WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Students

H.R. 642, The College Fire Prevention Act - Cost per Average Family: $3.19

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 642 would establish a demonstration incentive program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories....

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H.R. 7233, The Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2008

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7233 would amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's and grandchildren's educational and extracurricular activities and to clarify that leave may be taken for routine family medical needs and to assist elderly relatives....

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S. 3574, The Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3574 would establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories....

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S. 3565, The Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2008

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3565 would address the health and economic development impacts of nonattainment of federally mandated air quality standards in the San Joaquin Valley, California, by designating air quality empowerment zones....

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S. 3496, The Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2008

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3496 would address the health and economic development impact of nonattainment of federally mandated air quality standards in the San Joaquin Valley, California, by designating air quality empowerment zones....

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P.L. 110-381, Michelle's Law - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2851 would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage....

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S. 3297, The Advancing America's Priorities Act - Cost per Average Family: $74.86

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3297 would advance America's priorities....

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S. 3252, The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2008

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3252 would amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act, to ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures, and protect underage consumers....

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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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H.R. 6281, The High School Sports Anti-Drug Act

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6281 would provide States with the resources needed to rid our schools of performance-enhancing drug use....

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H.R. 5970, The Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2008

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5970 would amend the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 to reauthorize that Act....

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H.R. 5923, The Patients' Health Care Reform Act

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5923 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable and advancable credit against income tax for health insurance costs, and it would allow employees who elect not to participate in employer subsidized health plans an exclusion from gross income for employer payments in lieu of such participations....

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H.R. 5720, The Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 - Savings per Average Family: $20.19

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5720 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide assistance for housing....

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S. 2894, The Private Student Loan Transparency and Improvement Act of 2007

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2894 would establish requirements for private lenders to protect student borrowers receiving private educational loans....

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S. 2859, The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Amendments of 2008

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2859 would amend the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to clarify limits on disclosure of student health records....

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H.R. 2063, The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2063 would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to develop a voluntary policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools, and it would establish school-based food allergy management grants....

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P.L. 110-416, The Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $4.71

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2304 would amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses....

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P.L. 110-142, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income, and for other purposes - Savings per Average Family: $0.56

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 3648 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income....

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S. 2084, The School Safety and Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $10.03

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2084 would promote school safety and improved law enforcement....

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P.L. 110-141, To exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event, loss of life and limb, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4118 would exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event, loss of life and limb, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University....

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H.R. 3992, The Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $3.73

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 3992 would amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses....

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S. 2360, The Student Protection Act

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2360 would develop a national system of oversight of States for sexual misconduct in the elementary and secondary school system....

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S. 2347, The Prevention Through Affordable Access Act

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2347 would restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics....

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S. 2331, A bill to exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event, loss of life and limb, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2331 would exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event, loss of life and limb, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University....

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H.R. 4054, The Prevention Through Affordable Access Act

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4054 would amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to restore and protect access to Medicaid discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics....

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