Also tagged in: Aged, Agricultural colleges, Agricultural extension work, Agriculture, Air pollution, Block grants, Budgets, Building construction, Building laws, Building materials, Carbon monoxide, Child health, Children, Communications, Community development, Consumer education, Consumer goods, Consumers, Disaster relief, Education, Emergency housing, Emergency management, Energy, Energy assistance for the poor, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Environmental health, Environmental monitoring, Environmental protection, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to housing, Government information, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Health surveys, Higher education, Home ownership, Home repair and improvement, Housing, Housing for the aged, Indoor air pollution, Infrastructure, Integrated pest management, Labeling, Lead, Lead poisoning, Low-income housing, Medical care, Medical research, Medical statistics, Medicine, Preventive medicine, Public service advertising, Residential rehabilitation, Rural affairs, Rural housing, Science policy, State and local government, Welfare
Latest Action: 09/29/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10074-10075) Bill Text
A bill to improve research on health hazards in housing, to enhance the capacity of programs to reduce such hazards, to require outreach, and for other purposes.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Apartment houses, Blood, Child safety, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Hazardous substances, Housing, Housing subsidies, Law, Lead, Lead poisoning, Medical care, Medicine, Residential rehabilitation
Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA bill to amend the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to define environmental intervention blood lead level, and for other purposes. 9/26/2008--Introduced. Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2008 - Amends the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, with respect to lead-based paint hazards in housing, to set the environmental intervention blood lead level as equal to the lower of: (1) ten micrograms of lead per deciliter; or (2) the elevated blood lead level of concern for a child under six years of age recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to amend related regulations to comply with this Act within 90 days. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the status of the Department of Housing and Urban Development "Big Buy" program, and any other voluntary programs the Secretary has implemented or has planned to implement, through [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/26/2008 - Committee on Environment and Public Works. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Boxer. With written report No. 110-515. Additional views filed. Bill Text
An original bill to protect pregnant women and children from dangerous lead exposures.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Child health, Children, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Epidemiology, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Hazardous substances, Law, Lead, Lead poisoning, Medical care, Medicine, Pregnant women, Standards, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 09/16/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill Text
A bill to protect pregnant women and children from dangerous lead exposures.
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Air pollution, Asthma, Budgets, Business, Career education, Climate change, Curricula, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Environmental education, Environmental justice, Environmental protection, Federal aid to education, Food, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste sites, Hazardous wastes, Landfills, Lead poisoning, Medical care, Medicine, Mentoring, Natural resources, Organic farming, Pollution, Public-private partnerships, Secondary education, Service learning, Solid wastes, Sustainable agriculture, Urban affairs, Urban education, Welfare
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Bill TextTo enhance environmental justice education in middle and high schools that serve disadvantaged students. 4/24/2008--Introduced. Getting Youth Re-invested in Environmental Education Now Act, or the GREEN Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and local educational agencies for the development of environmental justice curricula and co-op programs for middle and high school students at schools: (1) receiving school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (2) located in urban communities that may be disproportionately affected by climate change, pollution, and other environmental issues. Requires co-op programs to: (1) link students with career opportunities in the environmental field; (2) allow students to earn course or service learning credits during the summer through experiential learning; and (3) provide students with mentors to assist them in building the skills necessary [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 08/31/2008 - Cleared for White House. Bill TextTo establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 8/14/2008--Public Law. (There are 4 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on July 29, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 - Title I: Children's Product Safety - (Sec. 101) Treats as a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) any children's product (a consumer product designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger) containing more than specified amounts of lead. Allows alternate limits if the specified limits are not technologically feasible. Requires periodic review and, when technologically feasible, more stringent limits. Makes the limits inapplicable to any component that [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Aged, Authorization, Blood tests, Budgets, Child health, Children, Energy, Energy assistance for the poor, Energy conservation, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Federal advisory bodies, Government information, Government publicity, Hazardous substances, Health education, Health policy, Housing, Housing for the aged, Housing for the disabled, Income tax, Lead, Lead poisoning, Low-income housing, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical screening, Medical tests, Medicine, Minorities, Minority health, Pregnant women, Risk, Strategic planning, Tax credits, Taxation, Welfare, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 10/25/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13456-13457) Bill TextA bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out demonstration projects and outreach programs for the identification and abatement of lead hazards, to establish the Joint Task Force on Lead-Based Hazards and the Task Force on Children's Environmental Health and Safety, to strengthen the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes. 10/25/2007--Introduced. Lead Elimination, Abatement, and Poisoning Prevention Act of 2007 or the LEAPP Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out demonstration projects and outreach programs for the identification and abatement of lead hazards.Requires the Secretary, in conjunction with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to establish the Joint Task Force on Lead-Based Hazards.Requires the President, in conjunction with the Administrator, to establish the [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Child safety, Children, Costs, Government information, Government paperwork, Hazardous substances, Home repair and improvement, Housing, Income tax, Lead, Natural resources, Tax credits, Tax returns, Taxation
Latest Action: 10/22/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2195) Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards. 10/22/2007--Introduced. Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50 percent of the costs of reducing lead hazards in U.S. homes built before 1960 in which certain low-income children less than six years of age and women of child-bearing age reside. Allows a maximum credit of $3,000 for lead abatement costs and $1,000 for the cost of interim lead control measures.
Also tagged in: Accident prevention, Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Advertising, Air pollution, All terrain vehicles, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Business records, Carbon monoxide, Child health, Child safety, Children, Cigarettes, Communications, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Congressional witnesses, Consumer education, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer protection, Consumers, Cost effectiveness, Criminal justice, Customs administration, Death, Defective products, Electric batteries, Electronics, Energy, Engines, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Export controls, Federal employees, Federal preemption, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Flammable materials, Forfeiture, Furniture industry, Gasoline, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Home repair and improvement, Housing, Import restrictions, Independent regulatory commissions, Inspectors general, Internet, Labeling, Laboratories, Law, Lead, Legislation, Manufacturing industries, Minorities, Minority health, Motor vehicle safety, Nanotechnology, Northwestern States, Packaging, Parties to actions, Poisons, Politics and government, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Preventive medicine, Product safety, Professional education, Recidivists, Retail trade, Science policy, Standards, State and local government, State laws, Storms, Surety and fidelity, Technology, Telecommunication, Test facilities, Textile fabrics, Toys, Trade, Traffic accidents and safety, Transportation, Waste in government spending, Web sites, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - By Senator Inouye from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 110-265. Bill TextA bill to reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children's products, to improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, to improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs, and for other purposes. 12/5/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) CPSC Reform Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to authorize appropriations: (1) to carry out the Act; (2) for the office of Inspector General; (3) to make capital improvements to the research, development, and testing facility of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); and (4) for research into safety issues related to the use of nanotechnology in consumer products.(Sec. 4) Requires the CPSC, subject to the availability of appropriations, to increase by at least 500 the number of its full time employees and by at least 50 the number of its port of entry and overseas production facility inspectors.[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Blood, Child safety, Children, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Hazardous substances, Housing, Law, Lead, Lead poisoning, Medical care, Medicine, Residential rehabilitation
Latest Action: 05/14/2008 - Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Bill TextTo amend the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to define environmental intervention blood lead level. 8/3/2007--Introduced. Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2007 - Amends the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to set the environmental intervention blood lead level for a confirmed concentration of lead in whole blood as equal to or greater than ten micrograms of lead per deciliter for a single test, for purposes of provisions concerning lead-based paint hazards in housing. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to amend relevant regulations to comply with this Act within 90 days.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Child health, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Contractors, Day care, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Employee training, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Executive departments, Federal aid to education, Government contractors, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Job training, Law, Lead poisoning, Licenses, Maintenance and repair, Medical care, Medicine, Preschool education, Public contracts, School buildings, Standards
Latest Action: 07/19/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1567) Bill TextTo amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to assess and reduce the levels of lead found in child-occupied facilities in the United States, and for other purposes. 7/18/2007--Introduced. Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2007 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to establish a Select Group on Lead Exposure. Requires the Group to: (1) conduct a study of state, tribal, and local programs to protect children from exposure to lead at child-occupied facilities constructed before January 1, 1978; (2) develop baseline standards such programs must meet to receive a grant under this Act; and (3) develop a model program to protect children from exposure to lead at such facilities that can be adopted by state, local, and tribal governments. Requires the model program to meet or exceed standards that require facilities to be notified as soon as practicable after a child is diagnosed with lead poisoning and to be tested for the presence of lead upon receiving such notification.[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Child health, Children, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Contractors, Day care, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Employee training, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Executive departments, Federal aid to education, Government contractors, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Job training, Law, Lead poisoning, Licenses, Maintenance and repair, Medical care, Medicine, Preschool education, Public contracts, School buildings, Standards
Latest Action: 07/18/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextA bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to assess and reduce the levels of lead found in child-occupied facilities in the United States, and for other purposes. 7/18/2007--Introduced. Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2007 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to establish a Select Group on Lead Exposure. Requires the Group to: (1) conduct a study of state, tribal, and local programs to protect children from exposure to lead at child-occupied facilities constructed before January 1, 1978; (2) develop baseline standards such programs must meet to receive a grant under this Act; and (3) develop a model program to protect children from exposure to lead at such facilities that can be adopted by state, local, and tribal governments. Requires the model program to meet or exceed standards that require facilities to be notified as soon as practicable after a child is diagnosed with lead poisoning and to be tested for the presence of lead upon receiving such notification.[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Child safety, Children, Costs, Government information, Government paperwork, Hazardous substances, Home repair and improvement, Housing, Income tax, Lead, Natural resources, Tax credits, Tax returns, Taxation
Latest Action: 07/17/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 7/18/2007 S9472) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards. 7/17/2007--Introduced. Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50 percent of the costs of reducing lead hazards in U.S. homes built before 1960 in which certain low-income children less than six years of age and women of child-bearing age reside. Allows a maximum credit of $3,000 for lead abatement costs and $1,000 for the cost of interim lead control measures.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Air pollution control, Alabama, Alternative energy sources, Appropriations, Architecture and the disabled, Asbestos, Authorization, Bicycles, Biomass energy, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Buy American, Carbon dioxide, Charter schools, Child health, Child safety, Children, Class size, Competitive bidding, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction industries, Construction workers, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Data banks, Department of Education, Disabled, Economic assistance, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational technology, Electronic government information, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Emergency management, Emissions trading, Employee selection, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy conservation in buildings, Energy efficiency, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to Indians, Foreign aid, Fungi, Geothermal resources, Government contractors, Government information, Government lending, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Hazardous substances, Hurricanes, Identification of criminals, Illegal aliens, Immigrant education, Immigration, Indian education, Indians, Indoor air pollution, Iron, Iron and steel industry, Labor, Lead, Louisiana, Maintenance and repair, Marshall Islands, Medical care, Medicine, Micronesia, Minimum wages, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Mississippi, Occupational health and safety, Oceania, Pedestrians, Polychlorinated biphenyls, Poor children, Public contracts, Revolving funds, School buildings, School districts, School libraries, Science policy, Scientific education, Secondary education, Security measures, Small business, Solar energy, Standards, Steel, Subcontractors, Teachers, Technical education, Technology, Telecommunication, Trade, Transportation, Wages, Welfare, Wind power, Women, Women in business, Wood
Latest Action: 08/01/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, and for other purposes. 6/4/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act - Title I: Grants for Modernization, Renovation, or Repair of School Facilities - (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including public charter schools, to make them safe, healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date. Allocates grant funds among states on the basis of the relative portion of school improvement funds provided to local educational agencies (LEAs) in each state under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Reserves 1% of the grant funds for assistance to outlying areas and Indian [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 12/26/2007 - Signed by President. Bill TextMaking appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 12/26/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 - Division A: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2008 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) Homeland Security Staff; (6) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (7) Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (8) Office of the Assistant Secretary for [...] show full description
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