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No Sanctuary for Illegals Act

Bill: 110-hr-3549
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2007-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Illegal aliens
Intergovernmental fiscal relations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: 
No Sanctuary for Illegals Act - Prohibits the distribution of federal funds to a state or a political subdivision of a state that is determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to be interfering with federal immigration law enforcement. 
 
Terminates such prohibition when the Secretary certifies that the state or political subdivision has entered into an agreement with the Secretary to cease such interference.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
AMERICA Act of 2007: A Modest Effort to Read and Instill the Constitution Again

Bill: 110-hr-3550
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2007-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional employees
Congressional publicity
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional sessions
Constitutional amendments
Law
Members of Congress
Reading

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: 
AMERICA Act of 2007: A Modest Effort to Read and Instill the Constitution Again - Expresses the sense of Congress that since Members of Congress swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States, write laws regarding the powers granted to the government, and propose constitutional amendments, they should be required to read this important document, including its amendments.
 
Directs every Senator and Representative to obtain copies of the Constitution, distribute them to their staff, and require the staff to read it at least once during each session of Congress.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1839)
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10409-10410)
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Federal Merit System Reauthorization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3551
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2007-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Authorization
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Due process of law
Economics and Public Finance
Federal employees
Government ethics
Homosexuality
Law
Merit Systems Protection Board
Office of Special Counsel
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: 
Federal Merit System Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 to authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2010 for the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and the Office of Special Counsel (OSC).

Repudiates assertions that federal employees are not protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Expresses the sense of Congress that discrimination on such basis against federal employees and applicants is currently prohibited. Prohibits any federal employee who has authority to take, direct, recommend, or approve any personnel action from discriminating for or against any federal employee or applicant on such basis.

Revises procedures of the MSPB and OSC, including by requiring the MSPB to use the National Labor Relations Board model for procedural due process and by requiring the OSC to prescribe regulations necessary to receive and investigate allegations of prohibited personnel practices.

Requires the Special Counsel to have professional experience that demonstrates an understanding of and a commitment to protecting the merit based civil service.

Requires the OSC to publish specified whistleblower disclosures and reports.

Sets forth MSPB and OSC reporting requirements with respect to incidences of prohibited personnel practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 5 - 3 .
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1899)
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the definition of "refugee" spouses of persons who have been forced to abort a pregnancy or undergo involuntary sterilization.

Bill: 110-hr-3552
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2007-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Abortion
Families
Family violence
Health
Married people
Refugees
Sterilization (Birth control)

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the definition of &quot;refugee&quot; the legally recognized spouse of a person who has been forced to abort a pregnancy or undergo involuntary sterilization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and improve certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3553
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Compensation (Law)
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: 
Sets $25 million as the maximum amount per fiscal year for reimbursement to states and local agencies administering veterans' education benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
New IDEA (Illegal Deduction Elimination Act)

Bill: 110-hr-3554
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2007-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alien labor
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax deductions
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: 
New IDEA (Illegal Deduction Elimination Act) - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for wages paid to or on behalf of an unauthorized alien.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the implementation of policies to prohibit States from providing quality health coverage to children in need under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

Bill: 110-hr-3555
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2007-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Law
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: 
Makes null and void the August 17, 2007, letter to State Health Officials from the Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requiring states that have established or that expand the income eligibility level for children under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act above 250% of the federal poverty level to comply with new requirements as a condition of covering such children. Declares that such letter shall not be applied.

Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from: (1) promulgating or implementing any requirement, rule, or provision similar to any requirement in the August 17, 2007, letter; or (2) applying any such requirement to any state plan amendment or waiver expanding the income eligibility level for children under title XXI.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to provide an additional 12 weeks of leave for a family member to care for a member of the Armed Forces who is seriously injured in combat.

Bill: 110-hr-3556
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23]
Introduced: 2007-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Caregivers
Disabled
Families
Family leave
Health
Military medicine
Military personnel
National Guard
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Veterans' medical care
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: 
Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 24 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period to care for a spouse, parent, son, or daughter who is an injured member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or a Reserve, who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy for a serious combat-related injury or illness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Restore American Dream Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3557
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2007-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Death
Divorce
Employee benefit plans
Families
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: 
Restore American Dream Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax-exempt homeownership plans. Allows a tax deduction from gross income for cash contributions to such plans. 

Defines &quot;homeownership plan&quot; as a trust established for the exclusive purpose of paying the costs (e.g., downpayment, interest, mortgage insurance, closing costs, etc.) of acquiring a principal residence by an individual who has never owned a principal residence. 

Excludes from gross income distributions from a homeownership plan used to pay the costs of acquiring a principal residence. Sets forth rules governing: (1) transfers of an interest in a plan due to death or divorce; (2) penalties for making distributions from a plan for purposes other than to acquire a principal residence; and (3) employer homeownership plans established for the benefit of their employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Introduced in House
Military Eye Trauma Treatment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3558
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2007-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed forces abroad
Brain
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Eye care
Eye diseases
Governmental investigations
Head injuries
Health
Health information systems
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Medical research
Medical screening
Middle East and North Africa
Military hospitals
Military medicine
Military operations
Science, Technology, Communications
South Asia
Surgery
Trauma care
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: 
Military Eye Trauma Treatment Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to establish within the Department of Defense (DOD) the Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries to: (1) develop and oversee the Military Eye Injury Registry for tracking the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for each case of eye injury incurred by a member of the Armed Forces while on active duty; and (2) ensure the electronic exchange of Registry information with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) include in the Registry records of members who incurred eye injuries while on active duty on or after September 11, 2001, but before the Registry's establishment; and (2) report to Congress on the Center's establishment.
 
Directs the Secretary and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a cooperative study on neuro-optometric screening and diagnosis of members with traumatic brain injury (TBI) by military medical treatment facilities and VA medical centers for purposes of vision screening, diagnosis, rehabilitative management, and vision research on visual dysfunction related to TBI.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act

Bill: 110-hr-3559
Sponsor: Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2007-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Families
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Television and children
Television programs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: 
Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act - Amends the Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in applying regulations prohibiting the broadcasting of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may constitute indecent programming.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization Act

Bill: 110-hr-3560
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Commemorations
Commerce
Conservation easements
Corporations
Easements
Environmental Protection
Historic sites
History
Indian claims
Indian lands
Indigenous peoples
Land transfers
Lumber trade
National forests
Natural areas
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Timber sales
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: 
Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization Act - Authorizes Sealaska Corporation to select and receive conveyance of its remaining Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) land entitlement from federal lands in southeast Alaska from each of the following categories: (1) specified economic development land; (2) specified sites with sacred, cultural, traditional, or historical significance; and (3) specified native enterprise sites with traditional and recreational use value. Requires the Secretary of Interior to complete the conveyance of land to Sealaska within 180 days of selection.

Declares that upon the exhaustion of Sealaska's remaining land entitlement under ANCSA and the completion of the conveyances of the land selected, the original southeast Alaska withdrawals shall expire and the lands within the withdrawals that are not conveyed to a Southeast Alaska Regional or Village Corporation shall be returned to the unencumbered management of the U.S. Forest Service as a part of the Tongass National Forest.

Prohibits Sealaska from selecting or receiving conveyance of lands from within any Conservation System Unit, federally designated wilderness areas, or Land Use Designation I or II Areas.

Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) covenants and conditions on land conveyances to Sealaska, including subjecting conveyances of specified lands to a covenant prohibiting commercial timber harvesting; (2) authorized uses for the sacred, cultural, traditional, and historic sites; and (3) nonexclusive access and use rights that are required to be included in conveyances to Sealaska of native enterprise sites.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1913)
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3561
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Chronically ill
Community health services
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Health services administration
Medically uninsured
Preventive medicine
Quality of care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: 
Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to assist in developing integrated health care delivery systems to serve defined communities of individuals to: (1) improve efficiency and coordination among providers; (2) assist local communities in developing programs targeted toward preventing and managing chronic diseases; and (3) expand and enhance services provided.

Requires eligible entities to represent a balanced consortium whose principal purpose is to ensure sustained capacity for the provision of a broad range of coordinated services for all residents, including at least one of each of the following providers that serve the community (with exceptions): (1) a federally qualified health center; (2) rural health clinics and rural health networks; (3) a hospital with a low-income utilization rate that is greater than 25% or a critical access hospital; (4) a public health department; and (5) an interested public or private sector health care provider or an organization that has traditionally served medically uninsured and low-income individuals.

Authorizes the Secretary, in awarding grants, to accord priority to applicants that demonstrate the greatest unmet need for a more coordinated system of care.

Authorizes a grantee to use amounts provided only for: (1) direct expenses associated with achieving greater integration of a health care delivery system to directly provide or ensure the provision of a broad range of culturally competent services; and (2) direct patient care and service expansions to fill identified or documented gaps within an integrated delivery system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Property Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3562
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9]
Introduced: 2007-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Local taxation
Property tax
State taxation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: 
Property Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow state and local real property taxes paid on a principal residence as a deduction from gross income (thus allowing taxpayers who do not itemize their tax deductions to claim such deduction).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Introduced in House