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Global HIV/AIDS Food Security and Nutrition Support Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4914
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Access to health care
Agriculture and Food
Drug therapy
Education
Educational exchanges
Food relief
Health
Higher education
Human immunodeficiency viruses
International relief
Medical education
Nutrition
Performance measurement
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Global HIV/AIDS Food Security and Nutrition Support Act of 2007 - Amends the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 to direct the Global AIDS Coordinator to: (1) ensure that an assessment of the food security and nutritional status of each patient enrolled in anti-retroviral medication treatment program is carried out; (2) provide food and nutrition support to each HIV-infected individual and his or her household for at least 180 days; (3) coordinate activities with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Secretary of Agriculture, and other relevant U.S. government departments and agencies; (4) develop indicators to measure the effectiveness of nutrition and food security interventions; and (5) support linkages between U.S. colleges and universities with colleges and universities in focus countries in order to provide training and build indigenous capacity to respond to HIV/AIDS and to improve capacity to address nutrition and livelihood needs of HIV/AIDS-affected and impoverished communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
VALOR Act

Bill: 110-hr-4915
Sponsor: Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Health
Hospitals
Metropolitan areas
Urban affairs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Veterans' Access to Local Options for Recovery Act of 2007 (VALOR Act) - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into a contract with a non-Department of Veterans Affairs facility located in an eligible metropolitan statistical area to provide hospital care and medical services to veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Aeronautics and Space Prize Act

Bill: 110-hr-4916
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advertising
Advice and consent of the Senate
Aeronautics
Astronautics
Awards, medals, prizes
Commemorations
Commerce
Competition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Presidential appointments
Public service advertising
Space activities
Space commercialization
Space flight
Spacecraft
Technological innovations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
 Aeronautics and Space Prize Act - Establishes a National Endowment for Space and Aeronautics, to be headed by a Chairperson appointed by the President, to: (1) execute a program to award cash prizes for outstanding private sector achievements in basic, advanced, and applied research, technology development, and prototype demonstration that have the potential for application to the nation's aeronautics and space endeavors within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other governmental agencies as well as private entities in the United States; (2) with the advice of NASA and other agencies as appropriate, carry out advertising of commercial products and services in conjunction with such endeavors with NASA, other agencies involved in aeronautics and space, or independently; and (3) encourage private gifts for the benefit of, or in connection with, such endeavors in NASA as well as other governmental agencies and private entities involved in aeronautics and space in the United States. 

Requires the Endowment annually to report to Congress. 

Authorizes the Endowment to carry out a National Advanced Space and Aeronautical Technologies Prize Award Program as described above. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
NEO Preparedness Act

Bill: 110-hr-4917
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Asteroids
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Decision making
Emergency Management
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Risk
Space activities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
NEO Preparedness Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish an Office of Potentially Hazardous Near-Earth Object Preparedness, to prepare the United States for readiness to avoid and to mitigate collisions with potentially hazardous near-Earth objects in collaboration with other agencies through the identification of situation-and-decision-analysis factors and the selection of procedures and systems.

Requires submission of interim and concluding reports that summarize the results of the activities of the Office carried out under this Act to identify situation- and decision-analysis factors and to select procedures and systems for such purposes.

Requires the Administrator of NASA to convene a NASA Advisory Council to provide the Administrator with advice for the concluding report and for subsequent identification and selection activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage and Rental Disaster Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4919
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief
Eviction
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Leases
Liens
Mortgages
Rent
Rental housing
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Mortgage and Rental Disaster Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide temporary assistance in the form of mortgage or rental payments to or on behalf of individuals and households who, as a result of financial hardship caused by a major disaster, have received written notice of dispossession or eviction from a residence because of a foreclosure of mortgage or lien, cancellation of sales contract, or lease termination, entered into before such disaster. 

Defines such a &quot;financial hardship&quot; to include: (1) the loss of employment or significant income because a job, a business, or a business interest was located in a disaster area; or (2) suffering financially because of travel restrictions or station or road closures affecting residents of such area.

Restricts eligibility for such assistance to individuals or households who have an adjusted gross income of not more than $75,000 ($100,000 for individuals or households who resided in an area with a high cost of living). Directs the President to adjust the limits annually to reflect inflation. Allows assistance to be provided for the duration of the period of financial hardship caused by the disaster, not to exceed 18 months. Requires recipients determined to be ineligible to return the full amount of assistance to the government.

Makes this Act applicable to any major disaster declared on or after October 21, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain ion-exchange resins.

Bill: 110-hr-4920
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain ion-exchange resins.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Lewatit.

Bill: 110-hr-4921
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Lewatit.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2,6-Dichlorotoluene.

Bill: 110-hr-4923
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2,6-Dichlorotoluene.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Crotonic Acid.

Bill: 110-hr-4924
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Crotonic Acid.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Fluorobenzene.

Bill: 110-hr-4925
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Fluorobenzene.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to Danny P. Dietz, formerly of Littleton, Colorado, for acts of valor on June 28, 2005, while fighting against the Taliban in Konar Province, Afghanistan.

Bill: 110-hr-4927
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed Forces and National Security
Colorado
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military personnel
Navy
South Asia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor to Danny P. Dietz for acts of valor on June 28, 2005, while fighting against the Taliban in Konar Province, Afghanistan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Fountain Creek Watershed Feasibility Study Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4928
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Animals
Colorado
Dams
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Fishery management
Flood control
Habitat conservation
Infrastructure
Multipurpose projects
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reservoirs
Sediment control
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Fountain Creek Watershed Feasibility Study Act of 2007 - Directs the Chief of Engineers to complete a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a multipurpose water resources project that shall: (1) be located in the Fountain Creek watershed, Colorado; (2) consist of one or more dams or other structures, other facilities, or management activities or one or more other reservoirs that are to be located on- or off-channel of the watershed; and (3) be designed, with respect to the area located in the watershed and the Arkansas River Valley and any residential or commercial activity therein, to provide more reliable flood control and better sediment control, to increase the water supply, to improve water quality, and to conserve fish and wildlife and preserve the ecosystem located close to the project.

Requires the Chief to: (1) take into consideration the Supplemental Report on Fountain Reservoir and Reevaluation of Report on Review Survey for Flood Control and Allied Purposes, Arkansas River and Tributaries Above John Martin Dam, Colorado, dated May 15, 1970, and the Fountain Creek Watershed Study prepared by the Corps of Engineers; and (2) conduct the study independently from the Fountain Creek watershed, the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, or the proposed Southern Delivery System Project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2650)
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that the antidumping and countervailing duty laws apply to the production of low-enriched uranium, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-4929
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
Countervailing duties
Dumping
Energy
Free trade
International Affairs
Latin America
Mexico
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Trade agreements
Uranium

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply the Act's antidumping and countervailing duty provisions to contracts and transactions of foreign countries (including North American Free Trade [NAFTA] countries) involving the production of low-enriched uranium.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act

Bill: 110-hr-4930
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Military pensions
National Guard
September 11, 2001
South Asia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to back-date to September 11, 2001, the period of active duty or performed active service, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations, for which members of Ready Reserve components of the armed forces shall receive credit in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to include participation in clean-up operations at Eniwetok Atoll as a radiation-risk activity for purposes of laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 110-hr-4931
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Environmental Protection
Families
Hazardous wastes
Ionizing radiation
Labor and Employment
Marshall Islands
Nuclear weapons
Oceania
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-03
text: 
Includes participation in clean-up operations at Eniwetok Atoll as a radiation-risk activity for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2008-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain additional plans eligible to participate in the health benefits program under chapter 89 of such title.

Bill: 110-hr-4932
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal employees
Government employees' health insurance
Health
Health insurance continuation
Health maintenance organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-03
text: 
Adds as health benefits plans that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) may contract for or approve under the federal employee health benefits program one or more plans (other than a government-wide plan or an employee organization plan) that may be underwritten by carriers licensed in any number of states, offering one or more levels of benefits, under which payment is made: (1) by a carrier under contracts with physicians, hospitals, or other health services providers for benefits (of the types provided under a service or indemnity benefit plan) given to employees, annuitants, family members, former spouses, or persons having continued coverage; or (2) by a carrier to the employee, annuitant, family member, former spouse, or person having continued coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2008-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2008-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Captive Wildlife Safety Technical Amendments Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-4933
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Crime and Law Enforcement
Environmental Protection
Environmental law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Law
Protection of animals
Wild animal trade
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-03
text: 
Captive Wildlife Safety Technical Amendments Act of 2008 - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 and the Captive Wildlife Safety Act relating to the enforcement of civil and criminal penalties for captive wildlife offenses.

action_date: 2008-03-31
text: 
Captive Wildlife Safety Technical Amendments Act of 2008 - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 relating to the enforcement of, and civil and criminal penalties under, the Captive Wildlife Safety Act. Prohibits any person from importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species. 

Authorizes appropriations to carry out captive wildlife offense provisions for FY2009-FY2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-01
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2008-03-31
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-03-31
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1781-1782)
action_date: 2008-03-31
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1781-1782)
action_date: 2008-03-31
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4933.
action_date: 2008-03-31
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1781-1782)
action_date: 2008-03-31
text: Mr. Abercrombie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2008-03-31
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334.
action_date: 2008-03-31
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-551.
action_date: 2008-03-31
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-551.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-02-13
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee Without Recommendation by Unanimous Consent .
action_date: 2008-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2008-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-01-03
text: Introduced in House