2008-09-15T00:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/5491 tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-15:/action/171346 2008-09-15T00:00:00Z 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.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-12:/action/171172 2008-09-12T00:00:00Z A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-31:/action/168829 2008-08-31T00:00:00Z To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.<br /><br />August 31, 2008: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/168953 2008-08-14T00:00:00Z To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.<br /><br />August 14, 2008: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-14:/action/168954 2008-08-14T00:00:00Z To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.<br /><br />August 14, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-315. tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-06:/action/168920 2008-08-06T00:00:00Z To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.<br /><br />August 06, 2008: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/action/168902 2008-07-31T00:00:00Z To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.<br /><br />July 31, 2008: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/action/164788 2008-06-24T00:00:00Z A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for the United States to lead renewed international efforts to assist developing nations in conserving natural resources and preventing the impending extinction of a large portion of the world's plant and animal species.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-12:/action/160029 2008-06-12T00:00:00Z A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to provide for workforce training and education, at community colleges, in the fields of renewable energy and efficiency, green technology, and sustainable environmental practices.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-15:/action/157438 2008-05-15T00:00:00Z To promote green schools.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-03:/action/153625 2008-04-03T00:00:00Z To establish a commission to study methods for improving and promoting bilateral renewable energy cooperation between the United States and India, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-31:/action/148545 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.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-23:/action/142506 2008-01-23T00:00:00Z Honoring the 100th anniversary of President Theodore Roosevelt's Conference of Governors, supporting the goals and ideals of that Conference, and recognizing the need for a similar undertaking today.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-13:/action/140330 2007-12-13T00:00:00Z To establish the Minerals Reclamation Foundation, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-11:/action/139599 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.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-07:/action/139054 2007-12-07T00:00:00Z A bill to require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-15:/action/137156 2007-11-15T00:00:00Z Honoring the Texas Water Development Board on its selection as a 2007 recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency's Performance and Innovation in the SRF Creating Environmental Success Award.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-09:/action/136456 2007-11-09T00:00:00Z To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.<br /><br />November 09, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-114. tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-09:/action/136361 2007-11-09T00:00:00Z To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-02:/action/135819 2007-11-02T00:00:00Z To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.<br /><br />November 02, 2007: Vetoed by President.