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Total Overhaul of Totalization Agreements Law of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-709
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2007-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Alien labor
Aliens
Earnings
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Income tax
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security finance
Social security taxes
Tax treaties
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: 
Total Overhaul of Totalization Agreements Law of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for agreements establishing a totalization arrangement between the United States and another country with respect to the exchange of funds and information between the countries on behalf citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of one country who become entitled to cash benefits under the other country's social security system.
 
 
 
Prohibits, in computing an individual's average indexed monthly earnings, the crediting of individuals under OASDI with wages from employment or self-employment in the United States performed while such individuals: (1) are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States; and (2) are not authorized by law to be employed in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-711
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Charter schools
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Retired military personnel
Scholarships
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Teacher education
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: 
Troops to Teachers Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 with respect to the Troops-to-Teachers program (which provides armed forces veterans with teacher certification stipends in exchange for three years of service in a high-need local educational agency (LEA) or public charter school).
 
Allows a program participant, if a high-need LEA or public charter school is not located within 50 miles of his or her residence, to teach within an LEA or at a public charter school: (1) experiencing a shortage of highly qualified teachers, especially in science, mathematics, special education, or vocational or technical education; or (2) receiving grant funds because of concentrations of children from low-income families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-01-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E203)
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 to correct an error in the enrollment of the law that resulted in the omission of two Army construction and land acquisition projects authorized in the conference report (House Report 109-702), and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-712
Sponsor: Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4]
Introduced: 2007-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Appropriations
Armed forces abroad
Army
Defense budgets
Department of Defense
Economics and Public Finance
Europe
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Military bases
Military construction operations
Military dependents
Military housing
Romania
Virginia
Washington State
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: 
Amends the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 to include within such Act authorized Army military construction projects at Fort Lee, Virginia, and Fort Lewis, Washington, that were omitted due to an enrollment error.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Introduced in House
War Funding Accountability Act

Bill: 110-hr-714
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Defense budgets
Defense contracts
Economics and Public Finance
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Inspectors general
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Profit
Prosecution
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: 
War Funding Accountability Act - Establishes initial and subsequent quarterly reporting requirements for the Inspector General of the Department of Defense respecting funds for military operations in Iraq and for the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction respecting funds for the reconstruction of Iraq.
 
Provides that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall report to Congress if two consecutive quarterly reports are not submitted.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that if an Inspector General or GAO finds that a government contractor carrying out a military or reconstruction contract in Iraq has, or is suspected of having, engaged in fraud or war profiteering such contractor shall be subjected to criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings or investigations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Annie Fox Act

Bill: 110-hr-715
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Breast cancer
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Federal aid to research
Health education
Higher education
Medical education
Medical research
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: 
Annie Fox Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to expand, intensify, and coordinate Institute activities regarding breast cancer in younger women, including the conduct and support of: (1) basic and clinical research on the causes, prevention, detection, treatment, and long-term effects of breast cancer in young women; and (2) information and education programs for health professionals and the public.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E735)
action_date: 2007-03-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E671)
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Community College Partnership Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-717
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: College entrance requirements
Colleges
Community colleges
Compensatory education
Counseling
Curricula
Educational counseling
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Mentoring
Social Welfare
Student enrollment
Technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: 
Community College Partnership Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a Community College Opportunity program to help students at community or technical colleges transfer to four-year institutions and complete bachelor's degrees.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to award program grants to eligible partnerships that include one or more community or technical colleges that award associate's degrees and one or more institutions of higher education (IHEs) that offer a baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree not awarded by the partner colleges. Authorizes the inclusion of a state agency overseeing or coordinating IHEs. 
Requires such grants to be used for: (1) the development of policies and programs that expand opportunities for community or technical college students to earn bachelor's degrees, including those that promote the transfer of academic credits between institutions and expand articulation and guaranteed transfer agreements between IHEs; (2) support services to students participating in the program, including tutoring, mentoring, academic and personal counseling, and transition facilitation; (3) academic program enhancements at the community or technical college that increase program quality and the number of student participants in the program offered in cooperation with a baccalaureate degree-granting institution; and (4) programs to identify barriers that inhibit student transfers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Introduced in House
National Guard Empowerment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-718
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2007-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Armed forces reserves
Army
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Computer crimes
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defense budgets
Defense contracts
Defense procurement
Department of Defense
Disaster relief
Disasters
Earthquakes
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Executive reorganization
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricanes
Labor and Employment
Military and naval supplies
Military civic action
Military command and control
Military promotions
Military training
National Guard
Nuclear terrorism
Officer personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: 
National Guard Empowerment Act of 2007 - Expands the: (1) authority of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau (Bureau) to include membership on the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) (and raises the grade of the Chief from lieutenant general to general); and (2) functions of the Bureau to include facilitating and coordinating, with other federal agencies and the states, the use of Guard personnel and resources for, and in, contingency operations, military operations other than war, natural disasters, and support of civil authorities.
 
Directs the Chief to: (1) identify gaps between federal and state capabilities to prepare for and respond to emergencies; and (2) make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on Guard programs and activities to address such gaps.
 
Requires annual Department of Defense (DOD) budget justification documents to include separate amounts for Guard training and equipment for military assistance to civil authorities and other domestic operations.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress calling for consideration of eligible reserve officers for promotion to the grades of lieutenant general or vice admiral on the active duty list.
 
Treats service as a Bureau adjutant general as joint duty experience.
 
Requires the position of Deputy Commander of the U.S. Northern Command to be filled by a qualified Guard officer eligible for promotion to the grade of lieutenant general.
 
Requires an annual plan for the use of the Armed Forces and National Guard for responding to disasters and acts of terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E214-215)
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Timber Tax Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-721
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2007-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Income tax
Lumber trade
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax deductions
Timber sales

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: 
Timber Tax Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction (available to taxpayers whether or not they itemize deductions) for up to 60% of gains from certain sales or exchanges of timber.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Access to Higher Education Act

Bill: 110-hr-722
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2007-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Scholarships

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: 
Increasing Access to Higher Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Pell Grant award to $4,810 for each of the academic years 2007-2008 through 2013-2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-723
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Authorization
Beaches
Coastal zone
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Environmental monitoring
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health warnings
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Outdoor recreation
Pollution measurement
Sports and Recreation
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize appropriations for coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification grants through FY 2012.
 
Amends the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 to reauthorize appropriations to carry out that Act through FY 2012. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Marriage Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-724
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: District courts
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate relations
Jurisdiction
Marriage
Married people
Minorities
Same-sex marriage
State government-Indian relations
State laws
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: 
Marriage Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to deny federal courts jurisdiction to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution, of the provision of the Defense of Marriage Act declaring that no state shall be required to give effect to any marriage between persons of the same sex under the laws of any other state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-725
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Boy Scouts
Civil rights enforcement
Commemorations
Damages
Emblems
Families
Federal incorporation
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Injunctions
Judicial opinions
Law
Legal fees
Military bases
Monuments and memorials
Religion
Religious liberty
Signs and symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: 
Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to limit the remedy, in a civil action against a state or local official for deprivation of civil rights, to injunctive and declaratory relief and deny attorneys' fees where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion, including violations relating to: (1) religious words or imagery in veterans' memorials, public buildings, or official seals of states or their subdivisions; and (2) the chartering of Boy Scout units by states or their subdivisions and the Boy Scouts' using public buildings.
 
Imposes the same limits regarding such an action against the United States or any U.S. agency or official acting in his or her official capacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Windfall Elimination Provision Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-726
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2007-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: 
Windfall Elimination Provision Relief Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) restrict the application of the windfall elimination requirement to individuals whose combined monthly income from the primary OASDI insurance amount and the portion of the monthly periodic payment attributable to noncovered service performed after 1956 exceeds the cost-of-living adjusted amount of $2,500; and (2) provide for a graduated implementation of such requirement on amounts above such threshold by applying applicable percentages determined according to a specified formula.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Reassignment Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-728
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Armed Forces and National Security
Dismissal of employees
Employee rights
Federal employees
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Law
Merit Systems Protection Board
Relocation
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: 
Veterans Reassignment Protection Act - Prohibits a preference eligible federal employee (including a preference eligible serving in or under the U.S. Postal Service) from being involuntarily separated for failing to accept a directed reassignment to a position outside his or her commuting area or to accompany a position outside of such area pursuant to a transfer of function unless such preference eligible: (1) receives written notice of the reassignment at least 30 days before the effective date of the reassignment; and (2) is allowed to elect to have the selection of employees for release conducted in the same manner as would be required in the case of a reduction in force. 
 
Entitles a preference eligible involuntarily separated in the circumstances described above to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board any failure to comply with the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E213-214)
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Introduced in House