WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: State laws

S. 3036, The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $12090.39

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3036 would direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases....

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S. 2944, The Child Welfare Workforce Improvement Act

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2944 would amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to examine and improve the child welfare workforce....

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S. 2928, The BPA-Free Kids Act of 2008

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2928 would ban bisphenol A in children's products....

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S. 2881, The Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2881 would establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels into the waters of the United States....

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S. 2858, The Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2858 would establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues associated with recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work....

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H.R. 5749, The Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $112.93

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5749 would provide for a program of emergency unemployment compensation....

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H.R. 5688, The TARGET Act

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5688 would provide for a program of targeted extended unemployment compensation....

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S. 2818, The Small Business Health Plans Act of 2008

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2818 would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to provide for enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling and relating market rating....

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H.R. 5577, The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $9.54

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5577 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend, modify, and recodify the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance security and protect against acts of terrorism against chemical facilities....

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P.L. 110-229, The Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2739 would authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, it would implement further the Act approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, and it would amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003....

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H.R. 5560, The Right to Clean Vehicles Act

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5560 would permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles....

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S. 2718, A bill to withhold 10 percent of the Federal funding apportioned for highway construction and maintenance from States that issue driver's licenses to individuals without verifying the legal status of such individuals

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2718 would withhold 10 percent of the Federal funding apportioned for highway construction and maintenance from States that issue driver's licenses to individuals without verifying the legal status of such individuals....

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S. 2722, The Safe Roads Enhancement Act of 2008

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2722 would prohibit aliens who are repeat drunk drivers from obtaining legal status or immigration benefits....

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S. 2661, The Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2661 would prohibit the collection of identifying information of individuals by false, fraudulent, or deceptive means through the Internet, a practice known as "phishing", and it would provide the Federal Trade Commission the necessary authority to enforce such prohibition....

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H.R. 5447, The Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5447 would establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress on policy issues associated with the recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work....

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H.R. 5434, The Protecting Americans from Violent Crime Act of 2008

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5434 would protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks....

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S. 2619, The Protecting Americans from Violent Crime Act of 2008

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2619 would protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks....

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S. 2595, The S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2595 would create a national licensing system for residential mortgage loan originators, and it would develop minimum standards of conduct to be enforced by State regulators....

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H.R. 5218, The Fire-Safe Communities Act

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5218 would promote fire-safe communities....

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S. 2560, The Reconnecting Youth to Prevent Homelessness Act of 2007

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2560 would create the income security conditions and family supports needed to ensure permanency for the Nation's unaccompanied youth....

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S. 2555, The Reducing Global Warming Pollution from Vehicles Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2555 would permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles....

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S. 2544, The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2544 would provide for a program of temporary extended unemployment compensation....

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S. 2543, The Child Custody Protection Act

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2543 would amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions....

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H.R. 5038, The Caging Prohibition Act of 2008

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5038 would amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the election practice known as caging....

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H.R. 4934, The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4934 would provide for a program of emergency unemployment compensation....

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