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Federal Energy Price Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-2460
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Energy assistance for the poor
Energy demand
Energy prices
Energy shortages
Fines (Penalties)
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Law
Petroleum industry
Presidential messages
Profit
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Federal Energy Price Protection Act - Prohibits a supplier from increasing the price for crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates by an unconscionable amount in an area during the period covered by a Presidential proclamation that an abnormal market disruption has occurred.
 
 States that such prohibition does not apply to the extent that the price increase is substantially attributable to: (1) an increase in the wholesale cost of crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillates to a supplier; (2) an increase in the replacement costs for crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum distillate sold; (3) an increase in operational costs; or (4) local, regional, national, or international market conditions.
 
States that a violation of this Act shall: (1) be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice of the Federal Trade Commission Act; and (2) be subject to civil and criminal penalties.
 
States that fines and penalties collected under this Act shall be deposited in the Consumer Relief Trust Fund to provide assistance under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) Program administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit distributions from individual retirement plans to be contributed to 529 plans without including the distribution in gross income.

Bill: 110-hr-2461
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education
Education savings accounts
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income distributions from individual retirement accounts for the purpose of making contributions to a qualified tuition program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the special rule for recognition of gain on dispositions to implement Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or State electric restructuring policy.

Bill: 110-hr-2463
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Capital gains tax
Electric power transmission
Electric utilities
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Partnerships
Stocks
Tax administration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2009 the special rule for recognition of gain from the sale or disposition of: (1) property used to provide electric transmission services; or (2) any stock or partnership interest in a corporation or partnership whose principal trade or business consists of providing electric transmission services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Income-Dependent Education Assistance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2465
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Collection of accounts
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Health
Higher education
Identification devices
Income tax
Interest
Interest rates
Loan defaults
Medical education
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Tax exclusion
Tax returns
Taxation
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Income-Dependent Education Assistance Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a direct income-dependent education assistance (IDEA) loan program, from July 1, 2008, through July 1, 2014, under which student borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) or Direct Loans (DLs), under parts B and D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, may elect to convert or consolidate such loans to direct IDEA loans.
 
Provides that when a student defaults on a loan under the FFEL or DL programs and it is repaid or canceled by the Secretary, it is thereby converted to a direct IDEA loan. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for collection of IDEA loan repayments through the income tax collection system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1136)
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Violent Crime Reduction Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2466
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arrest
Assault
Criminal investigation
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Gangs
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Kidnapping
Law enforcement officers
Mandatory sentences
Murder
Organized crime
Police
Prosecution
Rape
School security
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Violence
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Violent Crime Reduction Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose mandatory minimum prison terms for violent crimes committed to further racketeering activities; (2) increase penalties for using or carrying a firearm while committing a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime; and (3) grant to off-duty law enforcement officers an exemption from the prohibition against possessing a firearm in a school zone.

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose enhanced criminal penalties for committing a crime of violence (i.e., murder, kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, maiming, or assault resulting in serious bodily injury) during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.

Directs the Attorney General to establish and assist anti-gang task forces comprised of federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities to combat criminal gangs and offenders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Ovarian and Cervical Cancer Awareness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2468
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cervical cancer
Government Operations and Politics
Gynecology
Health education
Medical screening
Medical tests
Ovarian cancer
Public service advertising
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Ovarian and Cervical Cancer Awareness Act of 2007 - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act commonly referred to as Johanna's Law to revise requirements for a national public awareness campaign regarding gynecologic cancers to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services specifically to increase awareness and knowledge of ovarian and cervical cancers; and (2) expand such campaign to include public service announcements targeted to low-income women.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that funding by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of gynecologic cancer education and awareness efforts should reflect the fact that ovarian and cervical cancers are the most deadly of the gynecologic cancers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
America's Better Classrooms Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2470
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bonds
Building construction
Commerce
Construction costs
Construction industries
Construction workers
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Employee selection
Enterprise zones
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Income tax
Investments
Labor and Employment
Land transfers
Maintenance and repair
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public schools
School buildings
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Standards
Tax credits
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
America's Better Classrooms Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in qualified public school modernization bonds, defined to include: (1) bonds for the construction, rehabilitation, or repair of a public school facility or for the acquisition of land for such facility (qualified school construction bonds); and (2) bonds to finance certain academic programs below the postsecondary level in empowerment zones or enterprise communities (qualified zone academy bonds). Establishes a national limitation on the issuance of such bonds and provides for the allocation of bond amounts among the states according to a specified formula. Terminates the authority for issuance of such bonds after 2009.

Amends the General Education Provisions Act to apply certain labor standards to public school construction projects financed by this Act.

Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require states to establish employment and training programs relating to the construction or reconstruction of public school facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Refinery Streamlined Permitting Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2471
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Delegation of powers
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Licenses
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Regulatory impact statements

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Refinery Streamlined Permitting Act of 2007 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to offer assistance to enable states to assign responsibilities delegated to them regarding construction or expansion of a petroleum refining facility in a coordinated and expeditious manner.

Requires all federal and state agencies, to which permitting responsibilities for petroleum refining facilities have been delegated, to enter into a memorandum of understanding about facility construction or expansion.

Requires an agency to: (1) prepare and submit a Statement of Energy Effects to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, for each proposed significant energy action; and (2) publish such Statement, or a summary of it, in each related Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and in any resulting Final Rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1175-1176)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Essential Oral Health Care Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2472
Sponsor: Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Charitable contributions
Child health
Commerce
Dental care
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Medical supplies
Medically uninsured
Paramedical personnel
Poor children
Public-private partnerships
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Taxation
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Essential Oral Health Care Act of 2007 - Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to up to six entities to participate as pilot sites for the Community Dental Health Coordinator model developed as a new mid-level allied dental professional who will work in underserved communities where residents have no or limited access to oral health care.
 
Requires the Secretary also to award grants to eligible entities to: (1) purchase portable or mobile dental equipment; and (2) pay for appropriate operational costs for the provision of free dental services to underserved populations.
 
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)) to provide for an increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for states implementing requirements that ensure that children enrolled in the state Medicaid plan and/or SCHIP have access to oral health care services to the same extent as such services are available to the pediatric population of the state.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the donation of qualified dental services to qualified low income individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2473
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Animals
Environmental Protection
Farms
Fishing
Habitat conservation
Hunting
Outdoor recreation
Private forests
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Range management
Sports and Recreation
Wildlife

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which states and tribal governments may apply for grants to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make such land available for public access for wildlife-dependent recreation (including hunting or fishing) under state- and tribally-administered plans. 
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to exclude from excess base acreage computation for direct and counter-cyclical payment purposes certain conservation enrolled farm land not planted in an agricultural commodity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Product Safety Civil Penalties Improvement Act

Bill: 110-hr-2474
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Defective products
Environmental Protection
Fines (Penalties)
Flammable materials
Law
Product safety
Textile fabrics

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to increase the maximum civil penalty for violations of the Act from $1.25 million to $20 million.

action_date: 2007-10-09
text: 
Product Safety Civil Penalties Improvement Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, and the Flammable Fabrics Act to increase the maximum civil penalty for violations of those Acts from $1.25 million to $10 million. 

 Revises the factors to be considered in determining the amount of those penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11341)
action_date: 2007-10-09
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 H11341)
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2474.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11341-11342)
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Mr. Rush moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 225.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-364.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-364.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1152)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House