WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Fraud

H.R. 4854, The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4854 would amend the provisions of title 31, United States Code, relating to false claims, to clarify and make technical amendments to those provisions....

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H.R. 6853, The Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6853 would establish in the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force to address mortgage fraud in the United States....

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P.L. 110-428, The Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $0.03

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7082 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose certain prisoner return information to the Federal Bureau of Prisons....

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S. 3677, The Financial Crimes Accountability Act of 2008

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3677 would establish a Special Joint Task Force on Financial Crimes....

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S. 3648, The Employee Misclassification Prevention Act

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3648 would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require employers to keep records of non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and to provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees as non-employees....

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S. 3652, The Financial Market Investigation, Oversight, and Reform Act of 2008

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3652 would provide for financial market investigation, oversight, and reform....

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P.L. 110-391, The Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program Act

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3606 would extend the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program and for other purposes....

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S. 3547, The Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator Act of 2008

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3547 would establish in the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator to address mortgage fraud in the United States....

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S. 1070, The Elder Justice Act - Cost per Average Family: $6.02

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1070 would amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation....

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S. 3038, The Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008 - Savings per Average Family: $1.90

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3038 would amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend the adoption incentives program, to authorize States to establish a relative guardianship program, and to promote the adoption of children with special needs....

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P.L. 110-314, The Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.33

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 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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S. 3434, The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2008

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3434 would combat organized crime involving the illegal acquisition of retail goods for the purpose of selling those illegally obtained goods through physical and online retail marketplaces....

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S. 2892, The Wartime Enforcement of Fraud Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2892 would promote the prosecution and enforcement of frauds against the United States by suspending the statute of limitations during times when Congress has authorized the use of military force....

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H.R. 5352, The Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.59

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5352 would protect seniors in the United States from elder abuse by establishing specialized elder abuse prosecution and research programs and activities to aid victims of elder abuse, and it would provide training to prosecutors and other law enforcement related to elder abuse prevention and protection....

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P.L. 110-289, The Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $523.06

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3221 would provide needed housing reform....

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S. 3257, The Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3257 would extend immigration programs to promote legal immigration and for other purposes....

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S. 1255, The Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1255 would protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings....

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S. 3213, The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3213 would designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and it would authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture....

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H.R. 6378, The Strengthening of FDA Integrity Act of 2008

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6378 would expand the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to impose debarments in order to ensure the integrity of drug, biological product, and device regulation....

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H.R. 6376, The Strengthening of FDA Integrity Act of 2008

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6376 would expand the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to impose debarments in order to ensure the integrity of drug, biological product, and device regulation....

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H.R. 6356, The Universal Service Reform, Accountability, and Efficiency Act of 2008

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6356 would reform the collection and distribution of universal service support under the Communications Act of 1934....

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H.R. 6346, The Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6346 would protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels....

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H.R. 6349, The Increasing Transparency and Accountability in Oil Prices Act of 2008

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6349 would provide energy price relief by authorizing greater resources and authority for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission....

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S. 3174, The Port Authority of New York/New Jersey Port Security Task Force Implementation Act of 2008

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3174 would improve port and intermodal supply chain security....

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H.R. 6307, The Fostering Connections to Success Act

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6307 would amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to assist children in foster care in developing or maintaining connections to family, community, support, health care, and school....

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