WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: District courts

P.L. 110-406, The Judicial Administration and Technical Amendments Act of 2008

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3569 would make improvements in the operation and administration of the Federal courts....

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S. 3526, The Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3526 would enhance drug trafficking interdiction by creating a Federal felony relating to operating or embarking in a submersible or semi-submersible vessel without nationality and on an international voyage....

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S. 3462, A bill to ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by heirs and survivors of such persons

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3462 would ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by heirs and survivors of such persons....

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H.R. 6705, The Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6705 would provide for habeas corpus review for terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....

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S. 3401, The Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3401 would provide for habeas corpus review for terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....

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S. 3351, The Drug Trafficking Interdiction Assistance Act of 2008

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3351 would enhance drug trafficking interdiction by creating a Federal felony for operating or embarking in a submersible or semi-submersible vessel without nationality and on an international voyage....

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H.R. 6225, The Injunctive Relief for Veterans Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $9.72

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6225 would amend title 38, United States Code, relating to equitable relief with respect to a State or private employer....

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S. 3260, The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $447.44

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3260 would make appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009....

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H.R. 6344, The Responsive Government Act of 2008

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6344 would provide emergency authority to delay or toll judicial proceedings in United States district and circuit courts....

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S. 2774, The Federal Judgeship Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $4.34

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2774 would provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges....

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H.R. 6295, To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit operation by any means or embarking in any submersible or semi-submersible vessel that is without nationality and that is navigating or has navigated into, through or from waters beyond the outer limit of the territorial sea of a single country or a lateral limit of that country's territorial sea with an adjacent country, and for other purposes

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6295 would amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit operation by any means or embarking in any submersible or semi-submersible vessel that is without nationality and that is navigating or has navigated into, through, or from waters beyond the outer limit of the territorial sea of a single country or a lateral limit of that country's territorial sea with an adjacent country....

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H.R. 6211, The Oil Shale Opportunity Act of 2008

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6211 would allow Americans the opportunity to see their vast oil shale and tar sands resources on Federal lands developed by providing the President with the ability to determine the quickest and most responsible way to access oil shale resources....

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H.R. 6074, The Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6074 would amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal and for other purposes....

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P.L. 110-297, The Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Settlement Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.20

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4841 would approve, ratify, and confirm the settlement agreement entered into to resolve claims by the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians relating to alleged interences with the water resources of the Tribe, and it would authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to execute and perform the Settlement Agreement and related waivers....

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S. 2207, The Green McAdoo School National Historic Site Study Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2207 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating Green McAdoo School in Clinton, Tennessee, as a unit of the National Park System....

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S. 2824, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2824 would amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs....

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H.R. 4088, The SAVE Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $82.77

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4088 would provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program....

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S. 352, The Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.03

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 352 would provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings....

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S. 2767, A bill to provide for judicial discretion regarding suspensions of student eligibility under section 484(r) of the Higher Education Act of 1965

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2767 would provide for judicial discretion regarding suspensions of student eligibility under section 484(r) of the Higher Education Act of 1965....

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H.R. 5558, The Energy Infrastructure Tax Fairness Act

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5558 would limit the discriminatory taxation of oil pipeline property....

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H.R. 5230, The Contempt of the House of Representatives Subpoena Authority Act of 2008

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5230 would amend title 28, United States Code, to grant to the House of Representatives the authority to bring a civil action to enforce, secure a declaratory judgment concerning the validity of, or prevent a threatened refusal or failure to comply with any subpoena or order issued by the House or any committee or subcommittee of the House to secure the production of documents, the answering of any deposition or interrogatory, or the securing of testimony....

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P.L. 110-160, The Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision and Extension Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $114.10

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 2761 would extend the Terrorism Insurance Program of the Department of the Treasury....

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H.R. 5086, To require the Attorney General to issue guidelines delineating when to enter into deferred prosecution agreements, to require judicial sanction of deferred prosecution agreements, and to provide for Federal monitors to oversee deferred prosecution agreements

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5086 would require the Attorney General to issue guidelines delineating when to enter into deferred prosecution agreements, it would require judicial sanction of deferred prosecution agreements, and it would provide for Federal monitors to oversee deferred prosecution agreements....

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P.L. 110-161, The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $9824.96

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....

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S. 2368, The SAVE Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2368 would provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program....

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