WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Civil rights

S. 3141, The Preventing Student Loan Discrimination Act

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3141 would provide for nondiscrimination by eligible lenders in the Federal Family Education Loan Program....

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S. 3111, The Life at Conception Act

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3111 would implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right of life of each born and preborn human person....

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H.R. 6049, The Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 - Savings per Average Family: $72.09

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6049 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, and to provide individual income tax relief....

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H.R. 5959, The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $6.06

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5959 would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System....

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H.R. 5818, The Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $73.65

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5818 would authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and to make grants to States for related costs....

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H.R. 5794, The Federal Sunset Act of 2008

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5794 would provide for the periodic review of the efficiency and public need for Federal agencies, to establish a Commission for the purpose of reviewing the efficiency and public need of such agencies, and to provide for the abolishment of agencies for which a public need does not exist....

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H.R. 5773, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term ground lease for the operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac as golf courses, and for other purposes

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5773 would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term ground lease for the operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac as golf courses....

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H.R. 5637, The Securing American Families by Educating and Training Youth (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2008

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5637 would authorize the Attorney General to award grants to eligible entities to prevent or alleviate community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling services to children, adolescents, teachers, families, and community leaders on the principles and practice of nonviolence....

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H.R. 5577, The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $9.56

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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S. 2719, A bill to provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2719 would provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and it would prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes....

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H.R. 5501, The Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $298.70

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5501 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria....

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S. 2616, The National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2008

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2616 would authorize certain programs and activities in the Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy....

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S. 2608, The Small Business Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2608 would make improvements to the Small Business Act....

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S. 2554, The Civil Rights Act of 2008

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2554 would restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights and remedies under civil rights statutes....

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H.R. 5129, The Civil Rights Act of 2008

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5129 would restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights and remedies under civil rights statutes....

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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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S. 2532, The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 2007

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

An original bill to amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to improve health care provided to Indians under the Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Programs....

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S. 2463, The Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2463 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and title 18, United States Code, to combat the crime of alien smuggling and related activities....

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H.R. 4611, The End Racial Profiling Act of 2007

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4611 would prohibit racial profiling....

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S. 2481, The End Racial Profiling Act of 2007

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2481 would prohibit racial profiling....

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H.R. 4650, The Congressional Disclosures Protections Act of 2007

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4650 would strengthen the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002....

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S. 2483, The National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007 - Savings per Average Family: $0.45

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2483 would authorize certain programs and activities in the Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy....

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S. 2453, The Protecting English in the Workplace Act

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2453 would amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify requirements relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of national origin....

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P.L. 110-135, The Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act - Savings per Average Family: $0.53

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4343 would amend title 49, United States Code, to modify age standards for pilots engaged in commercial aviation operations....

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