WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Robert Brady, D-Pa., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5048) to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance the credit rating protection of active duty service members. The bill was introduced on April 15 and is co-sponsored by Reps. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md. and John Spratt, D-S.C. The legislation was referred to the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. *** Hind Sabir is a Targeted News Service writer based in Texas.  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5051) to designate the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 23 Genesee Street in Hornell, N.Y., as the 'Zachary Smith Post Office Building.' The bill was introduced on April 15 and has 26 co-sponsors. The legislation was referred to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. *** Hind Sabir is a Targeted News Service writer based in Texas.  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Charles Dent, R-Pa., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5052) to "clarify that a period of employment by the Chief of Mission or U.S. Armed Forces as a security advisor, translator, or interpreter in Iraq or Afghanistan is to be counted as a period of residence and physical presence in the U.S. for purposes of qualifying for naturalization." The bill was introduced on April 15. The legislation was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. *** Hind Sabi  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Charles Dent, R-Pa., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5053) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to "enhance the Federal Protective Service's ability to provide adequate security for the prevention of terrorist activities and for the promotion of homeland security." The bill was introduced on April 15 and has four co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Steve Austria, R-Ohio, Peter King, R-N.Y., Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Pete Olson, R-Texas. The legis  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Michael Doyle, D-Pa., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5037) to "provide for Federal agencies to develop public access policies relating to research conducted by employees of that agency or from funds administered by that agency." The bill was introduced on April 15 and has five co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Rick Boucher, D-Va., Gregg Harper, R-Miss., Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and Henry Waxman, D-Calif. The legisla  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5071) to amend section 1120A(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to "assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students." The bill was introduced on April 20. The legislation was referred to the House Education and Labor Committee. *** Hind Sabir is a Targeted News Service writer based in Texas.  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Phil Hare, D-Ill., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5041) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to "extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit." The bill was introduced on April 15 and has 53 co-sponsors. The legislation was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee. *** Hind Sabir is a Targeted News Service writer based in Texas.  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5078) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand education incentives. The bill was introduced on April 20 and has three co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., Todd Russell Platts, R-Pa., and Peter Roskam, R-Ill. The legislation was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee. *** Hind Sabir is a Targeted News Service writer based in Texas.  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5040) to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to "extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities." The bill was introduced on April 15 and has four co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Gene Green, D-Texas, Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., and Tim Murphy, R-Pa.   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Scott Murphy, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 5084) to require the Secretary of Commerce to "establish a loan program to assist in the locating of information technology and manufacturing jobs in the U.S." The bill was introduced on April 20 and is co-sponsored by Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash. The legislation was referred to the House Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services committees. *** Hind Sabir is a Targeted News Service wri  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., has introduced legislation (S. 3214) to "prohibit any person from engaging in certain video surveillance except under the same conditions authorized under chapter 119 of title 18 of the U.S. or as authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978." The bill was introduced on April 15 and is co-sponsored by Sens. Russell Feingold, D-Wis. and Edward Kaufman, D-Del. The legislation was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committe  more