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Military Valor Roll of Honor Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3769
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Coast guard
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
Data banks
Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Merchant marine
Merchant seamen
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: 
Military Valor Roll of Honor Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish the Military Valor Roll of Honor registry which shall: (1) contain the names and citations of all members of the Armed Forces, members of the U.S. merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service), and civilians affiliated with the Armed Forces who have been awarded the medal of honor or any other medal authorized by Congress for the Armed Forces, the U.S. merchant marine, or affiliated civilians; and (2) be a publicly available database. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
Qualified Personal Service Corporations Clarification Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3770
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2007-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Affiliated corporations
Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Employee ownership
Engineering
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Partnerships
Service industries
Stockholders
Stocks
Subsidiary corporations
Tax administration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Qualified Personal Service Corporations Clarification Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the criteria for determining whether a corporation is a qualified personal service corporation. Includes within the definition of qualified personal service corporation a qualifying corporation substantially all of whose stock is held by certain former employees (thus permitting such corporation to use the cash method of accounting).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
State and Local Candidate Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3771
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2007-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Campaign funds
Election candidates
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: State and Local Candidate Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the graduated income tax rates applicable to principal campaign committees of candidates for Congress shall also apply to all comparable committees of candidates for state and local offices.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Enrique Soriano and Areli Soriano.

Bill: 110-hr-3772
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Provides for the relief of Enrique Soriano and Areli Soriano.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Access to Safe Mortgages Act

Bill: 110-hr-3777
Sponsor: Rep. Bean, Melissa L. [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2007-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal incorporation
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Housing finance
Law
Mortgage banks
Mortgages
Secondary mortgage market

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: 
Protecting Access to Safe Mortgages Act - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to increase mortgage portfolio limitations placed upon: (1) the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae); and (2) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), respectively.
 
Instructs the Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to lift: (1) the limitation on growth provision set forth in the Fannie Mae Consent Order; and (2) the voluntary temporary growth limitation described in a certain Freddie Mac Letter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
HOMES Act

Bill: 110-hr-3778
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2007-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy courts
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Debtor and creditor
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Law
Mortgage interest rates
Mortgages
Real estate appraisal
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: 
Home Owners Mortgage and Equity Savings Act, or the HOMES Act - Amends federal bankruptcy law governing mortgage loans to authorize modification of a (mortgage) claim secured by an interest in real property initiated before September 26, 2007, that is the debtor's principal residence. 

Allows the principal amount of such a mortgage loan to be lowered to the fair market value, if less than such amount, of the real property securing the loan at the time of the submission of the debtor's plan for the payment of debts. Permits waiver of otherwise applicable early repayment or prepayment penalties. Permits, also, prohibition of, delay in, or voiding of any adjustments to the rate of interest in the case of an adjustable rate mortgage.

Permits the bankruptcy court, in the case of a chapter 13 debtor (individual with regular income), to consider certain interest, late fees, or other fees to be a voidable transfer if the court finds there was a substantial failure to disclose material terms regarding such interest or fees related to a mortgage claim.

Authorizes delay of the prerequisite that debtor obtain counseling from an approved credit counseling agency before filing the petition in bankruptcy, if the debtor submits to the court a certification that the holder of a claim secured by the debtor's principal residence has initiated foreclosure on that residence.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the impact of allowing bankruptcy judges to restructure principal residence mortgages on the secondary market for mortgages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Andrew Larochelle God, Family, and Country Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3779
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Church and state
Commemorations
Flags
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: 
Andrew Larochelle God, Family, and Country Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Architect of the Capitol to permit the acknowledgment of God on flag certificates issued at the request of a Member of the United States House of Representatives or of the United States Senate.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Military Child College Affordability Act

Bill: 110-hr-3780
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17]
Introduced: 2007-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
College costs
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Military dependents
Military personnel
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: 
Military Child College Affordability Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit a state from charging members of the armed forces who are on active duty for more than 30 days and whose domicile or permanent duty station is in such state, and such members' dependents, more than the in-state tuition for attending a public institution of higher education (IHE) in that state. 
 
Provides that, even if such members' permanent duty station is subsequently changed to a location outside the state, they or their dependents must continue to be charged no more than the in-state tuition if they remain continuously enrolled at such IHE in the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Biodiesel Promotion and Quality Assurance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3781
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9]
Introduced: 2007-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Biomass energy
Commerce
Consumer education
Diesel motor
Energy
Energy prices
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Labeling
Law
Local laws
Motor vehicle pollution control
Service stations
Standards
State laws
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: 
Biodiesel Promotion and Quality Assurance Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations to ensure that diesel fuel sold in the United States contains the volume of biodiesel specified for 2008 through 2012. Requires the Administrator to determine the volume for 2013 and thereafter based on a review of the program. Requires at least 80% of the minimum applicable volume for each of 2008 through 2012 to be biodiesel.

Requires the biodiesel fuel standards to contain compliance provisions applicable to refineries, blenders, distributors, and importers. Prohibits such standards from restricting geographic areas in which biodiesel may be used or imposing any per-gallon obligation for the use of biodiesel.

Authorizes the Administrator to reduce the quantity of biodiesel required by a specified amount if market circumstances would make the price of biodiesel fuel unreasonable.

 Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede any biodiesel mandate provided in any state or local law enacted as of January 1, 2008.
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) promulgate regulations to ensure that only high-quality biodiesel that is consistent with appropriate International standards is introduced into commerce; and (2) establish an inspection program to ensure that biodiesel and biodiesel blends entering commerce meet such standards. Prohibits the production of distribution of biodiesel, a biodiesel blend, or any bio-based diesel replacement that does not meet American Society of Testing and Materials standards, regardless of whether the Administrator promulgates such regulations.
 
Requires retail diesel fuel pumps to be labeled to inform consumers of the percent of biodiesel in the biodiesel blend. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Trans Fat Truth in Labeling Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3783
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2007-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Labeling
Law
Oils and fats

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: 
Trans Fat Truth in Labeling Act of 2007 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to promulgate a final regulation revising federal regulations applicable to the declaration of the trans fat content on a food label to require that if the trans fat content of a serving of a food is less than .5 grams and is declared in the nutrition information on the label or in the labeling of the food, such content shall be expressed through the use of an asterisk or other notation stating that such content is less than .5 grams (instead of zero).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Long Term Care Quality Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3784
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2007-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefit plans
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing homes
Social Welfare
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: 
Long Term Care Quality Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities to separately report expenditures for wages and benefits for nursing staff (by staff level, breaking out (at a minimum) registered nurses, licensed professional nurses, and certified nurse assistants).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-10-09
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: 2007-10-09
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: 2007-10-09
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: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Dave Thomas Adoption Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3785
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Annuities
Costs
Families
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Pension funds
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Dave Thomas Adoption Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow for penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans if used to pay adoption expenses.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Servicemembers Telecom Contract Relief Act

Bill: 110-hr-3786
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2007-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Cable television
Commerce
Contracts
Internet
Iraq compilation
Military personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone
Television relay systems
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: 
Servicemembers Telecom Contract Relief Act - Allows a person in military service to terminate a telecommunications contract for cellular phone service, cable or satellite television service, or internet service at any time after: (1) entry into military service; or (2) the date of the station or deployment orders. 
 
Requires for termination that: (1) the contract is executed by or on behalf of a person who thereafter and during the term of the contract enters military service (or receives order to enter military service) under an order specifying a period of not less than 90 days (or who enters military service under an order specifying a period of 90 days or less and who, without a break in service, receives orders extending the period of military service to a period of not less than 90 days); or (2) the person enters into the contract while in military service and thereafter receives military orders for a permanent change of station outside of the continental United States, or to deploy with a military unit for a period of not less than 90 days, to a location that does not support continuation of the service under the contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Land-In-Trust Public Hearing Act

Bill: 110-hr-3787
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2007-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Indian lands
Minorities
Public meetings

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: 
Land-In-Trust Public Hearing Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, at least six months before approving any application to take land into trust for an Indian tribe, to hold at least one public hearing in the surrounding community where the land is located in order to ascertain the community's needs and interests. 
 
Instructs the Secretary to solicit comments from the public at hearings held pursuant to such requirement and to ensure that comments received or related to such hearings are part of the record. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2095)
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that no Federal law shall prevent the Tuscarora Nation of Indians of the Carolinas from seeking Federal recognition as an Indian tribe, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3788
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2007-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Minorities
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: 
Prohibits neither the Lumbee Act of June 7, 1956, (relating to the designation of certain Indian inhabitants of North Carolina as the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina) nor the federally recognized status of any Indian tribe from preventing the Tuscarora Nation of Indians of the Carolinas from seeking or attaining federal recognition as an Indian tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Cellphone Number Distribution Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3789
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2007-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Fines (Penalties)
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Telecommunication industry
Telephone
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: 
Consumer Cellphone Number Distribution Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to six months for knowingly disclosing a wireless subscriber's unlisted cell phone number to another, for gain, without the express permission of such subscriber. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Charmaine Bieda.

Bill: 110-hr-3790
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2007-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Provides for the relief of Charmaine Bieda.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Campaign Accountability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3792
Sponsor: Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Political parties
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
Campaign Accountability Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal the limitation on party expenditures on behalf of candidates in general elections. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House