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National Churchill Museum Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1242
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2007-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Colleges
Education
Europe
Foreign leaders
Higher education
History
International Affairs
Missouri
Museums
Names
School libraries
United Kingdom
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: 
National Churchill Museum Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library located in Fulton, Missouri, and owned and managed by Westminster College to refer to itself as the &quot;National Churchill Museum.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Student Medical Access Raising Test Scores Health Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1244
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2007-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Academic performance
Access to health care
Child health
Clinics
Community health services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to health facilities
Health planning
Medical screening
Medically uninsured
Mental health services
Physical examinations
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
School health programs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: 
Student Medical Access Raising Test Scores Health Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for the cost of operating school-based health clinics (SBHCs) to provide comprehensive primary health services during school hours to children and adolescents by health professionals. Requires SBHCs to: (1) provide services to children and adolescents for whom parental or guardian consent has been obtained; (2) provide on-site access during the academic day when school is in session and 24-hour coverage through an on-call system and backup health providers to ensure access to services on a year-round basis when the school or SBHC is closed. Allows the Secretary to: (1) give preference to applicants who demonstrate an ability to serve populations of children and adolescents that have historically demonstrated difficulty in accessing health and mental health services; and (2) waive certain requirements under this Act for a designated period.

Requires the Secretary to establish a program to provide technical and other assistance to SBHCs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Kidney Disease Educational Benefits Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1245
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2007-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Health education
Kidney diseases
Medical fees
Medical personnel
Medicare
Nurses
Physicians
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare
Social work

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: 
Kidney Disease Educational Benefits Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of kidney disease education services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-02-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E426)
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1246
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2007-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coast guard
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Discrimination in employment
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Homosexuality
Law
Military and naval offenses
Military dependents
Military discharges
Military personnel
Nondiscrimination provisions
Sexual orientation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: 
Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2007 - Repeals current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation against any member of the Armed Forces or any person seeking to become a member. Authorizes the re-accession into the Armed Forces of otherwise qualified individuals previously separated for homosexuality, bisexuality, or homosexual conduct.
 
Requires such Secretaries to ensure that regulations governing the personal conduct of members of the Armed Forces are written and enforced without regard to sexual orientation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Clean Railroads Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1248
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2007-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Jurisdiction
Law
Railroads
Refuse and refuse disposal
Surface Transportation Board

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: 
Clean Railroads Act of 2007 - Excludes solid waste disposal from the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
To include dehydroepiandrosterone as an anabolic steroid.

Bill: 110-hr-1249
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2007-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Sports and Recreation
Steroids

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: 
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to include dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) within the definition of &quot;anabolic steroid.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
EXPENSE Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1250
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2007-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: 
Expensing Property Expands our Nation's Strong Economy Act of 2007 or the EXPENSE Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the limitations on the expensing of depreciable business assets; and (2) allow taxpers to elect a two-year recovery period for depreciable property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
American Falls Reservoir District Number 2 Conveyance Act

Bill: 110-hr-1251
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Concentration camps
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Idaho
Infrastructure
Japanese Americans
Land transfers
National monuments
Reservoirs
Water Resources Development
Water districts
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: 
American Falls Reservoir District Number 2 Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey all right, title, and interest in specified land to the: (1) American Falls Reservoir District No. 2 (District) located in Jerome, Lincoln, and Gooding Counties, Idaho; (2) city of Gooding; and (3) Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Requires the District to pay fair market value for the land. 
 
Relieves the United States of liability for damages of any kind relating to the land, unless they result from injury caused by negligence of the United States.
 
Revokes the Department of Interior's previous orders that withdrew specified land from the Gooding Division of the Minidoka project and requires the the Secretary, acting through the Director of the BLM, to manage the withdrawn land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, as the "Charles W. Lindberg Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".

Bill: 110-hr-1253
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2007-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Armed Forces and National Security
Clinics
Congressional tributes
Health
History
Minnesota
Names
Veterans' hospitals
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic on Skyline Drive in Rochester, Minnesota, as the &quot;Charles W. Lindberg Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the level of Government contributions under the Federal employees health benefits program.

Bill: 110-hr-1256
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal employees
Government employees' health insurance
Health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Increases: (1) the biweekly government contribution for health benefits for an employee or annuitant enrolled in the federal employees health benefits program from 72% to 80% of the weighted average of subscription charges; and (2) the limit on the government contribution for an employee or annuitant from 75% to 83% of the subscription charge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the maximum age limit for an original appointment to a position as a Federal law enforcement officer in the case of any individual who has been discharged or released from active duty in the armed forces under honorable conditions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-1258
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Age and employment
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil service retirement
Crime and Law Enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Labor and Employment
Mandatory retirement
Military discharges
Military personnel
Retirement age
Social Welfare
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Sets a maximum age limit of 40 years for an original appointment to a position as a federal law enforcement officer in the case of individuals who have been discharged or released from active duty in the armed forces under honorable conditions. Increases the age at which such an individual must be separated from service as an officer to 60 years of age, with an authorized exemption until age 63.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1261
Sponsor: Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Inflation
Losses
Mutual funds
Partnerships
Real estate investment
Small business
Stocks
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an inflation adjustment based upon the gross domestic product deflator to the adjusted basis of certain assets (including C corporation common stock and tangible property used in a trade or business) held by a taxpayer for more than three years for purposes of determining gain or loss on the sale or other disposition of such assets.

Sets forth rules for applying such inflation adjustment to short sales, regulated investment companies and real estate investment trusts, partnerships and other pass-thru entities, and dispositions of assets between related persons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To permit the Secretary of Education to continue to waive certain regulatory requirements with respect to the use of aid funds for restarting school operations after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Bill: 110-hr-1262
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Federal aid to education
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricanes
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Louisiana
Mississippi
Private schools
Secondary education
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Amends the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 to extend, through FY2008, the authority of the Secretary of Education to waive or modify certain requirements relating to maintenance of effort, supplementary use of funds, and matching funds in providing assistance to Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas and, through them, to local educational agencies and non-public elementary and secondary schools serving areas in which a major disaster was declared relating to Hurricane Katrina or Rita.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral trusts.

Bill: 110-hr-1264
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Commerce
Funeral industry
Income tax
Law
Tax deductions
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the $7,000 limitation on contributions to funeral trusts.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Equity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1265
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Disabled
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Small business
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to award contracts to small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans on the same basis as those awarded to socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses.
 
Requires annual certification to the SBA as to the service-disabled veteran-owned nature of the small business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Butterfield Overland Trail Study Act

Bill: 110-hr-1266
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Arkansas
California
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Landowners
Landscape protection
Missouri
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Right of property
Sports and Recreation
Tennessee
Texas
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Butterfield Overland Trail Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a resource study along the &quot;Ox-Bow Route&quot; of the Butterfield Overland Trail in the states of Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Requires that the study evaluate a range of alternatives for protecting and interpreting the resources of the trail area, including alternatives for potential addition of such area to the National Trails System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
National Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity Assessment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1267
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air pollution control
Carbon dioxide
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Energy
Federal advisory bodies
Geology
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary recovery of gas
Secondary recovery of oil
Storage

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
National Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity Assessment Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), acting through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, to develop a methodology for conducting a national assessment of the geological storage capacity for carbon dioxide. Sets forth elements for the Secretary to consider in developing the methodology. Requires the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cooperate with the Secretary to ensure the usefulness and success of the assessment.

 Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide the heads of stakeholder federal agencies, the heads of state land management agencies, industry stakeholders, and the public with an opportunity to review and comment on the proposed methodology; (2) convene a committee of subject matter experts to review the methodology for capacity and risk estimation; (3) publish a description of the final methodology and issue a public report that responds to the comments received and the methodology review; (4) complete a national assessment of geological storage capacity for carbon dioxide using the methodology; (5) establish a database on the Internet accessible to the public that provides the results of the assessment and includes the data necessary to rank potential storage sites for capacity and risk; and (6) report to Congress on the findings of the assessment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House