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Early Educator Loan Forgiveness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2655
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child development
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government lending
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Preschool education
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Early Educator Loan Forgiveness Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to replace the loan forgiveness demonstration program for child care providers with a program providing student loan forgiveness or cancellation under the Federal Family Education Loan or Direct Loan programs to borrowers who are employed for at least five consecutive complete school years as early childhood educators who work directly with children in eligible preschool or early childhood education programs in low-income communities.
 
Requires such educators to have completed a baccalaureate or advanced degree in early childhood development, early childhood education, or in a field related to early childhood education.
 
Limits such forgiveness or cancellation to no more than $5,000 of the borrower's loan outstanding upon completion of five years of service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1259)
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2657
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Contractors
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Employee benefit plans
Employee leasing
Employee rights
Injunctions
Labor contracts
Law
Legal fees
Part-time employment
Pension funds
Temporary employment
Wage restitution

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to prohibit employers from disqualifying employees from benefits under their pension and welfare plans by misclassifying or reclassifying employee status. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Agricultural Producers Value-Added Investment Tax Credit Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2658
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agribusiness
Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural machinery
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Families
Family farms
Farmers
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Minimum tax
Partnerships
Small business
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Agricultural Producers Value-Added Investment Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals who materially participate in a farming business and certain farmer-owned entities a business tax credit up to $30,000 for investment in qualified value-added agricultural property. Defines &quot;qualified value-added agricultural property&quot; as depreciable property which is used to add value to a good or product, suitable for food or nonfood use, derived in whole or in part from organic matter which is available on a renewable basis, including agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood wastes and residues, and domesticated animal wastes. Terminates the credit after 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1258-1259)
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2659
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Earnings
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Government trust funds
Health
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Rent
Self-employed
Social Welfare
Social security finance
Social security taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act to treat payments under the Conservation Acreage Reserve Program as rentals from real estate and thus not self employment income subject to employment tax. Transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to specified social security trust funds amounts necessary to cover any reductions in trust fund revenues resulting from this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
2007 Civil Rights Pay Fairness Act

Bill: 110-hr-2660
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Civil rights enforcement
Claims
Discrimination in employment
Employers' liability
Law
Limitation of actions
Salaries
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
2007 Civil Rights Pay Fairness Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to increase the length of time an aggrieved person has to file a charge of an alleged unlawful employment practice.
 
 Declares that, for enforcement of unlawful employment practices provisions, an unlawful employment practice occurs with respect to compensation when an aggrieved person is injured as a result of a compensation calculation attributable in whole or in part to the application or continuation of a compensation decision that was made at any time before a charge relating to such calculation is filed and was made for an intentionally discriminatory purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Education for Public Service Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2661
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Charities
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Higher education
Income
Labor and Employment
Local employees
Married people
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare
State employees
Student loan funds
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Education for Public Service Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to forgive the balance due on Direct Loans and direct consolidation loans by individuals who have been public sector employees for 10 years and have made 120 income contingent payments on such loans. 
 
Revises income contingent Direct Loan repayment schedules for married borrowers to attribute to the borrower one-half (rather than all) of the combined adjusted gross income of the borrower and the borrower's spouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1380-1381)
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Transportation to collect certain data pertaining to cancelled and diverted flights of air carriers.

Bill: 110-hr-2662
Sponsor: Rep. Schmidt, Jean [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Business records
Commerce
Consumer education
Customer service
Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Science, Technology, Communications
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) require each air carrier that submits an airline service quality performance report to the Secretary to also submit a monthly report on each diverted flight and canceled flight of the air carrier; and (2) publish such data on the Department of Transportation's website. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend a requirement for the prescreening of air passengers to international flights that overfly the United States.

Bill: 110-hr-2663
Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air routes
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airspace (Law)
Aviation safety
Business records
Commerce
Computer matching
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Department of Homeland Security
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
International Affairs
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Science, Technology, Communications
Territorial waters
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Amends prescreening of international airline passengers provisions to extend the Department of Homeland Security 's (DHS) authority to compare passenger information against the consolidated and integrated terrorist watchlist maintained by the federal government before departure of an international flight to any international flight that overflies the United States (Under current law, DHS is limited to comparing passenger information against a watchlist before departure of any international flight to or from the United States).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
To require the Federal Government to reimburse a State or local government for financial losses incurred when an employee of the State or local government who performs public safety or first responder duties and who is also a member of a reserve component of the uniformed services is called or ordered to active duty for a period of more than 30 days.

Bill: 110-hr-2664
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Compensation (Law)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Labor and Employment
Law
Law enforcement officers
Local employees
Paramedical personnel
Police
Salaries
State employees
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, at the request of a state or local government that has one or more first responder employees who are also members of a reserve component and absent from their employment as first responders under a call or order to serve on active duty for more than 30 days, to reimburse the state or local government by the amount actually paid by the state or local government to such employees during their absence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Upper Connecticut River Partnership Act

Bill: 110-hr-2665
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Anadromous fishes
Animals
Boats and boating
Commemorations
Environmental Protection
Fishery management
Habitat conservation
Historic sites
History
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
New Hampshire
Outdoor recreation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Riparian ecology
Rivers
Scenic byways
Shore protection
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Vermont
Watersheds
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Upper Connecticut River Partnership Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Connecticut River Grants and Technical Assistance Program to provide grants and technical assistance to the governments of New Hampshire and Vermont, local governments, nonprofits, and the private sector to carry out projects for the conservation, restoration, and interpretation of historic and other resources in the Connecticut River watershed. Limits to a maximum of 75% the federal share of the cost of any project funded by a grant under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2666
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ammunition
Business records
Child safety
Commerce
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Families
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Larceny
Law
Licenses
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2007 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a person from possessing a firearm unless that person has been issued a firearm license under this Act or a state system certified under this Act and such license has not been invalidated or revoked. Prescribes license application, issuance, and renewal requirements.
Prohibits transferring or receiving a qualifying firearm unless the recipient presents a valid firearms license, the license is verified, and the dealer records a tracking authorization number. Prescribes firearms transfer reporting and record keeping requirements. Directs the Attorney General to establish and maintain a federal record of sale system.
Prohibits: (1) transferring a firearm to any person other than a licensee, unless the transfer is processed through a licensed dealer in accordance with national instant criminal background check system requirements, with exceptions; (2) a licensed manufacturer or dealer from failing to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements of this Act; (3) failing to report the loss or theft of the firearm to the Attorney General within 72 hours; (4) failing to report to the Attorney General an address change within 60 days; or (5) keeping a loaded firearm, or an unloaded firearm and ammunition for the firearm, knowingly or recklessly disregarding the risk that a child is capable of gaining access, if a child uses the firearm and causes death or serious bodily injury.
Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of firearms provisions covered by this Act.
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish and maintain a firearm injury information clearinghouse; (2) conduct continuing studies and investigations of firearm-related deaths and injuries; and (3) collect and maintain current production and sales figures of each licensed manufacturer.
Authorizes the Attorney General to certify state firearm licensing or record of sale systems.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1259)
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Farmers' Market Nutrition Pilot Program of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2667
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Disabled
Food relief
Fruit
Herbs
Marketing of farm produce
Nutrition
Social Welfare
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Disabled Farmers' Market Nutrition Pilot Program of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a farmers' market nutrition pilot program for disabled individuals in California, the Northeast, the Southeast, and the Midwest.
 
States that the program's purposes are to: (1) provide fresh, locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from farmers' markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs to low-income disabled individuals; (2) increase domestic consumption of agricultural commodities; and (3) develop new and additional farmers' markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2668
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Class size
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational statistics
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Employment tests
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Mentoring
Paraprofessional school personnel
Parent-school relationships
Private schools
Rating of teachers
Reading
Recruiting of employees
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a grants program to reduce class size through the use of fully-qualified teachers.
 
Allots funds to states and local educational agencies to recruit, hire, and train additional teachers, in order to: (1) reduce class sizes nationally, in grades one through three, to an average of 18 students per classroom; and (2) improve teaching in those grades so that all students can learn to read independently and well by the end of the third grade.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Employment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2670
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2007-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee rights
Employee selection
Employers' liability
Industrial relations
Law
Unfair labor practices

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: 
Truth in Employment Act of 2007 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that nothing in specified prohibitions against unfair labor practices by employers shall be construed as requiring an employer to employ any person who seeks or has sought employment with the employer in furtherance of other employment or agency status. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Real Access to College Education Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2672
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2007-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Education
Higher education
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: 
Real Access to College Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers (and their spouses if a joint return is filed) a tax deduction from gross income for post-secondary educational expenses, including tuition and related expenses and room and board. Limits the annual amount of such deduction to $13,150, subject to an adjustment based on the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Introduced in House