WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Investment of public funds

P.L. 110-351, The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $3.75

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 6893 would amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, provide for tribal foster care and adoption access, improve incentives for adoption....

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H.R. 5680, To amend certain laws relating to Native Americans, and for others purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.06

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5680 would amend certain laws relating to Native Americans....

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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. 2489, The Oglala Sioux Tribe Angostura Irrigation Project Modernization and Development Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.05

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2489 would enhance and provide to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project certain benefits of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program....

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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. 4896, The Social Security Trust Funds Investment Act of 2007

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4896 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a duty of the Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust funds is to hold them in trust for the beneficiaries and to ensure that the assets of such trust funds are not diverted, and to authorize investment of such trust funds in securities that are not limited to obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States....

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H.R. 4664, The Social Security Surplus Protection Act of 2007

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4664 would provide for investment and protection of the Social Security surplus....

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H.R. 4181, The Securing Medicare and Retirement for Tomorrow Act of 2007

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4181 would reform Social Security retirement and Medicare by establishing a Personal Social Security Savings Program to create a safer, healthier, more secure, and more prosperous retirement for all Americans and to reduce the burden on young Americans....

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S. 2021, The Build America Bonds Act of 2007

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2021 would provide $50,000,000,000 in new transportation infrastructure funding through bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation, including roads, bridges, rail and transit systems, ports, and inland waterways....

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H.R. 3000, The Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3000 would establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery....

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H.R. 2347, The Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2347 would authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector....

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S. 1430, The Iran Sanctions Enabling Act

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1430 would authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector....

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H.R. 487, The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Amendments Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.02

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 487 would amend the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to provide compensation to members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for damage resulting from the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project....

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H.R. 1050, The A Living Wage, Jobs For All Act

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1050 would establish a living wage, jobs-for-all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories....

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H.R. 883, The Oglala Sioux Tribe Angostura Irrigation Project Modernization and Development Act

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 883 would enhance and provide to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project certain benefits of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program....

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H.R. 581, The Savings for Seniors Act of 2007

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 581 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus, it would provide for suspension of investment of amounts held in the Account until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Fund in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States, and it would establish a Social Security Investment Commission to make ...

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H.R. 219, The Social Security Preservation Act of 2007

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 219 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to ensure the integrity of the Social Security trust funds by requiring the Managing Trustee to invest the annual surplus of such trust funds in marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States and certificates of deposit in depository institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and it would protect such trust funds from the public debt limit....

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H.R. 22, The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act - Cost per Average Family: $62.93

Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 22 would change the laws that govern the operation of the United States Postal Service (USPS), particularly those regarding the cost of pensions and health care benefits of retired workers and the requirement to hold certain funds in escrow....

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