Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Building laws

Bill Introduced: H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008

2008-09-25T20:00:00Z

Making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6899 Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act

2008-09-14T20:00:00Z

To advance the national security interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel technologies while building a bridge to the future through expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas resources, revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair return from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, ending tax subsidies for large oil and gas companies, and facilitating energy efficiencies in the building, housing, and transportation sectors, and for other purposes.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.3221 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

2008-07-29T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.

July 29, 2008: Signed by President.

Bill Enacted: H.R.3221 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

2008-07-29T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.

July 29, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-289.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.3221 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

2008-07-28T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.

July 28, 2008: Presented to President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.3221 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

2008-07-25T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.

July 25, 2008: Cleared for White House.

Bill Introduced: S.3256 Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act

2008-07-10T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3036 Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008

2008-05-19T20:00:00Z

A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5541 FLAME Act

2008-03-05T19:00:00Z

To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5218 Fire-Safe Communities Act

2008-01-28T19:00:00Z

To promote fire-safe communities, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4461 Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2008

2007-12-11T19:00:00Z

To promote and enhance the operation of local building code enforcement administration across the country by establishing a competitive Federal matching grant program.

Bill Introduced: S.2458 Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2007

2007-12-11T19:00:00Z

A bill to promote and enhance the operation of local building code enforcement administration across the country by establishing a competitive Federal matching grant program.

Bill Introduced: S.2390 Fire-Safe Communities Act

2007-11-15T19:00:00Z

A bill to promote fire-safe communities, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4224 To prohibit the Secretary of State from making a contribution to the United Nations until such time as the United Nations is in compliance with fire, building, and safety codes.

2007-11-14T19:00:00Z

To prohibit the Secretary of State from making a contribution to the United Nations until such time as the United Nations is in compliance with fire, building, and safety codes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4202 Inclusive Home Design Act of 2007

2007-11-14T19:00:00Z

To require all newly constructed, federally assisted, single-family houses and town houses to meet minimum standards of visitability for persons with disabilities.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3926 Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2007

2007-10-21T20:00:00Z

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2191 America's Climate Security Act of 2007

2007-10-17T20:00:00Z

A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2078 A bill to require updating of State building energy efficiency codes and standards.

2007-09-19T20:00:00Z

A bill to require updating of State building energy efficiency codes and standards.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3626 To provide for continued treatment for the reopening of certain facilities under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

2007-09-19T20:00:00Z

To provide for continued treatment for the reopening of certain facilities under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3236 Sustainable Energy Institutional Infrastructure Act of 2007

2007-07-30T20:00:00Z

To promote greater energy efficiency.