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Immigration IMM

H.R. 4088, the Secure America through Verification and Enforcement (SAVE) Act H.R. 5950/S. 3005, the Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008 H.R. 5515, the New Employee Verification Act of 2008

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 4088 (110th), S. 3005 (110th), H.R. 5515 (110th), H.R. 5950 (110th)

Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM

H.R. 3980, the Families First Enforcement Act

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 3980 (110th)

Banking BAN

H.R. 5244, Credit Card Holders Bill of Rights H.R. 5633, the Non-Discriminatory Use of Consumer Reports and Consumer Information Act of 2008

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Education, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 5244 (110th), H.R. 5633 (110th)

Government Issues GOV

H.R.3753/ S. 1638, Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 2008

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Education, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3753 (110th), S. 1638 (110th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R.6521, the Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Bills named: H.R. 6521 (110th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

S. 358, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) Nomination of Hans Spakovsky to the Federal Election Commission H.R.3195/S.1881, ADA Amendments Act of 2008

Contacted: SENATE; Education, Dept of; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 3195 (110th), S. 1881 (110th), S. 358 (110th)

Agriculture AGR

Department of Agriculture comment on the interim rule published on November 13, 2007, Applying for Free and Reduced Price Meals in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program and for Benefits in the Special Milk Program and Technical Amendments

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Education, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Letter to Department of Homeland Security on its policy allowing the Border Patrol to check the documents of evacuees before they are allowed to board evacuation buses

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE

Economics/Economic Development ECN

H.R. 6049, the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008, refundable Child Tax Credit provisions

Contacted: SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Education, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 6049 (110th)

Health Issues HCR

HR 6203, La Cura Act of 2008 S. 586/H.R. 1968, Community Health Workers Act S. 764/H.R. 1308, Legal Immigrant Childrens Health Improvement Act H.R. 3162, Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act S. 1893/H.R. 976, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 H.R. 3014, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007 S.1576/H.R. 3333, Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act H.R. 5163, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 S. 334, Healthy Americans Act Proposed Rule for the Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas, 73 Fed. Reg. 11232 et seq. (Feb. 29, 2008)

Contacted: SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Education, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 5163 (110th), S. 1893 (110th), S. 764 (110th), H.R. 976 (110th), H.R. 1968 (110th), H.R. 3014 (110th), H.R. 3333 (110th), H.R. 6203 (110th), S. 334 (110th), S. 586 (110th), H.R. 3162 (110th), S. 1576 (110th), H.R. 1308 (110th)

Housing HOU

H.R.6521, the Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act H. R. 3609, the Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 6076, the Home Retention and Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 H.R. 3221/S. 2636, the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 S.2595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement SAFE Mortgage Licensing Act H.R. 5679, the Foreclosure Prevention and Sound Mortgage Servicing Act of 2008 S. 2136, the Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act S. 1789, Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill H.R.4051/S. 1923, the Housing Assistance Authorization Act of 2007 H.R. 5818, the Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Education, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 6521 (110th), H.R. 4051 (110th), S. 2595 (110th), H.R. 6076 (110th), S. 2136 (110th), S. 1789 (110th), H.R. 3609 (110th), S. 2636 (110th), H.R. 3221 (110th), S. 1923 (110th), H.R. 5818 (110th), H.R. 5679 (110th)

Education EDU

H.R. 3842, the Providing Resources to Improve Dual Language Education Act of 2007 (PRIDE) Act FY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriation bill S. 958/H.R. 2289, the Striving Readers Act of 2007 H.R.3289, the Providing Resources Early for Kids Act of 2007 (PRE-K Act) Comments on Proposed Notice of Interpretations (Federal Register: May 2, 2008, Volume 73, Number 86) Comments on Proposed Rulemaking for Title IImproving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged (Federal Register: April 23, 2008, Volume 73, Number 79) Legislation not introduced, the Strengthening Communities Through English and Integration Act of 2008

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2289 (110th), S. 958 (110th), H.R. 3289 (110th), H.R. 3842 (110th)

Arts/Entertainment ART

Funding for the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino Act at $2.1 million in Fiscal Year 2009 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill

Contacted: SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Education, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

S. 3155, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2008 H.R.3846, Youth PROMISE Act Byrne Justice Assistance Grant program reauthorization Request to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey to immediately grant continued presence under Section 107(c) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act to guestworkers trafficked from India to the United States on H-2B visas for work in the shipyards of Signal International, LLC

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Education, Dept of; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 3846 (110th), S. 3155 (110th)