Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Timber sales2008-10-03T00:00:00Zopencongress.orgtag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/6007Bill Sent To President: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/1765732008-10-03T00:00:00Z
To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.<br /><br />October 03, 2008: Presented to President. Bill Enacted: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/1767572008-10-03T00:00:00Z
To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.<br /><br />October 03, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-343. Bill Sent To President: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/1765722008-10-03T00:00:00Z
To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.<br /><br />October 03, 2008: Cleared for White House. Bill Signed by President: H.R.1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/action/1765742008-10-03T00:00:00Z
To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans.<br /><br />October 03, 2008: Signed by President. Bill Enacted: H.R.3890 Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/action/1680202008-07-29T00:00:00Z
To amend the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to waive the requirement for annual renewal resolutions relating to import sanctions, impose import sanctions on Burmese gemstones, expand the number of individuals against whom the visa ban is applicable, expand the blocking of assets and other prohibited activities, and for other purposes.<br /><br />July 29, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-286. Bill Signed by President: H.R.3890 Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-29:/action/1676392008-07-29T00:00:00Z
To amend the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to waive the requirement for annual renewal resolutions relating to import sanctions, impose import sanctions on Burmese gemstones, expand the number of individuals against whom the visa ban is applicable, expand the blocking of assets and other prohibited activities, and for other purposes.<br /><br />July 29, 2008: Signed by President. Bill Sent To President: H.R.3890 Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-25:/action/1674382008-07-25T00:00:00Z
To amend the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to waive the requirement for annual renewal resolutions relating to import sanctions, impose import sanctions on Burmese gemstones, expand the number of individuals against whom the visa ban is applicable, expand the blocking of assets and other prohibited activities, and for other purposes.<br /><br />July 25, 2008: Presented to President. Bill Signed by President: H.R.3890 Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-25:/action/1675082008-07-25T00:00:00Z
To amend the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to waive the requirement for annual renewal resolutions relating to import sanctions, impose import sanctions on Burmese gemstones, expand the number of individuals against whom the visa ban is applicable, expand the blocking of assets and other prohibited activities, and for other purposes.<br /><br />July 25, 2008: Signed by President. Bill Sent To President: H.R.3890 Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-22:/action/1671502008-07-22T00:00:00Z
To amend the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to waive the requirement for annual renewal resolutions relating to import sanctions, impose import sanctions on Burmese gemstones, expand the number of individuals against whom the visa ban is applicable, expand the blocking of assets and other prohibited activities, and for other purposes.<br /><br />July 22, 2008: Cleared for White House. Bill Introduced: H.R.5881 Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-23:/action/1509672008-04-23T00:00:00Z
To direct the President to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate certain Federal rules and regulations for potentially harmful impacts on public health, air quality, water quality, plant and animal wildlife, global climate, or the environment; and to direct Federal departments and agencies to create plans to reverse those impacts that are determined to be harmful by the National Academy of Sciences.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5403 13th Regional Corporation Land Entitlement Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-02-12:/action/1453662008-02-12T00:00:00Z
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide an equitable distribution of land to the 13th Alaska Native Regional Corporation.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5236 Renewable Biomass Facilitation Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-06:/action/1445322008-02-06T00:00:00Z
To promote the use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5241 Colorado Forest Insect Emergency Response Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-06:/action/1446692008-02-06T00:00:00Z
To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to take expedited action to reduce the increased risk of severe wildfires to Colorado communities, water supplies, and infrastructure in or near forested areas most severely affected by infestations of bark beetles and other insects, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5216 Wildfire Risk Reduction and Renewable Biomass Utilization Acttag:opencongress.org,2008-01-29:/action/1442002008-01-29T00:00:00Z
To promote as a renewable energy source the use of biomass removed from forest lands in connection with hazardous fuel reduction projects on certain Federal land, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Signed by President: H.R.3688 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-12-14:/action/1398412007-12-14T00:00:00Z
To implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.<br /><br />December 14, 2007: Signed by President. Bill Enacted: H.R.3688 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-12-14:/action/1398422007-12-14T00:00:00Z
To implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.<br /><br />December 14, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-138. Bill Sent To President: H.R.3688 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-12-11:/action/1392692007-12-11T00:00:00Z
To implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.<br /><br />December 11, 2007: Presented to President. Bill Sent To President: H.R.3688 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-12-04:/action/1380762007-12-04T00:00:00Z
To implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.<br /><br />December 04, 2007: Cleared for White House. Bill Introduced: H.R.4245 Saving American Lives and Investing in Protecting Land And Nature Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-11-15:/action/1370412007-11-15T00:00:00Z
To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for the categorical exclusion of certain projects on Federal land located adjacent to non-Federal land from documentation in an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment when conditions on the Federal land pose a serious risk to the non-Federal land, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts or agreements for forest projects on Federal land with non-Federal entities that own adjacent land, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: S.2257 Burma Democracy Promotion Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-29:/action/1351162007-10-29T00:00:00Z
A bill to impose sanctions on officials of the State Peace and Development Council in Burma, to amend the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to prohibit the importation of gemstones and hardwoods from Burma, to promote a coordinated international effort to restore civilian democratic rule to Burma, and for other purposes.<br /><br />