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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to restore the estate tax and repeal the carryover basis rule and to increase the estate tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $3,500,000.

Bill: 110-hr-4172
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congress
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Estate tax
Finance and Financial Sector
Gift tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Inheritance tax
Sunset legislation
Tax credits
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) restore the tax on estates and generation-skipping transfers; (2) repeal the termination of provisions allowing a step-up in basis for property transferred by a decedent; and (3) increase the estate tax exclusion amount to $3.5 million, with an annual inflation adjustment to such amount beginning in 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Overseas Voting Education and Reform, Safeguarding Every American's Vote Act

Bill: 110-hr-4173
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Absentee voting
Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Congress
Congressional elections
Economics and Public Finance
Federal employees
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Immigration
Law
Passports
Presidential elections
State laws
Voting
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
Overseas Voting Education and Reform, Safeguarding Every American's Vote Act, or OVERSEAS Vote Act - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) to prohibit a state from refusing to accept or process any otherwise valid absentee ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter on the grounds that the envelope in which the ballot is submitted is not notarized or witnessed by a notary public or other official authorized to administer oaths.
 
Repeals the requirement to apply for state absentee ballot as a condition for use of a federal write-in absentee ballot.
 
Permits voters to request absentee ballots in all subsequent elections.
 

 
Directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to establish and operate a program of grants to eligible nonpartisan organizations for activities to: (1) assist overseas civilian voters in voting in federal elections; and (2) increase turnout by providing them with information in advance of an election on how to cast absentee ballots.
 
Requires the head of each office of the federal government with employees whose designated post of duty is outside the United States to notify them of the rights provided by UOCAVA to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to ensure that each passport issued after enactment of this Act describes such rights.
 
Extends application of UOCAVA to certain individuals who have never resided in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Privacy and Cybercrime Enforcement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4175
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Compensation for victims of crime
Computer crimes
Computer hackers
Computer security measures
Conspiracy
Consumer education
Criminal investigation
Economics and Public Finance
Extortion
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identity theft
Injunctions
Law
Organized crime
Prosecution
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
Privacy and Cybercrime Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends federal criminal code provisions relating to computer fraud and unauthorized access to computers to: (1) include computer fraud within the definition of racketeering activity; (2) provide criminal penalties for intentional failures to provide required notices of a security breach involving sensitive personally identifiable information; (3) expand penalties for conspiracies to commit computer fraud and extortion attempts involving threats to access computers without authorization; (4) provide for forfeiture of property used to commit computer fraud; and (5) require restitution for victims of identity theft and computer fraud.

Authorizes additional appropriations for investigating and prosecuting criminal activity involving computers. 

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend, if appropriate, its sentencing guidelines and policies related to identity theft and computer fraud offenses.

Authorizes the Attorney General and state attorneys general to bring civil actions and obtain injunctive relief for violations of federal laws relating to data security. 

Requires federal agencies as part of their rulemaking process to prepare and make available to the public privacy impact assessments that describe the impact of proposed agency rules on the privacy of individuals.

Authorizes the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to states for programs to increase enforcement efforts involving fraudulent, unauthorized, or other criminal use of personally identifiable information. 

Authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to improve the identification, investigation, and prosecution of criminal or terrorist conspiracies or activities that span jurisdictional boundaries, including terrorism, economic crime, and high-tech crime.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2415)
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Prevention of Unsafe Licensing Act

Bill: 110-hr-4176
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Citizenship
Driver licenses
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Illegal aliens
Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
Prevention of Unsafe Licensing Act - Amends the REAL ID Act of 2005 to prohibit a state from issuing a driver's license or identification document to a person unless the state has satisfied certain citizenship or lawful immigration status verification requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Airport Security Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4177
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airline employees
Airports
Aviation safety
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Identification devices
Labor and Employment
Security measures
Terrorism
Transportation workers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
Airport Security Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends federal transportation law to authorize the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to: (1) designate certain airport areas (tarmacs, aircraft, baggage handling areas, baggage loading areas, and such other areas as the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate) as Federal Special Security Zones; and (2) issue a badge authorizing certain qualified individuals access to such zones. Restricts access to a Federal Special Security Zone to individuals who require access because of their employment and who have obtained a badge. Prohibits the use of a state issued badge to gain access to a Federal Special Security Zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H13864, E2422-2423)
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4178
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Housing finance
Law
Liability (Law)
Loan defaults
Mortgage banks
Mortgage interest rates
Mortgages
Secondary mortgage market
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act of 2007- Amends the Truth in Lending Act to shield holders of residential mortgage loans from liability for entering into a qualified loan modification or workout plan on any residential mortgage loan consummated on or after January 1, 2004. 
 
Applies such shield from liability only to qualified loan modification or workout plans initiated during the six-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
To allow United States citizens to bring civil actions against persons who fail to perform an act or duty under the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.

Bill: 110-hr-4180
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government liability
International Affairs
Latin America
Law
Peru
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
Amends the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act to allow a U.S. citizen to commence a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against any person (including the United States or any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the extent permitted by the 11th amendment to the Constitution) who is alleged to have knowingly failed to perform an act or duty under the Agreement. (Currently, only the United States can bring actions with respect to the Agreement.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
Executive Branch Prosecutions Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4182
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ex-presidents
Government Operations and Politics
Limitation of actions
Misconduct in office
Prosecution
Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
Executive Branch Prosecutions Act of 2007 - Excludes from any period of limitation for the bringing of a criminal action against an individual holding the office of President or Vice President the time during which such individual held either office. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 4 parcels of land from the Bureau of Land Management to the city of Twin Falls, Idaho.

Bill: 110-hr-4184
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Environmental Protection
Habitat conservation
Idaho
Land transfers
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to convey four specified parcels of land in Twin Falls, Idaho, to the city of Twin Falls for use to support public purposes, including a limited agricultural exemption to allow for water quality and wildlife habitat improvements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.

Bill: 110-hr-4186
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Citizenship
Crime and Law Enforcement
Identification devices
Immigration
Passports
Terrorism
Travel
Western Hemisphere

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to repeal the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for an additional judgeship for the western district of Michigan.

Bill: 110-hr-4187
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: District courts
Judges
Judicial districts
Michigan

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
Amends the federal judicial code to provide for an additional judgeship for the western district of Michigan, increasing the number of judgeships from four to five.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
IDEA Fairness Restoration Act

Bill: 110-hr-4188
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Elementary and secondary education
Expert witnesses
Law
Legal fees
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
IDEA Fairness Restoration Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to include expert witness fees, including the reasonable costs of any test or evaluation necessary for the preparation of the parent or guardian's case in the action or proceeding, within the definition of &quot;attorneys' fees&quot; that may be awarded to the prevailing party in a civil action brought under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2418-2419)
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Energy to provide for the re-enrichment of certain uranium tailings, and the sale of the product of such re-enrichment, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-4189
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2007-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Kentucky
Ohio
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Uranium
Uranium enrichment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to contract with the operator of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Facility for the transfer from the Department of Energy's enrichment facility at Piketon, Ohio, to the Paducah facility of cylinders of uranium tailings with an assay of such value as the Secretary finds economically suitable for re-enrichment.
 
Requires such contract to provide for re-enrichment at the Paducah facility of the materials in the cylinders and in similar cylinders of comparable value.
 
Requires the Secretary to sell or contract for the sale of the product of such re-enrichment, whose net proceeds shall be deposited into the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund (UEDD Fund) and disbursed by appropriation for environmental remediation at the Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, uranium enrichment facilities.
 
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to reauthorize the UEDD Fund for an additional three years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to exclude Members of Congress from the Federal employees health benefits program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-4190
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2007-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional salaries
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Health
Health insurance
Members of Congress
Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: 
Excludes Members of Congress (including the Vice President and any member of the Senate or the House of Representatives) from the federal employees health benefits (FEHB) program.

Authorizes payment or reimbursement of expenses for the cost of health benefits for Members of Congress and eligible family members on vouchers approved and signed by the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate, as the case may be.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Introduced in House
To provide for an automatic one-year extension of the authorizations of appropriations and direct spending programs of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-4193
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2007-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Acreage allotments
Agricultural subsidies
Authorization
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: 
Extends for one year extensions of: (1) crop programs and authorizations of appropriations under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; and (2) direct spending programs as defined under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or other authority under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
 
Exempts peanut storage costs from such extension.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Introduced in House