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Farming Flexibility Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1371
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Acreage allotments
Agricultural subsidies
Fruit
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Farming Flexibility Act of 2007 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, with respect to direct and counter-cyclical payments, to: (1) permit a producer to reduce a covered commodity base acreage by electing to plant such acres with fruits or vegetables for processing; (2) require such election to be made annually; and (3) provide that if a farm's base acreage is recalculated, such fruit or vegetable production shall be considered the same as the planning, prevented planting, or production of the covered commodity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Tiger Woods, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship, and in breaking barriers with grace and dignity by showing that golf is a sport for all people.

Bill: 110-hr-1373
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Athletes
Blacks
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Golf
Minorities
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Provides for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Tiger Woods in recognition of his service to the nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship and in breaking barriers with grace and dignity by showing that golf is a sport for all people.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Foster Care Coverage Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1376
Sponsor: Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Families
Foster home care
Medicaid
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Medicaid Foster Care Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish independent foster care adolescents as a mandatory category of individuals for coverage under state Medicaid programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Teachers of English Language Learners Act

Bill: 110-hr-1377
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
English language
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Income tax
Law
Licenses
Literacy programs
Secondary education
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Teachers of English Language Learners Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for full-time teachers in limited English proficient schools; and (2) a tax deduction for tuition and fees for courses required for certification to teach English to elementary or secondary school students who are limited English proficient, as defined by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
American LIFE Fund for the Medical Treatment of the Uninsured Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1378
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Catastrophic health insurance
Checkoff
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Health
Income tax
Medically uninsured
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
American LIFE Fund for the Medical Treatment of the Uninsured Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Health Coverage for the Uninsured Trust Fund to provide health coverage for uninsured individuals with catastrophic illnesses and injuries; and (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate on their income tax returns a portion of any overpayment of tax to such Fund.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Citizenship Promotion Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1379
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Aliens
Citizenship
Civics education
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal justice information
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
English language
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Identification of criminals
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
Law
Legal aid
Naturalization
Nonprofit organizations
Public service advertising
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Citizenship Promotion Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise provisions respecting: (1) immigration service fees; and (2) naturalization testing.
 
Prohibits an applicant or petitioner for U.S. permanent residence or citizenship from being required to use an electronic method to file any application for, or to access, a customer account.
 
Requires: (1) a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study and report on naturalization background checks; and (2) the Attorney General to make reasonable efforts to complete background checks of applicants for temporary or permanent residence or citizenship within 90 days.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a national citizenship promotion program to assist lawful permanent resident aliens become citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Benefits Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1380
Sponsor: Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Death
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Social Security Benefits Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that, if an OASDI recipient dies during the first 15 days of a month, the last payment of the monthly benefit for that month shall be half the usual benefit amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Mandatory Funding for Veterans Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1382
Sponsor: Rep. Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Indexing (Economic policy)
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Mandatory Funding for Veterans Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for each fiscal year the amount determined under a specified formula for veterans health care programs, functions, and activities of the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Quelling of Unwanted Intrusive and Excessive Telephone Calls Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1383
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Automation
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional elections
Election fraud
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Injunctions
Law
Presidential elections
Science, Technology, Communications
Telemarketing
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Quelling of Unwanted Intrusive and Excessive Telephone Calls Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to one year for: (1) knowingly initiating a telephone call using an automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice during certain time periods or without disclosing the identity of the sponsor, endorser, or originator of the call; and (2) using such dialing system or artificial or prerecorded voice to deceive any person regarding a federal election, voter eligibility, or an election candidate. Imposes a minimum mandatory prison sentence of 30 days for offenses involving 100 or more telephone calls.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 118 Minner Street in Bakersfield, California, as the "Buck Owens Post Office".

Bill: 110-hr-1384
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
California
Congressional tributes
Entertainers
Government Operations and Politics
Music
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 118 Minner Street in Bakersfield, California, as the "Buck Owens Post Office."
action_date: 2007-08-09
text: 

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 118 Minner Avenue in Bakersfield, California, as the "Buck Owens Post Office." 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-09
text: Became Public Law No: 110-60.
action_date: 2007-08-09
text: Became Public Law No: 110-60.
action_date: 2007-08-09
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2007-08-09
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2007-08-06
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2007-08-06
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2007-08-03
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2007-08-03
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10978-10979)
action_date: 2007-08-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10978-10979)
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 314.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 7/31/2007 H8842-8843; text of measure as introduced: CR H8842)
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Mr. Davis (IL) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 110-60
EXTEND the Energy Efficiency Incentives Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1385
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air conditioning
Alternative energy sources
Apartment houses
Building construction
Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Commerce
Computer software
Department of Energy
Employee training
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Fuel cells
Government Operations and Politics
Heat pumps
Heating
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Lighting
Office buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Solar energy
Standards
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
EXTEND the Energy Efficiency Incentives Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for home energy efficiency expenditures; (2) extend the tax credits for nonbusiness energy and new energy efficient home expenditures through 2011; (3) extend the tax deduction for expenditures for energy efficient commercial buildings through 2012 and increase the amount of such deduction; (4) allow new tax deductions for expenditures for energy efficient low-rise buildings and for energy efficient property expenditures; and (5) allow a new tax credit for energy savings training and certification costs and certification equipment expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Child Support Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1386
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child support
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Child Support Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to repeal a provision that prohibited federal matching funds to a state for expenditures from federal amounts paid to the state for child support and establishment of paternity to carry out an agreement for services of the Federal Parent Locator Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1387
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Boundaries
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Fishing
History
Hunting
Hurricanes
Land transfers
Landowners
Louisiana
Military parks
Natural areas
Right of property
Sports and Recreation
Trapping
Water Resources Development
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Boundary Adjustment Act of 2007 - Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to adjust the boundary of the the Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Louisiana and to acquire land necessary for the adjustment by transfer or exchange from a federal agency or, from a land owner, by donation or purchase (but only with an owner's consent).
 
Subjects any acquired or transferred land in the area to any easements that have been agreed to by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Army in order to ensure adequate hurricane protection of the communities located in the area.
 
Revises provisions concerning hunting, fishing, and trapping. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To require Senate confirmation of an individual appointed to serve as the Director of the American Institute in Taiwan.

Bill: 110-hr-1390
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Associations, institutions, etc.
Congress
Diplomats
East Asia
Government Operations and Politics
Presidential appointments
Taiwan

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
States that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an individual to serve as the Director of the American Institute in Taiwan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Homeland Security Transparency Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1392
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Homeland Security Transparency Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) require homeland security grant recipients to submit quarterly reports describing the nature and amount of each expenditure made using grant funds; and (2) publish such information and make it publicly available on the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Internet website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the USEC Privatization Act to provide an extension of the period during which individuals may bring a suit for certain violations of employee protection provisions under such Act.

Bill: 110-hr-1393
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Employee rights
Energy
Government contractors
Industrial relations
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law
Privatization
Unfair labor practices
Uranium enrichment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Amends the USEC Privatization Act to permit an employee of the U.S. Enrichment Corporation's operating contractor to bring suit in federal district court on or before June 30, 2009, for a violation of an agreement between an employer and a labor organization that occurred on or before December 31, 2000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Helping Our Students Communicate Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1394
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Graduate education
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Speech disorders
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 
Helping Our Students Communicate Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to assume or cancel loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan or the Direct Loan programs to individuals who have been employed for five consecutive complete school years as full-time speech-language pathologists: (1) principally at elementary and secondary schools whose enrollment of disadvantaged students exceeds 30% and whose local educational agencies are eligible for funding under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (2) have at least a graduate degree in speech-language pathology, or communication sciences and disorders.
 
Caps loan forgiveness at $17,500.
 
Limits the benefits of this Act to new borrowers on or after October 1, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Introduced in House