WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Real estate business

S. 1451, The FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act - Cost per Average Family: $271.57

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1451 would modernize the air traffic control system, improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by air in the United States, provide for modernization of the air traffic control system, and reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration....

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H.R. 3440, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow dealers in real estate to use the installment sales method

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3440 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow dealers in real estate to use the installment sales method....

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H.R. 2546, The Blue Star/Gold Star Flag Act of 2009

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2546 would ensure that the right of an individual to display the Service flag on residential property not be abridged....

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H.R. 2543, The Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement Act of 2009

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2543 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the reduction in the rate of tax on qualified timber gain of corporations....

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H.R. 1942, The Business Reorganization and Job Preservation Act of 2009

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1942 would amend title 11....

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H.R. 1762, To repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the "Bennett Freeze"

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1762 would repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the "Bennett Freeze"....

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S. 376, The Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Improvement Act of 2009

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

S. 376 would provide rules for the modification or disposition of certain assets by real estate mortgage investment conduits pursuant to division A of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008....

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S. 356, The Community Choice in Real Estate Act

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

S. 356 would amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities....

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S. 316, The Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement Act II of 2009

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

S. 316 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the reduction in the rate of tax on qualified timber gain of corporations....

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P.L. 111-18, A bill to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the "Bennett Freeze"

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

S. 39 would repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the "Bennett Freeze"....

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S. 112, A bill to treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

S. 112 would treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness....

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H.R. 111, The Community Choice in Real Estate Act

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 111 would amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities....

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H.R. 4159, The Simplified USA Tax Act of 2007

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4159 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure and replace the income tax system of the United States to meet national priorities....

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H.R. 3915, The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $4.38

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 3915 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, and to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans....

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H.R. 2613, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain on the sale of certain residential leased-fee interests to holders of the leasehold rights

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2613 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain on the sale of certain residential leased-fee interests to holders of the leasehold rights....

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P.L. 110-35, The Preservation Approval Process Improvement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1675 would suspend the requirements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding electronic filing of previous participation certificates and regarding filing of such certificates with respect to certain low-income housing investors....

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H.R. 1682, The Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1682 would restore the financial solvency of the national flood insurance program....

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H.R. 1519, The American Homebuyers Protection Act

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1519 would prohibit offering homebuilding purchase contracts that contain in a single document both a mandatory arbitration agreement and other contract provisions, it would prohibit requiring purchasers to consent to a mandatory arbitration agreement as a condition precedent to entering into a homebuilding purchase contract, and it would provide for the Federal Trade Commission to enforce violations of such prohibitions as unfair and deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Comm...

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S. 413, The Community Choice in Real Estate Act

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 413 would amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities....

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H.R. 41, The Business Checking Fairness Act of 2007

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 41 would repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits....

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H.R. 111, The Community Choice in Real Estate Act

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

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H.R. 5576, The Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $972.73

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5576 spends money on the operations and activities of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the Department of Transportation; the Department of the Treasury; the District of Columbia; the Judiciary; the United States Postal Service: Payment to the Postal Service Fund; the Executive Office of the President: Armstrong Resolution, Compensation of the President, Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Residence at the White House, Federal Drug Control Programs, High Intensity Drug Tr...

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S. 3589, The Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $56.72

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

The Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2006 would provide the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) with funds to pay remaining valid claims from the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes and reform the program, which is currently in an unsustainable financial position. Without a change in law, the NFIP will be unable to pay all flood insurance claims promptly, and faced with a nonfunctional program, those policyholders who are not required to carry flood insurance may abandon it. Enacting t...

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H.R. 4100, The Louisiana Recovery Corporation Act - Cost per Average Family: $98.63

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4100 would establish the Louisiana Recovery Corporation. This new federal agency would redevelop areas in Louisiana distressed by either Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita by acquiring real estate, improving the property, and selling it to developers. The Louisiana Recovery Corporation would be authorized to operate for 10 years. The corporation would be authorized to encourage people to return to areas of Louisiana that were devastated by those storms by providing grants of land and money...

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H.R. 1224, The Business Checking Freedom Act of 2005 - Savings per Average Family: $14.93

Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1224, the Business Checking Freedom Act of 2005, would allow depository institutions to pay interest on business demand deposit accounts. H.R. 1224 also would allow the Federal Reserve System to pay interest on any reserve balances held on deposit at the Federal Reserve by insured depository institutions, except nonqualified industrial loan companies. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) would have greater flexibility in setting reserve requirements and would be require...

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