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To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to permit a prevailing party in an action or proceeding brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert witness fees and certain other expenses. (by CRS) Hide

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make mandatory and permanent requirements relating to use of an electronic employment eligibility verification system, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to change the threshold number of shareholders for required registration under that Act. (by CRS) Hide

To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and law-abiding lives. (by CRS) Hide

To promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation by combating the theft of U.S. property, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend authorities relating to the Highway Trust Fund, to provide revenues for highway programs, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

To provide for restoration of the coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs. (by CRS) Hide

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create jobs through increased investment in infrastructure, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements. (by CRS) Hide

A bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration under that Act, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide public safety providers an additional 10 megahertz of spectrum to support a national, interoperable wireless broadband network and authorize the Federal Communications Commission to hold incentive auctions to provide funding to support such a network, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support fire safety education programs on college campuses. (by CRS) Hide

A bill to establish the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the President should sign, bipartisan legislation to strengthen public safety and to enhance wireless communications. (by CRS) Hide

A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to prevent the enforcement of certain national primary drinking water regulations unless sufficient funding is available. (by CRS) Hide

Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

To implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service. (by CRS) Hide

To require the head of each executive agency to establish and implement a policy under which employees shall be authorized to telework, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

To provide authority to the Federal Trade Commission to expedite rulemakings concerning consumer credit or debt and to direct the Commission to examine and promulgate rules with regard to debt settlement and automobile sales, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. (by CRS) Hide

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act regarding penalties for cocaine offenses, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create jobs through increased investment in infrastructure, to eliminate loopholes which encourage companies to move operations offshore, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

A bill to amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to eliminate exemptions from such laws that are contrary to the public interest with respect to railroads. (by CRS) Hide

A bill to establish the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, to establish the Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, to establish a comprehensive planning grant program, to establish a sustainability challenge grant program, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships. (by CRS) Hide

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. (by CRS) Hide

A bill to authorize the Moving to Work Charter program to enable public housing agencies to improve the effectiveness of Federal housing assistance, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to compensate states for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors. (by CRS) Hide

This act would provide reentry funding on the state and local level to support former prisoners' needs for housing, health, substance abuse treatment, education, employment and rebuilding family and community ties. (by CRS) Hide

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

To amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to adjust the Federal benefit payment required to be paid to certain retirees of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department and the District of Columbia Fire Service to take into account service longevity payments which under District of Columbia law are considered basic compensation for purposes of retirement, survivor benefits, and annuities. (by CRS) Hide

Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program through FY2012. (by CRS) Hide

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe rules regulating inmate telephone service rates. (by CRS) Hide

To ensure uniform and accurate credit rating of municipal bonds and provide for a review of the municipal bond insurance industry. (by CRS) Hide

A bill to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide

This bill amends the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 to repeal provisions authorizing the President to: (1) employ the Armed Forces to restore public order and enforce the law in major public emergencies; and (2) provide supplies, services, and equipment to persons affected by the situation. This bill restores previous authority of the President to use the Armed Forces to suppress situations which interfere with state or federal law. (by CRS) Hide

To modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the Federal Housing Administration to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers, and for other purposes. (by CRS) Hide