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| 110-hr-7331 | 110 | hr | 7331 | Save America's Cities Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-12-10 | 2008-12-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] | PA | D | B001227 | 0 | Save America's Cities Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to each local government having jurisdiction under state law over an area having a population of 1 million or more an amount of the appropriations under this Act (proportional to the population of the area) to improve public safety, clean and maintain streets, and preserve services benefitting children and youth, as otherwise authorized by state and local law. | 2019-11-15T21:13:19Z | |
| 110-sjres-46 | 110 | sjres | 46 | A joint resolution ensuring that the compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of Secretary of State are those which were in effect on January 1, 2007. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-12-10 | 2008-12-19 | Became Public Law No: 110-455. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) States that the compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of Secretary of State shall be those in effect January 1, 2007, notwithstanding any increase in such compensation or emoluments after that date under any provision of law or provision which has the force and effect of law, that is enacted or becomes effective during the period beginning at noon of January 3, 2007, and ending at noon of January 3, 2013. States that: (1) any person aggrieved by an action of the Secretary may bring a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (under a three-judge panel) to contest the constitutionality of the appointment and continuance in office of the Secretary on the ground that such appointment and continuance in office is in violation of article I, section 6, clause 2, of the Constitution; (2) the Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such action; and (3) an appeal may be taken directly to the U.S. Supreme Court from any interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order upon the validity of the appointment and continuance in office of the Secretary under article I, section 6, clause 2, of the Constitution, entered in any action brought under this resolution. Makes this resolution effective at noon of January 20, 2009. | 2023-11-13T20:14:08Z | |
| 110-hr-7313 | 110 | hr | 7313 | To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-12-09 | 2008-12-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] | NY | R | M000472 | 1 | Requires government contributions for health benefits for an individual who first becomes an annuitant by reason of retirement from employment with the United States Postal Service on or after July 1, 1971, or for a survivor of such an individual or of an individual who died on or after that date while employed by the Postal Service, to be paid first from the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund up to the amount contained in the Fund, with any remaining amount paid by the Postal Service (current law requires such contributions to be paid by the Postal Service through September 30, 2016). | 2022-02-03T05:17:12Z | |
| 110-s-3722 | 110 | s | 3722 | Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-12-08 | 2008-12-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require any voting system other than one using paper ballots personally marked by the voter to permit independent verification of cast ballots by various specified means, including paper or electronic. Requires each state to conduct an audit of every federal election to ensure that each certificate of election is justified by the vote totals. Directs the Federal Election Commission to establish an Audit Guidelines Development Task Force to assist the Commission in developing model audit guidelines. Prescribes election security requirements for voting systems, including: (1) chain of custody protocols; (2) disclosure of election-dedicated software; and (3) minimum state standards to ensure the integrity of the voting process and education and training of poll workers. Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish a Voting System Software Review Committee which, upon request by the Commission or a state's chief election official, shall review voting system software that has not been certified by the Commission. Establishes accreditation requirements for laboratories involved in testing of voting system hardware and software. Directs the Commission to establish the Election Assistance Commission Voting System Testing Revolving Fund for payments to accredited laboratories for testing of such hardware and software. Requires the Commission to make grants for: (1) development and testing of new voting systems, technologies, and innovations to meet independent verification requirements under this Act; and (2) pilot programs for such testing. Directs the Commission to establish a task force to study and develop recommendations regarding the appropriate level of funding for requirements payments. Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to prohibit state refusal to accept voter registration and absentee ballot applications and federal write-in absentee ballots for failure to … | 2022-02-03T05:09:49Z | |
| 110-hr-7296 | 110 | hr | 7296 | Midnight Rule Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-11-20 | 2008-11-20 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 7 | Midnight Rule Act - Amends federal civil service law to provide that a midnight rule (i.e., a rule adopted by an agency within the final 90 days a President serves in office) shall not take effect until 90 days after the agency head is appointed by the new President. Makes exceptions if the President serving his final term makes a determination by executive order, and submits written notice to Congress, that the rule should take effect because it is: (1) necessary because of an imminent threat to health or safety or other emergency; (2) necessary for the enforcement of criminal laws; (3) necessary for national security; or (4) issued pursuant to any statute implementing an international trade agreement.Provides that an exercise by the President of such authority shall have no effect on existing provisions governing congressional disapproval of agency rules.Authorizes the agency head appointed by the new President to disapprove of a midnight rule (by publishing a statement of disapproval in the Federal Register and sending a notice of disapproval to the congressional committees of jurisdiction) no later than 90 days after being appointed.Makes this Act applicable to any rule adopted on or after October 22, 2008. | 2018-11-21T20:29:37Z | |
| 110-hres-1531 | 110 | hres | 1531 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States should not issue pardons to senior members of his administration during the final 90 days of his term of office. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-11-20 | 2008-11-20 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 9 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) President George W. Bush should not grant preemptive pardons to senior officials of his Administration for acts they may have taken in the course of their official duties; (2) a special investigative commission or Select Committee should be tasked with investigating possible illegal activities by such senior Administration officials, including any abuse of the President's pardon power; and (3) the next Attorney General should appoint an independent counsel to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute illegal acts by senior Administration officials. | 2018-11-21T20:29:37Z | |
| 110-hr-7281 | 110 | hr | 7281 | Critical Election Infrastructure Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-11-19 | 2008-11-19 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] | FL | D | H000324 | 1 | Critical Election Infrastructure Act of 2008 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to make grants to eligible states to carry out election administration improvement plans to promote efficiency and fairness in the operation of polling places in federal elections (including early voting sites), which may include: (1) acquisition of additional voting systems and equipment; (2) improved training of election administration officials; and (3) allocation of additional election administration officials to polling places serving greater numbers of voters. | 2017-12-14T21:40:24Z | |
| 110-hr-7291 | 110 | hr | 7291 | To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and construct a facility on the campus of Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia to serve as the headquarters for the United States Coast Guard. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-11-19 | 2008-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and construct a facility on the campus of Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia to serve as the headquarters for the United States Coast Guard. | 2021-04-20T12:15:33Z | |
| 110-hr-7254 | 110 | hr | 7254 | To prohibit government-sponsored enterprises from making lobbying expenditures, political contributions, or other certain contributions. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-10-03 | 2008-10-03 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45] | CA | R | B001228 | 0 | Prohibits the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and their affiliates from making: (1) lobbying expenditures; (2) political contributions; or (3) contributions to any nonprofit tax-exempt organization.Declares that violating this Act shall constitute violation of federal law limiting the use of appropriated funds to influence certain federal contracting and financial transactions (thus, imposing the same penalties). | 2019-11-15T20:56:29Z | |
| 110-hr-7256 | 110 | hr | 7256 | Federal Agency Environmental Procurement Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-10-03 | 2008-10-03 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50] | CA | R | B000461 | 0 | Federal Agency Environmental Procurement Act - Directs the head of each agency to ensure that: (1) when procuring a consumer electronic or information technology product, the agency meets at least 95% of the agency's requirements with an Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)-registered product, unless there is no EPEAT standard for such product; (2) the Energy Star feature is enabled on agency computers and monitors; and (3) the agency establishes and implements policies to extend the useful life of agency electronic equipment; and (4) the agency uses environmentally sound practices with respect to disposition of electronic equipment that has reached the end of its useful life.Excludes the Government Accountability Office (GAO) from the definition of "agency" for purposes of this Act. | 2019-11-15T21:13:18Z | |
| 110-hr-7263 | 110 | hr | 7263 | To amend chapters 81, 83, and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for enhanced benefits for survivors of Federal public safety officers killed in the line of duty. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-10-03 | 2008-10-03 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19] | NY | D | H001039 | 0 | Provides that the pay used to compute monthly compensation based on the death of a federal employee who died from personal injury sustained in the line of duty as a public safety officer, or any survivor annuity under such circumstances, shall be determined based on the pay grade or level which is one grade higher than would otherwise apply.Entitles anyone who is eligible for such monthly compensation or annuity as the survivor of a public safety officer who died on or after January 1, 1974, to: (1) have such compensation or annuity recomputed upon application submitted within 12 months after enactment of this Act; and (2) a lump-sum payment for the period between January 1, 1974, and the date as of which regular monthly compensation or survivor annuity payments are adjusted to reflect the recomputation. | 2019-11-15T21:13:18Z | |
| 110-hr-7265 | 110 | hr | 7265 | Fixing the Federal Voting Assistance Program Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-10-03 | 2008-10-03 | Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 1 | Fixing the Federal Voting Assistance Program Act of 2008 - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require the presidential designee responsible for carrying out federal functions under the Act to have experience in election administration and be approved by the Senate. Establishes the Overseas Voting Advisory Board to conduct studies and issue reports with respect to various issues, including the ability of U.S. citizens who reside outside of the United States to register to vote and vote in elections for public office. | 2022-02-03T05:16:22Z | |
| 110-hr-7244 | 110 | hr | 7244 | Protection Against Wrongful Voter Purges Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-10-02 | 2008-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 0 | Protection Against Wrongful Voter Purges Act - Amends the National Voter Registration Act to establish notice and review requirements for removal of individuals from a list of eligible voters by reason other than death or a change of residence. Requires the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to adopt voluntary guidance with respect to audits of the statewide computerized voter registration list so that each state will be able to ensure that the list: (1) reflects an accurate and complete count of all individuals validly registered to vote in federal elections; and (2) is secure against unauthorized uses. Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from refusing to register any applicant who has completed the national voter registration application form. Requires the appropriate state or local election official to ensure that, at each polling place for a federal election and on a public website of the election official of each registrar's jurisdiction, a list is available which shows: (1) all individuals registered to vote in that election at all polling places located in the registrar's jurisdiction; and (2) for each such individual, the polling place at which the individual is registered. Permits an individual to request exclusion from the list. Prohibits such list from containing an individual's address. Provides that this Act shall not apply to a state in which there is no voter registration requirement for individuals in the state with respect to federal elections. | 2017-12-14T21:39:55Z | |
| 110-hr-7245 | 110 | hr | 7245 | Election Software Disclosure Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-10-02 | 2008-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 0 | Election Software Disclosure Act of 2008 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a voting system used in a state in a federal election from containing or using any election-dedicated voting system technology: (1) which has not been certified by the state for such use; and (2) which has not been deposited with the appropriate state and local election officials to be held in escrow and disclosed in accordance with this Act. Requires a state or local election official with whom an election-dedicated voting system technology has been deposited to: (1) hold it in escrow; and (2) disclose information regarding it to a qualified person who has entered into a nondisclosure agreement meeting certain requirements with respect to the technology, or if state law requires such disclosure. | 2017-12-14T21:39:55Z | |
| 110-hr-7246 | 110 | hr | 7246 | Poll Tape Transparency Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-10-02 | 2008-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 0 | Poll Tape Transparency Act of 2008 - Amends the Help America Vote Act with respect to the requirements for each voting system used in a federal election. Requires the appropriate election official, upon the closing of the polls at each polling place, and under the observation of the certified tabulation observers admitted to the polling place, to: (1) announce the vote orally; (2) post a copy of the poll tape reflecting the totals from each voting machine in the polling place upon which votes were cast; (3) prepare and post a statement of the total number of individuals who appeared at the polling place to cast ballots; and (4) display by noon the following day, at a prominent public location, a copy of each poll tape and statement. Requires display of such information also on the official public websites of the applicable local election official and chief state election official. Specifies similar treatment of ballots cast at early voting sites, absentee ballots, and the daily count of provisional ballots. | 2017-12-14T21:39:56Z | |
| 110-hr-7247 | 110 | hr | 7247 | Vote Tabulation Audit Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-10-02 | 2008-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 0 | Vote Tabulation Audit Act of 2008 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states to meet specified standards for transparent and accurate tabulation of votes and aggregation of vote counts in federal elections, including standards for: (1) the treatment of ballots cast at early voting sites as well as absentee ballots and provisional ballots; and (2) mandatory hand recount in case of unresolved discrepancy. Requires the Election Assistance Commission to: (1) reimburse states to cover the costs of carrying out tabulations at certain polling places of votes cast on paper optical scan ballots; and (2) adopt a model format for the posting of the tabulation of votes and aggregate vote counts. | 2017-12-14T21:39:56Z | |
| 110-hr-7248 | 110 | hr | 7248 | Military and Overseas Voting Enhancement Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-10-02 | 2008-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 0 | Military and Overseas Voting Enhancement Act - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require states to accept and process absentee ballots of overseas uniformed services and civilian voters submitted by the voter to a provider of express mail no later than the day before election day for transmission to the appropriate state election official, as long as the ballot is received within 10 days after the election. Requires the Presidential designee to reimburse overseas uniformed services voters for the costs of using a provider of express mail services to transmit the ballot to the official. | 2017-12-14T21:39:57Z | |
| 110-s-3662 | 110 | s | 3662 | Implementing the Controlled Unclassified Information Framework Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-10-01 | 2008-10-01 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1106. | Senate | Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] | CT | ID | L000304 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)Implementing the Controlled Unclassified Information Framework Act of 2008 - Establishes within the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) a Controlled Unclassified Information Office, headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by and report directly to the Archivist of the United States.Directs the Archivist, acting through the Director, to : (1) develop and publicly issue the controlled unclassified information framework (a set of policies and procedures governing the designation, marking, safeguarding, and dissemination of controlled unclassified information that originates in a federal agency) and controlled unclassified information implementation guidance; (2) establish safeguarding and dissemination controls; (3) establish standards for the designation of controlled unclassified information; (4) establish, approve, and maintain safeguarding standards and dissemination instructions for controlled unclassified information; and (5) establish a process that addresses enforcement mechanisms and penalties for improper handling of controlled unclassified information.Establishes a Controlled Unclassified Information Council as a subcommittee of the Information Sharing Council.Requires a federal agency to make available to members of the public all unclassified information that may be released under the Freedom of Information Act.Provides that the right of Congress to obtain access to and to release unclassified information shall remain unimpeded.Requires: (1) the Archivist to report to Congress annually on the implementation of the framework; and (2) the Inspectors General of each agency that is a member of the Information Sharing Council, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to audit agency compliance with this Act and report to specified congressional committees and to the Archivist. | 2017-12-15T00:44:39Z | |
| 110-s-3665 | 110 | s | 3665 | A bill to amend chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, to modify the rate of accrual of annual leave for administrative law judges, contract appeals board members, and immigration judges. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-10-01 | 2008-10-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10325) | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 1 | Modifies the rate of accrual of annual leave for administrative law judges, contract appeals board members, and immigration judges to require accrual of one day of annual leave for each full biweekly pay period. | 2017-12-15T00:44:41Z | |
| 110-hr-7216 | 110 | hr | 7216 | To amend section 3328 of title 5, United States Code, relating to Selective Service registration. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-29 | 2008-09-30 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Requires Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regulations governing determinations of ineligibility for appointment to a position in an executive agency because of deliberate failure to register with the selective service to provide an exception for the appointment of an individual who was discharged or released from active duty in the armed forces under honorable conditions.Requires the Director of the Selective Service System to prescribe procedures: (1) for the adjudication of determinations of whether a failure to register was knowing and willful; and (2) under which such a determination may not be made if the individual concerned shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure to register was neither knowing nor willful. Allows any individual whose case was adjudicated under the earlier regulations from February 21, 2007, through the effective date of regulations prescribed under this Act to have his or her case readjudicated. | 2022-02-03T05:17:16Z | |
| 110-hres-1521 | 110 | hres | 1521 | Honoring organizers for promoting equality. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-29 | 2008-09-30 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2168) | House | Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] | IL | D | G000535 | 16 | Honors the contributions that community organizers, past and present, have made to our nation and our communities.Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives regarding participation in community organizing as an American tradition. | 2021-09-29T14:59:32Z | |
| 110-hr-7138 | 110 | hr | 7138 | National Security Professionals Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4] | KY | R | D000603 | 0 | National Security Professionals Act of 2008 - Directs the President to establish a National Security Career Development Program to provide national security professionals access to integrated education, training, and professional experience interagency opportunities.Requires: (1) the Program to establish policies to identify a threshold of interagency experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to obtain a national security interagency certification; and (2) the certification to be a consideration for promotion.Requires the President's budget request to include funding requirements to establish and maintain the Program.Requires the Program to include: (1) a rigorous and effective set of educational opportunities for national security professionals; (2) training that refreshes or enhances such a professional's expertise in planning, coordinating, and executing national security missions through instruction, drills, and exercises that take into account the full spectrum of threats and hazards that comprise America's 21st century risk environment; and (3) opportunities for professional interagency experience and intergovernmental, interagency, and interoffice assignments, fellowships, and exchanges. Requires the program to: (1) link career advancement or other incentives to participation in rotational or temporary detail interagency assignments; and (2) establish appropriate career development programs for political appointees in national security positions. | 2022-02-03T05:10:57Z | |
| 110-hr-7147 | 110 | hr | 7147 | To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds that the individual resides in a household in the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure proceedings or that the jurisdiction was adversely affected by a hurricane or other major disaster, and for other purposes. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | J000283 | 11 | Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state or local election official from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for federal office in a jurisdition or to vote in an election for federal office in a jurisdiction if the challenge is not based on good cause. Declares that a challenge is not based on good cause if it is based on residence in property subject to foreclosure proceedings or in an area damaged by hurricane or other major disaster. | 2017-12-14T21:38:04Z | |
| 110-hres-1508 | 110 | hres | 1508 | Honoring the 40th anniversary of the incorporation of the city of Carson, California, and recognizing the city for its rich contributions to California history. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] | CA | D | R000581 | 0 | Recognizes the 40th anniversary of the incorporation of the city of Carson, California. | 2019-11-15T21:13:19Z | |
| 110-hres-1509 | 110 | hres | 1509 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the next president of the United States should immediately work to reverse damaging and illegal actions taken by the Bush/Cheney Administration and collaborate with Congress to proactively prevent any further abuses of executive branch power. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] | WI | D | B001230 | 0 | States that the next President must: (1) reaffirm the commitment to upholding the Constitution of the United States; (2) fully investigate Bush/Cheney Administration officials' alleged crimes and hold them accountable for any illegal acts; (3) make such officials comply with congressional subpoenas; (4) hold accountable officials who disclose the identity of any covert agent; (5) hold accountable officials who pursue politically motivated prosecutions; (6) ensure that any official guilty of a war crime is prosecuted under the War Crimes Act and the Anti-Torture Act; (7) affirm the sole legal right of Congress to declare war; (8) make criminal an official's lying to Congress and the public about the reasons for going to war; (9) restore the writ of habeas corpus as an essential principle of democracy; (10) ensure that torture and rendition is uniformly prohibited under U.S. law; (11) immediately close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; (12) require independent judicial review of claims of state secrets privilege by executive officials; (13) reaffirm that the Office of the Vice President is part of the executive branch; (14) publicly review potential abuses of the presidential pardon process; and (15) reform the use of presidential signing statements. | 2021-06-07T19:39:47Z | |
| 110-s-3623 | 110 | s | 3623 | Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2008 and 2009 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9688-9708) | Senate | Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] | CT | ID | L000304 | 1 | Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2008 and 2009 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2008-FY2009. Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the establishment within DHS of an Under Secretary for Policy. Requires the Secretary of DHS to ensure that DHS develops and maintains the capability to coordinate operations and strategically plan across all of its component organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to establish within DHS an Office of Operations Coordination and Planning. Directs the Secretary to consolidate key headquarters of DHS. Establishes within DHS an Office of International Affairs.Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a process for the review of proposed investments by DHS and a DHS-wide Acquisition Review Board; (2) establish within DHS's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization a mentor-protege program; and (3) submit to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Homeland Security an annual report on the exercise of other transaction authority. Requires the Chief Procurement Officer and the Chief Human Capital Officer to develop and deliver to relevant congressional committees a five-year strategic plan for the acquisition workforce.Authorizes the Secretary to convert competitive service positions within the Office of Intelligence and Analysis to, and establish new, excepted service positions. Establishes within DHS an Office of the Chief Learning Officer. Directs the Secretary to establish an open source collection, analysis, and dissemination program within the Office of Intelligence and Analysis.Establishes: (1) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Communications a National Cyber Security Division; (2) within DHS a National Cyber Security Center; and (3) the National Cyber Security Private Sector Advisory Board. Directs: (1) the Secretary to perform a comprehensive assessment of the cyber threat to critical infrastructure; a… | 2017-12-15T00:43:46Z | |
| 110-hr-7069 | 110 | hr | 7069 | Restoring the Integrity of American Statistics Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-26 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2027) | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 4 | Restoring the Integrity of American Statistics Act of 2008 - Reestablishes the United States Census Bureau as an independent establishment in the executive branch, effective January 1, 2012. Requires the Bureau Director to be appointed by the President without regard to political affiliation for a five-year term. Provides for: (1) the transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Bureau under the Department of Commerce; (2) transition rules; and (3) appointment of an Inspector General for the Bureau. | 2019-11-15T21:13:18Z | |
| 110-hr-7071 | 110 | hr | 7071 | Federal Agency Program Realignment and Closure Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-27 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2076) | House | Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1] | OK | R | S001155 | 12 | Federal Agency Program Realignment and Closure Act - Establishes the Federal Agency Program Realignment and Closure Commission to: (1) evaluate each executive agency and its programs; and (2) submit to the President and Congress a list of the agencies and programs it recommends eliminating or realigning.Requires the Commission to recommend that an agency or program be: (1) realigned where a function performed by two or more agencies or programs can be consolidated; (2) eliminated if it performs a function that is also provided by a state or that would be more efficient if performed at the state level; or (3) eliminated if it performs a function that can be more efficently performed by a private entity. | 2022-02-03T05:16:40Z | |
| 110-hr-7092 | 110 | hr | 7092 | Multilingual Services Accounting Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] | NC | R | F000450 | 0 | Multilingual Services Accounting Act - Requires federal agency Chief Financial Officers to include multilingual services accounting information in their mandatory annual reports to the agency head and to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Defines multilingual services to include: (1) services provided by interpreters hired by an agency; (2) services resulting in additional expenses which an agency provides to assist its employees or contractors to learn a non-English language; (3) agency preparation, translation, printing, or recordation of materials in a language other than English; and (4) services provided or performed for the federal government by agency employees or contractors that require speaking a non-English language that result in wage differentials or benefits provided by the agency. Requires the OMB Director's annual financial management status report to certain congressional committees to contain a Multilingual Services Expenses Report that includes: (1) a summary and analysis of the multilingual services accounting information prepared by each agency Chief Financial Officer; and (2) a description of any changes to the existing financial management structure of the federal government needed to establish an integrated individual agency accounting of all multilingual services conducted by each agency. Requires the OMB Director to issue guidance that an agency Chief Financial Officer must follow in compiling multilingual services accounting information. | 2019-11-15T21:13:18Z | |
| 110-s-3583 | 110 | s | 3583 | Political Independence of the Civil Service Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] | RI | D | W000802 | 0 | Political Independence of the Civil Service Act of 2008 - Makes civil service protection for federal employees inapplicable to any individual whose appointment was a prohibited personnel practice because it was made on the basis of political affiliation. | 2022-02-03T05:11:22Z | |
| 110-sres-685 | 110 | sres | 685 | A resolution designating the last week of September 2008 as "National Voter Awareness Week". | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-25 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9518-9519) | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 0 | Designates the last week of September 2008 as National Voter Awareness Week. | 2019-11-15T22:00:16Z | |
| 110-hr-7034 | 110 | hr | 7034 | Citizen's Accessibility Election Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-24 | 2008-09-24 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | L000557 | 0 | Citizen's Accessibility Election Act - Amends the Revised Statutes with respect to the time of a federal election to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every even numbered year, as the days for the election. Establishes the polling place hours in the continental United States for federal elections as the six-hour period beginning with noon Eastern time. | 2017-12-14T21:35:45Z | |
| 110-hr-7040 | 110 | hr | 7040 | Protecting Voters in Foreclosure Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-24 | 2008-09-24 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 9 | Protecting Voters in Foreclosure Act of 2008 - Amends the Help America Vote Act to consider any individual who resides in a household located in a jurisdiction in which a federal election is held, and which is subject to foreclosure proceedings at the time of the election, to reside in that same jurisdiction for purposes of determining the individual's eligibility to vote in the election. Requires such an individual to be permitted to cast a nonprovisional ballot in the election. Applies this requirement also with respect to an individual who resided in a household which was: (1) located in such a jurisdiction; and (2) subject to foreclosure proceedings at any time during the three-year period ending on the date of the election. | 2021-09-29T17:24:50Z | |
| 110-hres-1493 | 110 | hres | 1493 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Voter Awareness Week. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-24 | 2008-09-24 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18] | OH | D | S001173 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Voter Awareness Week. | 2017-12-14T16:25:34Z | |
| 110-hr-7022 | 110 | hr | 7022 | Fair Elections Now Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-23 | 2008-09-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. | House | Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | L000557 | 1 | Fair Elections Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to: (1) eligibility and qualifying contribution requirements, seed money limits, and benefits of fair elections financing of campaigns for election to the U.S. House of Representatives; (2) establishment of a House Fair Elections Fund; (3) eligibility for Fund allocations as well as such allocations; (4) a seed money contribution requirement; (5) contribution and expenditure requirements; (6) certification of whether or not a federal election candidate is a participating candidate; (7) benefits for participating candidates; (8) payment of fair fight funds; (9) administration of the House Fair Elections System; (10) reporting requirements for nonparticipating candidates; (11) modification of electioneering communication reporting requirements; and (12) the limitation on coordinated expenditures by political party committees with participating candidates. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 with respect to the deposit of proceeds from recovered spectrum auctions. Establishes the Fair Elections Review Commission. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to: (1) entitle participating candidates to receive specified reduced broadcast rates in certain circumstances; and (2) provide for political advertisement vouchers for them. Directs the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to charge non-public broadcast stations a spectrum use fee, which shall be deposited into the House Fair Elections Fund. Amends federal postal law to prohibit franked mass mailings by Members of Congress (except notices of public meetings) during the 90 days before primary and general election periods, unless they are not candidates for re-election. Amends FECA to: (1) empower the FEC to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a proceeding on certiorari; (2) revise requirements for filing with the FEC by House candidates; and (3) reduce from 48 to 24 hours the deadline for electronic filing with the FEC of reports by each political committee of contributions rec… | 2022-02-03T05:16:47Z | |
| 110-s-3536 | 110 | s | 3536 | Air Carriage of International Mail Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-22 | 2008-10-13 | Became Public Law No: 110-405. | Senate | Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] | DE | D | C000174 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Air Carriage of International Mail Act - (Sec. 2) Authorizes the U.S. Postal Service to contract, through an open procurement process, for air transportation of mail between foreign points only with certificated air carriers (carriers that hold a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under specified provisions). Allows a contract to be awarded to transport mail between any foreign points the Secretary of Transportation has authorized the carrier to serve either directly or through a code-share relationship. Requires that the Postal Service use a method for determining fair and reasonable prices developed in consultation with, and with the concurrence of, certificated air carriers representing at least 51% of available ton miles in the markets of interest. Presumes ceiling prices determined by that method to be fair and reasonable if they do not exceed the ceiling prices derived from a weighted average based on market rate data furnished by the International Air Transport Association (or its subsidiary unit) or such other neutral weighted average market rates as the Postal Service, with the concurrence of such air carriers representing at least 51% of available ton miles, may designate. Provides for exceptions for emergency or unanticipated conditions or inadequate lift space. Removes provisions requiring that the Secretary of Transportation set prices to be paid by the Postal Service for the transportation of mail by aircraft in foreign air transportation. Removes references to foreign air transportation from provisions relating to a duty to provide certain transportation of mail. Authorizes the Postal Service to weigh mail transported by aircraft between places in Alaska and make statistical and administrative computations necessary in the interest of mail service. (Current law does not restrict that authorization to flights between places in Alaska.) Removes a requ… | 2023-11-13T20:13:02Z | |
| 110-hr-6956 | 110 | hr | 6956 | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, as the "Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building". | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-18 | 2008-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] | GA | D | B001252 | 12 | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, as the "Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building." | 2022-02-03T05:17:18Z | |
| 110-hr-6964 | 110 | hr | 6964 | Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-18 | 2008-09-18 | Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] | NC | R | F000450 | 1 | Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2008 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require reports on federal mandates to include: (1) an assessment of the prospective costs of carrying out changes to a condition of federal assistance being imposed on participating state, local, or tribal governments and how these costs compare with the funds being authorized; (2) for reauthorizations, an assessment of the additional costs of changes in those conditions compared with the changes in funding being authorized; (3) in cases where a bill or joint resolution provides necessary sums, an estimate of that amount; and (4) an identification and description of any reasonably foreseeable indirect costs to such governments or the private sector from implementing the federal mandate. Repeals a provision excluding independent regulatory agencies from reporting requirements. Makes requirements under this Act applicable to general notice of any final rule that includes such a mandate. | 2022-02-03T05:17:47Z | |
| 110-hr-6904 | 110 | hr | 6904 | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1706 NW 24th Avenue in Portland, Oregon, as the "Vera Katz Post Office". | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-15 | 2008-09-15 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] | OR | D | H000762 | 4 | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1706 NW 24th Avenue in Portland, Oregon, as the "Vera Katz Post Office." | 2019-11-15T21:12:24Z | |
| 110-hr-6872 | 110 | hr | 6872 | Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-11 | 2008-09-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] | VA | R | G000289 | 1 | Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008 - Authorizes appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for FY2010.Requires the Commission to make grants to eligible entities on a competitive basis to promote the historical preservation of, and public access to, historical records and documents relating to any President who does not have a presidential archival depository currently managed and maintained by the federal government pursuant to the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955. Defines eligible entities as specified tax-exempt organizations or state or local governments.Prohibits the use of grants for the maintenance, operating costs, or construction of any facility to house the historical records or documents.Prohibits the Commission from approving a grant application unless an entity establishes that it meets certain requirements, including that it: (1) ensures the preservation of, and access to, such historical works and collections of historical sources at no charge to the public; (2) has educational programs that make the use of such documents part of the entity's mission; and (3) has raised funds from nonfederal sources in support of the entity's efforts to promote such preservation and access. | 2019-11-15T21:12:25Z | |
| 110-s-3471 | 110 | s | 3471 | A bill to prohibit government-sponsored enterprises from making lobbying expenditures, political contributions, or other certain contributions. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-11 | 2008-09-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] | SC | R | D000595 | 3 | Prohibits the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and their affiliates from making: (1) lobbying expenditures; (2) political contributions; or (3) contributions to any nonprofit tax-exempt organization.Declares that violating this Act shall constitute violation of federal law limiting the use of appropriated funds to influence certain federal contracting and financial transactions (thus, imposing the same penalties). | 2017-12-15T00:39:04Z | |
| 110-s-3474 | 110 | s | 3474 | FISMA Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-11 | 2008-10-01 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1105. | Senate | Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] | DE | D | C000174 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Federal Information Security Management Act of 2008 or the FISMA Act of 2008 - Amends federal law relating to information security to require federal agencies to perform an independent audit of their information security programs to determine their effectiveness (current law requires an independent evaluation).Requires each federal agency to designate a Chief Information Security Officer to protect the agency's information security network. Establishes a Chief Information Security Officers Council to assist such Officers in developing best practices and performance measures for agency information security.Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to promulgate information security regulations governing contracts between the federal government and private entities.Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report annually to specified congressional committees on operational evaluations and testing protocols relating to information security networks. | 2017-12-15T00:39:09Z | |
| 110-s-3477 | 110 | s | 3477 | Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-11 | 2008-11-19 | By Senator Lieberman from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 110-525. | Senate | Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] | VA | R | W000154 | 3 | Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Archivist of the United States, with the recommendation of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, to make grants to eligible entities on a competitive basis to promote the historical preservation of, and public access to, historical records and documents relating to any President who does not have a presidential archival depository currently managed and maintained by the federal government pursuant to the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955. Defines "eligible entities" as specified tax-exempt organizations or state or local governments.Prohibits the use of grants for the maintenance, operating costs, or construction of any facility to house the historical records or documents.Prohibits the Commission from approving a grant application unless an entity establishes that it meets certain requirements, including that it: (1) ensures the preservation of, and access to, such historical works and collections of historical sources at no charge to the public; (2) has educational programs that make the use of such documents part of its mission; and (3) has raised funds from nonfederal sources in support of its efforts to promote such preservation and access.(Sec. 3) Limits Commission members to two terms (four terms for a Representative appointed by the Speaker of the House). Requires members to recuse themselves from voting on any matter that poses, or could potentially pose, a conflict of interest.(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Archivist to enter into: (1) a cooperative agreement to provide online access to the published volumes of the papers of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, James Madison, and other prominent historical figures; and (2) cooperative agreements that involve the transfer of funds from the Commission to state, local, and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, or private nonprofit organizations for the public purpose of carryi… | 2023-11-13T20:13:02Z | |
| 110-hr-6858 | 110 | hr | 6858 | Administrative Review Improvement Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-10 | 2008-09-10 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3] | UT | R | C000116 | 3 | Administrative Review Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Congressional Review Act to require that the chairman and ranking member of each relevant committee (currently, each standing committee) of the House of Representatives receive copies of reports required to be submitted before a federal agency rule can go into effect.Defines "relevant committee" to mean: (1) each committee with jurisdiction under House rules to report a bill to amend the legal provision under which the rule is issued; and (2) the House Judiciary Committee as the committee with jurisdiction to report a bill to amend federal administrative procedure provisions.Directs the Comptroller General's report on each major rule to be provided to each relevant committee (currently, the committees of jurisdiction) in the House.Requires joint resolutions introduced to disapprove a rule to be referred to the appropriate committees (currently, the committees with jurisdiction) in each House. | 2022-02-03T05:16:54Z | |
| 110-hr-6859 | 110 | hr | 6859 | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1501 South Slappey Boulevard in Albany, Georgia, as the "Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. Post Office Building". | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-10 | 2008-12-19 | Became Public Law No: 110-454. | House | Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] | GA | D | B000490 | 12 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1501 South Slappey Boulevard in Albany, Georgia, as the "Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. Post Office Building." | 2023-11-13T20:14:07Z | |
| 110-s-3460 | 110 | s | 3460 | State Cyber Security Protection Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-10 | 2008-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] | MN | R | C001057 | 0 | State Cyber Security Protection Act of 2008 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a State Cyber Security Pilot Program to demonstrate best practices, innovation, and knowledge transfer regarding cyber security within state governments. Directs the Secretary of DHS: (1) through the Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Communications, to be responsible for administering the Pilot Program; and (2) to ensure the maintenance of geographic and population diversity among selected Pilot Program participants. | 2017-12-15T00:38:50Z | |
| 110-hr-6847 | 110 | hr | 6847 | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 Industrial Boulevard in Ellijay, Georgia, as the "First Lieutenant Noah Harris Ellijay Post Office Building". | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-09 | 2008-10-21 | Became Public Law No: 110-445. | House | Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9] | GA | R | D000168 | 12 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 Industrial Boulevard in Ellijay, Georgia, as the "First Lieutenant Noah Harris Ellijay Post Office Building." | 2023-11-13T20:13:58Z | |
| 110-hres-1420 | 110 | hres | 1420 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-09 | 2008-09-11 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] | MD | D | H000874 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes September 11 as a day of solemn commemoration. Extends deepest condolences to friends, families, and loved ones of the innocent victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Honors the heroic service, actions, and sacrifices of first responders, law enforcement personnel, state and local officials, volunteers and others who aided the victims and, in doing so, risked and often sacrificed their own lives. Expresses gratitude to foreign leaders and citizens who have assisted and continue to assist the United States against terrorism. Asserts that the war on terrorism is not a war on any nation, people, or faith. Recognizes the heroic service, actions, and sacrifices of U.S. Armed Forces and civilian personnel in the defense against terrorists and their supporters. Vows to continue to identify, intercept, and defeat terrorists. Reaffirms that the American people will never forget the sacrifices made on and since September 11, 2001, and will defeat those who attacked the United States through our shared determination, spirit, and embrace of democratic values. | 2023-01-11T13:15:50Z | |
| 110-hr-6834 | 110 | hr | 6834 | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4 South Main Street in Wallingford, Connecticut, as the "CWO Richard R. Lee Post Office Building". | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-08 | 2008-10-21 | Became Public Law No: 110-444. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4 South Main Street in Wallingford, Connecticut, as the "CWO Richard R. Lee Post Office Building." | 2023-11-13T20:13:52Z | |
| 110-hr-6836 | 110 | hr | 6836 | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden City, Michigan, as the "John J. Shivnen Post Office Building". | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-08 | 2008-09-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | M001147 | 7 | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden City, Michigan, as the "John J. Shivnen Post Office Building." | 2022-02-03T05:17:08Z | |
| 110-hr-6837 | 110 | hr | 6837 | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7925 West Russell Road in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the "Private First Class Irving Joseph Schwartz Post Office Building". | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-09-08 | 2008-09-29 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] | NV | R | P000589 | 1 | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7925 West Russell Road in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the "Private First Class Irving Joseph Schwartz Post Office Building." | 2022-02-03T05:17:08Z | |
| 110-hr-6780 | 110 | hr | 6780 | Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-08-01 | 2008-08-01 | Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 9 | Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2008 or the No FEAR Act of 2008 - Amends the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002, or No FEAR Act of 2002, to require a federal agency, after receiving a final finding of discrimination, to arrange with the Department of the Treasury for a two-year payment schedule for reimbursing the Judgment Fund for its payment to a federal employee, former federal employee, or applicant for federal employment who has prevailed in an anti-discrimination or whistle blower protection complaint. Requires a federal agency to: (1) give written notification of the rights and protections available to federal employees to any employee of a contractor receiving more than half of its annual gross revenues from federal contracts; and (2) notify its employees annually by email or voice mail of the agency's Internet site. Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report annually to specified congressional and executive entities on the total costs incurred during the fiscal year associated with processing and litigating cases involving prohibited personnel practices. Requires each federal agency to establish performance goals reflective of its efforts to implement such Act. Specifies the No FEAR Institute as a source of training and counseling for federal employees regarding their rights and remedies under antidiscrimination, retaliation, and harassment, as well as whistleblower protection laws. Prescribes disciplinary action an agency must take against a culpable official in: (1) a case in which the official's discriminatory or retaliatory acts have contributed to a loss of life or limb or any other substantial diminishment of an employee's mental or physical health; or (2) other cases of discrimination. Prescribes monetary penalties for each week an agency failed to take action against employees who falsify evidence in a proceeding under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Requires the Equal Emp… | 2021-06-07T20:06:04Z | |
| 110-hr-6794 | 110 | hr | 6794 | Emergency Election Audit Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-08-01 | 2008-08-01 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 0 | Emergency Election Audit Act of 2008 - Requires the Election Assistance Commission to reimburse states for the reasonable costs incurred in conducting manual audits, meeting specified requirements, of the results of the general elections for federal office to be held in November 2008. Requires such payments also if, at the state's option, the state conducts audits of elections for state and local office held at the same time as the general election. | 2017-12-14T21:31:35Z | |
| 110-hr-6822 | 110 | hr | 6822 | Legislative Branch Personnel Appeals Procedural Consolidation Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-08-01 | 2008-08-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 0 | Legislative Branch Personnel Appeals Procedural Consolidation Act of 2008 - Transfers from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Personnel Appeals Board to the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) authority to investigate any personnel action taken with respect to a GAO officer or employee, or an officer or employee of a participating federal office, and seek corrective and disciplinary action with respect to such personnel action, in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as if such officer or employee were an executive agency employee and such action were a prohibited practice against them. Authorizes the officer or employee to seek corrective and disciplinary action with respect to such an action from the OSC and the Merit Systems Protection Board in the same manner and subject to the same terms. Excludes current appeals by GAO officers and employees from the provisions of this Act. (Thus, allows such appeals to be considered by the GAO Personnel Appeals Board.) | 2021-04-20T12:14:53Z | |
| 110-hr-6829 | 110 | hr | 6829 | To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to facilitate the placement of Job Corps graduates. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-08-01 | 2008-08-01 | Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11] | NC | D | S001171 | 0 | Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1988 to authorize a federal agency to make noncompetitive appointments of Job Corps graduates that lead to conversion to career or career-conditional employment. | 2021-06-07T20:06:12Z | |
| 110-hr-6704 | 110 | hr | 6704 | Student VOTER Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-31 | 2008-08-01 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1673) | House | Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | S001145 | 1 | Student Voter Opportunity To Encourage Registration Act of 2008 or the Student VOTER Act of 2008 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require states to designate federally-funded institutions of higher education as agencies for the registration of voters in federal elections. Requires such schools to provide mail voter registration application forms to students registering to enroll in their courses. | 2021-06-07T20:05:53Z | |
| 110-hr-6706 | 110 | hr | 6706 | Administrative Law Judges Retirement Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-31 | 2008-07-31 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 14 | Administrative Law Judges Retirement Act of 2008 - Sets forth separate provisions governing Government and employee contributions, annuity eligibility requirements (ten years of service and age 60), early retirement, and annuity computation (2.5% and 1.7%, respectively, of average pay for each year of service) for administrative law judges under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees' Retirement System. | 2022-02-03T05:13:36Z | |
| 110-hr-6710 | 110 | hr | 6710 | Oil for Iraq Liberation Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-31 | 2008-07-31 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 6 | Oil for Iraq Liberation Act of 2008 - Prohibits: (1) the entry into or the performance by a U.S. person or an entity owned or controlled by such person of a contract that includes overall management responsibility for petroleum development in Iraq, a contract for financing petroleum development in Iraq, or the guaranty of another person's performance under either such contract; (2) any investment by such person in Iraq's petroleum resources; and (3) any transaction by such person that evades or violates such prohibitions. Sets forth penalties for violation of such prohibitions. Defines specified terms. | 2021-09-29T17:23:02Z | |
| 110-hr-6753 | 110 | hr | 6753 | To provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp on the subject of inflammatory bowel disease. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-31 | 2008-07-31 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | Directs the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative, first-class postage stamp on Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, two chronic digestive diseases collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease. | 2023-01-11T13:15:49Z | |
| 110-s-3384 | 110 | s | 3384 | Information Technology Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-31 | 2008-10-01 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1104. | Senate | Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] | DE | D | C000174 | 5 | Information Technology Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2008 - Expands the requirement that each head of an executive agency identify, in strategic information resources management plans, any major information technology acquisition program, or any phase or increment of such program, that has significantly deviated from the cost, performance, or schedule goals established for the program. Defines "significantly deviated" as earned value management variance that is at least 20% from the original baseline established at the commencement of an information technology acquisition program. Requires each Chief Information Officer of a federal agency to: (1) identify its major IT investments that are most critical; and (2) designate those most mission critical IT investment projects as core IT investment projects or core projects after considering specified factors. Defines "IT investment project" as an information technology system or acquisition that: (1) requires special management attention due to its importance to the mission or function of its agency; (2) is for financial management and obligates more than $500 million annually; (3) has significant program or policy implications; (4) has high executive visibility; (5) has high development, operating, or maintenance costs; (6) is funded through other than direct appropriations; or (7) is defined as major by the agency's capital planning and investment control process. Requires the project manager for an IT investment project to submit a report to the Chief Information Officer not later than 14 days after the end of each fiscal quarter (or upon making a determination that a project has significantly or grossly deviated since the issuance of any quarterly report) that includes: (1) a description of the cost, schedule, and performance of such projects; (2) the original and current project cost, schedule, and performance benchmarks; (3) the quarterly and cumulative cost, schedule, and performance variance related to each p… | 2019-11-15T21:50:28Z | |
| 110-s-3390 | 110 | s | 3390 | Student Voter Opportunity To Encourage Registration Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-31 | 2008-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7947) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 0 | Student Voter Opportunity To Encourage Registration Act of 2008 or the Student VOTER Act of 2008 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require states to designate federally-funded institutions of higher education as agencies for the registration of voters in federal elections. Requires such schools to provide mail voter registration application forms to students registering to enroll in their courses. | 2019-04-11T15:40:47Z | |
| 110-s-3405 | 110 | s | 3405 | Executive Order Integrity Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-31 | 2008-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7955-7956) | Senate | Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] | WI | D | F000061 | 1 | Executive Order Integrity Act of 2008 - Requires revocations, modifications, waivers, and suspensions of presidential proclamations and executive orders to be published in the Federal Register within 30 days after such actions. Requires any such information which is classified to be provided to Congress, using the security procedures established under the National Security Act of 1947, in the form of a classified annex delivered to: (1) the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate; (2) the Speaker, and Majority and Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives; (3) the congressional judiciary committees; and (4) if the information pertains to national security matters, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House. | 2017-12-15T00:37:35Z | |
| 110-hr-6669 | 110 | hr | 6669 | To provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-30 | 2008-09-30 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY-20] | NY | D | G000555 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Declares that any claim of the United States to certain property relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his family, or staff shall be treated as having been waived and relinquished on the day before any person makes a gift of such property to the National Archives and Records Administration. Specifies such property as any part of the collection of documents, papers, and memorabilia relating to Roosevelt, or any member of his family or staff, which was originally in the possession of Grace Tully and retained by her at the time of her death, and included in her estate. | 2019-11-15T21:12:24Z | |
| 110-hr-6638 | 110 | hr | 6638 | Federal Efficiency and Performance Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-29 | 2008-07-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. | House | Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4] | OH | R | J000289 | 19 | Federal Efficiency and Performance Act of 2008 - Requires the President to recommend to Congress, with proposed legislation, which existing federal programs and agencies should be modernized, consolidated, reprioritized, and where necessary, terminated in order to: (1) reduce federal expenditures; (2) increase efficiency and effectiveness of government operations; (3) eliminate overlap and duplication in federal programs and offices; (4) abolish agencies, programs, and activities that no longer serve an important governmental purpose; and (5) identify reductions in amounts of discretionary budget authority or direct spending that can be dedicated to federal deficit reduction. | 2019-11-15T21:12:23Z | |
| 110-hr-6639 | 110 | hr | 6639 | Federal Agency Performance Review and Efficiency Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-29 | 2008-07-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. | House | Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4] | OH | R | J000289 | 0 | Federal Agency Performance Review and Efficiency Act - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to make it the principal duty and responsibility of each Inspector General to review annually the operations, efficiency, and effectiveness of all federal programs within his or her establishment and to report to Congress and the President any recommendations, along with proposed legislation, on whether an abolishment, reorganization, consolidation, or transfer of existing federal programs and agencies is necessary to: (1) reduce federal expenditures; (2) increase efficiency of government operations; (3) eliminate overlap and duplication in federal programs and offices; (4) abolish agencies or programs that no longer serve an important governmental purpose; and (5) identify reductions in amounts of discretionary budget authority or direct spending that can be dedicated to federal deficit reduction. | 2019-11-15T21:12:23Z | |
| 110-s-3350 | 110 | s | 3350 | A bill to provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-28 | 2008-09-24 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1072. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Requires any claim of the United States to certain property relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his family, or staff to be treated as having been waived and relinquished on the day before any person makes a gift of such property to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Describes such property as any part of the collection of documents, papers, and memorabilia relating to Roosevelt or any member of his family or staff that was originally in the possession of Grace Tully, that was retained by her at the time of her death, and that was included in her estate. | 2019-11-15T21:50:28Z | |
| 110-hr-6575 | 110 | hr | 6575 | Over-Classification Reduction Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-23 | 2008-09-10 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | W000215 | 1 | Over-Classification Reduction Act - Requires the Archivist of the United States to promulgate regulations to prevent the over-classification of information. Requires the Inspector General of each federal agency that employs an individual with original or derivative classification authority to randomly audit classified information from each agency component with employees that have classification authority. Directs the Archivist: (1) to require, at the time of classification of information, personal identifiers or unique agency identifiers of the individual applying classification markings, including the individual's agency, office, and position, to appear on the information; (2) when implementing the security education and training program pursuant to specified executive orders, to integrate training about the prevention of over-classification of information, the proper use of classification markings, the consequences of over-classification, and the lessons learned from implementation of the regulations; and (3) to implement a detailee program to detail federal agency personnel, on a nonreimbursable basis, to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for training. | 2022-02-03T05:19:33Z | |
| 110-hr-6576 | 110 | hr | 6576 | Reducing Information Control Designations Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-23 | 2008-07-31 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | W000215 | 1 | Reducing Information Control Designations Act - (Sec. 3) Requires each federal agency to reduce and minimize its use of information control designations on information that is not classified. Defines such designations to mean information dissemination controls that are not defined by federal statute or executive order relating to the classification of national security information and that are used to manage, direct, or route information or to control the accessibility of information, regardless of its form or format. Requires the Archivist of the United States to promulgate regulations to address: (1) standards for the use of the such designations to maximize public access to information; (2) the process for removing such designations; (3) procedures for identifying and tracking designated information; (4) provisions to minimize the use of such designations to prevent misuse and interference with competition in the private sector; and (5) a process for individuals and the public to challenge the use of such designations. Requires the head of each federal agency to: (1) implement the regulations promulgated by the Archivist to encourage the sharing of information; and (2) ensure that such designations do not determine public disclosure requirements under the Freedom of Information Act.(Sec. 4) Requires the Inspector General of each federal agency to randomly audit and report to Congress on unclassified information with such designations to determine compliance. Directs the Archivist to: (1) require personal identifiers and agency affiliations of individuals applying such designations: (2) require training of such individuals; and (3) implement a program to detail federal employees to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to train such employees. Terminates such detailee program on December 31, 2012.(Sec. 7) Requires promulgation of final regulations and implementation of the requirements of this Act within 24 months. | 2022-02-03T05:19:32Z | |
| 110-hr-6585 | 110 | hr | 6585 | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 311 Southwest 2nd Street in Corvallis, Oregon, as the "Helen Berg Post Office Building". | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-23 | 2008-10-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] | OR | D | H000762 | 4 | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 311 Southwest 2nd Street in Corvallis, Oregon, as the "Helen Berg Post Office Building." | 2022-02-03T05:17:19Z | |
| 110-hr-6586 | 110 | hr | 6586 | To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3624 Commercial Street Southeast in Salem, Oregon, as the "Sue Miller Post Office Building". | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-23 | 2008-07-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] | OR | D | H000762 | 4 | Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3624 Commercial Street Southeast in Salem, Oregon, as the "Sue Miller Post Office Building." | 2022-02-03T05:17:19Z | |
| 110-hr-6563 | 110 | hr | 6563 | Financial Disclosure Integrity Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-22 | 2008-07-22 | Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] | IN | R | S001143 | 1 | Financial Disclosure Integrity Act - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the annual financial disclosure reports of certain federal officers and employees to include mortgages secured by real properties which are the personal residences of the reporting individuals or their spouses. Requires the reporting of any liability consisting of such a mortgage to include applicable interest rate payments during the preceding calendar year and the number of years (or portions) remaining on the mortgage. Requires in the financial report a brief description, the date, and category of value of any purchase, sale, or exchange of such a property during a preceding calendar year. | 2021-06-07T20:05:24Z | |
| 110-hr-6571 | 110 | hr | 6571 | Healthy Air for Federal Workers Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-22 | 2008-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | E000179 | 1 | Healthy Air for Federal Workers Act - Prohibits the smoking of tobacco products in any area outside of any federal executive, legislative, or judicial building which is within 25 feet of any of the building's entrances, exits, windows that open, or ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area of the building where smoking is prohibited. Excludes the smoking of tobacco products which occurs solely for purposes of research on smoking conducted by an agency. Requires the Administrator of General Services, in conjunction with agency heads, regarding executive branch buildings, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, regarding judicial branch buildings, to inform all employees and visitors to such buildings about the smoke-free policy, educate employees about the dangers of exposure to secondhand smoke, and undertake necessary related activities. | 2021-06-07T20:05:26Z | |
| 110-hr-6549 | 110 | hr | 6549 | To amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-17 | 2008-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. | House | Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] | MD | D | S001168 | 4 | Requires disregard of any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement for purposes of any determination relating to federal eligibility for or the amount of any overtime pay. | 2019-11-15T21:12:23Z | |
| 110-hr-6512 | 110 | hr | 6512 | Major Regulation Cost Review Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-16 | 2008-07-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3] | SC | R | B001239 | 4 | Major Regulation Cost Review Act of 2008 - Requires each federal agency to publish in the Federal Register a plan for the periodic review of its major rules. Requires review of all existing major rules within five years and of all new rules within five years after their publication as a final rule.Directs an agency to consider: (1) the continued need for the rule; (2) the nature of public complaints or comments concerning the rule; (3) the complexity of the rule; (4) the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other federal, state, and local governmental rules; and (5) the length of time since the rule has been evaluated or the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors have changed in the area affected by the rule. Requires the review to include a cost-benefit analysis of the rule, including an identification and consideration of a range of less costly regulatory alternatives. Requires each agency, annually, to publish a list of the major rules which are to be reviewed and which are to be included in an accounting statement and associated report to be submitted to Congress by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). | 2019-11-15T21:12:27Z | |
| 110-hr-6516 | 110 | hr | 6516 | Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-16 | 2008-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. | House | Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] | HI | D | A000014 | 3 | Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2008 or the Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2008 - Revises federal employee locality-based comparability payments provisions to include U.S. territories and possessions, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, within a pay locality. Revises the calculation of allowances based on living costs and conditions of environment for pay of employees stationed outside the continental United States or in Alaska to apply it only to areas designated as of December 31, 2008. Provides a formula for adjustment of such rate using a transition schedule for calendar years 2009-2011. Requires adjustment of special rates of pay in such areas in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) or by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for VA personnel. Allows a temporarily raised limitation on the amount of special rates during the transition period.Expresses the sense of Congress that application of this Act to an employee should not result in a decrease in take home pay.Defines as covered employees for purposes of this Act those who are or will be eligible for a cost-of-living allowance (COLA).Allows an employee subject to this Act's transition schedule and who retires from service during the period from January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2011, to elect to have the COLA paid during that period considered as basic pay for purposes of annuity computation.Provides procedures for employees to make an irrevocable election to be covered by this Act. | 2021-06-07T20:05:15Z | |
| 110-s-3276 | 110 | s | 3276 | Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-16 | 2008-07-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 1 | Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2008 - Makes the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, federal law relating to open meetings of federal agencies, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act applicable to the Smithsonian Institution. Makes this Act applicable to: (1) all actions taken by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution or any other officer or employee of the Smithsonian Institution before, on, or after the enactment date of this Act; (2) any record created before, on, or after that date; and (3) any meeting held before, on, or after that date. Amends the Privacy Act to allow a federal agency, upon request by the chairperson or ranking member of a committee, subcommittee, or joint committee of Congress, to make a disclosure of any record which is contained in a system of records to that chairperson or ranking member. | 2019-04-11T15:40:47Z | |
| 110-hr-6500 | 110 | hr | 6500 | Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-15 | 2008-07-16 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | W000215 | 2 | Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2008 - Revises requirements for participation in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) to require the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to provide regulations for automatic enrollment of new participants to make contributions at the default percentage of basic pay. Allows a default investment in an alternative fund or funds (in lieu of the Government Securities Investment Fund (G Fund)), as the Board may designate in regulations, if an election has not been made with respect to any TSP sums available for investment. Requires the Board to include in the TSP, by regulation, a qualified Roth contribution progam (under which an employee may elect to make designated Roth contributions in lieu of elective deferrals under the retirement plan). Authorizes the Board to permit the addition of self-directed investment options under the TSP if it determines that such an addition would be in the best interests of participants. Limits such investment options to: (1) low-cost, passively-managed index funds that offer diversification benefits; and (2) other appropriate retirement investment vehicles for participants. Deems a participant, in the case of a default investment in the G Fund or an alternative fund, to have: (1) elected to invest in such fund; and (2) executed the acknowledgement of risk otherwise required. | 2022-02-03T05:17:09Z | |
| 110-hres-1345 | 110 | hres | 1345 | Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-07-15 | 2008-07-15 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 4 | Impeaches President George W. Bush for high crimes and misdemeanors.Sets forth an article of impeachment stating that President Bush, in violation of his oath of office, deceived Congress with fabricated threats of Iraq weapons of mass destruction to fraudulently obtain support for the authorization of use of force against Iraq and to commit troops to combat in Iraq. | 2021-09-29T14:56:49Z | |
| 110-hr-6410 | 110 | hr | 6410 | Stop Legislative Automatic Spending Hikes (SLASH) Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-26 | 2008-07-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. | House | Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | M001147 | 2 | Stop Legislative Automatic Spending Hikes (SLASH) Act of 2008 - Requires: (1) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report to Congress on all agencies and programs that received ineffective ratings or three consecutive annual adequate ratings under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993; (2) the termination of such agencies and programs unless continued by statute; (3) the transfer of the functions of such terminated agencies and programs to other appropriate agencies; and (4) an annual OMB estimate of the savings under this Act.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to grant tax rebates to individual taxpayers from the amounts saved by the termination of ineffective agencies and programs under this Act. | 2021-06-07T20:04:54Z | |
| 110-s-3212 | 110 | s | 3212 | Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-26 | 2008-07-30 | Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require any voting system other than one using paper ballots personally marked by the voter to permit independent verification of cast ballots by various specified means, including paper or electronic.Requires each state to conduct an audit of every federal election to ensure that each certificate of election is justified by the vote totals. Directs the Federal Election Commission to establish an Audit Guidelines Development Task Force to assist the Commission in developing model audit guidelines.Prescribes election security requirements for voting systems, including: (1) chain of custody protocols; (2) disclosure of election-dedicated software; and (3) minimum state standards to ensure the integrity of the voting process and education and training of poll workers.Establishes accreditation requirements for laboratories involved in testing of voting system hardware and software. Directs the Commission to establish the Testing Escrow Account for payments to accredited laboratories for testing of such hardware and software.Requires the Commission to make grants for: (1) development and testing of new voting systems, technologies, and innovations to meet independent verification requirements under this Act; and (2) pilot programs for such testing.Directs the Commission to establish a task force to study and develop recommendations regarding the appropriate level of funding for requirements payments.Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to prohibit state refusal to accept voter registration and absentee ballot applications and federal write-in absentee ballots for failure to meet nonessential requirements. | 2019-04-11T15:40:47Z | |
| 110-hr-6339 | 110 | hr | 6339 | FEDVOTE Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-20 | 2008-09-25 | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 110-886, Part I. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 9 | Federal Employees Deserve to Volunteer on the Elections Act of 2008 or the FEDVOTE Act of 2008 - Entitles executive agency employees to leave, without loss of or reduction in pay, leave to which otherwise entitled, credit for time or service, or performance or efficiency rating, not exceeding six days in a leave year, in order to: (1) provide election administration assistance to a state or unit of local government at a polling place on the date of any election for public office; or (2) receive training without which the employee would be ineligible to provide such assistance.Directs the Election Assistance Commission to make grants to eligible states for recruiting and training individuals to serve as poll workers on dates of elections for public office.Requires grant recipients to use the manual prepared by the Commission on successful practices for poll worker recruiting, training, and retention as an interactive training tool and develop training programs with the participation and input of experts in adult learning.Provides a formula for grant amounts based upon a state's voting age population percentage.Requires reports to the Commission and to Congress on activities conducted with funds provided under this Act.Authorizes appropriations.Exempts the Commission from application of the Paperwork Reduction Act. | 2022-02-03T05:19:11Z | |
| 110-hr-6317 | 110 | hr | 6317 | To amend chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act) to provide an exemption from the prevailing wage requirements for certain non-profit organizations. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-19 | 2008-06-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2] | VA | R | D000605 | 0 | Amends the Davis-Bacon Act to exempt parties to a contract with a tax-exempt nonprofit organization from the Act's prevailing wage requirements for laborers and mechanics. | 2020-02-10T16:53:30Z | |
| 110-hr-6322 | 110 | hr | 6322 | Public Charter Schools Home Rule Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-19 | 2008-09-09 | Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Oversight and Government, H. Rept. 110-782, Part II. | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Public Charter Schools Home Rule Act of 2008 - Amends the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 to grant authority to the District of Columbia government to regulate the Public Charter School Board with respect to its membership and the process by which Board members are appointed. Allows the current process to remain in effect until the District enacts a law that establishes such membership and process. Repeals: (1) certain requirements for annual reporting to the federal government by eligible chartering authorities and the State Education Office; and (2) the requirement that the District's Board of Education provide the federal government with access to its fiscal and staffing data. | 2022-02-03T05:19:42Z | |
| 110-hr-6326 | 110 | hr | 6326 | Military Family Support Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-19 | 2008-07-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 16 | Military Family Support Act of 2008 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish a program to authorize a caregiver (a federal employee at least 18 years of age capable of providing care to a child or other dependent family member of a member of the Armed Forces) to use: (1) any available sick leave for the provision of such care in the same manner as annual leave is used; and (2) any federal leave available to that caregiver as though that period of caregiving is a medical emergency. Requires the program to: (1) provide a process for reasonable notice of the need for leave; and (2) protect employees from discrimination or retaliation for the use of leave under this Act and provide the opportunity to appeal a denial of its use. Requires the service member for whom the caregiving is provided to be performing service in support of a contingency operation or in situations for which hostile fire or imminent danger pay is authorized and to designate the caregiver for his or her family. Terminates the program on December 31, 2012.Provides for an offsetting reduction in FY2008 appropriations for the Department of Defense for research, development, test and evaluation. | 2021-09-29T17:18:34Z | |
| 110-s-3163 | 110 | s | 3163 | Military Family Support Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-19 | 2008-07-21 | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. | Senate | Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] | WI | D | F000061 | 1 | Military Family Support Act of 2008 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish a program to authorize a caregiver (a federal employee at least 18 years of age capable of providing care to a child or other dependent family member of a member of the Armed Forces) to use: (1) any available sick leave for the provision of such care in the same manner as annual leave is used; and (2) any federal leave available to that caregiver as though that period of caregiving is a medical emergency. Requires the program to: (1) provide a process for reasonable notice of the need for leave; and (2) protect employees from discrimination or retaliation for the use of leave under this Act and provide the opportunity to appeal a denial of its use. Requires the service member for whom the caregiving is provided to be performing service in support of a contingency operation or in situations for which hostile fire or imminent danger pay is authorized and to designate the caregiver for his or her family. Terminates the program on December 31, 2012.Provides for an offsetting reduction in FY2008 appropriations for the Department of Defense for research, development, test and evaluation. | 2019-11-15T21:50:38Z | |
| 110-hr-6296 | 110 | hr | 6296 | To extend through 2013 the authority of the Federal Election Commission to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and published by the Commission. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-18 | 2008-10-16 | Became Public Law No: 110-433. | House | Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] | PA | D | B001227 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to extend through calendar 2013 the authority of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to impose civil monetary penalties. | 2023-11-13T20:13:42Z | |
| 110-s-3139 | 110 | s | 3139 | Oversight of the Performance and Effectiveness of National Contracting Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-16 | 2008-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 0 | Oversight of the Performance and Effectiveness of National Contracting Act of 2008 - States the policy of the U.S. government concerning the award of contracts or grants to companies organized in an offshore secrecy jurisdiction to avoid federal tax obligations. Prohibits such awards. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Secretary of the Treasury to adopt and revise regulations and guidance as necessary to effect this prohibition.Prohibits for one year (with exceptions) entry into or approval of any contract or subcontract with a company that files periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that has failed to certify the most recently due financial report as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.Prohibits award of a contract with an executive agency unless the contracting officer determines that the prospective contractor has a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics, including satisfactory compliance with the law (including tax, labor and employment, environmental, antitrust, and consumer protection laws).Prohibits entry into a covered contract (one in excess of $500,000 for the performance of functions closely associated with governmental functions) without a conflicts of interest clause described in this Act.Requires every contract that provides for award fees to link the fees to successful acquisition outcomes.Directs the Administrator of General Services to maintain a database of information regarding integrity and performance of persons awarded federal contracts and grants for use by federal officials having authority over contracts and grants.Requires the OMB Director to maintain on the USASpending.gov website specified details concerning contractors, including information about the types of work, personnel involved, prices, fees, and performance.Requires the Inspectors General of the Departments of Defense (DOD) and of Homeland Security to report to Congress on functions of the respective departments that are inherently government… | 2017-12-15T00:28:38Z | |
| 110-s-3140 | 110 | s | 3140 | Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-16 | 2008-07-21 | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. | Senate | Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] | VA | D | W000803 | 17 | Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008 - Allows federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the: (1) birth of a child; or (2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. Makes available for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) four administrative weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth or placement involved; and (2) any accumulated annual or sick leave. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to increase the amount of paid parental leave available to up to eight administrative workweeks, based on the consideration of: (1) the benefits provided to the federal government of offering increased paid parental leave, including enhanced recruitment and retention of employees; (2) the cost to the federal government of increasing the amount of paid parental leave that is available to employees; (3) trends in the private sector and in state and local governments with respect to offering paid parental leave; and (4) the federal government's role as a model employer. Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to allow the same substitution for covered congressional employees.Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow the same substitution for Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Library of Congress employees. | 2019-11-15T21:50:39Z | |
| 110-hr-6250 | 110 | hr | 6250 | To revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-12 | 2008-07-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | House | Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 0 | Amends the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 to add the names of Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia. | 2019-11-15T21:37:57Z | |
| 110-hr-6267 | 110 | hr | 6267 | To make the Davis-Bacon Act applicable to rural development loan and loan guarantee programs. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-12 | 2008-11-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 0 | Requires that laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on construction and minor remodeling projects assisted under a rural development loan or loan guarantee program be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar projects in the locality pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act. | 2021-06-07T20:04:23Z | |
| 110-s-3123 | 110 | s | 3123 | Closing the Foreign Lobbying Loophole Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-12 | 2008-06-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 2 | Closing the Foreign Lobbying Loophole Act - Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to repeal the exemption of agents of foreign principals from mandatory registration with the Attorney General if they are already registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Redefines "agent of a foreign principal" to extend its meaning to agents who through any other person outside the United States represents the interests of a foreign principal before any agency or official of the federal government. | 2019-11-15T21:52:05Z | |
| 110-hr-6235 | 110 | hr | 6235 | All-American Flag Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-11 | 2008-07-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. | House | Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] | IA | D | B001259 | 0 | All-American Flag Act - Requires any flags of the United States acquired for use by the federal government to be entirely manufactured in the United States, from articles, materials, or supplies entirely grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States. | 2019-11-15T21:12:22Z | |
| 110-hr-6240 | 110 | hr | 6240 | Weekend Voting Act | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-11 | 2008-06-11 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] | NY | D | I000057 | 0 | Weekend Voting Act - Amends the Revised Statutes with respect to the time of election to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every even numbered year, as the days for the election, in each state and territory, of Delegates to, or Members of, Congress.Amends federal law with respect to presidential elections and vacancies to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every fourth year, as the days for the election of the President and Vice President of the United States. Amends such federal laws to establish the same polling place hours in the United States for both congressional and presidential elections, namely from 10:00 a.m. EST on Saturday till 6:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, with polls allowed to close between the hours of 10:00 p.m. local time on Saturday and 6:00 a.m. local time on Sunday as provided by the law of the state in which the polling place is located. Declares the sense of Congress that state and local election officials and the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) should work together to develop plans to ensure an effective transition to weekend voting in federal elections. | 2017-12-14T21:19:56Z | |
| 110-hres-1262 | 110 | hres | 1262 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Commerce should use all reasonable measures to ensure that every person is counted in the 2010 decennial census. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-11 | 2008-09-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] | CA | R | I000056 | 50 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Demands that the 2010 decennial census count every person living in the United States, any U.S. territory or possession, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and all federal civilian and military personnel serving abroad. Urges the Secretary of Commerce to use all reasonable means to achieve that goal. | 2022-02-03T05:17:16Z | |
| 110-hres-1258 | 110 | hres | 1258 | Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-10 | 2008-06-11 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 11 | Impeaches President George W. Bush for high crimes and misdemeanors.Sets forth articles of impeachment stating that President Bush, in violation of his oath of office: (1) illegally spent public dollars on a secret propaganda program to manufacture a false cause for war against Iraq; (2) misused intelligence reports to deceive Congress and the public about a connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda and the the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; (3) mislead Congress and the public into believing that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and posed an imminent threat to the United States; (4) illegally misspent funds to begin a war in secret prior to congressional authorization; (5) invaded Iraq in violation of U.S. law, the United Nations Charter, and international criminal law and failed to obtain a declaration of war; (6) failed to protect U.S. troops in Iraq by not providing them with body and vehicle armor and promoted false stories about the deaths and injuries of members of the U.S. military; (7) used public funds to construct permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq; (8) invaded Iraq to obtain control of its oil resources; (9) created a secret task force to guide U.S. energy and military policy in usurpation of the role of Congress in legislating such policy; (10) misused classified intelligence information and conspired to identify a covert agent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (11) established policies granting U.S. government contractors in Iraq immunity from prosecution; (12) recklessly misspent public dollars on private contractors in Iraq; (13) detained U.S. citizens and foreign captives indefinitely and without charge; (14) authorized torture of captives in Afghanistan and Iraq; (15) kidnapped and transported individuals to countries known to practice torture; (16) authorized the arrest and detention of at least 2,500 children as enemy combatants in violation of the Geneva Convention; (17) mislead Congress and the public about threats from Iran; (18) created secret laws throug… | 2019-11-15T21:37:56Z | |
| 110-hr-6217 | 110 | hr | 6217 | To amend title 39, United States Code, to modify the procedures governing the closure or consolidation of post offices. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-09 | 2008-06-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. | House | Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13] | NJ | D | S001165 | 100 | Modifies the procedures the U.S. Postal Service must follow in connection with the closing or consolidation of any post office, including: (1) requiring an assessment of the need for the closure or consolidation; (2) eliminating a requirement to consider the resulting Postal Service economic savings; (3) requiring a posting in each affected post office at least 90 days before the final decision is made; and (4) requiring (currently, allowing) suspension of the determination pending an appeal to the Postal Regulatory Commission. Provides for exceptions for emergency suspensions (as defined under Postal Service regulations) or lease termination or cancellation by a party other than the Postal Service. Defines "post office," for the provisions amended by this Act, to include an office, branch, station, or other facility operated by the Postal Service. | 2021-09-29T17:17:01Z | |
| 110-s-3100 | 110 | s | 3100 | Voting Opportunities and Integrity in the Conduct of Elections Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-06 | 2008-06-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 0 | Voting Opportunities and Integrity in the Conduct of Elections Act of 2008 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to: (1) allow individuals to vote in an election before the date of the regularly scheduled election; (2) require the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to issue standards for administration of such voting; and (3) require each state to permit any person otherwise qualified to vote in a federal election to vote in a manner other than in person, and impose no conditions or restrictions on absentee voting other than a reasonable deadline for requesting and returning the ballot.Directs the EAC to establish a Vote by Mail grant program. Requires each federal election voting system to require the use of or produce an individual, durable, voter-verified, paper ballot of the voter's vote, available for voter inspection and verification before the vote is cast and counted. Directs the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to study, test, and develop best practices to enhance the accessibility of ballot verification mechanisms for individuals with disabilities, for voters whose primary language is not English, and for voters with difficulties in literacy.Prohibits the use of: (1) uncertified election dedicated voting system technologies; and (2) any voting system unless its manufacturer and the election officials using it meet applicable security requirements. Provides for mandatory availability of paper ballots at polling places.Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to make research grants for development of election-dedicated voting system software. Requires states to make unannounced random hand counts of the voter-verified paper ballots in a federal election.Directs the EAC to establish: (1) a pre-registration implementation grant program; (2) an automatic re-registration grant program; and (3) a computerized system capable of communicating and exchanging data among participating states (interoperability).Prohibits voter caging practices (those preventing v… | 2019-04-11T15:40:47Z | |
| 110-sjres-39 | 110 | sjres | 39 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States. | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-06 | 2008-06-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] | FL | D | N000032 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the direct popular election of the President and the Vice President.(Abolishes the Electoral College.) | 2022-02-03T05:09:44Z | |
| 110-hr-6193 | 110 | hr | 6193 | Improving Public Access to Documents Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-06-05 | 2008-07-31 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36] | CA | D | H000213 | 7 | Improving Public Access to Documents Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer policies, procedures, and programs within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement the controlled unclassified information framework for the marking and disclosure of homeland security information under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. Defines such framework as a single set of policies and procedures governing the designation, marking, safeguarding, and dissemination of terrorism-related controlled unclassified information that originates in federal agencies. Requires the Secretary to coordinate with the Archivist of the United States and consult with representatives of state, local, tribal, and territorial government and law enforcement, organizations with expertise in civil rights, civil liberties, and government oversight, and the private sector to develop such policies, procedures, and programs.Directs the Secretary to: (1) create a standard format for unclassified finished DHS intelligence products and require all such products to be prepared in such format; (2) ensure that policies protect the national security as well as the information privacy and legal rights of U.S. persons; (3) establish an ongoing auditing mechanism that randomly selects controlled unclassified information from each DHS component to assess whether applicable policies, procedures, rules, and regulations have been followed, describe any problems with their administration, and recommend improvements in awareness and training to address the problems; (4) establish a process to allow employees to challenge the use of controlled unclassified information markings; (5) institute a series of penalties for DHS employees and contractors that fail to comply with requirements under this Act; (6) maintain a publicly available list of all documents designated as controlled unclassified information; and (7) create a process for the public … | 2022-02-03T05:19:43Z | |
| 110-s-3073 | 110 | s | 3073 | Military Voting Protection Act of 2008 | Government Operations and Politics | 2008-05-22 | 2008-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. | Senate | Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] | TX | R | C001056 | 32 | Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to direct the Secretary of Defense (the presidential designee) to establish procedures for: (1) collecting marked absentee ballots of military overseas voters in elections for federal office; and (2) delivering such ballots to the appropriate state election officials. Requires the designee to: (1) ensure that such ballots are delivered prior to the time established for the closing of the polls on the date of the election; and (2) carry out delivery requirements through a contract with one or more providers of express mail services, which shall include a mechanism for ballot tracking. Provides a special rule for voters in jurisdictions using post office boxes for the collection of such ballots. Prohibits states from refusing to accept such ballots on the grounds that they were not delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the designee to: (1) provide outreach to absentee military voters on the procedures established under this Act; (2) report, after each general election, to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on the utilization of such procedures; and (3) submit a one-time report to such committees on the status of implementation of this Act. Prohibits states from refusing to accept voter registration and absentee ballot applications and write-in ballots for failure to meet nonessential requirements (requirements not clearly necessary to prevent fraud in the conduct of elections). | 2019-04-11T15:40:57Z |
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