Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Confidential communications

Bill Introduced: H.R.5577 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008

2008-03-11T00:00:00Z

To 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, and for other purposes.

Bill Enacted: H.R.2640 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007

2008-01-08T00:00:00Z

To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.

January 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-180.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.2640 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007

2008-01-08T00:00:00Z

To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.

January 08, 2008: Signed by President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.2640 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007

2008-01-04T00:00:00Z

To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.

January 04, 2008: Presented to President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.2640 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007

2007-12-19T00:00:00Z

To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.

December 19, 2007: Cleared for White House.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4031 Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2007

2007-10-31T00:00:00Z

To establish a United States Boxing Commission to administer the Act, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3990 Military Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Act

2007-10-29T00:00:00Z

To reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces and their family members and partners through enhanced programs of prevention and deterrence, enhanced programs of victims services, and strengthened provisions for prosecution of assailants, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2205 DREAM Act of 2007

2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A bill to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.232 It is the Sense of the Congress that the confidentiality mandates for minors should be removed from family planning services programs operating under Title X of the Public Health Services Act and Medicaid.

2007-10-10T00:00:00Z

It is the Sense of the Congress that the confidentiality mandates for minors should be removed from family planning services programs operating under Title X of the Public Health Services Act and Medicaid.

Bill Introduced: S.2035 Free Flow of Information Act of 2007

2007-09-10T00:00:00Z

A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3155 Intellectual Property Enhanced Criminal Enforcement Act of 2007

2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

To amend titles 17 and 18, United States Code, to strengthen the protection of intellectual property, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1814 Health Information Privacy and Security Act

2007-07-18T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide individuals with access to health information of which they are a subject, ensure personal privacy with respect to health related information, promote the use of non-identifiable information for health research, impose criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized use of protected health information, to provide for the strong enforcement of these rights, and to protect States' rights.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2837 Indian Tribal Federal Recognition Administrative Procedures Act

2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

To provide for administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2703 Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act of 2007

2007-06-13T00:00:00Z

To amend the Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act of 2004.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2640 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007

2007-06-11T00:00:00Z

To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2596 Access to Birth Control Act

2007-06-06T00:00:00Z

To establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1555 Access to Birth Control Act

2007-06-06T00:00:00Z

A bill to establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2545 Congressional Research Accessibility Act

2007-05-24T00:00:00Z

To make available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public, certain information available through the Congressional Research Service web site.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2341 Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act

2007-05-16T00:00:00Z

To prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress, and to require additional reporting by Members and employees of Congress of securities transaction, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2345 Abusive Tax Shelter Shutdown and Taxpayer Accountability Act of 2007

2007-05-16T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to curb tax abuses by disallowing tax benefits claimed to arise from transactions without substantial economic substance, and for other purposes.