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Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-256
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accident prevention
Administrative remedies
Ammunition
Assault weapons
Child safety
Commerce
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Exhibitions
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Firearms injuries
Juvenile delinquency
Law
Licenses
Negligence
Parent-school relationships
Parents
Product safety
Recidivists
Safety measures
Secondary education
Sports and Recreation
Storage
Students
Trade fairs
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to: (1) raise the age of handgun eligibility to 21 (currently, 18); and (2) prohibit persons under age 21 from possessing semiautomatic assault weapons or large capacity ammunition feeding devices, with exceptions. 
Increases penalties for: (1) a second or subsequent violation by a juvenile of Brady Act provisions or for a first violation committed after an adjudication of delinquency or after a State or Federal conviction for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a serious violent felony; and (2) transferring a handgun, ammunition, semiautomatic assault weapon, or large capacity ammunition feeding device to a person who is under age 21, knowing or having reasonable cause to know that such person intended to use it in the commission of a crime of violence.
Prohibits any licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from transferring a firearm to any person (other than a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer) unless the transferee is provided with a secure gun storage or safety device. Authorizes the Attorney General to suspend or revoke any firearms license, or to subject the licensee to a civil penalty of up to $10,000, if the licensee has knowingly violated this prohibition.
Prohibits keeping a loaded firearm or an unloaded firearm and ammunition within any premises knowing or recklessly disregarding the risk that a child: (1) is capable of gaining access to it; and (2) will use the firearm to cause death or serious bodily injury.
Requires the parent or legal guardian of a child to ensure that a child attending a gun show is accompanied by an adult.
Authorizes the Attorney General to provide grants to enable local law enforcement agencies to develop and sponsor gun safety classes for parents and children.
Expresses the sense of Congress that each school district should provide or participate in a firearms safety program for students.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-257
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Hospitals
Identification devices
Infants
Kidnapping
Law
Medicaid
Medical records
Medicare
Missing children
Photography
Security measures
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: 
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require certain hospitals reimbursed under Medicare, which also provide neonatal and infant care, to have in effect security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching, including procedures for identifying all infant patients in the hospital in a manner that ensures that it will be evident if infants are missing. Establishes civil penalties for failure to have such security procedures in effect.

Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and establish criminal penalties for baby switching in hospitals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-258
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Age
Aliens
Arrest
Boundaries
Canada
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Detention of persons
Discrimination
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government statistics
Immigration
Latin America
Law
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Minorities
Races
Racial discrimination
Right of privacy
Searches and seizures
Smuggling
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic surveys
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act of 2007 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct a nationwide study of stops for traffic violations by law enforcement officers; (2) perform an initial analysis of existing data, including complaints alleging and information concerning traffic stops motivated by race and other bias; and (3) gather specified data from a nationwide sample of jurisdictions, including the traffic infraction alleged to have been committed that led to the stop, identifying characteristics of the driver stopped, whether immigration status was questioned, and whether any warning or citation was issued as a result of the stop. 
Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to law enforcement agencies to collect and submit data collected under this Act to the appropriate agency as designated by the Attorney General. Prohibits information released from revealing the identity of any individual who is stopped or any officer involved.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Baby Abandonment Prevention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-259
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Abandonment of family
Child welfare
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Data banks
Demography
Drug abuse
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government statistics
Infants
Parents
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: 
Baby Abandonment Prevention Act of 2007 - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to establish the Task Force on Baby Abandonment to: (1) collect information and maintain a database on incidents of child abandonment, including information on demographics, circumstances, outcomes, and trends; and (2) submit annual reports and recommendations to Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-261
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Parole
Prison violence
Prisoners
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: 
Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to direct the Bureau of Prisons, pursuant to a good time policy, to release a prisoner who has served one half or more of his or her term of imprisonment if that prisoner: (1) has attained age 45; (2) has never been convicted of a crime of violence; and (3) has not engaged in any violation, involving violent conduct, of institutional disciplinary regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8644)
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Early Detection of Dyslexia in Children Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-262
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Dyslexia
Educational research
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Health
Medical research
Science, Technology, Communications
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: 
Early Detection of Dyslexia in Children Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education to study and report to Congress on methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia in kindergarten through third grade. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Lawmaking Authority Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-264
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional powers
Congressional-executive relations
Economics and Public Finance
Executive Office of the President
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Legislation
Legislative resolutions
Presidential messages
Presidential powers
Separation of powers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: 
Congressional Lawmaking Authority Protection Act of 2007 - Prohibits the use of funds made available to the Executive Office of the President, or to any executive agency, to produce, publish, or disseminate any presidential statement made contemporaneously with the signing of any legislation by him (signing statement).
 
Applies this prohibition only to signing statements that contradict, or are inconsistent with, the intent of Congress in enacting a measure or that otherwise encroach upon the congressional prerogative to make laws.
 
Prohibits a governmental entity from taking into consideration any presidential signing statement for purposes of construing or applying any Act of Congress.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7367)
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-265
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Alabama
Congressional reporting requirements
Death
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Executive orders
Federal advisory bodies
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Presidential commissions
Public meetings
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2007 - Directs the President to establish an independent nonpartisan Commission within the executive branch to discover and assess the circumstances relating to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina on or between Friday, August 26, 2005, and Tuesday, August 30, 2005.
 
Directs the Commission to: (1) chronicle the trajectory of Hurricane Katrina, including the timetable and locations of its path, and the responses made by the federal, state, and local governments; (2) estimate the loss of life, physical and structural damage, and displacement of residents; (3) recommend corrective actions; and (4) prepare a report to Congress, the President, and the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the seven members of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 110-hr-266
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Astronautics
Astronauts
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Space activities
Space shuttles

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: 
Authorizes the President to award a gold medal to each of the seven crew members who perished aboard the space shuttle Columbia: Rick D. Husband; Michael P. Anderson; Laurel Clark; David M. Brown; William C. McCool; Kapana Chawla; and Ilan Ramon. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E476-477)
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Military Commissions Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-267
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Detention of persons
Habeas corpus
Immigration
International Affairs
Jurisdiction
Law
Prisoners' rights
Terrorism
War

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: 
Military Commissions Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to repeal the restriction on the jurisdiction of courts, justices, and judges to hear or consider applications for writs of habeas corpus filed by or on behalf of aliens: (1) properly detained by the United States as enemy combatants; or (2) awaiting a determination of whether their detention as enemy combatants is proper.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7367)
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Soldiers Targeted by Offensive Profiteering Act of 2007 (STOP Act)

Bill: 110-hr-269
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Deceptive advertising
Families
Injunctions
Law
Military dependents
Military personnel
Names
Photography

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: 
Soldiers Targeted by Offensive Profiteering Act of 2007 (STOP Act) - Prohibits any person, except with permission, from using the name or image of a protected individual in connection with any merchandise, retail product, impersonation, solicitation, or commercial activity in a manner calculated to connect the protected individual with that individual's service in the Armed Forces. Defines as a &quot;protected individual&quot; any person who: (1) is a member of the Armed Forces; or (2) was a member at any time after April 5, 1917, and, if not living, has a surviving spouse, child, parent, grandparent, or sibling.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to bring actions to enjoin violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Audrey Nerenberg Act

Bill: 110-hr-271
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Data banks
Disabled
Families
Family services
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Government statistics
Mentally disabled
Missing persons
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: 
Audrey Nerenberg Act - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to include within the definition of child under such Act an individual whose mental capacity is less than 18 years of age as determined by an appropriate medical authority. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To require amounts remaining in Members' representational allowances at the end of a fiscal year to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-272
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits
Congressional Record
Congressional allowances
Congressional publicity
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Public debt

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Requires any amounts remaining of a House Member's Representational Allowance after all payments are made for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for which there is no federal budget deficit, to reduce the federal debt.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs.

Bill: 110-hr-273
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2007-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Congress
Families
Income tax
Sunset legislation
Tax credits
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: 
Exempts provisions expanding the adoption tax credit and adoption assistance programs enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 from the general terminating (sunset) provisions of that Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Introduced in House