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H.R. 2965, The Enhancing Small Business Research and Innovation Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $2.51

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2965 would amend the Small Business Act with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program....

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S. 1233, The SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $2.08

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1233 would reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs and for other purposes....

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H.R. 2454, The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $13016.22

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2454 would create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy....

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S. 1007, The United States-Brazil Energy Cooperation Pact of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.56

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1007 would direct the Secretary of State to work with the Government of Brazil and other foreign governments to develop partnerships that will strengthen diplomatic relations and energy security by accelerating the development of biofuels production, research, and infrastructure to alleviate poverty, create jobs, and increase income, while improving energy security and protecting the environment....

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P.L. 110-398, To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.01

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6849 would amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less....

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S. 3362, The SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $2.01

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3362 would reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs....

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P.L. 110-234, The Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $6102.04

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2419 would provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012....

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H.R. 5781, The Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $7.77

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5781 would provide that 8 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave....

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H.R. 5819, The SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act - Cost per Average Family: $2.46

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5819 would amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program....

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P.L. 110-140, The CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $3.79

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 6 would reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy....

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H.R. 1497, The Legal Timber Protection Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.38

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1497 would amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to plants illegally harvested outside of the United States....

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S. 2302, The Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $5235.09

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2302 would provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012....

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H.R. 3920, The Trade and Globalization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $260.91

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3920 would amend the Trade Act of 1974 to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, and it would extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers and firms....

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S. 2242, The Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $69.34

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2242 would amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish supplemental agricultural disaster assistance and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for conservation and alternative energy sources and to provide tax relief for farmers....

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P.L. 110-89, To extend the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months - Cost per Average Family: $0.14

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3375 would extend the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months....

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H.R. 2844, The Food Security and Agricultural Development Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $133.60

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2844 would promote United States emergency and non-emergency food and other assistance programs, and it would promote United States agricultural export programs....

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S. 221, The Fair Contracts for Growers Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 221 would amend title 9, United States Code, to provide for greater fairness in the arbitration process relating to livestock and poultry contracts....

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S. 1321, The Energy Savings Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $125.12

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1321 would enhance the energy security of the United States by promoting biofuels, energy efficiency, and carbon capture and storage....

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S. 163, The Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $2.58

Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 163 would improve the disaster loan program of the Small Business Administration....

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S. 311, A bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.23

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 311 would amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption....

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P.L. 109-432, The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 - Savings per Average Family: $293.43

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 6111 (enacted as Public Law 109-432) makes various changes to tax and trade law. It also makes multiple changes in the Medicare program and provides for additional offshore oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico. Finally, it amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. The tax law changes include extending and expanding certain expiring provisions, altering rules for health savings accounts (HSA), and expanding the use of tax credits against the alternative minimum tax. Additio...

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S. 3778, The Small Business Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $56.88

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

S. 3778 would authorize funding over the 2007-2009 period for operations of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and would make a number of amendments to SBA loan programs, programs that support entrepreneurship, and programs that support preferences for small business in government contracting. Major provisions of S. 3778 include:

Title I would set the maximum amounts of small business loans that could be guaranteed by SBA for fiscal years 2007 through 2009, authorize appropriation o...

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H.R. 503, A bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption - Cost per Average Family: $2.14

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 503 would amend provisions of the Horse Protection Act of 1970 related to the slaughter of certain equines. The bill would establish a pilot program in Kentucky and New York to prohibit certain activities associated with the slaughter of horses or other equines for human consumption. Due to exceptions included in the bill, this prohibition would not directly affect current equine slaughter activity in those or other states. The bill also would require the Secretary of Agriculture, subject t...

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H.R. 5384, The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $744.56

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5384 spends money on the operations and activities of the Department of Agriculture (except for the Forest Service), the Farm Credit Administration, the Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Food and Drug Administration (HHS), and related agencies in fiscal year 2007....

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P.L. 109-221, The Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $4.90

Fri, 26 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3351 (enacted as Public Law 109-221) amends the Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program (ITLAP) and the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). The legislation changes the loan-servicing procedures for the ITLAP and increases the fees paid to the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) by tribal gaming operators....

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