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Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 110-s-800
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Cultural property
Department of the Interior
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
New York State
Outdoor recreation
Rivers
Sports and Recreation
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Niagara Fall National Heritage Area in New York. 
 
Establishes within the Department of the Interior the Niagara Falls National Heritage Commission. Requires the Commission to submit a management plan for the Area.

action_date: 2007-09-17
text: 
Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Niagara Fall National Heritage Area in New York, which shall comprise the area from the western boundary of the town of Wheatfield, extending to the mouth of the Niagara River on Lake Ontario, including the City of Niagara Falls, the villages of Youngstown and Lewiston, land and water within the boundaries of the Area in Niagara County, and any additional thematically related sites within Erie and Niagara Counties that are identified in the management plan. 

Establishes within the Department of the Interior the Niagara Falls National Heritage Commission. Requires the Commission to submit a management plan for the Area. 

Authorizes appropriations. 

Limits the federal cost share of any activity carried out using any assistance made available under this Act to 50%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-11
text: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 372.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-174.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-174.
action_date: 2007-07-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-104.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-802
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
Grazing
Habitat conservation
Historic sites
History
Horses
Idaho
Land transfers
Minorities
Native Americans
Nature conservation
Outdoor recreation
Research centers
Restoration ecology
Science, Technology, Communications
Sheep
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation planning
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wilderness areas
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate with the Board of Directors of the Owyhee Initiative Project: (1) in conducting the science review process as described in the Owyhee Initiative Agreement, as amended on May 10, 2006; and (2) with respect to the conservation and research center program. 
 
Designates specified land in Idaho as wilderness components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
Designates specified creek and river segments within Owyhee County, Idaho, as components of the national and wild and scenic rivers system. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to acquire any land or property interest identified as eligible for exchange in a specified document, if offered by the owner, and subject to conditions described in this Act. 
 
Directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to: (1) implement transportation plans for land it manages outside wilderness areas in the county; and (2) offer to enter into cooperative agreements with the county to establish a cooperative search and rescue program, and to implement and enforce such plans. 
 
Directs the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation to implement the Shoshone-Paiute Tribal Cultural Resource Protection Plan approved by such Tribes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2813-2817)
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2812-2813)
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Support Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-803
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child support
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Child Support Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to repeal a provision that prohibited federal matching funds to a state for expenditures from federal amounts paid to the state for child support and establishment of paternity to carry out an agreement for services of the Federal Parent Locator Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2819)
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2817-2819)
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Count Every Vote Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-804
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Absentee voting
Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Advertising
Auditing
Authorization
Ballots
Blind
Citizen participation
Civics education
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Competitive bidding
Computer matching
Computer software
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional elections
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Democracy
Directories
Disabled
Disasters
Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Election Assistance Commission
Election Day
Election administration
Election fraud
Election statistics
Electoral college
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Employee training
Ex-offenders
Federal Election Commission
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Government employees' political activities
Government ethics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Holidays
Identification devices
Illiteracy
Immigration
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Internet
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Language and languages
Law
Leave of absence
Local employees
Misconduct in office
Naturalization
Planning
Postal service
Presidential elections
Public corruption
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Security measures
Self-help devices for the disabled
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Standards
State employees
State laws
State officials
Student activities
Students
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Volunteer workers
Voter registration
Voting machines
Voting rights
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Count Every Vote Act of 2005 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 with respect to : (1) voter verification and mandatory auditing by state officials; (2) provisional ballots and requirements for casting and counting them; (3) shortening of voter wait lines; (4) equitable allocation of voting systems, poll workers, and election resources; (5) absentee balloting; (6) training of poll workers; (7) standards for purging voters; (8) an election day registration grant program; (9) standards for early voting; (10) voter registration and identification; (11) prohibition of deceptive practices and certain campaign activities; (12) voting rights of individuals convicted of criminal offenses; and (13) the Election Assistance Commission.
 
Makes appropriations to carry out this Act.
 
Federal Election Day Act of 2007 - Amends federal civil service to provide for federal election day as a public holiday.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer ID Protection and Security Act

Bill: 110-s-806
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Crime and Law Enforcement
Identification devices
Identity theft
Restrictive trade practices

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Consumer ID Protection and Security Act - Authorizes a consumer to place a security freeze on his or her credit report by making a request to a consumer credit reporting agency in writing, by telephone, or through a secure electronic connection if such a connection is made available by the agency, subject to specified requirements.
 
Directs that any violation of this Act be treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice proscribed under a rule issued pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Agricultural Protection and Prosperity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-807
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2007-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural pollution
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Animals
Emergency Management
Farm manure
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: 
Agricultural Protection and Prosperity Act of 2007 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to: (1) include the definition of &quot;manure&quot;; and (2) exclude manure from the meaning of &quot;hazardous substance&quot; or &quot;pollutant or contaminant&quot; under that Act. Provides that such exclusion shall not: (1) impose liability under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 with respect to manure; (2) affect any provision of the Air Quality Agreement entered into between the Administrator and operators of animal feeding operations; or (3) affect the applicability of any other environmental law as it relates to the definition of manure or the responsibilities or liabilities of any person regarding the treatment, storage, or disposal of manure.
 
Amends the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to exempt releases associated with manure (as defined under CERCLA) from the emergency notification requirements under that Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Public Housing Authorities Paperwork Reduction Act

Bill: 110-s-809
Sponsor: Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH]
Introduced: 2007-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Housing authorities
Housing discrimination
Housing management
Landlord and tenant
Planning
Public housing
Public meetings

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: 
Small Public Housing Authorities Paperwork Reduction Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt a qualified public housing agency from the requirement to prepare an annual public agency plan if the agency: (1) administers 500 or fewer public housing dwelling units, or section 8 vouchers; and (2) is not designated as a troubled agency. 
 
Requires an agency to: (1) continue to make an annual civil rights certification and establish, and consult with, one or more resident advisory boards; and (2) conduct a public hearing to discuss changes to agency goals and policies and make the information available to the public at the agency's principal office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish a laboratory science pilot program at the National Science Foundation.

Bill: 110-s-810
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2007-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commerce
Community and school
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Engineering
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Laboratories
Mathematics
Nonprofit organizations
Public-private partnerships
School districts
Scientific education
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: 
Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a pilot program designated as &quot;Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science&quot; to award grants to partnerships to improve laboratories and to provide instrumentation as part of a comprehensive program to enhance the quality of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology instruction at the secondary school level. 
 
Requires grants awarded under this Act to be made to a partnership that: (1) includes an institution of higher education or a community college; (2) includes a high-need local educational agency; (3) includes a business or eligible nonprofit organization; and (5) may include a state educational agency, other public agency, national laboratory, or community-based organization. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2904-2905)
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2904)
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Sacramento River National Recreation Area Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-811
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
California
Grazing
National recreation areas
Rivers
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: 
Sacramento River National Recreation Area Act of 2007 - Establishes the Sacramento River National Recreation Area in California, consisting of specified public land in Tehama and Shasta Counties. Requires the development of a comprehensive plan for the long-range protection and management of such Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-812
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2007-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appellate procedure
Cloning
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cytology
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Genetics
Government Operations and Politics
Human embryology
Human experimentation in medicine
In vitro fertilization
Informed consent (Medical law)
International Affairs
International cooperation
Law
Medical ethics
Medical laboratories
Medical research
Research ethics
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: 
Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act of 2007 - Prohibits: (1) conducting or attempting to conduct human cloning; (2) shipping the product of nuclear transplantation in interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of human cloning in the United States or elsewhere; or (3) exporting to a foreign country an unfertilized blastocyst if such country does not prohibit human cloning. Sets forth criminal and civil penalties for violations.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to report to the relevant congressional committees on: (1) actions taken to enforce such prohibitions; (2) actions of state attorneys general to enforce similar state laws; (3) coordination of federal, state, and local enforcement; and (4) international laws relating to human cloning. 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require research involving nuclear transplantation to be conducted in accordance with applicable federal regulations regarding the protection of human subjects and Institutional Review Boards. Prohibits: (1) a somatic cell nucleus from being transplanted into a human oocyte (egg) that has undergone or will undergo fertilization; (2) an unfertilized blastocyst from being maintained after more than 14 days from its first cell division, not counting storage times at temperatures less than zero degrees centigrade; (3) an oocyte from being used in nuclear transplantation research unless donated voluntarily with the donor's informed consent; (4) a human oocyte or unfertilized blastocyst from being acquired, received, or transferred for valuable consideration in interstate commerce; and (5) nuclear transplantation in a laboratory in which human oocytes are subject to assisted reproductive technology treatments or procedures. Sets forth civil penalties for violations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2906-2907)
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2905)
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for attorney fees and costs in connection with civil claim awards.

Bill: 110-s-813
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2007-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Income tax
Law
Legal fees
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax deduction for attorney's fees and courts costs to allow an above-the-line deduction for such fees and costs paid in connection with any legal action involving a civil claim (currently, limited to actions involving unlawful discrimination, the False Claims Act, and Medicare payments). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2908)
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2908)
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases.

Bill: 110-s-814
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2007-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Income tax
Law
Lawyers
Legal fees
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow attorneys a tax deduction in the current taxable year for reimbursable expenses and court costs which they pay or incur in connection with contingency fee cases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2909)
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2908-2909)
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Health Care Empowerment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-815
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2007-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Health
Health facilities
Hospital care
Hospitals
Iraq compilation
Managed care
Medicare
Military medicine
Social Welfare
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: 
Veterans Health Care Empowerment Act of 2007 - Allows any veteran with a service-connected disability to receive hospital care or medical services for any condition at any hospital or medical facility or from any medical provider eligible to receive payments under either Medicare or the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense [DOD] managed health care program). Requires the cost of such care and services to be borne by the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2909-2910)
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Parents' Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-816
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2007-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Computers
Cost of living adjustments
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Fringe benefits
Government trust funds
Higher education
Home offices
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Interest
Labor and Employment
Married people
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Parents
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Survivors' benefits
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Tax rates
Telecommuting
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: 
Parents' Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for a minimum tax credit for household and dependent care services for dependents under the age of seven and to phase out such credit based on the amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds a threshold amount; (2) increase to $5,000 the amount of the personal tax exemption; (3) eliminate the marriage penalty in all income tax brackets and in the tax deduction for student loan interest; (4) establish a standard tax deduction for expenses related to business usage of a home; (5) make permanent increases in the child tax credit and adjust the amount of such credit for inflation on an annual basis after 2007; (6) allow employers a tax credit for employees who telecommute; and (7) allow an exclusion from employee gross income for employer-provided computer equipment used to work at home.

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to award social security credits to parents who stay at home, instead of working outside the home, to care for children who are either under age seven. Authorizes transfers from the general fund to specified Social Security trust funds to cover the cost of such credits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate