United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 7110 (110th)
Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008
Introduced
26 September 2008
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Status
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.
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Summary
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.
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Placed on Calendar Senate (text)
Placed on Calendar Senate (text)
Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 18 November 2008
Placed on Calendar Senate (PDF)
Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 18 November 2008
Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 26 September 2008
Engrossed in House (PDF)
Engrossed in House · EN · 26 September 2008
Considered and Passed House (text)
Considered and Passed House · EN · 26 September 2008
Considered and Passed House (PDF)
Considered and Passed House · EN · 26 September 2008
Passed House without amendment
summary · EN · 26 September 2008
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 26 September 2008
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/7110
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/7110