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Ethics in Foreign Lobbying Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2350
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2007-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aliens
Campaign funds
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional Record
Congressional elections
Congressional hearings
Congressional information resources
Congressional witnesses
Data banks
Decision making
Executive reorganization
Federal Election Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign agents
Foreign corporations
Fraud
Fund raising
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Independent regulatory commissions
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Law
Lobbying
Political action committees
Presidential elections
Public records
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Trade associations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: 
Ethics in Foreign Lobbying Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and expenditures in federal elections by multicandidate political committees or separate segregated funds sponsored by foreign-controlled corporations and associations (at least 50% owned by a non-U.S. citizen or foreign national). Sets forth ownership and operating fund reporting requirements. 

Prohibits a foreign national from participating in the decision-making process of any person's election-related activities (such as those of a corporation, labor organization, or political committee). Establishes within the Federal Election Commission a clearinghouse of existing public information regarding the political activities of foreign principals and agents of foreign principals. Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to: (1) revise foreign agents' supplemental reporting requirements; and (2) provide civil penalties for specified reporting violations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Cancer Screening, Treatment, and Survivorship Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2353
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2007-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Cancer
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to health facilities
Health education
Higher education
Indian medical care
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Minorities
Mortality
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: 
Cancer Screening, Treatment, and Survivorship Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make matching grants to states or Indian tribes for: (1) cancer screening and referrals; (2) developing and disseminating public information and education programs for the detection and control of certain cancers; (3) improving the education, training and skills of health professionals in detecting certain cancers; and (4) establishing mechanisms to monitor the quality of screening procedures. 

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow states to provide coverage under Medicaid for individuals not otherwise eligible who are under the age 65 and who: (1) have been screened for cancer and have been referred for treatment; or (2) have been diagnosed or treated for cancer.

Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), to expand research programs to identify and improve cancer screening and testing protocols and tools, with particular emphasis on those cancers with the highest incidence of mortality and disability. 

Directs the Secretary to award grants for activities to raise public awareness to ensure widespread use of cancer screening programs and access to the best available screening and testing services.

Requires the Director of NIH to: (1) expand cancer survivorship research activities at NCI-designated cancer centers; and (2) provide assistance to such centers for research to evaluate models of survivorship care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Reservists and Guardsmen Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2355
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2007-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
National Guard
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: 
Reservists and Guardsmen Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2008 the exemption from tax penalties for premature distributions from retirement plans by members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve called to active duty. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1068)
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2357
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2007-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Coinsurance
Comprehensive health care
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medicare
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
National health insurance
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: 
MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (Medikids Program), which creates a program to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage, including prescription drugs for all children meeting specified age requirements.

Creates the MediKids Trust Fund. 

Expands the membership of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to 19.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a MediKids premium for the taxable year, with an exemption for very low-income taxpayers; and (2) create a refundable tax credit providing a catastrophic limit on MediKids cost-sharing expenses.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to propose a gradual schedule of progressive tax changes to fund the Medikids program, as the number of enrollees grows in the out-years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1089)
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Voting Enhancement and Security Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2360
Sponsor: Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2007-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Auditing
Congress
Congressional elections
Election Assistance Commission
Emergency Management
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Presidential elections
Security measures
Standards
State laws
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: 
Voting Enhancement and Security Act of 2007 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Technical Guidelines Development Committee to develop for the Election Assistance Commission specific guidelines, meeting certain criteria, for the operation of electronic voting equipment in federal elections. Requires states to comply with such guidelines.
 
Requires states to: (1) administer audits of the results of federal elections held in the state in accordance with a state audit plan; and (2) develop and implement election security protocols for protecting the voting equipment and contingency plans for addressing voting system failures and other emergencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Renewable Energy Tax Credit Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2361
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2007-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Diesel motor
Energy
Energy crops
Environmental Protection
Feedstock
Income tax
Oils and fats
Refuse as fuel
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: 
Responsible Renewable Energy Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the tax credit for renewable diesel used as fuel for any fuel derived from coprocessing biomass with a feedstock that is not biomass.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
To reduce the duty on certain golf club components.

Bill: 110-hr-2362
Sponsor: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2007-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce the duty on golf club driver heads.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Generating Opportunity by Forgiving Educational Debt for Service Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2363
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Recruiting and enlistment
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Student loan funds
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: 
Generating Opportunity by Forgiving Educational Debt for Service Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income student loan repayments by the federal government on behalf of federal employees and members of the Armed Forces on active duty. Exempts such repayments from social security taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5627)
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 35, United States Code, to limit damages and other remedies with respect to patents for tax planning methods.

Bill: 110-hr-2365
Sponsor: Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]
Introduced: 2007-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Damages
Income tax
Injunctions
Intellectual property
Law
Legal fees
Patent infringement
Tax consultants
Tax planning
Taxation
Taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: 
Prohibits a civil action and certain civil remedies against taxpayers or tax practitioners for infringement of a patent for tax planning methods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Access to Contraceptives Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2367
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2007-05-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Abortion
Contraceptives
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Nongovernmental organizations
Preventive medicine
Sexually transmitted diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: 
Ensuring Access to Contraceptives Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to furnish assistance to provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. 
 
States that a nongovernmental organization shall not be subject to eligibility requirements relating to the use of non-U.S. government funds that are more restrictive than those that apply to a foreign government. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5338)
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Card Fortification Act

Bill: 110-hr-2368
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2007-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative fees
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Delegation of powers
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Security measures
Social Security Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: 
Social Security Card Fortification Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prescribe requirements for an updated social security card, including security features to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or duplication of the card for fraudulent purposes and use.
 
Allows the Commissioner of Social Security to charge a reasonable fee to the recipient as a condition for issuance of a card.
 
Authorizes the Commissioner, through a Memorandum of Understanding and a reimbursement of costs, to delegate to the Secretary of Homeland Security the process of meeting the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authorization of appropriations for the Office of Government Ethics through fiscal year 2011.

Bill: 110-hr-2369
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Government ethics
Office of Government Ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: 
Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for the Office of Government Ethics for FY2008-FY2011. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2370
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2007-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Dental care
Disabled
Education
Education savings accounts
Elementary and secondary education
Employment of the disabled
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Housing for the disabled
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Medical savings accounts
Relocation
Saving and investment
Self-help devices for the disabled
Social Welfare
Special education
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Tax penalties
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation and the disabled
Trusts and trustees
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: 
Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax-exempt financial security accounts for individuals with disabilities to pay certain expenses of such individuals, including expenses for education, medical care, and employment training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1075)
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Deamonte's Law

Bill: 110-hr-2371
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2007-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Building construction
Child health
Clinics
Construction costs
Continuing education
Dental care
Dentistry
Dentists
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Higher education
Hospitals
Labor and Employment
Medical education
Medical residents
Medical supplies
Recruiting of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: 
Deamonte's Law - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to federally qualified health centers to expand and improve the provision of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations by: (1) recruiting dentists, pediatric dentists, or dentists with pediatric training to provide pediatric dental services; (2) purchasing or renting dental equipment; (3) constructing and expanding space; and (4) allowing contractual relationships between such health centers and private dental providers to increase access to dental care for adults.

Requires the Secretary to make grants to schools of dentistry and hospitals with accredited training programs to increase the number of individuals who pursue academic programs in pediatric dentistry by: (1) establishing, maintaining, or improving pre- and post-doctoral academic programs in pediatric dentistry; (2) recruiting and training dental students to pursue training in pediatric dentistry; (3) strengthening training in pediatric dentistry within advanced education in general dentistry and general practice residencies in dentistry programs; or (4) recruiting and training practicing dentists through continuing education programs in pediatric dentistry. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5687, E1140-1141)
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House