WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Language and languages

P.L. 110-275, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $5.58

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6331 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, it would improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, it would enhance low-income benefit programs, and it would maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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S. 3114, The Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3114 would provide safeguards against faulty asylum procedures, and it would improve conditions of detention for detainees....

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S. 3041, The Foreign Intelligence and Information Commission Act

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3041 would establish the Foreign Intelligence and Information Commission to assess needs and provide recommendations to improve foreign intelligence and information collection, analysis, and reporting and for other purposes....

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H.R. 6043, To provide for an evaluation factor for defense contractors employing or subcontracting with recipients of certain special immigrant visas

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6043 would provide for an evaluation factor for defense contractors employing or subcontracting with recipients of certain special immigrant visas....

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S. 3002, The Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3002 would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, and it would prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year....

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S. 3001, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $0.27

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3001 would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and it would prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year....

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S. 2996, The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $6.92

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2996 would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System....

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H.R. 5959, The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $6.38

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5959 would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System....

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H.R. 5658, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $5280.92

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5658 would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2009....

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S. 2759, The Kindergarten Plus Act of 2008

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2759 would provide for Kindergarten Plus programs....

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S. 2719, A bill to provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2719 would provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and it would prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes....

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H.R. 5179, The International Education Leadership Act of 2008

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5179 would establish in the Department of Education an Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education and an Office of International and Foreign Language Education....

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H.R. 5036, The Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $7.02

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5036 would direct the Administrator of General Services to reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, to reimburse jurisdictions for the costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting of the results of the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008....

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P.L. 110-315, The College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1270.49

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4137 would amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965....

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P.L. 110-314, The Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.31

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4040 would establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission....

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H.R. 3980, The Families First Immigration Enforcement Act

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3980 would provide for safe and humane policies and procedures pertaining to the arrest, detention, and processing of aliens in immigration enforcement operations....

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H.R. 3915, The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $4.33

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3915 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, and to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans....

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H.R. 3887, The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $8.35

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3887 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and it would enhance measures to combat forced labor....

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H.R. 3842, To establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3842 would establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities....

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H.R. 3793, The Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act of 2007

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3793 would amend title 37, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to continue to pay to a member of the Armed Forces who is retired or separated from the Armed Forces due to a combat-related injury certain bonuses that the member was entitled to before the retirement or separation and would continue to be entitled to if the member was not retired or separated....

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H.R. 3746, The College Access and Opportunity Act of 2007

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3746 would amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965....

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H.R. 3745, The Mandarin Language Teaching Grant Act of 2007

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3745 would improve Mandarin language education by authorizing grants to support the creation of Mandarin language classes for elementary and secondary school and adult education program students....

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H.R. 3727, The One America, Many Voices Act

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3727 would amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that premium pay be paid to Federal employees whose official duties require the use of one or more languages besides English....

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S. 2074, The Families First Immigration Enforcement Act

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2074 would provide for safe and humane policies and procedures pertaining to the arrest, detention, and processing of aliens in immigration enforcement operations....

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H.R. 3606, The Access to Complete Education Act

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3606 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for core curriculum development....

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