New bill requires mandatory detention and deportation for immigrants charged with sexual assault. Amends immigration law to make sexual assault grounds for inadmissibility and removal.
Bill passed House requiring TVA to report executive salaries to Congressβbut blocks public from seeing the data. 'Transparency' with a privacy catch for government power company serving 10M people.
New bill forces FBI, FTC, and Consumer Protection Bureau to finally coordinate on scam tracking. Americans lose billions yearly to fraud, but agencies count scams differently.
H.R. 6988 would require Homeland Security to develop a strategy for expanding Trade Transparency Units that help U.S. and foreign agencies share data to catch money launderers in trade.
New bill would guarantee citizenship ceremony completion after naturalization approval. Blocks delays based on nationality or blanket policies. Officials must give 10-day notice before denial.
New bill blocks U.S. courts from enforcing Chinese court rulings that punish Americans for protected speech or lawful government actions. Targets politically-motivated lawsuits.
New law bans health insurers and employers from using genetic test results to discriminate. GINA protects families from losing coverage or jobs based on genetic predispositions.
New bill proposes 2010 White House Conference to tackle child welfare crisis: 900K abuse cases yearly, 125K kids waiting for adoption, 25K teens aging out of foster care without homes.
Congress extended deadline to build D.C. memorial honoring disabled veterans. Law gave organizers until October 2015 to complete the project. Became law in 2007.
Congress proposes $5M commission to study catastrophe insurance crisis after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma caused $200B in losses. 14 experts get 90 days to recommend fixes.
The Fair Tax Act of 2009 proposes replacing federal income, payroll, & estate taxes with a 23% national sales tax administered by states, abolishing the IRS & providing monthly rebate checks to.
The 2007 Federal Election Administration Act proposed replacing the six-member Federal Election Commission with a three-member agency requiring law enforcement backgrounds & barring recent political.
The AgJOBS Act of 2007 proposes a pathway to permanent residence for undocumented farmworkers who performed agricultural work during 2005-2006, allowing them to earn "blue card" status & later adjust.
Congress honors Fort McCoy's 100 years training soldiers in Wisconsin. Resolution recognizes the fort's role from WWI through current operations, training 100,000+ troops yearly.
The House passed the Captive Primate Safety Act to ban interstate commerce in nonhuman primates as pets, with exceptions for veterinary care & service animals for severely mobility-impaired.
The Pharmaceutical Market Access & Drug Safety Act of 2007 proposes to allow Americans to legally import prescription drugs from FDA-approved channels in Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia, New.
The Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act of 2007 proposed $2.2 billion in federal loan guarantees, tax credits, & military procurement contracts to support facilities converting domestic coal into.
New bill proposes voluntary national math and science standards for K-12. States can compete for grants up to $4M to adopt standards and align tests and teacher training. Standards remain optional.
Bill proposes $3M commission to investigate Bush-era detention, interrogation, and surveillance policies. 9 members would have subpoena power and 18 months to report findings.
Congress extends marine turtle conservation funding through 2014. New: U.S. states and tribes can now apply for grants (up to $150K) previously limited to foreign countries only.
Bill expands Miccosukee tribal land in Everglades National Park and requires flood protection for Osceola Camp structures within 2 years. Sent to President.