3.0.0 7110 2022-02-03T05:19:08Z 2022-02-03T05:19:08Z House H HR 2008-09-26 110 hsap00 Appropriations Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-26T18:21:22Z hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-26T13:00:05Z Economic Recovery Act, 2008 110 3604 S 2008-09-26 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Related bill CRS Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7110) making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 110 1507 HRES 2008-09-26 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 17:21:31 Procedurally-related House 2008-11-18 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1124 under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/17/2008. Calendars 2008-11-17 Senate Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2008-09-26 Senate Received in the Senate. IntroReferral 2008-09-26 18:41:28 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 264 - 158 (Roll no. 660). (text: CR H10075-10081) Floor H37100 2 House floor actions 660 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll660.xml House 110 2008-09-26T22:41:28Z 2 2008-09-26 18:41:28 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2008-09-26 18:41:28 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 264 - 158 (Roll no. 660).(text: CR H10075-10081) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 660 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll660.xml House 110 2008-09-26T22:41:28Z 2 2008-09-26 18:08:27 The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H10087) Floor H35000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-26 17:31:04 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 7110. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-26 17:31:03 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7110 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-26 17:31:00 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1507. (consideration: CR H10075-10088) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-26 17:21:30 Rule H. Res. 1507 passed House. Floor H1L220 2 House floor actions 2008-09-26 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsap00 Appropriations Committee 2008-09-26 13:55:41 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1507 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7110 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI. Floor H1L210 2 House floor actions 2008-09-26 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2008-09-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress O000007 Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] DAVID OBEY D WI R. 7 N 2008-09-26T04:00:00Z H.R. 7110, Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/20306 <p>As introduced on September 26, 2008</p> 2008-09-26T04:00:00Z H.R. 7110, Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20306 As introduced on September 26, 2008 Economics and Public Finance Air conditioning Airports Alien labor Alternative energy sources Architecture and the disabled Armed Forces and National Security Asbestos Bicycles Biomass energy Block grants Building construction Building laws Buy American Charter schools Civil engineering Class size Commerce Commuting Congress Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Labor Department of Transportation Department of the Interior Disabled Economic assistance Education Educational technology Electric batteries Electric power distribution Electric power transmission Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Emergency Management Energy Energy conservation Energy efficiency Energy supplies Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency Environmental technology Federal aid to air pollution control Federal aid to education Federal aid to housing Federal aid to transportation Federal aid to water pollution control Federal aid to water resources development Federal budgets Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Fire prevention Flood control Food relief Food stamps Foreclosure Foreign Trade and International Finance Fungi Geothermal resources Government Operations and Politics Government corporations Government procurement Green products Health Heating Housing and Community Development Illegal aliens Immigration Indoor air pollution Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Intergovernmental fiscal relations International Affairs Iron Iron and steel industry Job creation Labor and Employment Lead Lighting Maintenance and repair Marshall Islands Mass rapid transit Medicaid Micronesia Minorities Minority business enterprises Mississippi River Motor buses National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Oceania Off-budget expenditures Palau Islands Pedestrians Pension funds Polychlorinated biphenyls Potable water Public Lands and Natural Resources Public housing Public schools Railroad engineering Railroad passenger traffic Revolving funds Road construction Roads and highways School buildings Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Small business Social Welfare Solar energy Steel Supplemental appropriations Transportation and Public Works Transportation engineering Transportation rates Unemployment Unemployment insurance Veterans' employment Water Resources Development Water quality Water use Wind power Women Women in business Wood Economics and Public Finance 00 2008-09-26 Introduced in House 2008-11-14T20:44:06Z Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008 - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 for infrastructure investments for: (1) transportation to the Department of Transportation (DOT); (2) clean water to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (3) flood control and water resources to the Department of Defense (DOD) - Civil for the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation; (4) for 21st century green high-performing public school facilities to the Department of Education; (5) for public and Indian housing and the Public Housing Capital Fund to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); (7) energy development to the Department of Energy (DOE); and (8) the Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration, for job training and employment services, as well as state unemployment insurance and employment service operations.

Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to increase and extend unemployment compensation (UC).

Prescribes: (1) a temporary increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; and (2) an adjustment in computation of Medicaid FMAP to disregard an extraordinary employer pension contribution.

Makes appropriations for FY2009 to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide a temporary increase in benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

]]> 81 2008-09-26 Passed House without amendment 2008-11-14T20:45:51Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008 - Title I: Infrastructure Investments - Chapter I: Transportation - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 for infrastructure investments to the Department of Transportation (DOT) for: (1) the Federal Aviation Administration, grants-in-aid for airports; (2) Federal Highway Administration, highway infrastructure investment; (3) Federal Railroad Administration, capital and debt service grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK); (4) Federal Transit Administration, transit capital assistance and transit energy assistance grants.

Chapter 2: Clean Water - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 for clean water to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), state and tribal assistance grants.

Chapter 3: Flood Control and Water Resources - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 for flood control and water resources to: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) - Civil for the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers; and (2) the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.

Chapter 4: 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities - Makes supplemental FY2009 appropriations to the Department of Education for school modernization, renovation, and repair (for 21st century green high-performing public school facilities).

(Sec. 1401) Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including public charter schools, to make them safe, healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date.

Allocates grant funds among states on the basis of the relative portion of school improvement funds provided to local educational agencies (LEAs) in each state under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Reserves 1% of the grant funds for assistance to outlying areas and Indian schools.

Requires states to reallocate such grant funds to LEAs on the basis of each LEA's share of school improvement funds received by LEAs in the state for the previous fiscal year.

Prohibits LEAs from using this Act's grants: (1) for maintenance costs, stadiums, or facilities used primarily for events for which the public is charged admission; or (2) to supplant funds otherwise available for school modernization, renovation, repair, and construction efforts.

Prohibits States from considering LEAs' receipt of this Act's grants in determining their eligibility for state aid or the amount of state aid they receive.

Requires grantees' contracting procedures for school modernization, renovation, repair, and construction to ensure the maximum number of qualified bidders through full and open competition.

Requires the iron and steel used in projects funded under this Act to have been produced in this country, subject to specified exceptions.

Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of work assisted under this Act to be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality.

Directs LEA grantees to use at least 25% of grant funds for public school modernization, renovation, repairs, or construction that meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating standards, Energy Star standards, Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) criteria, Green Building Initiative environmental design and rating standards (Green Globes), or equivalent standards adopted by the entities that have jurisdiction over such LEAs.

Requires the Secretary to provide outreach and technical assistance to states and LEAs concerning the best practices in school modernization, renovation, repair, and construction.

Chapter 5: Housing - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 for public and Indian housing to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Public Housing Capital Fund.

Chapter 6: Energy Development - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 to the Department of Energy (DOE) for: (1) energy efficiency and renewable energy; (2) electricity delivery and energy reliability; and (3) the advanced battery loan guarantee program account.

Title II: Unemployment Compensation and Job Training - Chapter 1: Extension of Unemployment Compensation - (Sec. 2101) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to increase the alternative amounts required for first-tier benefits in state emergency unemployment compensation accounts.

Requires the amount to be equal to the lesser of: (1) 80% (currently, 50%) of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to the individual during the individual's benefit year; or (2) 20 (currently, 13) times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year.

(Sec. 2102) Sets forth a special rule for second-tier benefits (identical to the current benefits for first-tier benefits without the increases under this chapter.

Prescribes circumstances under which a state shall be considered to be in an extended unemployment benefit period.

Limits any individual's emergency unemployment compensation account to only one augmentation under this chapter.

(Sec. 2103) Prohibits any additional augmentation for any account exhausted after March 31, 2009.

Prohibits any compensation under this chapter for any week beginning after August 27, 2009.

Chapter 2: Job Training - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 to the Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration for: (1) job training and employment services; and (2) state unemployment insurance and employment service operations.

Title III: Temporary Increase in Medicaid Matching Rate - (Sec. 3001) Prescribes a temporary increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.

Requires substitution of the FY2008 FMAP for the FY2009 FMAP if the former is greater than the latter. Requires, similarly, substitution of the the FY2009 FMAP for the FY2010 FMAP if the former is greater than the latter, but only for the portion of the first calendar quarter in FY2010 before December 1, 2009.

Makes for each state for FY2009 and the portion of FY2010 up to December 1, 2009: (1) a general 1% increase in the FMAP; and (2) a general 4% increase in the cap on Medicaid payments to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.

Requires specified further percentage point increases in the FMAP per calendar quarter for each state that meets certain qualifying criteria, including: (1) reduced employment in the state; (2) a specified increase in food stamp or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation; and (3) a specified increase in the housing foreclosure rate.

Specifies circumstances that would make a state ineligible for such increases.

(Sec. 3002) Prescribes an adjustment in the computation of the Medicaid FMAP to disregard significantly disproportionate employer pension and insurance fund contributions in a state, as calculated according to a specified formula.

Title IV: Temporary Increase in Food Assistance - (Sec. 4001) Revises the formula for calculating the value of certain benefits determined under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa, using 105% of the June 2008 value of the thrifty food plan.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make specified funds available for the costs of associated state administrative expenses.

Makes necessary appropriations.

Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 5001) Entitles this entire Act the Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008.

(Sec. 5002) Prohibits the use of any funds made available in this Act to employ unlawful aliens in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

(Sec. 5003) Designates each amount in each title of this Act as an emergency requirement, necessary to meet emergency needs.

(Sec. 5004) Declares that each amount in this Act, unless otherwise expressly provided, is made available in addition to amounts otherwise available for FY2009.

]]> Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008 Short Titles as Passed House Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008 H House Display Title Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced Making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 1177 110 HAMDT 2022-02-03T05:19:08Z O000007 Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] DAVID OBEY D WI R. 7 2008-09-26T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 110 HR House H 7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008 2022-02-03T05:19:08Z 2 2008-09-26 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress Placed on Calendar Senate 2008-11-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr7110pcs/xml/BILLS-110hr7110pcs.xml Considered and Passed House 2008-09-26T04:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2008-09-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr7110eh/xml/BILLS-110hr7110eh.xml 2008-11-18 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1124 under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/17/2008. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.