Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Confidential communications

Bill Introduced: H.R.6513 Securities Act of 2008

2008-07-15T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal securities laws to enhance the effectiveness of the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement, corporation finance, trading and markets, investment management, and examination programs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5884 Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2008

2008-04-22T20:00:00Z

To amend chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, relating to protective orders, sealing of cases, disclosures of discovery information in civil actions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5828 Securing Exports Through Coordination and Technology Act

2008-04-16T20:00:00Z

To enhance the reliability of information in the Automated Export System, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5717 ID Spam Act

2008-04-07T20:00:00Z

To establish a reward system to provide monetary awards to individuals who provide information relating to violations of the CAN-SPAM Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5629 Pathway for Biosimilars Act

2008-03-12T20:00:00Z

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products, and for other purposes.

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

2008-03-10T20:00:00Z

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 Introduced: H.R.5515 New Employee Verification Act of 2008

2008-02-27T19:00:00Z

To amend the Social Security Act to prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward benefits under title II of such Act and to make improvements in provisions governing totalization agreements, to amend the Social Security Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent unauthorized employment, and to improve coordination of the provisions of such Acts, and for other purposes.

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

2008-01-07T19:00:00Z

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

January 07, 2008: Signed by President.

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

2008-01-07T19:00:00Z

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

January 07, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-180.

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

2008-01-03T19:00:00Z

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

January 03, 2008: Presented to President.

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

2007-12-18T19:00:00Z

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

December 18, 2007: Cleared for White House.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4900 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2007

2007-12-18T19:00:00Z

To reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, modernize firearms laws and regulations, protect the community from criminals, and for other purposes.

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

2007-10-30T20:00:00Z

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

2007-10-28T20:00:00Z

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

2007-10-17T20:00:00Z

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.

2007-10-09T20:00:00Z

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

2007-09-09T20:00:00Z

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

2007-07-23T20:00:00Z

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

2007-07-17T20:00:00Z

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

2007-06-21T20:00:00Z

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