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Nanotechnology in the Schools Act

Bill: 110-hr-2436
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2007-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Black colleges
Buy American
Charter schools
Colleges
Community colleges
Computer software
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational facilities
Elementary and secondary education
Engineering
Federal aid to education
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Higher education
Minorities
Minority education
Nanotechnology
Private schools
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Secondary education
Teacher education
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: 
Nanotechnology in the Schools Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a nanotechnology in the schools program awarding matching grants to certain eligible institutions for the purchase of nanotechnology equipment and software and the provision of nanotechnology education to students and teachers.
 
Lists as eligible grantees: (1) public, private, parochial, and charter secondary schools that offer advanced or international baccalaureate science courses; (2) community colleges; (3) four-year institutions of higher education; and (4) informal learning science and technology centers.
 
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-02
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the establishment of an energy efficiency and renewable energy finance and investment advisory committee.

Bill: 110-hr-2437
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Capital investments
Energy efficiency
Federal advisory bodies
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: 
Instructs the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to establish an advisory committee to: (1) advise the Department of Energy on energy efficiency and renewable energy finance and investment issues; and (2) assist the energy community in identifying ways of lowering costs and increasing investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
 
Requires committee membership to represent: (1) providers of seed capital; (2) venture capitalists; (3) private equity sources; (4) investment banking corporate finance; (5) investment banking mergers and acquisitions; (6) equity capital markets; (7) debt capital markets; (8) research analysts; (9) sales and trading; (10) commercial lenders; and (11) residential lenders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Clean Up Government Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2438
Sponsor: Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4]
Introduced: 2007-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Bribery
District of Columbia
Embezzlement
Federal-city relations
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government officials
Government property
Jurisdiction
Larceny
Law
Misconduct in office
Postal service
Prosecution
Public corruption
Public records
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: 
Clean Up Government Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) expand mail and wire fraud prohibitions to include fraudulent use of the mails or wire to obtain any thing of value (currently, limited to money or property); (2) expand venue for prosecutions of federal offenses; (3) increase prison terms for theft or bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds and for bribery of public officials and witnesses; (4) include theft of District of Columbia property in the federal crime of stealing public money, property or records; and (5) expand the definition of &quot;official act&quot; for purposes of the crime of bribery of public officials and witnesses. 

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend its guidelines and policy statements to reflect congressional intent to increase penalties for public corruption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Assistance to Individuals Delivering for America Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2439
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2007-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Disaster relief
Disasters
Emergency Management
Employee benefit plans
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Volunteer workers
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: 
Assistance to Individuals Delivering for America Act of 2007 or the AID for America Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for 50 percent of the wages paid to employees serving as disaster relief volunteers. Limits the amount of such credit to $100 per day per employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
FinCEN Reauthorization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2440
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2007-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Authorization
Bank records
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Department of the Treasury
Economics and Public Finance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
International banking
Money laundering
Science, Technology, Communications
White collar crime

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: 
FinCEN Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) through FY2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15065-15070)
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Schools Energy Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2441
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Bonds
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
School buildings
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: 
Renewable Schools Energy Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in qualified renewable school energy bonds. Defines &quot;qualified renewable school energy bond&quot; as a bond with a 20-year term, 95% of the proceeds of which are used for the purchase and installation of renewable energy products for public school and school district administrative buildings in states with a specified percentage of population growth. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15070-15077)
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Federal Aviation Administration Facility Consolidation Moratorium Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2443
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air traffic
Department of Transportation
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: 
Federal Aviation Administration Facility Consolidation Moratorium Act of 2007 - Suspends the authority of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to realign FAA air traffic control facilities and services until January 1, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Honoring America's Fathers Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2444
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2007-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Families
Fathers
Flags
Special days

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: 
Honoring America's Fathers Act of 2007 - Includes Father's Day, the third Sunday in June, as a day on which the U.S. flag should be displayed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend that Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to recognize Alexander Creek as Native village, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2445
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: 
Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Recognizes the village of Alexander Creek located in Alaska as an eligible Native village.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish an Alexander Creek account, the funds of which shall be available to Alexander Creek, Incorporated for bidding on and purchasing property sold at public sale.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to enter into negotiations to attempt to conclude a land exchange to acquire the surface estate in lands not within any conservation system unit from the State of Alaska or the Mantanuska-Susitna Borough to enable Alexander Creek to select additional public lands within Alexander Creek's original withdrawal area in Alaska.
 
Requires the: (1) the account's initial balance to be the fair market value of the surface estate of certain deficiency selections made by Alexander Creek; and (2) subsurface estate to the lands conveyed to Alexander Creek to be conveyed to Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated. 
 
Deems Alexander Creek, upon certification by the Secretary of the appraisal described in this Act, to have accepted the terms of this Act in lieu of any other land entitlement it could have received pursuant to ANCSA. Declares that such acceptance shall satisfy all claims of Alexander Creek against the United States. 
 
Deems any land conveyed to Alexander Creek pursuant to this Act to be a conveyance pursuant to ANCSA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Gas Price Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2448
Sponsor: Rep. Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Diesel motor
Energy
Energy prices
Excise tax
Gasoline
Petroleum
Tax credits
Tax rates
Tax refunds
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Emergency Gas Price Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce highway motor fuel excise taxes by 10 cents per gallon, beginning on the date when the retail price for gasoline is greater than $3.00 per gallon and ending when such price is less than $2.50 per gallon (reduction period). Allows a tax credit or refund of such excise tax to a taxpayer for floor stocks of highway motor fuels held by dealers prior to the reduction period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Achievement Through Technology and Innovation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2449
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Authorization
Commerce
Computer software
Cost effectiveness
Curricula
Department of Education
Disabled
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational planning
Educational research
Educational technology
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Higher education
Illiteracy
Parent-school relationships
Public-private partnerships
Research and development
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Special education
Standards
Teacher education
Technical education
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Achievement Through Technology and Innovation Act of 2007 - Amends title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize part D (Enhancing Education through Technology) through FY2013.
 
Alters the current program to require states to use a portion of their allotted funds to develop challenging academic content and achievement standards to ensure that students are technologically literate before the end of grade eight. Provides that such standards are only for tracking technological literacy and not for assessing adequate yearly progress (AYP) under title I. Permits technological literacy testing to be embedded in other state tests or performance-based assessments portfolios, or made through other valid and reliable means.
 
Requires states to use the bulk of their part D allotment for two new subgrant programs for local educational agencies (LEAs), devoting; (1) 60% for formula subgrants to improve teaching and learning through technology; and (2) 40% for competitive subgrants for systemic school reform through technology integration. 
 
Requires LEAs to: (1) include a new or updated local long-range strategic educational technology plan in their applications; (2) use a specified percentage of each subgrant for teacher training; and (3) use each subgrant to acquire and apply technology to identify individual student learning needs and support individualized learning. Allows LEAs that receive funds for both programs to use all the funds for systemic school reform through technology integration program activities.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) conduct an annual national study on student technology literacy to determine the extent to which such literacy is attained by grade eight; and (2) update the National Education Technology Plan at least once every five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243).

Bill: 110-hr-2450
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Military withdrawal
President and foreign policy
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
United Nations
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Repeals the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (P.L. 107-243).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2453
Sponsor: Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Discrimination
Government Operations and Politics
Injunctions
Law
Lease and rental services
Local taxation
Motor vehicles
Property tax
State taxation
Tax rates
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2007 - Prohibits states or local governments from levying or collecting a discriminatory tax (as defined by this Act) on the rental of motor vehicles, motor vehicle rental businesses, or motor vehicle rental property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To include B20 biodiesel blends as an alternative fuel for corporate average fuel economy purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2454
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Diesel motor
Energy crops
Environmental Protection
Fuel consumption
Oils and fats
Refuse as fuel
Standards
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Amends corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards provisions to include B20 biodiesel blend as an alternative fuel for purposes of such standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Number Non-Proliferation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2455
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Assault
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Identification devices
Identity theft
Law
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Social Security Administration
Social security numbers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Social Security Number Non-Proliferation Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the sale, purchase, and display to the general public of an individual's Social Security account number without the individual's voluntary and written consent, with certain law enforcement, national security, public health, and other exceptions.
 
Makes it unlawful, also, to obtain or use any individual's Social Security number for the purpose of: (1) locating or identifying the individual with the intent to physically injure or harm him or her; or (2) using the individual's identity for any illegal purpose.
 
Makes it unlawful for any person to communicate to any agency or instrumentality of the United States or of any state or local government the Social Security account number of an individual, other than his or her own, without the individual's written permission, unless the number was requested by the agency or instrumentality.

Prohibits displays of Social Security account numbers on cards or tags required for access to goods, services, or benefits, and displays on employee identification cards or tags.

Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12546-12547)
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.

Bill: 110-hr-2456
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Same-Day Voter Registration Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2457
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional elections
Election Day
Government paperwork
Presidential elections
State laws
Voter registration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Same Day Voter Registration Act of 2007 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require states to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for federal office on the date of the election.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2458
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Graduate education
Higher education
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax deductions
Tax refunds
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits with a partially refundable Higher Education Tax Credit covering: (1) up to 50% of a taxpayer's higher education expenses for a taxable year that do not exceed $3,000; and (2) up to 30% of such expenses between $3,000 and $8,000.
 
Sets a lifetime credit limitation of $12,000 per student. 
 
Applies the credit to no more than two years of graduate education.
 
Repeals the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
RIDE Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2459
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2007-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Mass rapid transit
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Reduce Individuals' Dependence on Energy Act of 2007 or the RIDE Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a deduction from gross income for transportation expenses on federal, state, or local government mass transit facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Introduced in House