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To amend the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 to extend the deadline for the submission of the final report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack, to provide for the appointment of additional members for the Commission, to ensure the availability of funds for the Commission, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-61
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Electric power failures
Electromagnetic waves
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Nuclear warfare
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 to: (1) extend until June 30, 2009, the deadline for the final report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack; (2) make the Commission chairman in charge of all Commission financial and administrative matters; and (3) provide guaranteed Commission funding for FY2008.
 
Authorizes the chairman of the congressional defense committees to jointly appoint up to three additional Commission members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to extend the deadline for the submission of the final report of the Commission on the Implementation of the New Strategic Posture of the United States, to provide for the appointment of additional members for the Commission, to ensure the availability of funds for the Commission, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-62
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government travel
Military posture
Strategic forces
Strategic planning
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to: (1) make the chairman of the Commission on the Implementation of the New Strategic Posture of the United States responsible for all Commission financial and administrative matters; (2) extend until 18 months after its first meeting the deadline for the Commission's final report to the congressional defense committees; (3) provide guaranteed Commission funding for FY2008; and (4) terminate the Commission 30 days after the date of its final report.
 
Authorizes the chairmen of the defense committees to jointly appoint up to three additional Commission members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
RU-486 Suspension and Review Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-63
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative procedure
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional veto
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drugs
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Labeling
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
RU-486 Suspension and Review Act of 2007 - Deems the approved application for the drug mifepristone (marketed as Mifeprex, commonly known as RU-486, and used for the chemically induced termination of intrauterine pregnancy) to have been withdrawn. 
 
Deems the drug misoprostol to be misbranded under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) if it bears labeling providing that the drug may be used for the medical termination of intrauterine pregnancy.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to review and report on the process by which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mifepristone. Provides for the reinstatement of the approved application for such drug if the report determines the approval to have been in accordance with FFDCA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an independent panel to assess the homeland security needs of the National Capital Region.

Bill: 110-hr-64
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate highway system
Maryland
Metropolitan areas
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Urban affairs
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an independent panel to assess the homeland security needs of the National Capital Region. Requires the panel to: (1) determine whether the definition of National Capital Region used by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should be modified to include additional areas, including jurisdictions in Maryland and Virginia along Interstate Routes 270, 95, and 66; and (2) determine whether those jurisdictions should be taking actions to prepare for a terrorist attack in the Region, including the construction of necessary facilities, and if so, to make recommendations for appropriate funding. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to allow the Secretary of the Army to extend the period during which the Secretary may provide beach nourishment for a water resources development project.

Bill: 110-hr-68
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Beaches
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Shore protection
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to allow the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, at the request of a non-federal interest, to extend the period during which the Secretary provides beach nourishment for a water resources development project for up to 50 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-69
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate: (1) the five-month waiting period for an individual (including a disabled widow or widower) to be eligible for benefits based on disability; and (2) any intervening reconsideration from the review process governing decisions on benefit entitlement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-70
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental health
Environmental law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Incineration
Interstate commerce
Landfills
Municipal solid waste
Referendum
Refuse and refuse disposal
State-local relations
Transboundary pollution
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
User charges
Waste disposal sites

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: State Waste Empowerment and Enforcement Provision Act of 2007 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize a state to limit, place restrictions on, or otherwise regulate out-of-state municipal solid waste received or disposed of annually at each landfill or incinerator in the state, except, until two years after enactment of this Act, to the extent that a host community agreement (between an owner or operator of a landfill or incinerator and an affected local government) specifically authorizes such receipt.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
First Amendment Restoration Act

Bill: 110-hr-71
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business and politics
Campaign funds
Commerce
Corporations
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Political advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
First Amendment Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal: (1) a requirement that persons making disbursements for electioneering communications file reports on such disbursements with the Federal Election Commission; (2) a prohibition against the making of disbursements for electioneering communications by corporations and labor organizations; and (3) a provision treating coordinated communications as contributions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3350)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Political Convention Reform Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-72
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Political conventions
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Political Convention Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions providing for the use of funds from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund for presidential nominating conventions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-73
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Families
Firearms
Firearms control
Government liability
Injunctions
Law
Legal fees
Limitation of actions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2007 - Declares that a person not prohibited under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act from receiving a firearm shall have the right to obtain firearms for security and to use firearms in defense of: (1) self or family against a reasonably perceived threat of imminent and unlawful infliction of serious bodily injury; (2) self or family in the course of the commission by another person of a violent felony against the person or a member of the person's family; and (3) the person's home in the course of the commission of a felony by another person. 
Authorizes persons whose rights under this Act have been violated to bring an action in U.S. district court against the United States, any state, or any person for damages, injunctive relief, and such other relief as the court deems appropriate.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the award of attorney's fees; and (2) the statute of limitations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
National Discovery Trails Act

Bill: 110-hr-74
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colorado
Delaware
District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Landowners
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
Metropolitan areas
Missouri
National seashores
Nebraska
Nevada
Nonprofit organizations
Ohio
Right of property
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
State parks
Surveying
Trails
Urban affairs
Utah
Volunteer workers
Walking
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
National Discovery Trails Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to establish national discovery trails, which shall be extended, continuous interstate trails located so as to provide for outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities. 
 
Authorizes the designation of such trails on Federal lands and, with the consent of the owner, on non-federal lands. Requires the appropriate Secretary for each national discovery trail to administer the trail in cooperation with a competent trailwide volunteer-based organization. 
Sets forth requirements for designation as a national discovery trail. 
Designates as a national discovery trail the 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail which shall extend from Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, traveling northern and southern routes from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Denver, Colorado.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Washington-Lincoln Recognition Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-75
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Government Operations and Politics
History
Holidays
Lincoln Administration
Special days
Washington Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Washington-Lincoln Recognition Act of 2007 - States that (the legal public holiday) Washington's Birthday shall be referred to solely as such: (1) by all U.S. entities and officials; and (2) on all federally funded publications. 
Requests that the President issue an annual proclamation recognizing President Lincoln's birthday.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the number vehicles for which the alternative motor vehicle credit is allowed.

Bill: 110-hr-76
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Automobile industry
Compressed natural gas
Electric vehicles
Hydrogen
Income tax
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied petroleum gas
Methanol
Motor vehicles
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 60,000 to 250,000 the number of vehicles sold for use in the United States that will trigger the phaseout period for the alternative motor vehicle tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to change the deadline for income tax returns for calendar year taxpayers from the 15th of April to the first Monday in November.

Bill: 110-hr-77
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Tax administration
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to change the income tax filing deadline for calendar year taxpayers from April 15 to the first Monday in November.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
American Child Support Enforcement Immigration Act of 2006

Bill: 110-hr-78
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Child support
Collection of accounts
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Immigrants
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
American Child Support Enforcement Immigration Act of 2006 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) from approving a family-based immigration petition or fiance/fiancee nonimmigrant petition by a petitioner certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as owing child support arrearages.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to revoke a previously-approved petition (if a visa has not been issued or a status adjustment has not been effected) if such petition would not have been approved had the provisions of this Act been in effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-79
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cocaine
Crack (Drug)
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Smuggling

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate the disparity in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine, with regard to trafficking, possession, importation, and exportation of such substances, by changing the applicable amounts for powder cocaine to those currently applicable to crack cocaine.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House