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| 110-s-3711 | 110 | s | 3711 | A bill to authorize a cost of living adjustment for the Federal judiciary. | Law | 2008-11-20 | 2008-12-09 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 6 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes a cost of living adjustment for FY2009 for justices and judges of the United States. | 2018-11-21T20:29:38Z | |
| 110-hr-7124 | 110 | hr | 7124 | To establish procedures for causes and claims relating to the leasing of Federal lands (including submerged lands) for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of energy, and for other purposes. | Law | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] | AZ | R | S000275 | 21 | Confers exclusive jurisdiction upon the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to hear causes and claims arising from a covered energy project, any action or decision by a federal official regarding: (1) leasing federal lands for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of any source or form of energy; (2) actions and decisions regarding the selection or offering of federal lands for such leasing; or (3) any action under such a lease. Bars any cause or claim not filed within a 60-day period for filing a complaint. Prescribes a 180-day deadline for court resolution of a complaint or cause of action. Declares that such a complaint or cause of action shall take precedence over all other pending matters before the District Court. Restricts to the Supreme Court any judicial review of an interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of the district court. Prescribes a 180-day deadline for Supreme Court resolution of such a matter. Declares that all such proceedings shall take precedence over all other matters then before the Supreme Court. | 2018-11-21T20:29:38Z | |
| 110-hr-7080 | 110 | hr | 7080 | Stop Trial Lawyer Pork Act | Law | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-25 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 2 | Stop Trial Lawyer Pork Act - Declares that certain federal laws that benefit trial lawyers to the detriment of consumers shall have no force or effect, whether enacted before, on, or after the enactment of this Act. Includes among such laws: (1) the Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2008; (2) the Medical Device Safety Act of 2008; (3) the Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act; (4) the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007; (5) the Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007; and (6) the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008. Clarity and Transparency in Lawsuits Act or CATLA - Requires any federal law creating a private right of action to include express language providing for such a right. Prohibits any federal or state court from construing any federal law to imply a private right of action in absence of such an express provision. Prohibits any attorney at law, in any litigation in or affecting commerce among the states or with foreign nations, from prosecuting or counseling any action, or asserting any claim or defense, which is false, frivolous, or wholly insubstantial. Establishes sanctions for violation of such prohibition. Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act - Amends Rule 11 (Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require the court to impose an appropriate sanction on any attorney, law firm, or party that has violated, or is responsible for the violation of, the rule with regard to representations to the court. Requires any sanction to compensate parties injured by the conduct in question. Gives an attorney a right to appeal such a sanction. Prohibits a person from bringing a personal injury claim in the court of a state if the person is not a resident of that state (interstate forum-shopping), unless all or a substantial part of the acts or omissions giving rise to the claim asserted occurred in that state. | 2021-06-07T20:06:52Z | |
| 110-s-3569 | 110 | s | 3569 | Judicial Administration and Technical Amendments Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-09-24 | 2008-10-13 | Became Public Law No: 110-406. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.) Judicial Administration and Technical Amendments Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) move Dyer County from the Western Division to the Eastern Division of the Western Judicial District of Tennessee; and (2) make Dyersburg a site where the Court for the Eastern Division shall be held. (Sec. 3) Reduces from 30 days to 10 days the minimum length of time a petit juror must serve on a trial before the court may pay a supplemental attendance fee. (Sec. 4) Changes from a requirement to discretionary the authority of the district court to order any person summoned for jury service who fails to appear as directed to appear forthwith and show cause for failure to comply with the summons. (Sec. 5) Requires the clerk or jury commission to post a general notice for public review in the clerk's office and on the court's website explaining the process by which names are periodically and randomly drawn from the master jury wheel. (Sec. 6) Revises the items for which a judge or clerk of any court of the United States may tax as costs to specify: (1) printed or electronically recorded transcripts (currently, stenographic transcripts); and (2) copies of any materials (currently, papers) where the copies are necessarily obtained for use in the case. (Sec. 7) Repeals obsolete provisions in the bankruptcy code relating to certain dollar amounts. (Sec. 8) Authorizes the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, or a designated clerk of court, to request the Secretary of the Treasury to invest court registry funds in interest-bearing public debt securities. (Sec. 9) Authorizes magistrate judge participation at circuit conferences. (Sec. 10) Amends the federal criminal code to repeal the requirement that a chief pretrial services officer be selected by a panel consisting of the chief judge of the circuit, the chief judge of the district, and a magistrate judg… | 2023-11-13T20:13:03Z | |
| 110-hr-6929 | 110 | hr | 6929 | Office of Legal Counsel Reporting Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-09-17 | 2008-09-17 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13] | NC | D | M001154 | 0 | Office of Legal Counsel Reporting Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to require the Attorney General to report to Congress on certain authoritative Department of Justice legal interpretations (including those by the Office of Legal Counsel) submitted to the President, executive branch agency heads, or the Secretaries of the military departments about the constitutionality, non-application, or supersession of federal law. Requires any qualified legal opinion issued to the President, any person or entity in the executive branch, or any member of the Armed Forces to be issued in writing, except when immediate action is required. Requires the Comptroller General to evaluate and report to Congress on the performance of the Office of Legal Counsel during the 25-year period ending on the date of enactment of this Act. | 2022-02-03T05:08:48Z | |
| 110-s-3501 | 110 | s | 3501 | OLC Reporting Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-09-16 | 2008-12-11 | By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 110-528. | Senate | Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] | WI | D | F000061 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)OLC Reporting Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to require the Attorney General to report to Congress on any instance in which the Attorney General or any officer of the Department of Justice issues an authoritative legal interpretation of any provision of a federal statute that: (1) concludes that the provision is unconstitutional or would be unconstitutional in a particular application; (2) relies for its conclusion on a determination that any other interpretation would raise constitutional concerns under article II of the Constitution or separation of powers principles; (3) relies for its conclusion on a legal presumption against applying the provision to the executive branch or any member thereof; or (4) concludes the provision has been superseded or deprived of effect by a subsequently enacted statute where there is no express statutory language stating an intent to do so. Provides for the protection of privileged and classified information contained in a report by the Attorney General on the enforcement of laws. | 2022-02-03T05:08:48Z | |
| 110-hr-6855 | 110 | hr | 6855 | To extend the authority for the United States Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court grounds, and for other purposes. | Law | 2008-09-10 | 2008-09-22 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Extends through calendar year 2013 the authority of the United States Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court grounds. Changes the title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice to Counselor to the Chief Justice. | 2019-11-15T21:37:54Z | |
| 110-s-3462 | 110 | s | 3462 | A bill to ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by heirs and survivors of such persons. | Law | 2008-09-10 | 2008-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 2 | Grants U.S. district courts original jurisdiction over any civil action for damages for personal injury or death that: (1) arose from the deportation of persons to Nazi concentration camps between January 1, 1942, and December 31, 1944; and (2) is brought by or on behalf of such person against a railroad that owned or operated the trains on which the persons were deported and that was organized as a separate legal entity.Provides that: (1) no law limiting the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts shall preclude any such action; and (2) no such action shall be barred because a statute of limitations has expired. Makes this Act applicable to any action pending on or commenced after January 1, 2002. | 2019-11-15T21:58:59Z | |
| 110-hr-6702 | 110 | hr | 6702 | Securing Our Borders and Our Data Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-07-31 | 2008-09-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism. | House | Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | E000179 | 11 | Securing Our Borders and Our Data Act of 2008 - Sets forth rules for the search or seizure at a U.S. border of digital electronic devices or digital storage media. Prohibits a search of the digital contents of such devices or media unless such search is based on: (1) a reasonable suspicion regarding the owner of such devices or media; and (2) an independent constitutional authority to make a seizure (other than the authority for border searches). Requires officers at U.S. borders to receive appropriate training to make searches of digital devices or media to minimize the possibility of irreparable damage to such devices or media. Allows the owners of such devices and media to request that searches be conducted out of public view. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) make rules regarding border searches of digital devices and storage media, including rules to protect the integrity of digital data, for the retrieval of seized devices or media by owners, and for sharing such data with other governmental agencies; and (2) publish such rules on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) website. Requires the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct an annual study of searches and seizures of digital devices and storage media at U.S. borders and report to Congress on such study. | 2021-06-07T20:05:53Z | |
| 110-hr-6705 | 110 | hr | 6705 | Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-07-31 | 2008-07-31 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 3 | Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction of, and make it the exclusive venue for consideration of, all habeas corpus applications by or on behalf of any enemy combatant held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is neither a U.S. citizen nor a lawful permanent resident (covered individual) that are pending on or filed on or after the enactment of this Act. Prescribes related procedures, including restrictions on oral testimony. Stays any such application until all Military Commission proceedings regarding the covered individual have been resolved. Requires release of a covered individual, for whom the District Court grants a writ of habeas corpus and orders release, into the custody of the Secretary of Homeland Security for transfer to the individual's country of citizenship or another country. | 2019-11-15T21:37:56Z | |
| 110-s-3401 | 110 | s | 3401 | Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-07-31 | 2008-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] | SC | R | G000359 | 3 | Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction of, and make it the exclusive venue for consideration of, all habeas corpus applications by or on behalf of any enemy combatant held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is neither a U.S. citizen nor a lawful permanent resident (covered individual) that are pending on or filed on or after the enactment of this Act. Prescribes related procedures, including restrictions on oral testimony. Stays any such application until all Military Commission proceedings regarding the covered individual have been resolved. Requires release of a covered individual, for whom the District Court grants a writ application and orders release, into the custody of the Secretary of Homeland Security for transfer to the individual's country of citizenship or another country. | 2019-11-15T21:59:02Z | |
| 110-hr-6610 | 110 | hr | 6610 | To amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine. | Law | 2008-07-24 | 2008-07-24 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 0 | Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence with respect to the disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege and work product protection. Provides that, when such a disclosure is made in a federal proceeding or to a federal office or agency, and waives the attorney-client privilege or work-product protection, the waiver extends to an undisclosed communication or information in a federal or state proceeding only if: (1) the waiver is intentional; (2) the disclosed and undisclosed communications or information concern the same subject matter; and (3) they ought in fairness to be considered together. States that, when the disclosure is made in a federal proceeding or to a federal office or agency, it does not operate as a waiver in a federal or state proceeding if: (1) the disclosure is inadvertent; (2) the holder of the privilege or protection took reasonable steps to prevent disclosure; and (3) the holder promptly took reasonable steps to rectify the error. Declares that, when the disclosure is made in a state proceeding and is not the subject of a state-court order concerning waiver, it does not operate as a waiver in a federal proceeding if the disclosure: (1) would not be a waiver under this rule if it had been made in a federal proceeding; or (2) is not waived under law of the state where the disclosure occurred. | 2019-11-15T21:37:55Z | |
| 110-hr-6588 | 110 | hr | 6588 | Electronic Device Privacy Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-07-23 | 2008-07-23 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 0 | Electronic Device Privacy Act of 2008 - Prohibits any person acting under U.S. authority, derived from a sovereign's power to search at its border, from searching the electronic contents of a laptop computer or other similar device of a person entering the United States. Allows searches based on lawful authority other than a sovereign's power to search at its border. Defines "laptop computer or other similar device" to include any electronic device normally used for electronic mail or messaging or for storing electronic data. | 2019-11-15T21:37:55Z | |
| 110-s-3296 | 110 | s | 3296 | A bill to extend the authority of the United States Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds and change the title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice. | Law | 2008-07-21 | 2008-10-13 | Became Public Law No: 110-402. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed in the Senate on September 25, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Extends through calendar year 2013 the authority of the United States Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court grounds. Changes the title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice to Counselor to the Chief Justice. Prohibits a judicial officer from accepting a gift of an honorary club membership with a value of more than $50 in any calendar year. | 2023-11-13T20:13:00Z | |
| 110-hr-6497 | 110 | hr | 6497 | To require the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who were forced to perform slave labor by the Imperial Government of Japan or by corporations of Japan during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes. | Law | 2008-07-15 | 2008-07-15 | Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] | OR | D | H000762 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay (subject to the availability of appropriated funds) a specified amount of compensation to those members of the Armed Forces and U.S. civilian employees, or to the surviving spouses of such members and employees, who were captured by Japan and who were used as slave labor during World War II. | 2021-06-07T20:05:12Z | |
| 110-hr-6481 | 110 | hr | 6481 | Avena Case Implementation Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-07-14 | 2008-07-14 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | B000410 | 3 | Avena Case Implementation Act of 2008 - Authorizes a person whose rights are infringed by a nonforeign governmental authority's violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and the Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations to bring a civil action to obtain: (1) declaratory or equitable relief; and (2) in any case where the plaintiff is convicted of a criminal offense where the violation occurs during and in relation to the investigation or prosecution of the offense, any relief required to remedy the harm done by the violation, including vitiation of conviction or sentence. | 2019-11-15T21:37:57Z | |
| 110-hr-6344 | 110 | hr | 6344 | Responsive Government Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-06-23 | 2008-07-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10] | MA | D | D000210 | 7 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Responsive Government Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to authorize the chief judge of a district or court of appeals to delay, toll, or otherwise grant relief from time deadlines applicable to pending civil and criminal cases in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency situation requiring the closure of courts or rendering it impracticable to comply with such deadlines. Grants the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office authority to: (1) waive statutory provisions governing the filing, processing, renewal, and maintenance of patents, trademark registrations, and patent and trademark applications in certain emergencies; and (2) accept late application filings for patent extensions in certain cases of unintentional delay. Prescribes filing fees for patent extensions, including: (1) $65 million for an anticoagulant drug intended for use in humans; and (2) a formula for other items. | 2021-04-20T15:21:05Z | |
| 110-hr-6274 | 110 | hr | 6274 | Boumediene Jurisdiction Correction Act | Law | 2008-06-17 | 2008-07-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | House | Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] | AZ | R | S000275 | 24 | Boumediene Jurisdiction Correction Act - Allows any person being held under military authority in the part of Cuba leased to the United States to challenge the circumstances and legality of that person's detention to the same extent and with the same rights as are provided under the writ of habeas corpus. Grants the courts established under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and operating in that part of Cuba exclusive original jurisdiction to hear and determine any such challenge. | 2021-06-07T20:04:24Z | |
| 110-hres-1264 | 110 | hres | 1264 | Expressing support for the private property rights protections guaranteed by the 5th Amendment to the Constitution on the 3rd anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision on Kelo v. City of New London. | Law | 2008-06-11 | 2008-07-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 2 | Expresses the sense of Congress that state and local governments: (1) should only execute the power of eminent domain for the public good; (2) must always justly compensate affected individuals in accordance with the Fifth Amendment; (3) should never use eminent domain to advantage one private party over another; and (4) should not construe Kelo v. City of New London (Kelo) as justification to abuse the power of eminent domain. Reserves to Congress the right to address through legislation any abuses of eminent domain by state and local government in light of Kelo. | 2019-11-15T21:37:56Z | |
| 110-s-3107 | 110 | s | 3107 | A bill to require the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who were forced to perform slave labor by the Imperial Government of Japan or by corporations of Japan during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes. | Law | 2008-06-10 | 2008-06-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay (subject to the availability of appropriated funds) a specified amount of compensation to those members of the Armed Forces and U.S. civilian employees, or to the surviving spouses of such members and employees, who were captured by Japan and who were used as slave labor during World War II. | 2019-11-15T21:57:51Z | |
| 110-hr-6126 | 110 | hr | 6126 | Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-05-22 | 2008-09-26 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 577. | House | Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39] | CA | D | S001156 | 23 | Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008 - Provides that a pre-dispute arbitration agreement between a long-term care facility and a resident (or anyone acting on the resident's behalf) shall not be valid or specifically enforceable. | 2022-02-03T05:19:07Z | |
| 110-hr-6146 | 110 | hr | 6146 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments. | Law | 2008-05-22 | 2008-09-29 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] | TN | D | C001068 | 19 | Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit a domestic court from recognizing or enforcing a foreign judgment for defamation that is based upon a publication concerning a public figure or a matter of public concern, unless the domestic court determines that the judgment is consistent with the First Amendment to the Constitution. | 2023-01-11T13:15:48Z | |
| 110-hr-6118 | 110 | hr | 6118 | To amend the charter of the Gold Star Wives of America to remove the restriction on the federally chartered corporation, and directors and officers of the corporation, attempting to influence legislation. | Law | 2008-05-21 | 2008-07-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 0 | Amends provisions of federal law relating to patriotic and national organizations to remove language restricting the Gold Star Wives of America from attempting to influence legislation. | 2019-11-15T21:37:48Z | |
| 110-hr-6093 | 110 | hr | 6093 | Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Accountability Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-05-20 | 2008-05-20 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | H000627 | 5 | Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Accountability Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Tort Claims Act to allow claims for damages to be brought against the United States for personal injury or death of a member of the Armed Forces arising out of a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the performance of medical, dental, or related health care functions that: (1) takes place other than in the context of combat; and (2) is provided by persons acting within the scope of their office or employment by or at the direction of the Armed Forces, whether inside or outside the United States. Provides for a reduction of claims under this Act by the present value of other benefits attributable to such death or injury received by the member and by that member's estate, survivors, and beneficiaries pursuant to other federal law. | 2021-09-29T17:15:26Z | |
| 110-hr-5993 | 110 | hr | 5993 | Presidential Signing Statements Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-05-08 | 2008-07-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] | NC | R | J000255 | 0 | Presidential Signing Statements Act of 2008 - Requires the President to transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary, and to the Senate Majority Leader each signing statement that declares or insinuates the President's intention to disregard provisions of any bill he has signed into law because he believes it is unconstitutional. Requires the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, or White House Counsel to testify before such congressional committees at the behest of any single Member of either committee to explain the meaning and justification of every presidential signing statement covered by this Act. Prohibits executive privilege from being recognized as a valid basis for refusing to appear or refusing to answer a question pertinent to the legal reasoning behind a signing statement or its legal ramifications. Bars authorization or expenditure of federal funds to implement any law accompanied by a presidential signing statement noncompliant with this Act. | 2019-11-15T21:37:52Z | |
| 110-hr-6019 | 110 | hr | 6019 | Ray Ruiz Special Exposure Cohort Act | Law | 2008-05-08 | 2008-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. | House | Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] | NM | D | U000039 | 0 | Ray Ruiz Special Exposure Cohort Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include an employee of the Department of Energy (DOE) or its contractors or subcontractors who worked for at least 250 work days at the Los Alamos site in New Mexico within the meaning of the term "member of the Special Exposure Cohort" for purposes of occupational illness compensation.Provides that a claim that an individual qualifies for compensation or benefits under such Act shall be considered notwithstanding any denial of any other claim for compensation with respect to such individual. | 2021-06-07T20:03:25Z | |
| 110-s-2977 | 110 | s | 2977 | Free Speech Protection Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-05-06 | 2008-05-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 2 | Free Speech Protection Act of 2008 - Allows any U.S. person against whom a lawsuit for defamation is brought in a foreign country on the basis of the content of any speech by that person that has been published, uttered, or otherwise disseminated in the United States to bring an action in a U.S. district court against any person who, or entity which, brought the suit, if the speech at issue in the foreign lawsuit does not constitute defamation under U.S. law.Allows the award of treble damages if it is determined by a preponderance of the evidence that the person or entity bringing the foreign lawsuit intentionally engaged in a scheme to suppress rights under the First Amendment to the Constitution by discouraging publishers or other media from publishing, or by discouraging financial supporters from employing, retaining, or supporting the research, writing, or other speech of an individual. | 2019-11-15T21:58:57Z | |
| 110-hr-5913 | 110 | hr | 5913 | Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act | Law | 2008-04-29 | 2008-05-01 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39] | CA | D | S001156 | 14 | Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act - Amends the federal judicial code to provide for service of process on foreign citizens or subjects (nationals), or their agents, in cases involving defective products causing injury in the United States which were manufactured by the foreign national outside the United States. Conditions jursidiction for service of process on the fact that the foreign national: (1) knew or reasonably should have known that the product or component would be imported for sale or use in the United States; or (2) had contacts with the United States, whether or not such contacts occurred in the place where the injury occurred. | 2021-09-29T17:12:20Z | |
| 110-hr-5884 | 110 | hr | 5884 | Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-04-23 | 2008-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. | House | Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] | FL | D | W000314 | 3 | Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit a court from entering an order restricting the disclosure of information obtained through discovery, approving a settlement disagreement that would restrict such disclosure, or restricting access to court records in a civil case, unless the court has found that: (1) such order would not restrict the disclosure of information which is relevant to the protection of public health or safety; or (2) the public interest in the disclosure of potential health or safety hazards is outweighed by a specific and substantial interest in maintaining the confidentiality of the information, and the requested protective order is no broader than necessary to protect the privacy interest. Prohibits any party from requesting, as a condition for the production of discovery, that another party stipulate to an order that would violate this Act. Prohibits a court from: (1) approving or enforcing an order prohibited under this Act, or any provision of an agreement between parties to a civil action, that restricts a party from disclosing information to any federal or state agency with authority to enforce laws regulating an activity relating to such information; or (2) enforcing any provision of a settlement agreement that prohibits a party from disclosing that a settlement was reached or the terms of the settlement, other than the amount paid, or from discussing a case or evidence that involves matters related to public health or safety, except where the court finds that the public interest in disclosure of potential health and safety hazards is outweighed by a confidentiality interest. Makes it a rebuttable presumption that the interest in protecting personally identifiable information relating to an individual's financial or health, or other similar information, outweighs the public interest in disclosure. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit, require, or authorize the disclosure of classified information. | 2019-11-15T21:37:45Z | |
| 110-hr-5833 | 110 | hr | 5833 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the direct payment of attorney fees and costs to the attorney representing a prevailing party in certain Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income claims, and for other purposes. | Law | 2008-04-17 | 2008-04-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 17 | Amends the federal judicial code to provide for the direct payment of attorney fees to the attorney representing a prevailing party in civil actions involving Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Claims under titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act. Declares that such fees shall not be subject to offset due to a claim of the United States against the prevailing party. | 2019-11-15T21:37:51Z | |
| 110-hr-5814 | 110 | hr | 5814 | Free Speech Protection Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-04-16 | 2008-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | K000210 | 14 | Free Speech Protection Act of 2008 - Allows any U.S. person against whom a lawsuit for defamation is brought in a foreign country on the basis of the content of any speech by that person that has been published, uttered, or otherwise disseminated in the United States to bring an action in a U.S. district court against any person who, or entity which, brought the suit, if the speech at issue in the foreign lawsuit does not constitute defamation under U.S. law.Allows the award of treble damages if it is determined by a preponderance of the evidence that the person or entity bringing the foreign lawsuit intentionally engaged in a scheme to suppress rights under the First Amendment to the Constitution by discouraging publishers or other media from publishing, or by discouraging financial supporters from employing, retaining, or supporting the research, writing, or other speech of an individual. | 2022-02-03T05:24:54Z | |
| 110-s-2838 | 110 | s | 2838 | Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act | Law | 2008-04-09 | 2008-10-01 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1109. | Senate | Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] | FL | R | M001162 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act - Provides that a pre-dispute arbitration agreement between a long-term care facility and a resident (or anyone acting on the resident's behalf) shall not be valid or specifically enforceable. | 2022-02-03T05:19:07Z | |
| 110-hres-1076 | 110 | hres | 1076 | Calling upon the courts to uphold the fundamental and constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children. | Law | 2008-04-03 | 2008-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | House | Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] | CA | R | M000508 | 57 | Commends the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District in Los Angeles, California, for allowing a rehearing of the decision in the In re Rachel L. case, requiring parents to hold a teaching license in order to legally homeschool their children. Calls upon the court to uphold the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion that parents have a fundamental and constitutional right to direct the upbringing and education of their children. | 2019-11-15T21:37:47Z | |
| 110-hr-5607 | 110 | hr | 5607 | State Secret Protection Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-03-13 | 2008-07-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 8 | State Secret Protection Act of 2008 - Declares that in any civil action brought in federal or state court the government has a privilege to refuse to give evidence and to prevent any person from giving evidence only if the government shows that public disclosure of the evidence that the government seeks to protect would be reasonably likely to cause significant harm to the national defense or the diplomatic relations of the United States. Requires the court to take steps, including in camera hearings and other proceedings, to protect sensitive information that comes before it. Sets forth rules regarding the participation of counsel or the disclosure of information when it presents a risk of harm. Provides for court-ordered presentation of adequate or nonprivileged substitutes for privileged evidence. Allows the government to: (1) assert the privilege in connection with any claim in a civil action to which it is a party; or (2) intervene in a civil action to which it is not a party in order to do so. Provides that once the government has asserted the privilege, and before the court makes any determinations, the court shall: (1) undertake a preliminary review of the information in question; and (2) provide the government an opportunity to seek protective measures under this Act. Establishes procedures and a standard for assessing the privilege claim. Allows disclosure of an item of evidence to a nongovernmental party, or admission at trial, if the court determines that the privilege is not validly asserted. Prohibits such disclosure or admission if the privilege is determined valid. Grants the courts of appeal jurisdiction of an appeal by any party from any interlocutory decision or order of a U.S. district court. | 2019-11-15T21:37:50Z | |
| 110-s-2774 | 110 | s | 2774 | Federal Judgeship Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-03-13 | 2008-07-21 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 891. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 21 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Federal Judgeship Act of 2008 - Directs the President to: (1) appoint additional circuit judges for the first, second, third, sixth, eighth, and ninth circuit courts of appeals and temporary judges for the ninth circuit court of appeals; and (2) appoint additional permanent and temporary district judges for districts in specified states. | 2022-02-03T05:09:31Z | |
| 110-hr-5514 | 110 | hr | 5514 | Pornography Jurisdiction Limitation Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-02-28 | 2008-03-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3] | UT | R | C000116 | 1 | The Pornography Jurisdiction Limitation Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to provide that no court created by Act of Congress shall have jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or decide a question of whether a state pornography law imposes a constitutionally invalid restriction on the freedom of expression. Provides that a decision of a federal court, to the extent the decision relates to such a question, is not binding precedent on a state court. | 2019-11-15T21:37:47Z | |
| 110-hr-5312 | 110 | hr | 5312 | Automobile Arbitration Fairness Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-02-07 | 2008-07-15 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . | House | Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39] | CA | D | S001156 | 12 | Automobile Arbitration Fairness Act of 2008 - Amends federal arbitration law to require that a controversy arising out of a motor vehicle consumer sales or lease contract, including a refusal to perform all or any part of such contract, may not be settled by arbitration unless, after the controversy arises, all parties to it agree in writing to settle it by arbitration. | 2023-01-11T13:15:04Z | |
| 110-hr-5230 | 110 | hr | 5230 | Contempt of the House of Representatives Subpoena Authority Act of 2008 | Law | 2008-02-06 | 2008-02-06 | 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. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 0 | Contempt of the House of Representatives Subpoena Authority Act of 2008 - Grants the U.S. district court for the District of Columbia original jurisdiction over any civil action brought by the House of Representatives (or any authorized committee or subcommittee) to enforce, to secure a declaratory judgment concerning the validity of, or to prevent a threatened refusal or failure to comply with, any subpoena or order issued by it to any entity acting or purporting to act under color or authority of state law, or to any natural person, to secure the production of: (1) documents or other materials of any kind, or the answering of any deposition or interrogatory; (2) testimony; or (3) any combination of such things. Requires the district court, upon application by the House (or any authorized committee or subcommittee), to issue a mandatory compliance order to an entity or person refusing, or failing to comply with, or threatening to refuse or not to comply with, a subpoena or order. Authorizes the court to hold in contempt any refusal or failure to obey a lawful order. Authorizes the General Counsel of the House of Representatives to bring a civil action under any statute conferring jurisdiction on any U.S. court to enforce, to secure a declaratory judgment concerning the validity of, or to prevent a threatened failure or refusal to comply with, any subpoena or order issued by the House (or a committee or a subcommittee). Prescribes a procedure for consideration in the House of a resolution to direct the General Counsel to bring such an action. | 2023-01-11T13:15:07Z | |
| 110-hr-5167 | 110 | hr | 5167 | Justice for Victims of Torture and Terrorism Act | Law | 2008-01-29 | 2008-09-16 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] | IA | D | B001259 | 38 | Justice for Victims of Torture and Terrorism Act - Terminates the authority of the President to grant the government of Iraq immunity from actions by victims of terrorism seeking compensation for injuries caused by officials, employees, or agents of the government of Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War when such government was classified as a state sponsor of terrorism, unless the President certifies to Congress that Iraq has adequately settled specified claims of U.S. soldiers and civilians held in Iraq as POWs and hostages and subject to state-sponsored torture and terrorism. Provides an exception to the termination of such authority if the President certifies that: (1) Iraq has not compensated any foreign persons or entities for claims or liabilities incurred by or under the control of the Saddam Hussein regime, including commercial or financial claims and claims for acts against individuals similar to those described above; or (2) negotiations are ongoing with Iraq to settle the American claims, and the President believes that those negotiations are being conducted in good faith and could lead to a satisfactory settlement. Limits the latter certification period to 180 days (with authorized renewals by the President). Defines various adequate settlement amounts, depending on the victim, length of torture or detainment, etc. Prohibits the use of any U.S. funds to pay any claim covered under this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:15:16Z | |
| 110-s-2533 | 110 | s | 2533 | State Secrets Protection Act | Law | 2008-01-22 | 2008-08-01 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 938. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 12 | State Secrets Protection Act - Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) require a federal court to determine which filings, motions, and affidavits (or portions) submitted under this Act shall be submitted ex parte; (2) allow a federal court to order a party to provide a redacted, unclassified, or summary substitute of a filing, motion, or affidavit to other parties; and (3) require a federal court to make decisions under this Act, taking into consideration the interests of justice and national security. Requires any hearing under this Act to be conducted in camera. Prohibits an in camera hearing, however, based on the assertion of the state secrets privilege, if the court determines that the hearing relates only to a question of law and does not present a risk of revealing state secrets. Allows a federal court to conduct hearings (or portions) ex parte if the court determines, following in camera review of the evidence, that the interests of justice and national security cannot adequately be protected through attorney security clearances, protective orders, sealed opinions or orders, and special masters. Requires a federal court, at the request of the United States, to limit participation in hearings, or access to motions or affidavits, to attorneys (including guardians ad litem) with appropriate security clearances, if the limiting participation in this manner would serve the interests of national security. Authorizes a court, If the United States fails to provide a necessary security clearance in a reasonable period of time, to review in camera and ex parte the reasons of the United States for denying or delaying the clearance to ensure that the United States is not withholding a security clearance from a particular attorney or class of attorneys for any reason other than protection of national security. Authorizes the United States to intervene in any civil action in order to protect information that may be subject to the state secrets privilege. Declares, however, that the state secrets privilege shall not … | 2023-01-11T13:15:12Z | |
| 110-hr-4854 | 110 | hr | 4854 | False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-12-19 | 2008-07-16 | Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Discharged. | House | Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | B000410 | 2 | False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007 - Amends the False Claims Act to revise requirements and procedures governing civil actions for false claims (qui tam actions) brought by private persons. Repeals the requirement that a false or fraudulent claim for payment must be presented directly to a federal employee or member of the Armed Forces (thus tying liability for such claims directly to federal money and property, regardless to whom the claim is presented). Revises requirements for alternate remedies affecting qui tam actions and related qui tam plaintiff awards. Allows dismissal of a private action based upon prior public disclosures only upon timely motion to dismiss by the Attorney General. Revises the prohibition of retaliatory action against whistleblowers to include material hindering of the person in obtaining new employment or other business opportunities. Requires the government to pay from the proceeds of an action for financial losses suffered by administrative beneficiaries (thus permitting actions for fraud instituted against nontaxpayer funds under federal trust and administration). Expands from six years to ten years the statute of limitations for bringing a civil action. Requires the government, if it elects to intervene and proceed with an action, to file its own complaint, or amend the complaint of a person who brought a civil action, but in any event to relate back to the filing date of the original qui tam complaint to the extent that such claim arises out of the same set of facts. Declares that a person bringing a private qui tam action shall not be required to identify specific claims that result from an alleged course of misconduct if: (1) the facts alleged in the complaint, if ultimately proven true, would provide a reasonable indication that one or more false claims are likely to have occurred; and (2) the allegations in the pleading provide adequate notice of the specific nature of the alleged misconduct to permit the government effectively to investigate and defendants fairly to defe… | 2023-01-11T13:15:01Z | |
| 110-s-11 | 110 | s | 11 | Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-12-19 | 2007-12-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 1 | Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 to exempt from liability a nonprofit volunteer pilot organization (or its referring agency) that flies for public benefit, its staff members, and its volunteers for harm caused by a volunteer while flying, in furtherance of the organization's purpose, an aircraft for which the volunteer was properly licensed and insured. | 2023-01-11T13:15:27Z | |
| 110-s-2449 | 110 | s | 2449 | Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2008 | Law | 2007-12-11 | 2008-08-01 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 935. | Senate | Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] | WI | D | K000305 | 2 | Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit a court from entering an order restricting the disclosure of information obtained through discovery, approving a settlement disagreement that would restrict such disclosure, or restricting access to court records in a civil case, unless the court has found that: (1) such order would not restrict the disclosure of information which is relevant to the protection of public health or safety; or (2) the public interest in the disclosure of potential health or safety hazards is outweighed by a specific and substantial interest in maintaining the confidentiality of the information, and the requested protective order is no broader than necessary to protect the privacy interest. Prohibits any party from requesting, as a condition for the production of discovery, that another party stipulate to an order that would violate this Act. Prohibits a court from: (1) approving or enforcing an order prohibited under this Act, or any provision of an agreement between parties to a civil action, that restricts a party from disclosing information to any federal or state agency with authority to enforce laws regulating an activity relating to such information; or (2) enforcing any provision of a settlement agreement that prohibits a party from disclosing that a settlement was reached or the terms of the settlement, other than the amount paid, or from discussing a case or evidence that involves matters related to public health or safety, except where the court finds that the public interest in disclosure of potential health and safety hazards is outweighed by a confidentiality interest. Creates a rebuttable presumption that the interest in protecting personally identifiable information relating to an individual's financial, health, or other similar information outweighs the public interest in disclosure. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit, require, or authorize the disclosure of classified information, as defined under the Class… | 2023-01-11T13:15:26Z | |
| 110-s-2450 | 110 | s | 2450 | A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine. | Law | 2007-12-11 | 2008-09-19 | Became Public Law No: 110-322. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence with respect to the disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege and work product protection. Provides that, when such a disclosure is made in a federal proceeding or to a federal office or agency, and waives the attorney-client privilege or work-product protection, the waiver extends to an undisclosed communication or information in a federal or state proceeding only if: (1) the waiver is intentional; (2) the disclosed and undisclosed communications or information concern the same subject matter; and (3) they ought in fairness to be considered together. States that, when the disclosure is made in a federal proceeding or to a federal office or agency, it does not operate as a waiver in a federal or state proceeding if: (1) the disclosure is inadvertent; (2) the holder of the privilege or protection took reasonable steps to prevent disclosure; and (3) the holder promptly took reasonable steps to rectify the error. Declares that, when the disclosure is made in a state proceeding and is not the subject of a state-court order concerning waiver, it does not operate as a waiver in a federal proceeding if the disclosure: (1) would not be a waiver under this rule if it had been made in a federal proceeding; or (2) is not waived under law of the state where the disclosure occurred. | 2023-11-13T20:31:17Z | |
| 110-s-2402 | 110 | s | 2402 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Substitution Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-12-03 | 2007-12-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Substitution Act of 2007 - Requires a federal or state court to substitute the United States for an electronic communication service provider with respect to any claim in a covered civil action if the Attorney General certifies to the court that either: (1) the service provider did not provide the alleged assistance; or (2) the assistance alleged to have been provided was in connection with an intelligence activity involving communications authorized by the President between September 11, 2001, and January 17, 2007, and designed to detect or prevent a terrorist attack, or activities in preparation for a terrorist attack, against the United States. Requires the alleged provider assistance to be described in a written request or directive from the Attorney General or the head of an element of the intelligence community to the electronic communication service provider indicating that the activity was authorized by the President and determined to be lawful.Requires a federal or state court, upon receiving such a certification, to: (1) substitute the United States for the electronic communication service provider as the defendant as to all claims designated by the Attorney General in the certification; (2) dismiss all such designated claims against the provider; and (3) enter a final judgment relating to those claims.Provides that the electronic communication service provider shall remain as a defendant if the Attorney General's certification states that not all of the alleged assistance was provided under a written request or directive.Provides that, in a covered civil action in which the United States is substituted as a party-defendant, any plaintiff may serve third-party discovery requests to any electronic communications service provider as to which all claims are dismissed. | 2023-01-11T13:15:27Z | |
| 110-hr-4187 | 110 | hr | 4187 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for an additional judgeship for the western district of Michigan. | Law | 2007-11-14 | 2008-02-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 0 | Amends the federal judicial code to provide for an additional judgeship for the western district of Michigan, increasing the number of judgeships from four to five. | 2023-01-11T20:11:42Z | |
| 110-s-2353 | 110 | s | 2353 | Fair Judicial Compensation Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-11-14 | 2007-11-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14401) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 0 | Fair Judicial Compensation Act of 2007 - Increases by 16.5% the annual salaries of the Chief Justice of the United States, associate justices of the Supreme Court, U.S. circuit judges, U.S. district judges, and judges of the United States Court of International Trade.Amends the federal bankruptcy code to increase fees for bankruptcy trustees. | 2023-01-11T14:50:57Z | |
| 110-hr-4041 | 110 | hr | 4041 | Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act | Law | 2007-11-01 | 2007-12-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | House | Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7] | MO | R | B000575 | 15 | Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act - Amends the federal judicial code to authorize any state or local government or related official (or successor) to file a motion to modify or terminate a federal consent decree upon the earlier of: (1) four years after the consent decree is originally entered; or (2) in the case of a civil action in which a state or state official, or a local government or local government official, is a party, the expiration of the term of office of the highest state or local government official who was a party to the consent decree; or (3) the date otherwise provided by law. Places the burden of proof with respect to such motions on the party originally filing the action to demonstrate that the denial of the motion to modify or terminate a consent decree (or any part of it) is necessary to prevent the violation of a federal requirement that: (1) was actionable by such party; and (2) was addressed in the original consent decree. Requires a court, within 30 days after the filing of a motion, to enter a scheduling order that: (1) limits the time of the parties to file motions and complete discovery; and (2) sets the date or dates of any necessary hearings. Authorizes a court to stay the injunctive or prospective relief set forth in the consent decree if a party opposing the motion to modify or terminate it seeks any continuance or delay that prevents the court from entering a final ruling on the motion within 180 days of its filing. Requires the Attorney General to report annually to Congress on all consent decrees in which the United States is a party that were entered four or more years before the date of the report. | 2023-01-11T20:16:50Z | |
| 110-s-2289 | 110 | s | 2289 | Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act | Law | 2007-11-01 | 2007-11-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 13 | Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act - Amends the federal judicial code to authorize any state or local government or related official (or successor) to file a motion to modify or terminate a federal consent decree upon the earlier of: (1) four years after the consent decree is originally entered; or (2) in the case of a civil action in which a state or state official, or a local government or local government official, is a party, the expiration of the term of office of the highest state or local government official who was a party to the consent decree; or (3) the date otherwise provided by law. Places the burden of proof with respect to such motions on the party originally filing the action to demonstrate that the denial of the motion to modify or terminate a consent decree (or any part of it) is necessary to prevent the violation of a federal requirement that: (1) was actionable by such party; and (2) was addressed in the original consent decree. Requires a court, within 30 days after the filing of a motion, to enter a scheduling order that: (1) limits the time of the parties to file motions and complete discovery; and (2) sets the date or dates of any necessary hearings. Authorizes a court to stay the injunctive or prospective relief set forth in the consent decree if a party opposing the motion to modify or terminate it seeks any continuance or delay that prevents the court from entering a final ruling on the motion within 180 days of its filing. Requires the Attorney General to report annually to Congress on all consent decrees in which the United States is a party that were entered four or more years before the date of the report. | 2023-01-11T14:50:59Z | |
| 110-hr-3995 | 110 | hr | 3995 | To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident. | Law | 2007-10-30 | 2007-10-30 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 43 | Prohibits any entity that receives funds from the federal government from using them to file a class action lawsuit against an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded on behalf of any facility resident unless the resident (or the resident's legal representative), after receiving notice of the proposed class action lawsuit, has the opportunity to elect not to have the action apply to the resident. | 2023-01-11T20:22:46Z | |
| 110-hr-4003 | 110 | hr | 4003 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to change the composition of the northern and central districts of Illinois. | Law | 2007-10-30 | 2007-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] | IL | D | H001040 | 1 | Amends the federal judicial code to change the composition of the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois. Removes Whiteside County from the Western Division of the Northern District and places it in the Central District. | 2023-01-11T20:22:41Z | |
| 110-hr-3921 | 110 | hr | 3921 | Procedural Fairness for September 11 Victims Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-10-22 | 2007-10-29 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 261. | House | Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] | NY | D | B001242 | 11 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Procedural Fairness for September 11 Victims Act of 2007 - Amends the September 11 Victims Compensation Fund of 2001 to allow a subpoena requiring the attendance of a witness at a trial or hearing conducted under such Act to be served at any place in the United States. | 2023-01-11T20:23:28Z | |
| 110-hr-3899 | 110 | hr | 3899 | Parents' Empowerment Act | Law | 2007-10-18 | 2008-01-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52] | CA | R | H000981 | 2 | Parents' Empowerment Act - Authorizes a minor, through a person acting on his or her behalf under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to bring a civil action in U.S. district court for compensatory and punitive damages for the knowing sale or distribution in interstate or foreign commerce of an entertainment product containing material harmful to minors, if: (1) a reasonable person would expect a substantial number of minors to be exposed to the material; and (2) the minor as a result of such exposure is likely to suffer personal or emotional injury or injury to mental or moral welfare.Makes it an affirmative defense to such an action that: (1) a parent or guardian of the minor owned or possessed the entertainment product containing the material to which the minor was exposed; and (2) an act of that parent or guardian was the proximate cause of the minor’s exposure. | 2023-01-11T20:23:37Z | |
| 110-hr-3848 | 110 | hr | 3848 | Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-10-16 | 2007-10-16 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] | TN | D | C001068 | 2 | Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2007 - Defines "covered communication" as any communication relating to an ongoing Department of Justice (DOJ) civil or criminal investigation (regardless of whether a civil or criminal indictment or information has been filed). Excludes from such definition any communication relating to policy appointments, legislation, rulemaking, budgets, public relations, programmatic matters, intergovernmental relations, administrative or personnel matters, appellate litigation, or requests for legal advice. Defines "covered Department of Justice officer" as the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, and the Associate Attorney General. Defines "covered White House officer" as the President, the Vice-President, the Counsel to the President, and the Counselor to the President. Requires the Attorney General to submit semi-annual reports to the Judiciary Committees of Congress listing the name and title of each DOJ officer or employee who made a covered communication with any officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President in the previous six-month period. Requires the Counsel to the President to make the same semi-annual reports listing the name and title of each officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President who made a covered communication with any DOJ officer or employee. Allows the exclusion of covered DOJ and White House officers from such reports. | 2023-01-11T20:23:56Z | |
| 110-hr-3835 | 110 | hr | 3835 | American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-10-15 | 2007-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 2 | American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007 - Repeals the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Authorizes the President to establish military commissions for the trial of war crimes only in places of active hostilities against the United States where an immediate trial is necessary to preserve fresh evidence or to prevent local anarchy. Prohibits the President from detaining any individual indefinitely as an unlawful enemy combatant absent proof by substantial evidence that the individual has directly engaged in active hostilities against the United States. Prohibits the detention of any U.S. citizen as an unlawful enemy combatant. Entitles any individual detained as an enemy combatant by the United States to petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Prohibits any civilian or military tribunal of the United States from admitting as evidence statements extracted from the defendant by torture or coercion. Prohibits any federal agency from gathering foreign intelligence in contravention of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Subordinates the President's constitutional power to gather foreign intelligence to such prohibition. Gives the House of Representatives and Senate standing to file a declatory judgment action in an appropriate federal district court to challenge the constitutionality of a presidential signing statement that declares the president's intent to disregard provisions of a bill he has signed into law because he believes they are unconstitutional. Prohibits any U.S. officer or agent from kidnapping, imprisoning, or torturing any person abroad based soley on the president's belief that the subject of the action is a criminal or enemy combatant. Allows kidnapping if undertaken with the intent of bringing the kidnapped person for prosecution or interrogation to gather intelligence before a tribunal that meets international standards of fairness and due process. Provides that nothing in the Espionage Act of 1917 shall prohibit a journalist from publishing information received from the executive branch or Congress… | 2023-01-11T20:24:02Z | |
| 110-hr-3753 | 110 | hr | 3753 | Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-10-04 | 2007-12-12 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 5. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 36 | Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 2007 - Increases the salaries of certain federal judges and Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Amends Public Law 97-92 (the joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for FY1982), as amended by the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, to repeal the prohibition on salary increases for such officials. | 2023-01-11T20:24:31Z | |
| 110-hr-3713 | 110 | hr | 3713 | To ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons. | Law | 2007-10-01 | 2008-01-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 7 | Grants U.S. district courts original jurisdiction over any civil action for damages for personal injury or death that: (1) arose from the deportation of persons to Nazi concentration camps between January 1, 1942, and December 31, 1944; and (2) is brought by or on behalf of such person against a railroad that owned or operated the trains on which the persons were deported and that was organized as a separate legal entity.Provides that: (1) no law limiting the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts shall preclude any such action; and (2) no such action shall be barred because a statute of limitations has expired. Makes this Act applicable to any action pending on or commenced after January 1, 2002. | 2023-01-11T20:25:02Z | |
| 110-s-2106 | 110 | s | 2106 | Procedural Fairness for September 11 Victims Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-09-27 | 2007-11-08 | Became Public Law No: 110-113. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 7 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Procedural Fairness for September 11 Victims Act of 2007 - Amends the September 11 Victims Compensation Fund of 2001 to allow a subpoena requiring the attendance of a witness at a trial or hearing conducted under such Act to be served at any place in the United States. | 2023-03-30T18:35:55Z | |
| 110-s-2083 | 110 | s | 2083 | Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-09-21 | 2007-09-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] | DE | D | C000174 | 1 | Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2007 - Requires each federal and state court to recognize any lawful notarization occurring in or affecting interstate commerce which is made by a notary public licensed or commissioned under the laws of a state other than the state where the court is located.Requires such a notarization to: (1) use a seal of office as symbol of the notary public's authority; or (2) have the seal information, in the case of an electronic record, securely attached to, or logically associated with, the electronic record so as to render the record tamper-resistant. | 2023-01-11T20:27:44Z | |
| 110-hr-3609 | 110 | hr | 3609 | Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-09-20 | 2007-12-12 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 15. | House | Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13] | NC | D | M001154 | 88 | Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007 - Amends federal bankruptcy law governing a chapter 13 debtor (adjustment of debts of an individual with regular income) to prohibit the holder of a claim in bankruptcy which is secured by debtor's principal residence from adding fees, costs, or charges while the case is pending, unless such claimholder gives timely notice to both debtor and the bankruptcy trustee. Revises requirements for the discretionary features of a chapter 13 debtor's plan. Removes the prohibition against modification of the rights of a holder of a claim secured only by an interest in real property that is the debtor's principal residence. (Thus allows a plan to modify such rights.) Authorizes a chapter 13 bankruptcy plan to provide for payment of allowed claims secured by the debtor's principal residence over a period that exceeds a specified time frame. Eliminates the pre-petition credit counseling requirement for a chapter 13 debtor facing foreclosure if the debtor submits a certification to the court that the holder of a claim secured by the debtor's principal residence has initiated foreclosure on that residence. Adds to conditions for court confirmation of a plan in bankruptcy that the holder of an allowed claim secured by the debtor's principal residence shall retain the lien securing such claim until the claim is paid. Excludes from final discharge of a debtor from all debts any allowed claim secured by the debtor's principal residence before such claim is paid. | 2023-01-11T20:29:37Z | |
| 110-hconres-214 | 110 | hconres | 214 | Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should grant a posthumous pardon to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for the 1913 racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished his reputation. | Law | 2007-09-18 | 2008-10-02 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | K000210 | 40 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Calls for the President to grant a pardon, posthumously, to Jack Johnson (the first African-American professional boxer to hold the title of Heavyweight Champion of the World) to expunge from the annals of American criminal justice a racially motivated abuse of the federal government's prosecutorial authority and to recognize his athletic and cultural contributions to society. | 2023-01-11T20:35:22Z | |
| 110-hr-3564 | 110 | hr | 3564 | Regulatory Improvement Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-09-18 | 2008-07-30 | Became Public Law No: 110-290. | House | Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3] | UT | R | C000116 | 3 | Regulatory Improvement Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for the Administrative Conference of the United States for FY2009-FY2011. | 2023-11-13T20:30:36Z | |
| 110-s-2052 | 110 | s | 2052 | Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-09-17 | 2008-09-12 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 959. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to allow for review by writ of certiorari of certain cases denied relief or review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. | 2023-01-11T20:27:55Z | |
| 110-s-2041 | 110 | s | 2041 | False Claims Act Correction Act of 2008 | Law | 2007-09-12 | 2008-09-25 | By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 110-507. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 4 | False Claims Act Correction Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Amends False Claims Act liability provisions to eliminate the requirement that a false or fraudulent claim for government money or property must be presented to an officer or employee of the U.S. Government (thus creating liability where a false or fraudulent claim is presented to a contractor or grantee of a federal program).(Sec. 3) Allows the government, under specified circumstances, to move to dismiss from a civil action for false claims a qui tam relator (i.e., whistleblower) that is an employee of the federal government or a family member of a federal employee.(Sec. 4) Declares that: (1) no claim for a violation of the False Claims Act may be waived or released by any action of any person, except as part of a court approved settlement of a false claim civil action; and (2) nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the ability of the United States to decline to pursue any claim or to require court approval of a settlement.Requires the dismissal of a civil action for false claims if substantially the same matters in the action were contained in a criminal proceeding or were disclosed in a news media report or public congressional hearing, report, or investigation.Expands the authority of a court to reduce an award under the False Claims Act if the court finds that knowledge of the claims in the civil action came primarily from specific information relating to allegations or transactions (other than information provided by the person bringing the action) that the government publicly disclosed or that the government disclosed privately to the person bringing the action in the course of its investigation into potential violations.(Sec. 5) Includes government contractors or agents under provisions granting relief from retaliatory actions taken against government employees for lawful acts taken to stop false claim violations.(Sec. 6) Establishes a 10-year limitation period for bringing a civil action under the False Claims Act. Allows the government to inte… | 2023-01-11T20:27:58Z | |
| 110-hr-3520 | 110 | hr | 3520 | Federal Judgeship and Administrative Efficiency Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-09-10 | 2007-10-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. | House | Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] | WI | R | S000244 | 0 | Federal Judgeship and Administrative Efficiency Act of 2007 - Federal Judgeship Act of 2007 - Directs the President to: (1) appoint additional circuit judges for the first, second, sixth, and ninth circuit courts of appeals and temporary judges for the eighth and ninth circuit courts of appeals; and (2) appoint additional permanent and temporary district judges for districts in specified states. Establishes a federal judicial district in the Virgin Islands. Revises provisions relating to the jurisdiction of courts of the Virgin Islands.Enhanced Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2007 - Provides for additional permanent and temporary bankruptcy judgeships in specified states. Judicial Administration and Improvements Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit into the Ninth Circuit (to be composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and the Northern Mariana Islands) and the Twelfth Circuit (to be composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington). Declares that the former Ninth Circuit shall cease to exist for administrative purposes two years after the enactment of this Act. | 2023-01-11T20:30:52Z | |
| 110-s-2035 | 110 | s | 2035 | Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-09-10 | 2008-07-30 | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S7721) | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 20 | Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Prohibits a federal entity (an entity or employee of the judicial or executive branch or an administrative agency) from compelling a covered person to testify or produce any document relating to protected information unless a court makes specified determinations by a preponderance of the evidence, including that all reasonable alternative sources have been exhausted, that the testimony or document sought is essential, and that nondisclosure would be contrary to the public interest, taking into account both the public interest in compelling disclosure and the public interest in gathering news and maintaining the free flow of information. Defines "covered person" as a person engaged in journalism, including their supervisor, employer, parent, subsidiary, or affiliate. Excludes from the definition foreign powers and their agents and certain terrorist organizations and individuals. Defines "protected information" as information or records a covered person obtained as part of engaging in journalism on a promise of confidentiality. Requires the content of compelled testimony or documents to be limited and narrowly tailored. (Sec. 3) Exempts any information or item obtained as the result of the eyewitness observations of alleged criminal conduct or commitment of alleged criminal or tortious conduct by the covered person. (Sec. 4) Exempts protected information that is reasonably necessary to stop, prevent, or mitigate a specific case of death, kidnapping, or substantial bodily harm. (Sec. 5) Exempts any protected information that a federal court has found by a preponderance of the evidence would assist in preventing an act of terrorism, or other significant and articulable harm to national security that would outweigh the public interest in news gathering and maintaining a free flow of information to citizens. (Sec. 6) Applies this Act to communications service providers with regard to: (1) a communication to which a covered person is a party; (2) any d… | 2023-01-11T20:28:00Z | |
| 110-hr-3379 | 110 | hr | 3379 | To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include the Territory of Guam in the list of affected areas with respect to which claims relating to atmospheric nuclear testing shall be allowed, and for other purposes. | Law | 2007-08-03 | 2007-09-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. | House | Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] | GU | D | B001245 | 0 | Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include the Territory of Guam among the affected areas for which health claims relating to atmospheric nuclear testing are allowed. Sets forth periods of required presence during testing periods for persons in Guam filing leukemia or specified disease claims. Authorizes assistance for residents of Guam not otherwise covered, to be determined on a case-by-case basis by the National Cancer Institute. Makes covered individuals eligible for the costs of screening, follow-up referrals, work-up diagnosis, and disease-specific treatment. Directs the Health Resources and Services Administration to conduct an education program about the health risks of fallout exposure from the U.S. nuclear-weapons testing. | 2023-01-11T20:37:34Z | |
| 110-s-1944 | 110 | s | 1944 | Justice for Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act | Law | 2007-08-02 | 2007-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10793-10794) | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 30 | Justice for Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act - Amends the federal judicial code to expand the rights of victims of state-sponsored terrorism by: (1) denying foreign states that support terrorism immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts for cases involving personal injury or death related to the terrorist activities of its officials, employees, or agents; (2) allowing certain nationals of the United States, members of the Armed Forces, and federal employees or contractors a private cause of action against a foreign state designated as a state sponsor of terrorism; (3) making foreign states vicariously liable for the actions of their officials, employees, or agents; (4) limiting appeals in cases against foreign states involving terrorist-related injuries; and (5) establishing a pending lien against property of a foreign state sponsor of terrorism upon the initiation of legal action in the United States against such state. | 2023-01-11T20:36:25Z | |
| 110-s-1917 | 110 | s | 1917 | A bill to include Idaho and Montana as affected areas for purposes of making claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note) based on exposure to atmospheric nuclear testing. | Law | 2007-08-01 | 2007-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] | ID | R | C000880 | 3 | Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include the states of Idaho and Montana among affected areas for purposes of payments to individuals with certain medical conditions who were exposed to fallout emitted during the U.S. government's atmospheric nuclear tests | 2023-01-11T20:36:34Z | |
| 110-s-1891 | 110 | s | 1891 | A bill to provide limited immunity for reports of suspected terrorist activity or suspicious behavior and response. | Law | 2007-07-26 | 2007-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] | CO | D | S001163 | 0 | Grants immunity from civil liability to: (1) persons who, in good faith and based on an objectively reasonable suspicion, report suspicious activity involving or directed against a passenger transportation system, a threat to such system or to passenger safety or security, or an act of terrorism; and (2) passenger transportation security system employees or agents and other federal employees with transportation security responsibilities who take reasonable actions, in good faith, to respond to reported threats. | 2023-01-11T20:41:03Z | |
| 110-hr-3174 | 110 | hr | 3174 | Equal Justice for Our Military Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-07-25 | 2008-10-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] | CA | D | D000598 | 15 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Equal Justice for Our Military Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to allow for review by writ of certiorari of certain cases denied relief or review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. | 2023-01-11T21:18:15Z | |
| 110-hr-3180 | 110 | hr | 3180 | Whistleblower Recovery Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-07-25 | 2007-09-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] | CO | D | U000038 | 0 | Whistleblower Recovery Act of 2007 - Amends the False Claims Act regarding a federal civil action ("whistle blower" or qui tam action) brought by private persons. Revises the definition of "original source" relating to the requirement that, for any court to have jurisdiction over such an action based upon the public disclosure of allegations or transactions in a criminal, civil, or administrative hearing, in a congressional, administrative, or Government Accountability Office report, hearing, audit, or investigation, the person bringing the action (if not the Attorney General) be an original source of the information. Redefines "original source" as an individual who has direct and independent knowledge of information that the individual has voluntarily provided to the government before filing an action that is the basis for either: (1) the allegations or transactions; or (2) public disclosure of the allegations or transactions. (Thus allows an individual who publicly discloses allegations or transactions of false claims to recover a portion of any awards following legal proceedings under the False Claims Act for those public disclosures, even though the individual does not know the precise way in which the wrongdoing occurs.) | 2023-01-11T21:18:12Z | |
| 110-s-1845 | 110 | s | 1845 | Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-07-23 | 2007-10-23 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 438. | Senate | Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] | RI | D | W000802 | 2 | Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2007 - Defines "covered communication" as any communication relating to an ongoing Department of Justice (DOJ) civil or criminal investigation (regardless of whether a civil or criminal indictment or information has been filed). Excludes from such definition any communication relating to policy appointments, legislation, rulemaking, budgets, public relations, programmatic matters, intergovernmental relations, administrative or personnel matters, appellate litigation, or requests for legal advice. Defines "covered Department of Justice officer" as the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, and the Associate Attorney General. Defines "covered White House officer" as the President, the Vice-President, the Counsel to the President, and the Counselor to the President. Requires the Attorney General to submit semi-annual reports to the Judiciary Committees of Congress listing the name and title of each DOJ officer or employee who made a covered communication with any officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President in the previous six-month period. Requires the Counsel to the President to make the same semi-annual reports listing the name and title of each officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President who made a covered communication with any DOJ officer or employee. Allows the exclusion of covered DOJ and White House officers from such reports. | 2023-01-11T20:41:30Z | |
| 110-s-1820 | 110 | s | 1820 | A bill to better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California. | Law | 2007-07-19 | 2007-07-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9616) | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 1 | Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include within the meaning of the term “member of the Special Exposure Cohort” a Department of Energy (DOE) employee, DOE contractor employee, or atomic weapons employee who was so employed for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days before January 1, 2006, at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California. Provides that a claim that an individual qualifies for compensation or benefits under such Act shall be considered notwithstanding any denial of any other claim for compensation with respect to such individual. | 2023-01-11T20:41:38Z | |
| 110-hr-3086 | 110 | hr | 3086 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide, in the case of certain widows and widowers whose judicial survivors' annuities are terminated on account of remarriage, for the restoration of benefits upon the dissolution of the remarriage. | Law | 2007-07-18 | 2007-08-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2] | AR | D | S000672 | 2 | Amends the federal judicial code with respect to certain widows and widowers whose judicial survivors' annuities are terminated on account of remarriage before age 55. Requires restoration of such benefits, at the same rate, upon the dissolution of the remarriage by death, divorce, or annulment, if specified requirements are met. | 2023-01-11T21:19:02Z | |
| 110-s-1806 | 110 | s | 1806 | Judicial Powers Restoration Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-07-17 | 2007-07-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR 7/18/2007 S9477) | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 3 | Judicial Powers Restoration Act of 2007 - Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to repeal the prohibition against U.S. courts recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by a designated Cuban national of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated by the Cuban government.Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations as necessary to repeal such provisions, including removing or revoking any applicable prohibition on transactions or payments. | 2023-01-11T20:41:43Z | |
| 110-hr-3010 | 110 | hr | 3010 | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-07-12 | 2008-07-15 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . | House | Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] | GA | D | J000288 | 103 | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of: (1) an employment, consumer, or franchise dispute, or (2) a dispute arising under any statute intended to protect civil rights or to regulate contracts or transactions between parties of unequal bargaining power. Declares, further, that the validity or enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement. Exempts arbitration provisions in collective bargaining agreements from this Act. | 2023-01-11T21:19:38Z | |
| 110-s-1782 | 110 | s | 1782 | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-07-12 | 2007-12-12 | Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-396. | Senate | Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] | WI | D | F000061 | 7 | Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of: (1) an employment, consumer, or franchise dispute, or (2) a dispute arising under any statute intended to protect civil rights or to regulate contracts or transactions between parties of unequal bargaining power. Declares, further, that the validity or enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement. Exempts arbitration provisions in collective bargaining agreements from this Act. | 2023-01-11T20:41:51Z | |
| 110-hr-2989 | 110 | hr | 2989 | To amend provisions of title 46, United States Code, popularly known as the Death on the High Seas Act to limit application of those provisions to maritime accidents, and for other purposes. | Law | 2007-07-11 | 2007-07-11 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] | TX | D | D000399 | 7 | Amends the Death on the High Seas Act to make provisions concerning commercial aviation accidents also applicable to maritime accidents. | 2023-01-11T21:19:47Z | |
| 110-hr-2970 | 110 | hr | 2970 | Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-07-10 | 2007-07-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | W000792 | 0 | Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2007 - Prohibits any pharmaceutical drug manufacturer from having a controlling interest in an entity that is a pharmacy benefit manager. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue civil penalties for violations as necessary. Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from making drug interchanges: (1) to a drug with a greater cost; (2) without disclosure to the individual of the savings associated with the interchange; or (3) from a drug with generic equivalents to a drug without generic equivalents, unless the latter is lower in cost than each of the generic equivalents of the drug from which the prescription would be changed. Requires pharmacy benefit managers to annually disclose all compensation received from drug manufacturers to the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and to the client plans of such manager. | 2023-01-11T21:19:52Z | |
| 110-hr-2898 | 110 | hr | 2898 | Judicial Conduct Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-06-28 | 2007-07-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2] | MO | R | A000358 | 21 | Judicial Conduct Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to define the treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors for which a justice or judge of the United States, according to Articles II and III of the U.S. Constitution, shall be removed from office. | 2023-01-12T17:52:55Z | |
| 110-s-1638 | 110 | s | 1638 | Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 2008 | Law | 2007-06-15 | 2008-04-07 | Star Print ordered on the written report (110-277). | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 28 | Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Increases the salaries of: (1) judges of U.S. District courts; (2) judges of the U.S. Court of International Trade; (3) judges of the U.S. courts of appeals; (4) associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court; and (5) the Chief Justice of the United States. (Sec. 3) Repeals the prohibition on judiciary salary increases. (Sec. 4) Amends the federal judicial code to increase from 80 to 84 the sum of age and years of service a federal judge or justice must meet to retire on salary. (Retains the current age and years of service sum of 80 where the judge or justice retains the office but retires from regular active service.) Increases the workload-equivalent requirement from three to four months for senior judges to have met in order to retire and retain their salary. (Sec. 5) Revises requirements for annual salary adjustments. (Sec. 6) Requires an earned income-related reduction, according to a specified formula, in the retirement annuities of justices or judges. (Sec. 7) Prohibits a judicial officer from accepting a gift of an honorary membership with a value of more than $50 in any calendar year. (Sec. 8) Requires judicial officers to make certain disclosures with respect to travel.. Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require each report by a judicial officer under such Act to be publicly available. (Sec. 9) Applies to the U.S. Supreme Court the Regulations of the Judicial Conference of the United States Under Title VI of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 Concerning Outside Earned Income, Honoraria, and Outside Employment and under Title III of the Act Concerning Gifts. (Sec. 10) Prohibits a federal judge or justice from accepting any single trip or gift, including outside earned income, valued at more than $2,000, except from: (1) the federal government or a state or local government (other than a public educational institution); or (2) a federal, state, or local bar association, a subject-matter bar association, a judicial association, the Judici… | 2023-01-12T17:52:47Z | |
| 110-hr-2487 | 110 | hr | 2487 | To provide for an additional place of holding court in the western district of Washington. | Law | 2007-05-24 | 2007-05-24 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] | WA | D | B001229 | 2 | Amends the federal judicial code to declare that court in the western district of Washington shall be held at Vancouver (as well as the current locations at Bellingham, Seattle, and Tacoma). | 2023-01-11T16:17:53Z | |
| 110-s-1489 | 110 | s | 1489 | A bill to provide for an additional place of holding court in the western district of Washington. | Law | 2007-05-24 | 2007-05-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 1 | Amends the federal judicial code to declare that court in the western district of Washington shall be held at Vancouver (as well as at Bellingham, Seattle, and Tacoma). | 2023-01-11T16:47:39Z | |
| 110-hr-2291 | 110 | hr | 2291 | To grant immunity from civil liability to any person who voluntarily notifies appropriate security personnel of suspicious activity believed to threaten transportation safety or security or takes reasonable action to mitigate such activity. | Law | 2007-05-14 | 2007-05-14 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] | NM | R | P000588 | 22 | Grants immunity from civil liability to persons who: (1) in good faith report threats to or acts of terrorism against transportation systems or passengers; and (2) take reasonable action to mitigate such actions. | 2023-01-11T16:03:29Z | |
| 110-s-1369 | 110 | s | 1369 | A bill to grant immunity from civil liability to any person who voluntarily notifies appropriate security personnel of suspicious activity believed to threaten transportation safety or security or takes reasonable action to mitigate such activity. | Law | 2007-05-11 | 2007-05-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] | ME | R | C001035 | 3 | Grants immunity from civil liability to persons who: (1) in good faith report threats to or acts of terrorism against transportation systems or passengers; and (2) take reasonable action to mitigate such actions. | 2023-01-11T16:47:42Z | |
| 110-hr-2243 | 110 | hr | 2243 | To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California. | Law | 2007-05-09 | 2007-07-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24] | CA | R | G000021 | 2 | Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include within the meaning of the term “member of the Special Exposure Cohort” a Department of Energy employee, Department of Energy contractor employee, or atomic weapons employee who was so employed for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days before January 1, 2006, at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.Provides that a claim that an individual qualifies for compensation or benefits under such Act shall be considered notwithstanding any denial of any other claim for compensation with respect to such individual. | 2023-01-11T15:47:56Z | |
| 110-hr-2249 | 110 | hr | 2249 | Federal Tort Claim Reform Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-05-09 | 2007-05-09 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] | TX | R | M001157 | 3 | Federal Tort Claim Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to exempt from coverage by the Federal Tort Claims Act any claim, based on an act or omission by a federal government employee relating to criminal conduct, that is made by a person who engaged in that conduct, except to the extent: (1) the act or omission consists of the purposeful infliction of serious bodily injury; and (2) the damages sought are actual losses (up to $250,000 in medical expenses, lost wages, property damage, and other tangible losses). | 2023-01-11T15:47:56Z | |
| 110-hr-2250 | 110 | hr | 2250 | To prevent inappropriate litigation against the United States. | Law | 2007-05-09 | 2007-06-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. | House | Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] | TX | R | M001157 | 6 | Prohibits the use or availability of any sums appropriated in any Act of Congress to pay any claim against the United States by Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila arising out of the conduct of Ignacio Ramos, Jose Alonso Compean, or any other person engaging in duties as an employee of the government on February 17, 2005. Declares that the United States does not consent to (does not waive sovereign immunity for) the commencement or maintenance of any civil action against the United States by Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila arising out of such conduct. | 2023-01-11T15:47:56Z | |
| 110-hr-2255 | 110 | hr | 2255 | EEOICPA Ombudsman Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-05-09 | 2007-07-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] | NM | D | U000039 | 16 | EEOICPA Ombudsman Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to: (1) make permanent the authority of the Office of the Ombudsman of the Department of Labor; and (2) increase the duties of the Ombudsman under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, including to assist in making claims for benefits for Department of Energy (DOE) contractor employees who have contracted a covered illness through exposure at a DOE facility and to act as an advocate for such employees in appropriate cases. | 2023-01-11T15:47:56Z | |
| 110-s-1327 | 110 | s | 1327 | A bill to create and extend certain temporary district court judgeships. | Law | 2007-05-08 | 2007-12-05 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 10 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Requires the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the eastern district of California and one additional district judge for the district of Nebraska.Prohibits filling of the first vacancy in the office of district judge in each of the offices of district judge authorized by this Act occurring 10 years or more after the confirmation of the judge named to fill the temporary district judgeship created by this Act.Amends the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 to extend the temporary judgeships in the district of Hawaii, the district of Kansas, and the northern district of Ohio.Prohibits filling of the first vacancy in the office of district judge in the district of Hawaii occurring 20 years or more after the confirmation of the judge named to fill the temporary judgeship created by such Act. | 2023-01-11T16:32:42Z | |
| 110-hr-2183 | 110 | hr | 2183 | Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-05-07 | 2007-06-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. | House | Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2] | OK | D | B001254 | 53 | Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007 - Prohibits new, and requires dismissal of pending, civil actions by any person against a manufacturer, marketer, distributor, advertiser, or seller of food, or a trade association, for any injury related to a person's accumulated acts of consumption of food and weight gain, obesity, or any associated health condition. Subjects to such prohibition: (1) any action brought by a person other than the person on whose weight gain, obesity, or health condition the action is based; and (2) any derivative action brought by or on behalf of any person or any representative, spouse, parent, child, or other relative of that person. Excludes from this prohibition any actions alleging: (1) a breach of express contract or express warranty provided that the grounds of recovery are unrelated to a person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; (2) a knowing violation of a federal or state statute applicable to the marketing, advertisement, or labeling of food with intent for a person to rely on that violation, where such person relied on that violation, and where such reliance was the proximate cause of injury related to that person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; or (3) a violation brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Federal Trade Commission Act or by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. | 2023-01-11T15:47:58Z | |
| 110-hr-2191 | 110 | hr | 2191 | Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-05-07 | 2007-06-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. | House | Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2] | VA | R | D000605 | 10 | Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 to exempt from liability a nonprofit volunteer pilot organization (or its referring agency) that flies for public benefit, its staff members, and its volunteers for harm caused by a volunteer while flying, in furtherance of the organization's purpose, an aircraft for which the volunteer was properly licensed and insured. | 2023-01-11T15:47:57Z | |
| 110-s-1319 | 110 | s | 1319 | A bill to provide for the conversion of a temporary judgeship for the district of Hawaii to a permanent judgeship. | Law | 2007-05-07 | 2007-05-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5659) | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 1 | Converts a temporary judgeship for the district of Hawaii to a permanent judgeship. | 2023-01-11T16:32:43Z | |
| 110-s-1323 | 110 | s | 1323 | Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-05-07 | 2007-05-11 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6011-6012) | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 16 | Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007 - Prohibits new, and requires dismissal of pending, civil actions by any person against a manufacturer, marketer, distributor, advertiser, or seller of food, or a trade association, for any injury related to a person's accumulated acts of consumption of food and weight gain, obesity, or any associated health condition. Subjects to such prohibition: (1) any action brought by a person other than the person on whose weight gain, obesity, or health condition the action is based; and (2) any derivative action brought by or on behalf of any person or any representative, spouse, parent, child, or other relative of that person. Excludes from this prohibition any actions alleging: (1) a breach of express contract or express warranty provided that the grounds of recovery are unrelated to a person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; (2) a knowing violation of a federal or state statute applicable to the marketing, advertisement, or labeling of food with intent for a person to rely on that violation, where such person relied on that violation, and where such reliance was the proximate cause of injury related to that person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; or (3) a violation brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Federal Trade Commission Act or by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. | 2023-01-11T16:32:43Z | |
| 110-hr-2128 | 110 | hr | 2128 | Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-05-03 | 2007-10-24 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 11. | House | Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] | OH | R | C000266 | 4 | Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party. Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of the right to make such request. Authorizes the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate advisory guidelines to which a presiding judge may refer in making decisions regarding the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act. | 2023-01-11T15:47:59Z | |
| 110-hr-2140 | 110 | hr | 2140 | Internet Gambling Study Act | Law | 2007-05-03 | 2008-07-28 | Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged. | House | Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] | NV | D | B001231 | 73 | Internet Gambling Study Act - Requires the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study of Internet gambling, including the existing legal framework that governs such activities and transactions and the impact of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act on Internet gambling in the United States. | 2023-01-11T15:47:59Z | |
| 110-hr-2155 | 110 | hr | 2155 | To provide for the conversion of a temporary judgeship for the district of Hawaii to a permanent judgeship. | Law | 2007-05-03 | 2007-06-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | H001042 | 1 | Converts a temporary judgeship for the district of Hawaii to a permanent judgeship. | 2023-01-11T15:47:59Z | |
| 110-hres-372 | 110 | hres | 372 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that judicial determinations regarding the meaning of the Constitution of the United States should not be based on judgments, laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the original meaning of the Constitution of the United States. | Law | 2007-05-03 | 2007-05-03 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Feeney, Tom [R-FL-24] | FL | R | F000447 | 49 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that judicial interpretations of the U.S. Constitution should not be based on judgments, laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the original meaning of the Constitution. | 2023-01-11T16:32:46Z | |
| 110-hr-2102 | 110 | hr | 2102 | Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 | Law | 2007-05-02 | 2007-10-18 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 428. | House | Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] | VA | D | B000657 | 71 | Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Prohibits a federal entity (an entity or employee of the judicial or executive branch or an administrative agency of the federal government), in any matter arising under federal law, from compelling a covered person to testify or produce any document unless a court makes specified determinations by a preponderance of the evidence, including determinations: (1) relating to exhaustion of alternative sources, (2) that the testimony or document sought is critical; (3) that disclosure of the information source's identity is necessary; and (4) that the public interest in compelling disclosure of the information or document involved outweighs the public interest in gathering or disseminating news or information. Allows a court, in making the last of those determinations, to consider the extent of any harm to national security. Defines "covered person" as a person who regularly gathers, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports, or publishes information concerning matters of public interest for dissemination to the public for a substantial portion of the person's livelihood or substantial financial gain, including a supervisor, employer, parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of such a person. Excludes from that definition foreign powers and their agents and certain terrorist organizations and individuals. Requires the content of compelled testimony or documents to be limited and narrowly tailored. Prohibits construing this Act as applying to civil defamation, slander, or libel claims or defenses under state law. Exempts certain criminal or tortious conduct. (Sec. 3) Applies this Act to communications service providers with regard to testimony or any record, information, or other communication that relates to a business transaction between such providers and covered persons. Sets forth notice requirements. Permits a court to delay notice to a covered person upon determining that such notice would pose a substantial threat to the integrity of a criminal investigation. | 2023-01-11T15:48:00Z |
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