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To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study regarding the suitability and feasibility of designating the John Hope Franklin Greenwood Memorial/Museum of Reconciliation and other sites in Tulsa, Oklahoma, relating to the 1921 Tulsa race riot as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-1039
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Black history
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Minorities
National parks
Oklahoma
Racial violence
Riots

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the sites in Tulsa, Oklahoma, relating to the 1921 Tulsa race riot, including the John Hope Franklin Greenwood Memorial/Museum of Reconciliation, to determine the suitability and feasibility of including those sites as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Freedom Flat Tax Act

Bill: 110-hr-1040
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Commerce
Congress
Congressional voting
Estate tax
Families
Federal employees
Flat-rate tax
Gift tax
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Inheritance tax
Labor and Employment
Legislation
Legislative amendments
Legislative resolutions
Local employees
Married people
Minimum tax
State employees
Tax administration
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax rates
Tax-exempt organizations
Unemployment insurance
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Freedom Flat Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize an individual or a person engaged in business activity to make an irrevocable election to be subject to a flat tax (in lieu of the existing tax provisions) of 19% for the first two years after an election is made, and 17% thereafter. 
 Calculates taxable income for individual taxpayers by subtracting a basic standard deduction and an additional standard deduction for each dependent from the total of wages, retirement distributions, and unemployment compensation. Defines &quot;business taxable income&quot; to mean gross active income reduced by the cost of certain business inputs. 
Imposes an employer tax on the value of excludable compensation provided to employees not engaged in business activity of 19% for the first two years after an election is made under this Act and 17% thereafter. 
Repeals the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. 
Requires a two-thirds vote of the House of Representatives or the Senate to increase the flat tax rate proposed by this Act or to reduce the amount of the standard deduction or business-related deductions allowed by this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2160-2162)
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Health Care Full Funding Act

Bill: 110-hr-1041
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Building construction
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal budgets
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Leases
Maintenance and repair
Medical economics
Nursing homes
Standards
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 
Veterans Health Care Full Funding Act - Requires: (1) that in the President's budget for each fiscal year, amounts shall be requested for veterans health care programs for each two-year period; and (2) the Veterans Health Care Funding Review Board (established in this Act) to determine the level of funding needed for each period. Outlines the health care needs required to be included under the Board's determination. Establishes the Board.
 
Provides standards for access to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) care for veterans seeking: (1) primary care; and: (2) specialized care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Trade Promotion Authority Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1042
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional veto
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Legislation
Nontariff trade barriers
President and foreign policy
Tariff agreements
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 
Trade Promotion Authority Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 to extend the President's authority until July 1, 2011 (or until July 1, 2016, and July 1 of each fifth year thereafter if the President extends such authority and the Congress approves) to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries whose tariff and nontariff policies unduly burden or restrict U.S. trade or adversely affects the U.S. economy. Extends trade authorities procedures (congressional approval) to bills implementing trade agreements entered into during the five-year period beginning on July 1, 2011, and during each five-year period thereafter, unless Congress disapproves after April 1, and before July 1, of the year in which any such five-year period begins.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Community Restoration and Revitalization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1043
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Collection of accounts
Commemorations
Commerce
Condominium (Housing)
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Historic sites
History
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Leases
Low-income housing
Maintenance and repair
Office buildings
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Tax credits
Tax-exempt organizations
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 
Community Restoration and Revitalization Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an increased rehabilitation tax credit for certain low-income buildings; (2) allow a basis reduction adjustment for property eligible for the credit; (3) increase the credit for certain smaller buildings; (4) allow property eligible for the credit to be used for lodging purposes; (5) modify placed-in-service rules for credit property; (6) modify qualification rules for credit property that is tax-exempt use property; (7) increase the credit for buildings in high cost areas; and (8) exempt certain condominium transactions from rehabilitation tax credit recapture requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1044
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business and politics
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster loans
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Emergency Management
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Interest rates
Internet
Law
Nonprofit organizations
Science, Technology, Communications
Small Business Administration
Small business
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 
Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2007 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) guarantee the payment of principal and interest on private lender loans to small businesses located in a disaster area; and (2) make disaster loans to private nonprofit organizations located or operating in a disaster area. Increases disaster loan caps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Profiting from Access to Computer Technology (PACT) Act

Bill: 110-hr-1048
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Computer software
Computers
Education
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Enterprise zones
Families
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Military dependents
Nonprofit organizations
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Surplus government property
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 
Profiting from Access to Computer Technology (PACT) Act or the Child PACT Act - Directs each federal agency to: (1) safeguard and identify potential educationally useful federal equipment that it no longer needs or that has been declared surplus; and (2) transfer such equipment, either directly or through the General Services Administration (GSA), to educational recipients, military recipients, or nonprofit refurbishers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Amend Misinterpreted Excessive Regulation In Corporate America Act

Bill: 110-hr-1049
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Advice and consent of the Senate
Auditing
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Congress
Corporate management
Cost control
Economics and Public Finance
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Law
Nonprofit organizations
Ombudsman
Presidential appointments
Risk
Securities and Exchange Commission
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 
Amend Misinterpreted Excessive Regulation In Corporate America Act - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to direct the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to appoint an ombudsman to act as a liaison between the Board and any registered public accounting firm or issuer regarding: (1) issues or disputes concerning the preparation or issuance of any audit report with respect to that issuer; and (2) problems resulting from Board regulatory activities, particularly implementation of management assessment of internal controls.
 
Revises requirements governing appointment of Board members. Provides for Presidential appointment of Board members, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
 
Declares that Congress reserves the authority to establish periodic limits upon the amount of fees which may be collected on behalf of the Board.
 
Instructs the Securities and Exchange Commission to: (1) adopt revisions to its rules regarding management's assessment of an issuer's internal control structure and procedures; and (2) adopt a more risk-based statement on internal control reporting that focuses internal control review on financial controls having significant risk of failing to prevent financial damages that would be material to the issuer's financial statements.
 
 Instructs the Board to revise its standards for auditor attestation to and reporting on management's internal control assessment.
 
Revises the requirement that each registered public accounting firm that prepares or issues the audit report for an issuer attest to the internal control assessment made by the issuer's management. Allows an issuer, in the alternative, to engage separately a different registered public accounting firm to attest to such assessment. (Current law prohibits such separate attestation engagements.)
 
Prohibits any private right of action against a registered public accounting firm in any federal or state court on the basis of a violation or alleged violation of assessment requirements or standards issued by the Board for purposes of implementing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Federal Engineering Accountability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1052
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Army Corps of Engineers
Civil actions and liability
Civil engineering
Congress
Damages
Department of Defense
Disasters
Emergency Management
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Injunctions
Limitation of actions
Negligence
Parties to actions
Presidential appointments
Presidential commissions
Torts

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 
Federal Engineering Accountability Act of 2007 - Provides that an action may be brought only in federal court for actual, not punitive, damages against the Army Corps of Engineers for its failure or negligence to design, construct, or maintain a project, adversely impacted in a major disaster, for which the Corps is legally responsible. Establishes the Federal Engineering Accountability Commission to determine the Corps' failure or negligence after such a disaster and to report to the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Homeland Security.
 
Permits such an action for injury, loss of property, personal injury, or death to proceed only if a claimant can demonstrate that: (1) the Corps admitted that it failed or was negligent; or (2) the Commission determines that the Corps failed or was negligent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
California State Route 91 Congestion Relief Act

Bill: 110-hr-1053
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Interstate highway system
Road construction
Toll roads
Traffic congestion
Traffic engineering
Trucking
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 
California State Route 91 Congestion Relief Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry out certain transportation projects to relieve congestion on State Route 91, California. Sets the federal share of project costs at 80%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1054
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional veto
District of Columbia
House rules and procedure
Legislative resolutions
Local laws
Municipal home rule
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 
District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act of 2007 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to eliminate congressional review of newly-passed District laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E360-361)
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-1055
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Chemicals
Commerce
Environmental Protection Agency
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Industrial pollution
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 
Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to repeal provisions authorizing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modify the frequency of submitting toxic chemical release forms.
 
Requires the Administrator to establish the eligibility threshold regarding the use of a form A certification statement under the toxic release inventory program at not greater than 500 pounds for nonpersistent bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals. Prohibits the use of such form with respect to any chemical of special concern identified by the Administrator. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Family Education Freedom Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1056
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Home schooling
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Private schools
Public schools
Secondary education
Tax returns
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Family Education Freedom Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit of up to $5,000 (adjusted for inflation after 2007) per student per year for the cost of attendance at any educational institution (including any private, parochial, religious, or home school) organized to provide elementary or secondary education, or both.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E351-352)
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House