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Tribal Government Pension Equality Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2119
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Tribal Government Pension Equality Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the definition of governmental plan with respect to the treatment of the Indian tribal pension plans. Makes the amendments made by this Act effective as if included in section 906 (Treatment of certain pension plans of Indian tribal governments) of the Pension Protection Act of 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to proclaim as reservation for the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a parcel of land now held in trust by the United States for that Indian tribe.

Bill: 110-hr-2120
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands
Michigan
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to proclaim as reservation for the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a specified parcel of land in Michigan now held in trust by the United States for the Tribe.
 
States that the Secretary's proclamation shall be pursuant to section 7 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (relating to new Indian reservations) and shall be deemed effective as of April 19, 1988. 

action_date: 2007-07-30
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to proclaim as reservation for the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a specified parcel of land in Michigan now held in trust by the United States for the Tribe.

States that the Secretary's proclamation shall be pursuant to section 7 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (relating to new Indian reservations), and shall be deemed effective as of April 19, 1988. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2007-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Mrs. Christensen asked unanimous consent discharged from the Committee on the Whole on the State of the Union. (consideration: CR H8826-8827; text of measure as introduced: CR H8827)
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-273.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 175.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-273.
action_date: 2007-07-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-07-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-06-13
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.

Bill: 110-hr-2121
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Land use
Lighthouses and lightships
Michigan
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Modifies a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan. 

action_date: 2007-07-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Modifies a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7440)
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7440)
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2121.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7440)
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Mr. Sarbanes moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2122
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Ambulatory care
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clinics
Congressional reporting requirements
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Electronic government information
Employee rights
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Home care services
Hospital personnel
Hours of labor
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislation
Medical ethics
Medicare
Mental health services
Military hospitals
Nurses
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Veterans' hospitals
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to place limitations on mandatory overtime for nurses, prohibit retaliation against them in any manner with respect to any aspect of employment, and establish civil money penalties for violations of this Act.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on standards to establish for the maximum number of hours that a nurse may work without compromising the safety of patients.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to study and report to Congress on the extent to which federally operated medical facilities have in effect practices and policies for overtime requirements for nurses that are inconsistent with the requirements added by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E961-962)
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-03
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: 2007-05-03
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: 2007-05-03
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: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Federal Agency Data Breach Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-2124
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Computers
Credit insurance
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Fraud
Government paperwork
Government property
Government publicity
Health
Higher education
Identification devices
Identity theft
Labor and Employment
Law
Medical records
Office of Management and Budget
Personnel records
Public records
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Federal Agency Data Breach Protection Act - Amends federal law governing public printing and documents to instruct the Director of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish policies, procedures, and standards for agencies to follow in the event of a breach of data security involving disclosure of sensitive personal information for which harm to an individual could reasonably be expected to result.
 
Requires such policies and procedures to include: (1) timely notification to individuals whose sensitive personal information could be compromised as a result of a breach; (2) guidance on determining how to provide timely notice; and (3) guidance regarding whether additional special actions are necessary and appropriate, including data breach analysis, fraud resolution services, identity theft insurance, and credit protection or monitoring services.
 
Authorizes each agency Chief Information Officer to: (1) enforce data breach policies; and (2) develop an inventory of all personal computers, laptops, or any other hardware containing sensitive personal information.
 
Requires federal agency information security programs to include data breach notification procedures to alert individuals whose sensitive personal information is compromised.
 
 
Makes it the duty of each agency Chief Human Capital Officer to prescribe policies and procedures for employee exit interviews, including a full accounting of all federal personal property assigned to the employee during the course of employment.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2007-05-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E959-960)
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Working Family Child Assistance Act

Bill: 110-hr-2126
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Working Family Child Assistance Act - Amends the Internal Revneue Code to: (1) revise the income threshold formula for calculating the refundable portion of the child tax credit; and (2) repeal the annual inflation adjustment to the threshold amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2128
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administration of justice
Appellate courts
Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil procedure
Court reporting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal procedure
District courts
Due process of law
Government Operations and Politics
Judges
Juries
Photography
Radio broadcasting
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing
Supreme Court
Television broadcasting
Video tape recording
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party. 
 
Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of the right to make such request. 
 
Authorizes the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate advisory guidelines to which a presiding judge may refer in making decisions regarding the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 11.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-09-20
text: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Discharged.
action_date: 2007-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Transform America Transaction Fee Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2130
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative fees
Air cargo
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Aviation safety
Border patrols
Collection of accounts
Community development
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumption
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Treasury
Depressed areas
Detention of persons
Earned income tax credit
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Excise tax
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal employees
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire fighters
Fiscal policy
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Health insurance
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Immigration
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Infrastructure
Interest
International Affairs
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Law
Law enforcement officers
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Military pay
Minimum tax
Misconduct in office
Mortgages
National Guard
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Paramedical personnel
Pay equity
Police
Progressive taxation
Public debt
Public schools
Revenue sharing
Rural economic development
Sales tax
Saving and investment
Secondary education
Security measures
Social Welfare
Social security finance
Tax administration
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax expenditures
Tax incentives
Tax penalties
Tax rates
Tax rebates
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Turnover tax
Urban affairs
Urban economic development
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Comprehensive Transform America Transaction Fee Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct an in-depth study on the implementation of a transaction fee in the United States to replace all existing federal taxes. Sets forth guidelines for such study, including: (1) an identification of the transactions to which such fee would apply; (2) exclusions from such fee; (3) the rate of such fee; (4) potential uses for revenue from such fee; (5) progressivity standards; and (6) general matters, including point of liability for such fee and responsibility for collection. 

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the results of such study within one year after the enactment of this Act with a comprehensive analysis of various aspects of the transaction fee, including revenue generation, impact on the national economy, and implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Thomas J. Manton Prostate Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2131
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood pressure
Cholesterol
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Medicaid
Medical screening
Medical tests
Preventive medicine
Prostate cancer
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Thomas J. Manton Prostate Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states to carry out: (1) prostate cancer prevention programs (including screening and referrals for treatment); and (2) demonstration projects to provide preventive health services with respect to prostate cancer (including blood pressure and cholesterol screenings). 
 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow states to provide medical assistance to individuals who have been screened for prostate cancer under this Act and who need treatment for prostate cancer. 
 
Applies provisions related to breast and cervical cancer programs to programs under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Health Plans Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2132
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Grants-in-aid
Health insurance
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Profit
Reinsurance
Small business
Subsidies
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Small Business Health Plans Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a small business health benefits program (SBHBP) under which small employers may offer health insurance coverage to employees and their dependents. Outlines program elements and coverage requirements, including that small employers are provided access to qualified health pooling arrangements under which their employees may elect coverage substantially similar to the federal employees benefit program (FEHB) coverage. 

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a program of premium assistance for small employers under SBHBP that provides a sliding scale of assistance based on the number of employees, the average wage level of such employees, and the employer profit margin; (2) provide for reinsurance coverage for an individual's claims that exceed a specified amount for a year; and (3) provide grants to states for the establishment, initial administration, and operations of qualified health pooling arrangements. 

Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor to provide for a national health pooling arrangement for eligible small employers modeled after FEHB.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Parent's Right to Know Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2134
Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Child health
Contraceptives
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family planning and birth control
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Minors
Parent and child
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Parent's Right to Know Act of 2007 - Prohibits any funds appropriated for carrying out federal family planning programs from being made available to any family planning project if any service provider in the project knowingly provides contraceptive drugs or devices to a minor, unless: (1) such provider has given actual written notice to a custodial parent or legal guardian at least five business days prior to providing the drugs or prescription devices; (2) the minor has written consent of a parent or legal guardian; (3) the minor is emancipated; or (4) a court has directed that the minor may receive such drugs or prescription devices. 
 
Requires providers to certify to the Secretary of Health and Human Services compliance with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in House