2008-08-29T00:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/6437 tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-29:/action/170434 2008-08-29T00:00:00Z 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 29, 2008: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-29:/action/170435 2008-08-29T00:00:00Z 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 29, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-317. tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-25:/action/169131 2008-08-25T00:00:00Z 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 25, 2008: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-01:/action/168916 2008-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 01, 2008: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-23:/action/167562 2008-07-23T00:00:00Z 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,2008-06-18:/action/161370 2008-06-18T00:00:00Z Authorizing Frank Woodruff Buckles to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol upon his death.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-11:/action/159822 2008-06-11T00:00:00Z A concurrent resolution authorizing Frank Woodruff Buckles to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol upon his death.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-29:/action/151541 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a plot allowance for spouses and children of certain veterans who are buried in State cemeteries.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-11:/action/147191 2008-03-11T00:00:00Z A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for disability savings accounts, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-11:/action/147194 2008-03-11T00:00:00Z A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the establishment of financial security accounts for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-15:/action/145914 2008-02-15T00:00:00Z Encouraging the United States Geological Survey, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Defense to support a recovery mission for the human remains of the crew killed in the George One crash in Antarctica, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-28:/action/143944 2008-01-28T00:00:00Z To amend title 11 of the United States Code to provide protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical problems.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-26:/action/141718 2007-12-26T00:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes, and for other purposes.<br /><br />December 26, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-157. tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-26:/action/141702 2007-12-26T00:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes, and for other purposes.<br /><br />December 26, 2007: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-19:/action/141587 2007-12-19T00:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes, and for other purposes.<br /><br />December 19, 2007: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/action/140971 2007-12-18T00:00:00Z Expressing support for designation of March 11, 2008, as "National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day".<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-17:/action/140726 2007-12-17T00:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation benefits for veterans in certain cases of impairment of vision involving both eyes, and for other purposes.<br /><br />December 17, 2007: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-17:/action/140653 2007-12-17T00:00:00Z A bill to provide for equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-06:/action/139092 2007-12-06T00:00:00Z A resolution designating March 11, 2008, as National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-13:/action/136860 2007-11-13T00:00:00Z To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure and replace the income tax system of the United States to meet national priorities, and for other purposes.<br /><br />