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Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1309
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Credit cards
Interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2007 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from: (1) using any adverse information concerning any consumer, including any in a consumer report or any change in the consumer's credit score, as the basis for increasing any annual percentage rate of interest for a credit card account of the consumer's under an open end consumer credit plan; or (2) removing or increasing any introductory annual percentage rate of interest for that account, for reasons other than actions or omissions of the consumer directly related to the account.
 
Requires such limitation on the use of adverse information to be clearly and conspicuously described to the consumer by the credit card issuer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Ambulance Payment Extension Act

Bill: 110-s-1310
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulances
Emergency Management
Medical fees
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Medicare Ambulance Payment Extension Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide an additional 5% increase in Medicare payments for ground ambulance services furnished on or after January 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S5602)
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5602)
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Bristol Bay Protection Act

Bill: 110-s-1311
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-05-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alaska
Bering Sea
Continental shelf
Gas in submerged lands
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas leases
Oil well drilling
Petroleum in submerged lands

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-04
text: 
Bristol Bay Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the conduct of oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the outer Continental Shelf located in the North Aleutian Basin Planning Area.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to exclude such Planning Area from a mandated inventory of oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters of the outer Continental Shelf.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-05-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1312
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2007-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Ballots
Collective bargaining
Government Operations and Politics
Labor unions
Law
National Labor Relations Board
Unfair labor practices

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: 
Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for: (1) an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a labor organization that has not been selected by a majority of the employees in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board; and (2) a labor organization to cause or attempt to cause an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a representative that has not been selected in such manner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 141.
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Servicemembers' Cellular Phone Contract Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1313
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2007-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commerce
Contracts
Families
Fees
Military dependents
Military personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Telecommunication rates
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: 
Servicemembers' Cellular Phone Contract Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow members of the Armed Forces who are called to active duty for a period of not less than 90 days to cancel or suspend their cell phone contracts without incurring early termination or reactivation fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5923-5925)
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1314
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2007-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: 
Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans to establish a separate account for the funding of outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and a separate subaccount for the funding of outreach activities of the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the National Cemetery Administration. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and maintain procedures for ensuring the effective coordination of VA outreach activities between and among such elements, the Office of the Secretary, and the Office of Public Affairs; and (2) ensure that outreach is provided in locations proximate to populations of veterans and other individuals in states that offer a high probability of improving veterans' outreach and assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to appropriate state veterans agencies for such purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5923-5925)
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Firearms by Foreign Convicts Clarification Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1316
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ex-offenders
Families
Family violence
Firearms control

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: 
Firearms by Foreign Convicts Clarification Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to prevent any individual convicted of a felony or crime of domestic violence in a foreign court from possessing a firearm in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5659)
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5658-5659)
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1317
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Congressional tributes
District courts
Government Operations and Politics
Judges
Law
Lawyers
Local officials
Minorities
Minorities in government
New York City
New York State
State legislators
Women
Women in government

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2007 - Authorizes the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design in commemoration of Constance Baker Motley, in recognition of her enduring contributions and service to the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1318
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Affordable housing
Apartment houses
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Residential rehabilitation
Tax exclusion
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: 
Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or exchange of certain multifamily housing property to a housing agency or related organization (preservation entity) that agrees to maintain certain affordability and use restrictions for such property. Limits the excludable amount of such gain to the depreciation adjustments for such property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the conversion of a temporary judgeship for the district of Hawaii to a permanent judgeship.

Bill: 110-s-1319
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2007-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: District courts
Hawaii
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: 
Converts a temporary judgeship for the district of Hawaii to a permanent judgeship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5659)
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5659)
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Terrorism Prevention and Deterrence Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1320
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2007-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Conspiracy
Homicide
International Affairs
Jurisdiction
Kidnapping
Law
Life imprisonment
Murder
Rape
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex crimes
Terrorism
Violence
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: 
Terrorism Prevention and Deterrence Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 25 years (or a life term if a death results) for providing, or attempting or conspiring to provide, material support or resources to a perpetrator of international terrorism, or to a family member or other person associated with such perpetrator, with the intent to facilitate, reward, or encourage any act of international terrorism. Provides for expanded jurisdictional bases for prosecuting such offense.

Increases prison terms for providing material support to terrorists and foreign terrorist organizations and for receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization. Prohibits attempts or conspiracies to receive such training.

Increases criminal penalties for terrorist murders or manslaughters of U.S. nationals outside the United States. Specifies separate criminal penalties for kidnappings and sexual abuse of U.S. nationals outside the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1322
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2007-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Dividends
Employee ownership
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Investments
Labor and Employment
Minimum tax
Pension funds
Stocks
Tax deductions
Tax deferral
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: 
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt certain distributions, including dividends, by S corporations to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) from the penalty tax for premature employee benefit plan withdrawals; (2) exempt deductions for ESOP dividends from corporate alternative minimum tax adjustments based on adjusted earnings and profits; (3) allow deferral of the recognition of gain for certain sales to ESOPs sponsored by any domestic corporation, including S corporations; (4) allow reinvestment of ESOP stock proceeds eligible for nonrecognition of gain in certain mutual funds; (5) modify certain ESOP stock ownership rules; and (6) allow a 
de minimis
 exception from pension plan investment diversification requirements for ESOP accounts with balances of $2,500 or less. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1323
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2007-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Damages
Discovery (Law)
Food industry
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Injunctions
Jurisdiction
Liability (Law)
Marketing
Obesity
Products liability
Retail trade
State courts
Trade associations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: 
Commonsense Consumption Act of 2007 - Prohibits new, and requires dismissal of pending, civil actions by any person against a manufacturer, marketer, distributor, advertiser, or seller of food, or a trade association, for any injury related to a person's accumulated acts of consumption of food and weight gain, obesity, or any associated health condition. Subjects to such prohibition: (1) any action brought by a person other than the person on whose weight gain, obesity, or health condition the action is based; and (2) any derivative action brought by or on behalf of any person or any representative, spouse, parent, child, or other relative of that person.
 
Excludes from this prohibition any actions alleging: (1) a breach of express contract or express warranty provided that the grounds of recovery are unrelated to a person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; (2) a knowing violation of a federal or state statute applicable to the marketing, advertisement, or labeling of food with intent for a person to rely on that violation, where such person relied on that violation, and where such reliance was the proximate cause of injury related to that person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; or (3) a violation brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Federal Trade Commission Act or by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6011-6012)
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Act of July 3, 1890, to provide for the granting to a State of a parcel of land for use as an agricultural college and to proscribe the use of earnings and proceeds thereof.

Bill: 110-s-1325
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2007-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agricultural colleges
Agriculture and Food
Building construction
Construction costs
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Idaho
Land transfers
Land use

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: 
Allows the state of Idaho, notwithstanding provisions of the First Morrill Act, to: (1) invest and manage earnings and proceeds derived from land granted for use as an agricultural college in accordance with the standards applicable to a trustee under Idaho law; (2) deduct from earnings and proceeds generated from granted land any expenses that a trustee is authorized to deduct pursuant to Idaho law; and (3) use earnings and proceeds generated by the granted land for any uses and purposes described in that Act without regard to limitations prohibiting the state from exceeding 10% on the purchase of land and from purchasing, erecting, preserving, or repairing buildings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5719)
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1326
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2007-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Authorization
Cemeteries and funerals
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government life insurance
Grants-in-aid
Health
Health information systems
Housing and Community Development
Housing for the disabled
Insurance premiums
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Law
Lung cancer
Medical records
Medical screening
Military medicine
Military pensions
Mortgages
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: 
Comprehensive Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 2007 - Makes various changes or additions to veterans' compensation, pension, health care, housing, burial, and other benefits, including: (1) a report on veterans who were misclassified as not being catastrophically disabled; (2) a pilot program on veterans' lung cancer screening; (3) a repeal of the prohibition against the concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation or pension and military retired pay; (4) an increase in the rates of veterans' disability compensation; (5) a repeal of the reduction of Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities by the amount of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) received; (6) a report on the adequacy of DIC for survivors of veterans who die from service-connected disabilities; (7) a reduction in premiums under the service-disabled veterans life insurance program; (8) an increase in the veterans' burial plot allowance; (9) an FY2008 authorization of appropriations for the state cemetery grants program; (10) an increase in grant amounts for specially adapted housing for veterans; (11) an increased coverage amount under the veterans' mortgage life insurance program; (12) adjusted veterans' home loan fees; (13) judicial review of the adoption or revision of veterans' disability ratings; (14) establishment of the DOD/VA Clinical Information Data Exchange Bureau; (15) a study and report concerning the disability ratings systems of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); and (16) a report on the provision of assisted living benefits for veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5720-5725)
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5719-5720)
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Uniting American Families Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1328
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2007-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Domestic partners
Families
Immigrants
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Uniting American Families Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include permanent partners (as defined by this Act) within the scope of such Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5727-5729)
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5726-5727)
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Acadia National Park Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1329
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Intermodal transportation
Land transfers
Maine
National parks
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: 
Acadia National Park Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends Public Law 99-420 (relating to the establishment of a permanent boundary for the Acadia National Park in Maine) to prohibit any town in which there is federally owned property under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior which lies outside the boundary of the Park from being eligible to receive such lands unless lands within the Park boundary and owned by such town have been conveyed to the Secretary. 
 
Extends the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission. Makes such extension take effect on September 25, 2006. 
 
Increases the ceiling on the amount of appropriations for the acquisition of lands and interests with respect to the Acadia National Park.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance in the planning, construction, and operation of an intermodal transportation center located outside the Park's boundary, in the town of Trenton, Maine, to improve the management, interpretation, and visitor enjoyment of the Park.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-11
text: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 110-291.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 110-291.
action_date: 2008-01-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-213.
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5729)
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Worker Empowerment Act

Bill: 110-s-1330
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Employment subsidies
Excise tax
Government trust funds
Taxation
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: 
Worker Empowerment Act - Amends the Social Security Act to require each state to implement a reemployment adjustment assistance program that provides payment of 50% of the amount by which the wages received by an individual at the time of his or her separation from employment exceeds (if at all) the wages received by such individual from reemployment.
 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code (relating to employment taxes) to impose a wage insurance contribution excise tax on every employer.
 
Establishes a Wage Insurance Trust Fund in the Treasury, to which the equivalent of any such taxes received shall be appropriated to carry out this Act.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate