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Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1322
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2007-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Bank loans
Coinsurance
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health insurance continuation
Insurance premiums
Law
Medical economics
Patients' rights
Retiree health benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: 
Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to add a program for emergency retiree health benefit protections. 

Prohibits group health plans from reducing retiree health benefits after the retirement of a plan beneficiary. Requires such plans to adopt provisions barring post-retirement reductions in retiree health benefits.

Requires group health plan sponsors to grant retired plan participants the option of benefit restoration. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to waive or vary requirements for benefit restoration if compliance with such requirements would: (1) be adverse to the interests of plan participants in the aggregate; (2) not be administratively feasible; and (3) cause substantial business hardship to plan sponsors.

Establishes the Emergency Retiree Health Loan Guarantee Program. Authorizes the Program to guarantee loans provided by private financial institutions to assist plan sponsors in meeting benefit restoration obligations under this Act. Terminates loan guarantee authority after 2013.

Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties for violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in House
To authorize a major medical facility project for the Department of Veterans Affairs at Denver, Colorado.

Bill: 110-hr-1323
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Colorado
Construction costs
Health
Land transfers
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project for a replacement facility for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in House
To urge the Secretary of State to designate the Quds Force, a unit of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, as a foreign terrorist organization.

Bill: 110-hr-1324
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Crime and Law Enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Insurgency
Iran
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Israel
Middle East and North Africa
Military intervention
Military occupation
Military operations
State-sponsored terrorism
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: 
Urges the Secretary of State to designate the Quds Force (Qods Force), a unit of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, as a foreign terrorist organization under the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to focus attention on the threat this organization poses to the United States and the international community. 
 
Condemns: (1) the acts of terrorism perpetrated by the Quds Force; and (2) the support provided by the Quds Force for Shiite armed elements reportedly conducting operations against U.S. military forces in Iraq and for terrorist organizations conducting operations against Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Partnership for Iraq Reconstruction Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1325
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2007-03-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Economic assistance
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: 
Partnership for Iraq Reconstruction Act of 2007 - Prohibits a U.S. government grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for the reconstruction of Iraq to be awarded unless the government of Iraq provides at least 50% matching funds from non-U.S. government contributions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Protective Equipment for America's Workers Act

Bill: 110-hr-1327
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2007-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Labor
Employers' liability
Equipment and supplies
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Occupational health and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: 
Protective Equipment for America's Workers Act - Requires the Secretary of Labor to issue a final rule under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 on employer payment for personal protective equipment, which shall provide no less protection to employees and shall have no further exceptions from the employer payment requirement than the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on March 31, 1999.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Guaranteed Access for SCHIP's Target Population Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1329
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2007-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Long-term care
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Pregnant women
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: 
Guaranteed Access for SCHIP's Target Population Act of 2007 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance (SCHIP) of the Social Security (SSA) Act to provide additional allotments to address SCHIP FY2007 funding shortfalls.

Amends SSA title XIX to eliminate the state option to increase cap amount on individual's equity asset test for eligibility for long-term care assistance under Medicaid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend the time limit for the use of education assistance by members of the Selected Reserve and members of the reserve component supporting contingency operations and certain other operations.

Bill: 110-hr-1330
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2007-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Education
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: 
Extends the conditional time limit for the use of basic educational assistance by members of the Selected Reserve and members of the reserve components supporting contingency operations and certain other operations to 14 years after the date on which the person first becomes entitled to such assistance (current law) or ten years after the date on which (currently, the date on which) the person is separated from the Selected Reserve or reserve component.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicles.

Bill: 110-hr-1331
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2007-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Automobiles
Electric batteries
Electric vehicles
Energy
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Motor vehicle pollution control
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an alternative motor vehicle tax credit for new qualified plug-in hybrid motor vehicles. Defines such a vehicle as any new qualified hybrid motor vehicle that: (1) is a passenger automobile or light truck with a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 8,500 pounds; (2) meets or exceeds the Bin 5 Tier II emission standard established by the Environmental Protection Agency; (3) draws propulsion energy from a traction battery of not less than 4 kWh; and (4) is equipped with a means of recharging its energy storage system from an external source of electricity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Tax Treatment Act

Bill: 110-hr-1334
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alaska
Annuities
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Environmental Protection
Estates (Law)
Farm income
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Oil pollution
Self-employed
Tax administration
Tax exclusion
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: 
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Tax Treatment Act - Allows taxpayers who are plaintiffs in the civil action 
In re Exxon Valdez
, No. 89-095-CV (HRH) (Consolidated) (D. Alaska), or their heirs or dependents, to: (1) elect to average, for income tax purposes, income received in settlement of such civil action for the period beginning on January 1, 1994, and ending on December 31 of the year in which any settlement income is received; and (2) make contributions of any amount of such settlement income to certain tax-exempt retirement plans in the year such income is received.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national historic trails, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-1336
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Colorado
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Mormons
Nebraska
Nevada
Oregon
Postal service
Religion
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Utah
Washington State
West (U.S.)
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: 
Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) revise the feasibility and suitability studies for certain existing National Historic Trails for consideration of possible additions to such trails; and (2) study the feasibility and suitability of designating certain routes and cutoffs as components of the Oregon, Pony Express, California, and Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trails and as shared components of the California and Oregon National Historic Trails. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E472)
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Economic Stimulus Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1339
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caribbean area
Earned income tax credit
Income tax
Puerto Rico
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: 
Puerto Rico Economic Stimulus Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the earned income tax credit. Phases in the full amount of such credit between 2008 and 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
National Enterprise Zone Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1340
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporation taxes
Depreciation and amortization
Depressed areas
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Enterprise zones
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Labor statistics
Minimum tax
Partnerships
Poverty
Self-employed
Social Welfare
Tax deductions
Tax rates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: 
National Enterprise Zone Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to designate areas in the United States and its possessions as National Enterprise Zones and to publish a list of such Zones. Requires a Zone to: (1) have more than 50,000 residents; (2) have a poverty rate of two times the national poverty rate; and (3) have an unemployment rate two times the national average. 

Allows corporate and noncorporate taxpayers with taxable income from an active trade or business within such a Zone to elect a reduced alternative income tax in lieu of existing income and alternative minimum tax rates.

Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the effectiveness of such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Honest Income Disclosure Act

Bill: 110-hr-1341
Sponsor: Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2007-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Corporate accountability
Corporate finance
Data banks
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities regulation
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: 
Honest Income Disclosure Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to instruct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue revised regulations requiring certain mandatory annual reports to include the income reported by the issuer to the Internal Revenue Service for the most recent taxable year, presented in a prominent location and in a manner that permits a ready comparison of such income to income otherwise required to be included.
 
Requires such information to be: (1) suitable for entry into the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (EDGAR); and (2) immediately available via that system, upon receipt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Secure Entry Act

Bill: 110-hr-1342
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2007-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Identification devices
Passports
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: 
Secure Entry Act - Suspends the nonimmigrant visitor visa waiver program until the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies to Congress that: (1) the automated entry-exit control system is fully implemented and functional; (2) all U.S. ports of entry have functional biometric machine readers; and (3) all nonimmigrants, including Border Crossing Card holders, are processed through the automated entry-exit control system. 
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the machine readable passport (including discretionary waiver) provisions of such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7837, H7840)
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To improve Federal nutrition programs.

Bill: 110-hr-1344
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Food stamps
Minorities
Native Americans
School lunch program
Social Welfare
Surveys

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: 
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to obligate funds for the administrative costs of commodity distributions on Indian reservations.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an annual survey of foods purchased by school authorities with federal cash assistance.
 
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the transfer of funds in FY2007-FY2009 for the free lunch and breakfast eligibility program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E475)
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House