2008-09-10T20:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4211 tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-10:/action/171101 2008-09-10T20:00:00Z A bill to require United States Government representatives to present to the Government of Iraq a plan to establish an oil trust.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-28:/action/170435 2008-08-28T20:00:00Z To ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts, and for other purposes.<br /><br />August 28, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-317. tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-28:/action/170434 2008-08-28T20:00:00Z To ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts, and for other purposes.<br /><br />August 28, 2008: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-24:/action/169131 2008-08-24T20:00:00Z To ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts, and for other purposes.<br /><br />August 24, 2008: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/action/168916 2008-07-31T20:00:00Z To ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts, and for other purposes.<br /><br />July 31, 2008: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/action/168017 2008-07-29T20:00:00Z A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.<br /><br />July 29, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-289. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/action/168016 2008-07-29T20:00:00Z A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.<br /><br />July 29, 2008: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-28:/action/167619 2008-07-28T20:00:00Z A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.<br /><br />July 28, 2008: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-25:/action/167618 2008-07-25T20:00:00Z A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.<br /><br />July 25, 2008: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-22:/action/167562 2008-07-22T20:00:00Z To ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-25:/action/164189 2008-06-25T20:00:00Z To make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-22:/action/164689 2008-06-22T20:00:00Z An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-21:/action/158211 2008-05-21T20:00:00Z A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for S corporation reform, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-30:/action/152177 2008-04-30T20:00:00Z A bill to ensure that persons who form corporations in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations, in order to prevent wrongdoers from exploiting United States corporations for criminal gain, to assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, and other misconduct involving United States corporations, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-28:/action/151616 2008-04-28T20:00:00Z To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable and advancable credit against income tax for health insurance costs, to allow employees who elect not to participate in employer subsidized health plans an exclusion from gross income for employer payments in lieu of such participations, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-16:/action/150356 2008-04-16T20:00:00Z A bill to amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to provide for specified civil penalties for violations of that Act, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-14:/action/150047 2008-04-14T20:00:00Z To amend the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 to increase insurance competition and available coverage for consumers.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-09:/action/149662 2008-04-09T20:00:00Z To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act to provide for specified civil penalties for violations of that Act, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-08:/action/149262 2008-04-08T20:00:00Z To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and title 11, United State Code, to provide necessary reforms for employee pension benefit plans.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-13:/action/148454 2008-03-13T20:00:00Z A joint resolution providing for the appointment of John W. McCarter as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.<br /><br />March 13, 2008: Signed by President.