WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Slavery

P.L. 110-293, 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: $1.40

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

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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P.L. 110-404, The Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3477 would amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize grants for Presidential Centers of Historical Excellence....

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H.R. 6693, The Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6693 would establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland....

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S. 3383, The Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Act

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3383 would establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland....

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S. 3297, The Advancing America's Priorities Act - Cost per Average Family: $74.86

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3297 would advance America's priorities....

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S. 3061, The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3061 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and it would enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons....

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H.R. 5847, The United Nations Durban Review Conference (Durban II) Funding Prohibition Act of 2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5847 would prohibit United States funding for the 2009 United Nations Durban Review Conference ("Durban II Conference") or any other activity relating to the planning, preparation, or implementation of a follow-up meeting to the 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance ("Durban I Conference") in Durban, South Africa....

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H.R. 5652, The Child Sexual Slavery Prevention Act of 2008

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5652 would direct the United States Sentencing Commission to make certain changes in the Sentencing Guidelines as they affect certain human trafficking offenses....

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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. 1239, The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.13

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1239 would amend the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act....

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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. 2483, The National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007 - Savings per Average Family: $0.47

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 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. 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. 390, The Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.13

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 390 would require the establishment of a national database in the National Archives to preserve records of servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction and to provide grants to State and local entities to establish similar local databases....

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H.R. 3887, The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $8.48

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3887 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and it would enhance measures to combat forced labor....

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H.R. 3844, The Eradication of Slavery in Sudan Act of 2007

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3844 would establish the United States Commission to Monitor Slavery and its Eradication in Sudan....

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H.R. 3810, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse located in Farmington, New York, and the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of Women's Rights National Historical Park, and for other purposes

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3810 would direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse located in Farmington, New York, and the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of Women's Rights National Historical Park....

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H.R. 3728, The International Women's Freedom Act of 2007

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3728 would express United States foreign policy with respect to, and strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted and denied their rights in foreign countries on account of gender....

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S. 1703, The Trafficking in Persons Accountability Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1703 would prevent and reduce trafficking in persons....

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H.R. 3096, The Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.20

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3096 would promote freedom and democracy in Vietnam....

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P.L. 110-183, The 200th Anniversary Commemoration Commission of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Act of 2007

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3432 would establish the 200th Anniversary Commemoration Commission of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade....

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H.R. 3424, To authorize appropriations for the purpose of establishing an office within the Internal Revenue Service to focus on violations of the internal revenue laws by persons who are under investigation for conduct relating to commercial sex acts, and to increase the criminal monetary penalty limitations for the underpayment or overpayment of tax due to fraud

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3424 would authorize appropriations for the purpose of establishing an office within the Internal Revenue Service to focus on violations of the internal revenue laws by persons who are under investigation for conduct relating to commercial sex acts, and it would increase the criminal monetary penalty limitations for the underpayment or overpayment of tax due to fraud....

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H.R. 3148, The Child Pornography Elimination Act of 2007

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3148 would eliminate child pornography....

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S. 1709, The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2007

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1709 would amend the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act....

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P.L. 110-344, The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.61

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 923 would establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation....

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