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Drug Free Varsity Sports Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1470
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug testing
Drugs and athletes
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Parent and child
Secondary education
Sports and Recreation
Steroids
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Drug Free Varsity Sports Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education, acting through the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, to award competitive grants to states to develop and carry out statewide pilot programs that randomly test secondary school students for performance-enhancing drug use.
 
Requires a parent's or guardian's written consent before a student may be tested.
 
Directs grantees to: (1) provide recovery, counseling, and treatment programs for students who test positive for performance-enhancing drug use; and (2) spend at least 10% of grant funds on preventing such drug use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6562)
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6561-6562)
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Improved Medical Decision Incentive Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1471
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Communication in medicine
Conferences
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Law
Medicaid
Medical fees
Medicare
Quality of care
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Improved Medical Decision Incentive Act of 2007 - Allows a state health department to approve best practices in a course of, or as a means of treatment for, a particular condition, illness, or procedure, as the qualifying standard of care for the state in order to take advantage of the differential rates of payment implemented under the Social Security Act and the private insurance incentive under this Act.
 
Requires a state health department, among other conditions for state approval, to allow any duly constituted state medical society or medical speciality group to file with the state health department a course or means of treatment representing best practices for a particular condition, illness, or procedure.
 
Requires any interstate health insurer providing health care coverage within a state with approved qualifying best practices to pay all provider charges for any service provided in accordance with such practices.
 
Authorizes any such provider or specialty group to bring a civil action in an appropriate U.S. district court to enjoin efforts by any health insurer to challenge or delay payment for services provided by the provider or a member of the specialty group in accordance with such best practices.
 
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) to provide for implementation of differential rates of payment for covered items and services that favor treatment consistent with qualifying best practices under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to review annually and report to Congress on the efficacy of all qualifying best practices approved pursuant to this Act and, if applicable, any national best practices adopted pursuant to this Act.
 
Requires the Secretary also to host an annual conference on best practices for all state health directors, any state medical societies and medical specialty groups that have filed best practices for state approval, and any health insurers and advocacy groups that have participated in any administrative proceeding to approve best practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
North Bay Water Reuse Program Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1472
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Groundwater
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Planning
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water quality
Water supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
North Bay Water Reuse Program Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to offer to enter into cooperative agreements with eligible entities in the North San Pablo Bay watershed located in Marin, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma Counties, California, for the planning, design, and construction of water reclamation and reuse projects. 
 
Directs the Secretary and such an entity to use the design work and environmental evaluations initiated by non-federal entities and the Corps of Engineers in that watershed to the maximum extent practicable.
 
Requires such an agreement to specify the responsibilities of the Secretary and the entity regarding: (1) cost-share requirements; (2) needs assessment and project planning and design; (3) environmental compliance activity; (4) facilities construction; and (5) construction contract administration.
 
Requires that any such project consist of two phases, during which the Secretary and an entity shall complete the planning, design, and construction of: (1) the main treatment and main conveyance system; and (2) the sub-regional distribution systems.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance to an entity in planning, designing, conducting related pre-construction activities for, and constructing a project. Makes the entity responsible for the annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the project. Requires the entity to develop an operation, maintenance, and replacement plan for the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-170.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6850)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6849-6850)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Madera Water Supply Enhancement Act

Bill: 110-s-1473
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
California
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Irrigation
Irrigation districts
Water storage
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Madera Water Supply Enhancement Act - Finds that: (1) the Bureau of Reclamation and others have conducted numerous studies regarding the Madera Water Supply Enhancement Project, California; (2) the Project is feasible; and (3) the Bureau shall not conduct any further studies or reports related to determining its feasibility. 
 
Requires all planning, design, and construction of the Project to be undertaken in accordance with a cooperative agreement between the Secretary and the Madera Irrigation District. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement for the support of Project design and construction. Limits the federal share of Project capital costs to 25%.
 
Considers: (1) capital, planning, design, permitting, financing, construction, and land acquisition costs incurred by the District prior to this Act's enactment to be part of the nonfederal share; and (2) in-kind services performed by the District to be part of the local share. Requires the District to receive credit toward the nonfederal share for reasonable costs incurred from participation in the planning, design, permitting, financing, and construction of the Project and for the fair market value of lands used or acquired for the Project.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for operation or maintenance. Makes Project operation, ownership, and maintenance the sole responsibility of the District. Directs the Secretary, before obligating funds, to work cooperatively with the District to use plans, designs, and engineering and environmental analyses that have already been prepared by the District. Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act 10 years after its enactment. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-376.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6851-6852)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6850-6851)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Riverside-Corona Feeder Water Supply Act

Bill: 110-s-1474
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Groundwater
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Pipelines
Transportation and Public Works
Water districts
Water storage
Water supply
Water treatment plants
Wells

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Riverside-Corona Feeder Water Supply Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Western Municipal Water District, Riverside County, California, to participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Riverside-Corona Feeder water supply project, which includes 20 groundwater wells, groundwater treatment facilities, water storage and pumping facilities, and 28 miles of pipeline in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-376.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6852)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6852)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Authorization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1475
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
California
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Pipelines
Transportation and Public Works
Water conservation
Water districts
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Authorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of recycled water projects in cooperation with: (1) Palo Alto and Mountain View, California; (2) Pittsburg, California, and the Delta Diablo Sanitation District; (3) Antioch, California, and the Delta Diablo Sanitation District; (4) the North Coast County Water District; (5) Redwood City, California; (6) the South County Regional Wastewater Authority and the Santa Clara Valley Water District; and (7) San Jose, California, and the Santa Clara Valley Water District. 

Expresses the intent of Congress that a comprehensive water recycling program for the San Francisco Bay Area include the San Jose Area water reclamation and reuse program authorized by the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-170.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6853-6854)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6852-6853)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Tule Lake Segregation Center Special Resource Study Act

Bill: 110-s-1476
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
California
Concentration camps
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Japanese Americans
National parks
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Tule Lake Segregation Center Special Resource Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of including the Tule Lake Segregation Center in Modoc County, California, in the National Park System.

action_date: 2008-04-10
text: 
 Tule Lake Segregation Center Special Resource Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the national significance, suitability, and feasibility of including the Tule Lake Segregation Center in Modoc County, California, in the National Park System. 

Requires the Secretary to consult with Modoc County, the state of California, appropriate federal agencies, tribal and local government entities, private and nonprofit organizations, and private landowners in conducting the study. 

Specifies the scope of the study, including an evaluation of: (1) the significance of the Center as a part of the history of World War II; and (2) the potential impact on private landowners of designation of the Center as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 648.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-296.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-296.
action_date: 2008-01-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-266.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6855)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6854-6855)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1478
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Biological diversity
Camping
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Endangered species
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to transportation
Fire prevention
Flood damage prevention
Forest ecology
Forest fires
Forest roads
Habitat conservation
Hazardous wastes
Infrastructure
Land transfers
Landscape protection
Logging
Mining leases
National forests
Oil pollution
Outdoor recreation
Potable water
Religion
Restoration ecology
Road construction
Soil conservation
Soil pollution
Sports and Recreation
Timber sales
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2007 - Prohibits road construction and road reconstruction in inventoried roadless areas of the National Forest System. Specifies exceptions, including because: (1) there is threat of a catastrophic event; (2) a natural resource restoration action is necessary; or (3) a federal-aid highway project is in the public interest or is consistent with the purposes for which the land was reserved or acquired. 

 Prohibits timber from being cut, sold, or removed in an inventoried roadless area. Permits various exceptions, including for specified environmental reasons, if the responsible official determines that the cutting, sale, or removal of timber is expected to be infrequent.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to make modifications to roadless area maps to improve their accuracy or inclusiveness. Instructs the Secretary, in order to evaluate the effect of a modification to a roadless area map, to prepare an environmental impact statement or similar analysis required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 

Declares that this Act does not: (1) revoke, suspend, or modify legal instruments and decisions concerning the use of NFS land made before January 12, 2001; (2) compel the amendment or revision of any land and resource management plan; or (3) apply to specified activities in the Tongass National Forest. 

States that the prohibitions and restrictions of this Act cannot be reconsidered, modified, or terminated under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Tissue Act

Bill: 110-s-1479
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Administrative procedure
Auditing
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cytology
Department of Health and Human Services
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Economics and Public Finance
Federal preemption
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Informed consent (Medical law)
Law
Medical ethics
Medical records
State laws
Tissue banks
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Safe Tissue Act - Requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to inspect, at least once every two years, each establishment that engages in the manufacture of human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a user fee to fund such inspections.
 
Requires the FDA to conduct periodic audits of all documentation submitted by each such establishment to determine compliance with all applicable requirements, including requirements related to ensuring: (1) that human cells, tissues, or cellular or tissue-based products are obtained legally; (2) that donor eligibility and donor medical history interviews are based on accurate information that was not provided or obtained in a fraudulent manner; and (3) current good tissue practice. 
 
Requires the Secretary to publish a model form containing minimum requirements for establishments to use in obtaining consent from a potential donor of human cells, tissues, or cellular or tissue-based products. Sets forth penalties for failing to comply with model form requirements or for knowingly using fraudulent information.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) accredit establishments and the personnel of such establishments who participate in the recovery, processing, storage, labeling, packaging, or distribution of human cells, tissues, or cellular or tissue-based products; and (2) define &quot;reasonable payments&quot; that are associated with donation of human tissue and tissue-based products for purposes of the National Organ Transplant Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Gold Star Parents Annuity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1480
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Families
Labor and Employment
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Parents
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' pensions
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Gold Star Parents Annuity Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay a special pension to each person who has received a Gold Star lapel button as a parent of a member of the Armed Forces who died while serving.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act

Bill: 110-s-1481
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Grants-in-aid
Law
Medical malpractice
Medical statistics
Quality of care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award up to ten demonstration grants to states for the development, implementation, and evaluation of alternatives to current tort litigation for resolving disputes over injuries allegedly caused by health care providers or health care organizations. Requires such states to: (1) develop such an alternative to current tort litigation; and (2) promote a reduction of health care errors by allowing for patient safety data related to such disputes to be collected and analyzed by organizations that engage in efforts to improve patient safety and the quality of health care.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6855-6856)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
State Child Well-Being Research Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1482
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Child health
Child welfare
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health surveys
Social surveys
Sociological research

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
State Child Well-Being Research Act of 2007 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop comprehensive indicators to assess child well-being in each state. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory panel to make recommendations regarding the appropriate measures and statistical tools necessary for making such assessment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6856-6857)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate