economic Stabilization - Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 - Title I: Troubled Assets Relief Program - (Sec. 101) Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to establish the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to purchase troubled assets from any financial [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Coal, Coal mines and mining, Energy, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Families, Labor, Law, Medical care, Medicine, Miners, Pensions, Social Security Administration, Survivors' benefits, Workers' compensation
Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend the Black Lung Benefits Act, and for other purposes. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act, with respect to claims filed on or after the effective date of the Black Lung Benefits Amendments of 1981, to eliminate exceptions to: (1) the applicability of certain provisions regarding rebuttable presumptions; and (2) the prohibition against requiring eligible survivors of a miner determined to be eligible for black lung benefits to file a new claim or refile or otherwise revalidate the miner's claim.
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