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Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1391
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Adult education
Agriculture and Food
Child development
Child nutrition
Commerce
Community and school
Community health services
Community schools
Compensatory education
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Day care
Dental care
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational planning
Educational statistics
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
English language
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Higher education
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Literacy programs
Mental health services
Mentoring
Nonprofit organizations
Nutrition
Parent and child
Parent-school relationships
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Preventive medicine
Public-private partnerships
School health programs
School personnel
Secondary education
Service learning
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Vocational guidance
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to: (1) eligible entities to assist public elementary or secondary schools to function as full-service community schools; and (2) state collaboratives to support development of full-service community school programs. 
 
Requires such schools to: (1) participate in community-based efforts to coordinate educational, developmental, family, health, and other comprehensive services through community-based organizations and public and private partnerships; and (2) provide access to such services to students, families, and the community.
 
Gives local grant priority to entities that: (1) will serve at least two full-service community schools eligible for schoolwide programs under the Act, and more than one full-service community school as part of a community or districtwide strategy; and (2) demonstrate a record of effectiveness in integrating at least three of various qualified services.
 
Establishes a Full-Service Community Schools Advisory Committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6129)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to increase the authorization for the major medical facility project to consolidate the medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs at the University Drive and H. John Heinz III divisions, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Bill: 110-s-1392
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Authorization
Building construction
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Health
Pennsylvania
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Amends the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 to increase the authorization of appropriations for a major medical facility project to consolidate the Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers at the University Drive and H. John Heinz III divisions in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6185-6186)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening American Citizenship Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1393
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Allegiance
Awards, medals, prizes
Citizenship
Civics education
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Embassies
English language
Federal aid to education
Foundations
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
History
Immigrant education
Immigrants
International Affairs
Law
Naturalization
Oaths
Residence requirements
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Strengthening American Citizenship Act of 2007 - Directs the Chief of the Office of Citizenship of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide grants (not to exceed $500) to assist legal U.S. residents who declare an intent to apply for citizenship in the United States to meet naturalization requirements. 

Provides such grants to an accredited institution of higher education or other qualified educational institution for tuition, fees, books, and other educational resources required by the English language course in which the legal resident is enrolled. 

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide that a legal U.S. resident who demonstrates English fluency will satisfy the residency requirement upon the completion of four (currently, five years) years of continuous U.S. legal residency.

Directs the Secretary of DHS to: (1) establish an American citizenship grant program for qualified entities to provide civics, history, and English classes to promote the patriotic integration of prospective citizens; and (2) implement a strategy to enhance public awareness of naturalization ceremonies. 

Authorizes the Secretary to establish the United States Citizenship Foundation to support the functions of the Office of Citizenship.

Amends INA to set forth a new oath of allegiance. Directs the Secretary to: (1) incorporate a knowledge and understanding of the oath of allegiance into the history and government citizenship test; and (2) notify the embassy of the country of which a new citizen was a citizen or subject that such citizen has renounced allegiance to that foreign country and sworn allegiance to the United States. 

Establishes a new citizens award program to recognize citizens who: (1) have made an outstanding contribution to the United States; and (2) were naturalized during the 10-year period ending on the date of such recognition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6129-6130)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Mortgage Cancellation Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1394
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Debtor and creditor
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Mortgages
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Mortgage Cancellation Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts attributable to the discharge of certain residential mortgage obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6131)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Unfair Practices in Credit Cards Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1395
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Auditing
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Credit cards
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Stop Unfair Practices in Credit Cards Act of 2007 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act regarding open-end consumer credit plans.
 
Prohibits imposition of an interest charge upon debt paid on time and in full. Sets restrictions upon interest rate increases.
 
Limits penalty rate increases to: (1) seven percentage points above the current interest rate; and (2) future credit extensions only.
 
Prohibits interest charges on fees. Specifies restrictions upon over-the-limit fees.
 
Requires the primary federal regulator of a card issuer to conduct annual audits of the credit card operations and procedures used by the issuer. 
 
Requires the card issuer to: (1) apply payment first to the card balance bearing the highest rate of interest, and then to each successive balance bearing the next highest rate of interest, until the payment is exhausted; and (2) apply the payment in the most effective way to minimize the imposition of any finance charge.
 
Requires a card issuer to define and display the term &quot;prime rate&quot; or similar rate or index as the bank prime loan rate posted by a majority of the top 25 U.S. chartered commercial banks, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board).
 
Revises requirements governing credit card information collected by the Board. 

Directs the Board to report annually to Congress its assessment of the profitability of credit card operations of depository institutions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6135-6137)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6131-6135)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize a major medical facility project to modernize inpatient wards at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Bill: 110-s-1396
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Construction costs
Georgia
Health
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project for the modernization of inpatient wards at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia.

action_date: 2007-12-26
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project for the modernization of inpatient wards at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-26
text: Became Public Law No: 110-168.
action_date: 2007-12-26
text: Became Public Law No: 110-168.
action_date: 2007-12-26
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2007-12-26
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2007-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2007-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H16855)
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H16855)
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1396.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H16855-16857)
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2007-12-14
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S15572)
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S15572)
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S15571-15572)
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S15571-15572)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 110-168
Skilled Worker Immigration and Fairness Act

Bill: 110-s-1397
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Advertising
Alien labor
Employers' liability
Engineers
Foreign-trained physicians
Fraud
Health
Immigrants
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Physicians
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Skilled labor
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Skilled Worker Immigration and Fairness Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from the annual H-1B (specialty occupation/fashion models) visa cap an alien who has: (1) earned a master's or higher degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics from an institution of higher education outside of the United States; or (2) been awarded a medical specialty certification based on post-doctoral training and experience in the United States.

Sets H-1B annual limits at: (1) 115,000 for FY2007; and (2) for each subsequent fiscal year, the greater of 115,000 or a market-based calculation.

Exempts from numerical limitations on employment-based immigrants: (1) aliens who have earned advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math and have been working in their fields in the United States under a nonimmigrant visa in the three years prior to filing for adjustment; (2) recipients of national interest waivers; and (3) immediate relatives of employment-based immigrants. 

Permits an alien (and dependents) to file for adjustment of status whether or not an employment-based immigrant visa is immediately available if: (1) a petition on behalf of the alien has been approved; or (2) adjudication of such petition is pending. 

Revises H-1B provisions with respect to: (1) application fraud and misrepresentation; (2) employer penalties; (3) Department of Labor investigations; (4) Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) information sharing; (5) information provided to an H-1B nonimmigrant upon visa issuance; (6) prohibiting H-1B-exclusive employment advertising; and (7) prohibiting an employer of fewer than 50 employees in the United States from having more than 50% H-1B nonimmigrant employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Enhancement Act

Bill: 110-s-1398
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive diseases
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Genetic research
Genetics
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Medical education
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Enhancement Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to expand, intensify, and coordinate the Institute's research activities on inflammatory bowel disease, with a focus on: (1) genetic research on susceptibility for inflammatory bowel disease; (2) research targeted to increase knowledge about the causes and complications of inflammatory bowel disease in children; (3) animal model research; (4) clinical research; (5) expansion of the Institute's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centers program with a focus on pediatric research; (6) training of qualified health professionals in biomedical research focused on inflammatory bowel disease; and (7) other research priorities identified in specified scientific agendas.

Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to expand the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Epidemiology Program to include additional studies focused on: (1) the incidence and prevalence of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in the United States; (2) genetic and environmental factors associated with the disease; (3) age, race or ethnicity, gender, and family history of individuals diagnosed with the disease; and (4) treatment approaches and outcomes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6137-6138)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Information Means a Positive Loan Experience Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1400
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Commerce
Consumer education
Data banks
Debtor and creditor
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational counseling
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Higher education
Interest
Loan defaults
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Student records
Students' rights

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Student Information Means a Positive Loan Experience Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to give borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Direct Loan (DL) programs the option to delay the repayment of principal on such loans for the first two years that they are in repayment, regardless of their repayment plan.
 
Requires FFEL lenders to offer extended repayment plans to borrowers with $20,000 (currently, $30,000) of FFEL debt.
 
Revises the definition of economic hardship to include individuals whose earnings do not exceed 150% of the poverty line applicable to their family size.
 
Requires lenders that grant FFEL loan deferment or forbearance to inform borrowers of the impact such deferment or forbearance has on the ultimate cost of the loan. 
 
Directs lenders to inform borrowers seeking to consolidate loans: (1) of loan costs and repayment terms, including the ability to prepay or change repayment plans; (2) whether FFEL or DL repayment-related benefits will be lost; (3) that certain Federal Perkins Loan (PL) interest-free periods and deferment and cancellation options will be lost; (4) that other lenders may offer different terms; and (5) that applying for such loans does not oblige borrowers to take them.
 
Requires schools to inform prospective and enrolled students of the terms and conditions of FFEL, DL, and PL loans. Adds to the exit counseling information schools must provide to student borrowers. Requires certain information regarding: (1) costs and repayment terms, including the ability to prepay or change repayment plans; (2) loan forgiveness and forbearance options; (3) the effects of consolidating such loans; and (4) the availability of the National Student Loan Data System for use in obtaining information on their loan status.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6139-6140)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6139)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Financial Aid Data Privacy Protection Act

Bill: 110-s-1401
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Data banks
Debtor and creditor
Economics and Public Finance
Educational counseling
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Higher education
Marketing
Right of privacy
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Student loan funds
Student records
Students' rights

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Student Financial Aid Data Privacy Protection Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to take actions necessary to maintain confidence in the National Student Loan Data System, at a minimum: (1) ensuring that guaranty agencies, lenders, and schools primarily access it for legitimate program operations; (2) prohibiting nongovernmental researchers or policy analysts from accessing personally identifiable information; (3) creating a disclosure form for actual and potential students describing the contents of, and access to, the system; (4) requiring guaranty agencies, lenders, and schools to inform borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans, Direct Loans, and Perkins Loans that such a loan will be submitted to the system and accessible to such entities; (5) regularly review the system to delete inactive users, monitor use, and ensure that data is not used for marketing purposes; and (6) developing standardized protocols for limiting access.
 
Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on: (1) mechanisms giving borrowers the option of restricting lender access to their system records; and (2) appropriate risk-based protocols for limiting access.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6141)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6140-6141)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Hedge Fund Registration Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1402
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Investment advisers
Securities regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Hedge Fund Registration Act of 2007 - Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 with respect to the exemption from registration requirements of an investment adviser who: (1) during the preceding 12 months has had fewer than 15 clients; (2) does not hold himself out generally to the public as an investment adviser; and (3) does not act as one to any registered investment company or a company which has elected to be a business development company.
 
Revises such exemption to specify, in addition to these criteria, that during the preceding 12-month period the investment adviser: (1) had assets under management of not more than $50 million; and (2) did not manage the assets of more than 15 investors, whether individually, in a pooled investment vehicle, or otherwise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6141-6142)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in Senate