WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Financial planning

H.R. 7135, The Young Investor Financial Education Act

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7135 would award grants to State educational agencies to support the provision of financial education to high school students....

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S. 3557, The America Saving for Personal Investment, Retirement, and Education Act of 2008' or the `ASPIRE Act of 2008

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3557 would encourage savings, promote financial literacy, and expand opportunities for young adults by establishing KIDS Accounts....

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H.R. 6003, The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $114.81

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6003 would reauthorize Amtrak....

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H.R. 5965, The Employers Financial Literacy Act

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5965 would encourage small businesses to provide continuing financial education to their employees by providing a credit against income tax to cover a portion of the costs of providing that education and by giving such businesses and corporations providing such financial education preferential status when applying for Federal contracts, loans, and other assistance....

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H.R. 5563, The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5563 would reauthorize and reform the national service laws....

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H.R. 5543, The Women's Retirement Security Act of 2008

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5543 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners....

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H.R. 3759, To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to enable local educational agencies to use amounts received from the Fund for the Improvement of Education for innovative programs to increase learning in financial literacy

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3759 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to enable local educational agencies to use amounts received from the Fund for the Improvement of Education for innovative programs to increase learning in financial literacy....

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H.R. 3740, The America Saving for Personal Investment, Retirement, and Education Act of 2007

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3740 would encourage savings, promote financial literacy, and expand opportunities for young adults by establishing KIDS Accounts....

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H.R. 3587, The Homeowners' Emergency Mortgage Assistance Act

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3587 would establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing unavoidable, temporary difficulty making payments on mortgages insured under the National Housing Act....

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H.R. 2857, The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act - Cost per Average Family: $39.27

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2857 would reauthorize and reform the national service laws....

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H.R. 3317, The GEAR UP Enhancement Act of 2007

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3317 would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve and enhance the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)....

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S. 1762, The Higher Education Access Act of 2007

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1762 would provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 602 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008 (S. Con. Res. 21)....

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H.R. 2840, The National Financial Literacy Act of 2007

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2840 would amend the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to allow the direct support by a financial institution of a qualified community-based financial literacy program provided to consumers and borrowers to be taken into account in assessing the institution's record of meeting the credit needs of its entire community....

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H.R. 2378, The Services to Prevent Veterans Homelessness Act

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2378 would amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a financial assistance program to facilitate the provision of supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing....

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S. 1288, The Women's Retirement Security Act of 2007

Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1288 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners....

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S. 874, The Services to Prevent Veterans Homelessness Act of 2007

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 874 would amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a financial assistance program to facilitate the provision of supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing....

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H.R. 1104, The Foster Children Self-Support Act

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1104 would ensure that foster children are able to use their social security and supplemental security income benefits to address their needs and improve their lives....

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H.R. 531, The Retirement Security Education Act of 2007

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 531 would establish a grant program to enhance the financial and retirement literacy of mid-life and older Americans and to reduce financial abuse and fraud among such Americans....

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H.R. 534, The Rail Transit Security and Safety Act of 2007

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 534 would provide for the security and safety of rail and rail transit transportation systems....

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H.R. 206, The Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2007

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 206 would amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide greater access to the food stamp program by reducing duplicative and burdensome administrative requirements, authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to certain community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups for the purpose of establishing and implementing a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program for certain socially and economically disadvantaged populations....

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H.R. 5039, The Saving America's Rural Housing Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $5.25

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5039 would require the Rural Housing Service (RHS) within the Department of Agriculture to implement a program aimed at preserving rural rental housing supported by section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 by restructuring loans on existing properties. Under the legislation, RHS would provide housing vouchers to certain families who would be displaced if property owners prepay the mortgages on properties where they now reside.

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H.R. 2830, The Pension Protection Act of 2005 - Savings per Average Family: $50.79

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 2830 would make changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) that would affect the operations of private pension plans. It would do so mostly by changing the funding requirements for taxqualified, defined-benefit pension plans and the premiums paid to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). It would also extend certain tax incentives for retirement savings and modify tax provisions related to spending for health care. Ma...

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S. 1783, The Pension Security and Transparency Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $5.41

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1783 would make changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code that would affect the operations of private-pension plans. It would do so mostly by changing the funding requirements for tax-qualified, defined-benefit pension plans and the premiums paid to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The bill would also make changes to the Railroad Retirement program, Black Lung disability trusts, treatment of unemployment compensation, ...

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