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Civilian Agent Orange Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-972
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Birth defects
Claims
Compensation (Law)
Department of Defense
East Asia
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Evidence (Law)
Families
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government trust funds
Health
Herbicides
Labor and Employment
Occupational health and safety
South Korea
Subcontractors
Survivors' benefits
Vietnam
Vietnamese Conflict
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Civilian Agent Orange Act of 2007 - Establishes the: (1) Agent Orange Illness Compensation Program to provide compensation for federal employees or employees of contractors of the Department of Defense (DOD) who contracted an Agent Orange illness while employed during the Vietnam conflict and suffered injury or death by reason of that illness; and (2) Agent Orange Illness Compensation Fund to make such payments. Fixes the compensation amount at $100,000, payable either to the employee or his or her eligible survivor. Offsets such payment by any payment made on a claim based on the same illness, injury, or death on account of exposure to Agent Orange herbicides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Charity Care for the Uninsured Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-973
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Health
Income tax
Medically uninsured
Physicians
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Charity Care for the Uninsured Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow physicians a tax credit for providing charity medical care. Provides for a credit amount of between $1,000 and $2,000, depending upon the hours of charity care provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 2/12/2007  E301-302)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to Joseph T. Getherall, of Hacienda Heights, California, for acts of valor in the Republic of Vietnam on December 22, 1966, while serving in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

Bill: 110-hr-974
Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commemorations
Military medals, decorations, etc.

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor to Joseph T. Getherall of Hacienda Heights, California, for acts of valor on December 22, 1966, while serving in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 2/12/2007 E303-304)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture.

Bill: 110-hr-975
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Provides for the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Genomic Research and Accessibility Act

Bill: 110-hr-977
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2007-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: DNA
Genetic research
Genetics
Health
Intellectual property
Patents
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: 
Genomic Research and Accessibility Act - Prohibits patents from being obtained for a nucleotide sequence, or its functions or correlations, or the naturally occurring products it specifies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 2/12/2007  E315-316)
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Intelligence Community Audit Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-978
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Auditing
Classified defense information
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Covert operations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: 
Intelligence Community Audit Act of 2007 - Reaffirms the authority of the Comptroller General to audit and evaluate financial transactions, programs, and activities of elements of the intelligence community (those elements identified in the National Security Act of 1947) and obtain access to records for such purposes.
 
Allows the Comptroller General to conduct an audit or evaluation of intelligence sources and methods or covert actions only upon a request of a congressional intelligence committee or the majority or minority leader of the Senate or the House of Representatives. Requires the Comptroller General to disclose the results of any such audit or evaluation only to the original requestor, the Director of National Intelligence, and the head of the relevant element of the intelligence community. 

Requires the Comptroller General to establish safeguards to protect the unauthorized disclosure of all classified and other sensitive information furnished to the Comptroller General in conducting an audit or evaluation.

Requires elements of the intelligence community to cooperate with the Comptroller General in providing documentation and information necessary for audits and evaluations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Short Sea Shipping Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-981
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Excise tax
Freight
Great Lakes
Harbors
Marine terminals
St. Lawrence Seaway
Transportation and Public Works
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Great Lakes Short Sea Shipping Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax commercial cargo (other than bulk cargo) loaded or unloaded at U.S. ports in the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System. Defines the &quot;Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System&quot; as the waterway between Duluth, Minnesota and Sept. Iles, Quebec, Canada, encompassing the five Great Lakes, their connecting channels, and the Saint Lawrence River. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-983
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Broadband
Broadcast journalism
Commerce
Competition
Direct broadcast satellites
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Radio broadcasting
Radio programs
Radio stations
Telecommunication industry

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), consistent with the representations made by digital audio radio satellite service licensees that digital audio radio satellite service would be a national service, to revise its regulations to provide that digital audio radio satellite service (DARSS): (1) licensees shall not provide services that are locally differentiated or that result in programming being delivered to consumers in one geographic market that is different from programming delivered in any other geographic market; and (2) repeaters shall be restricted to simultaneously retransmitting the programming transmitted by satellite directly to DARSS subscribers' receivers.
 
Requires the FCC to complete a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether DARSS licensees should be permitted to provide locally oriented services on nationally distributed channels, taking into account, among other things, the ability of such licensees to afford listeners the same emergency and other information as is afforded listeners of local broadcast stations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Innocent Sellers Fairness Act

Bill: 110-hr-989
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Commerce
Products liability
Retail trade
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Innocent Sellers Fairness Act - Exempts a lawful seller from liability for personal injury, monetary loss, or damage to property arising out of an accident or transaction involving a seller's products, unless the claimant proves one or more of the following non-sale activities by the seller: (1) the seller was the manufacturer of the product; (2) the seller participated in the design of the product; (3) the seller participated in the installation of the product; or (4) the seller altered, modified, or expressly warranted the product in a manner not authorized by the manufacturer. 
 
Requires, where a claimant proves one or more of such activities, that: (1) the activity be negligent; and (2) damages be limited to those directly caused by the activity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-02-12
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: 2007-02-12
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: 2007-02-12
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: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Pell Grant Equity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-990
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Collection of accounts
College costs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Loan defaults
Scholarships
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Pell Grant Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the formula for calculation of an individual Pell Grant which includes, in part, the sum of the student's tuition. (Thus eliminates the &quot;tuition sensitivity provision&quot; which currently prohibits maximum Pell Grant awards to students attending low-tuition institutions of higher education even if their income is low enough to otherwise qualify for the maximum award.)

action_date: 2007-02-27
text: 
Pell Grant Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make the formula for calculation of an individual Pell Grant which includes, in part, the sum of the student's tuition, inapplicable for the 2007-2008 academic year. (Thus suspends for such year the &quot;tuition sensitivity provision&quot; which prohibits maximum Pell Grant awards to students attending low-tuition institutions of higher education even if their income is low enough to otherwise qualify for the maximum award.)
 
Amends the Federal Family Education Loan program to lower from 23% to 22% for FY2008, the percentage of a borrower's student loan payment made subsequent to default that a guaranty agency may retain for deposit in its operating fund if the Secretary of Education has already reimbursed it for such default.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1919)
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1919)
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 990.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1919-1921)
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Mr. Miller, George moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E326)
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals eligible for veterans health benefits to contribute to health savings accounts.

Bill: 110-hr-991
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Health
Health insurance
Hospital care
Income tax
Medical savings accounts
Tax deductions
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that individual taxpayers who receive Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) periodic health care or medical services shall not be disqualified from making tax deductible contributions to health savings accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Sentencing Fairness and Equity Restoration Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-993
Sponsor: Rep. Feeney, Tom [R-FL-24]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Congressional reporting requirements
Court records
Criminal investigation
Delegation of powers
Department of Justice
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Informers
Law
Prosecution
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Sentencing Fairness and Equity Restoration Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to require: (1) federal courts to impose sentences for crimes at no less than the minimum of the range prescribed by U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines up to the statutory maximum; and (2) appellate de novo review of any sentence imposed below the minimum of the range in applicable sentencing guidelines

Directs the Attorney General to create and implement a new policy for the filing of motions for reducing a criminal sentence for substantial assistance in investigating or prosecuting another individual.

Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) exempt sentencing courts from the requirement of filing a written report with the U.S. Sentencing Commission for certain petty crimes for which there are no applicable sentencing guidelines; and (2) prohibit the delegation of certain judicial duties relating to sentencing to the executive branch.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct an Independent Safety Assessment of the Indian Point Energy Center.

Bill: 110-hr-994
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congressional reporting requirements
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Maine
Maintenance and repair
New York State
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear power plants
Planning
Radiation safety
Radioactive pollution
Risk

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to report to Congress regarding: (1) a focused, in-depth Independent Safety Assessment of the design, construction, maintenance, and operational safety performance of certain systems at the Indian Point Energy Center, Units 2 and 3, Westchester County, New York; and (2) a comprehensive evaluation of the radiological emergency plan for the Center, conducted by the NRC and the Department of Homeland Security.
 
Requires that such Independent Safety Assessment be: (1) conducted by an Independent Safety Assessment Team; (2) monitored by an Independent Safety Assessment Observation Group and by an Independent Safety Assessment Citizens' Review Team; and (3) equal in scope, depth, and breadth to the Independent Safety Assessment of the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, located near Bath, Maine, conducted by the NRC in 1996.
 
Prescribes conditions for a final NRC decision to renew the operating licenses for Units 2 and 3 at the Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
Honoring Female Congressional Pioneers Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-996
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Art
Arts, Culture, Religion
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Commemorations
Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Monuments and memorials
Postage stamps
Women
Women in government

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Honoring Female Congressional Pioneers Act of 2007 - Directs the Postal Service to provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient means to contribute towards the acquisition (for public display) of works of art honoring Jeanette Rankin, Mary Teresa Norton, Patsy Mink, Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, and other female pioneers in government service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-02-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House