Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Government service contracts

Bill Enacted: H.R.6081 Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008

2008-06-17T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide benefits for military personnel, and for other purposes.

June 17, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-245.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.6081 Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008

2008-06-17T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide benefits for military personnel, and for other purposes.

June 17, 2008: Signed by President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.6081 Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008

2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide benefits for military personnel, and for other purposes.

June 06, 2008: Presented to President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.6081 Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008

2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide benefits for military personnel, and for other purposes.

May 22, 2008: Cleared for White House.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6081 Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008

2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide benefits for military personnel, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5719 Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008

2008-04-08T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to conform return preparer penalty standards, delay implementation of withholding taxes on government contractors, enhance taxpayer protections, assist low-income taxpayers, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5658 Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian Management Act of 2008

2008-03-31T00:00:00Z

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5563 Congressional Commission on Civic Service Act

2008-03-10T00:00:00Z

To reauthorize and reform the national service laws.

Bill Vetoed: H.R.2082 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

2008-03-08T00:00:00Z

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.

March 08, 2008: Vetoed by President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.2082 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

Bill Sent To President: H.R.2082 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

2008-02-13T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: S.2462 A bill to provide that before the Secretary of Defense may furlough any employee of the Department of Defense on the basis of a lack of funds, the Secretary shall suspend any nonessential service contract entered into by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide that before the Secretary of Defense may furlough any employee of the Department of Defense on the basis of a lack of funds, the Secretary shall suspend any nonessential service contract entered into by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2444 Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2007

2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants to establish and evaluate sustainability programs, charged with developing and implementing integrated environmental, economic, and social sustainability initiatives, and to direct the Secretary of Education to convene a summit of higher education experts in the area of sustainability.

Bill Introduced: S.2398 Stop Outsourcing Security Act

2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

A bill to phase out the use of private military contractors.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4236 Mail Network Protection Act of 2007

2007-11-15T00:00:00Z

To provide for the protection and the integrity of the United States mail.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4102 Stop Outsourcing Security Act

2007-11-07T00:00:00Z

To phase out the use of private military contractors.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3458 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in rural areas.

2007-08-04T00:00:00Z

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in rural areas.

Bill Introduced: S.2010 Private Prison Information Act of 2007

2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

A bill to require prisons and other detention facilities holding Federal prisoners or detainees under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and detention facilities are required to do by law.

Bill Introduced: S.Res.283 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services.

2007-07-30T00:00:00Z

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3068 Federal Protective Service Guard Contracting Reform Act of 2007

2007-07-17T00:00:00Z

To prohibit the award of contracts to provide guard services under the contract security guard program of the Federal Protective Service to a business concern that is owned, controlled, or operated by an individual who has been convicted of a felony.