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COLA Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2987
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2007-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer price indexes
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Maps
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Regional economic disparities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: 
COLA Fairness Act of 2007 - Requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to establish: (1) a mapping of the United States comprising 14 specified regions; and (2) particular monthly consumer price indices for such regions for computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2007-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Government Pension Offset Reform Act

Bill: 110-hr-2988
Sponsor: Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2007-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Cost of living adjustments
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Local employees
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
State employees
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: 
Government Pension Offset Reform Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to modify the formula for determining the amount of reduced monthly OASDI benefits payable to a spouse, surviving spouse, or parent receiving monthly payments from a federal or state pension plan. Declares that such benefit reductions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend provisions of title 46, United States Code, popularly known as the Death on the High Seas Act to limit application of those provisions to maritime accidents, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2989
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Damages
Jurisdiction
Marine safety
Transportation and Public Works
Wrongful death

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
Amends the Death on the High Seas Act to make provisions concerning commercial aviation accidents also applicable to maritime accidents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit.

Bill: 110-hr-2990
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Geothermal resources
Heat pumps
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an energy tax credit and a residential energy efficient property tax credit for geothermal heat pump systems. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Genuine American Flag Act

Bill: 110-hr-2993
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commemorations
Flags
Import restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
Genuine American Flag Act - Prohibits the importation for sale of foreign-made flags of the United States of America (regardless of size and whether or not in compliance with the standard proportions prescribed by Executive order).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2995
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Evidence (Law)
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Liability (Law)
Punitive damages
Small business
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2007 - Allows punitive damages against a small business only if the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that conduct carried out by the defendant with a conscious, flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of others was the proximate cause of the harm that is the subject of the action. 
 
States that in any civil action against a small business: (1) each defendant shall be liable only for the amount of noneconomic loss allocated to that defendant in direct proportion to the percentage of responsibility of that defendant for the harm caused to the plaintiff; and (2) the court shall render a separate judgment against each defendant describing such percentage of responsibility.

Excepts from such liability limitations specified misconduct of a defendant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Military Retiree Dislocation Assistance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2996
Sponsor: Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Housing and Community Development
Relocation
Retired military personnel
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
Military Retiree Dislocation Assistance Act of 2007 - Entitles a member of the Armed Forces who is retired or placed on the temporary disability list to a dislocation allowance when moving from such member's last duty station to such member's residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Ocmulgee National Heritage Corridor Act

Bill: 110-hr-2998
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Georgia
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Land use
Maps
Metropolitan areas
Minorities
National monuments
Native Americans
Nature conservation
Planning
Rivers
Tourism
Urban affairs
Water Resources Development
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
Ocmulgee National Heritage Corridor Act - Establishes the Ocmulgee National Heritage Corridor in Georgia. Designates the Ocmulgee Heritage L.L.C. as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Corridor. Requires the Ocmulgee Heritage L.L.C. to prepare and submit a management plan for the Heritage Corridor. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2999
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-city relations
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
District of Columbia Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to increase the Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for the District of Columbia from 70% to 75%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1488-1489)
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives to encourage diversity of ownership of telecommunications businesses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3003
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative fees
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Income tax
Law
Radio stations
Small business
Tax deferral
Taxation
Telecommunication industry
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer election to defer from tax up to $50 million of the gain from the sale of the assets or stock of a telecommunications business to certain small businesses that own 10 or fewer broadcast stations. Limits to three the number of such purchases by any qualifying small business. Requires the recapture of such deferred gain for any telecommunications business resold within five years.

Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to guarantee loans made to small businesses for the purchase of a telecommunications business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2007-07-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1488)
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Rural Aviation Improvement Act

Bill: 110-hr-3004
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access to airports
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Aviation fuels
Charter airlines
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy prices
Federal aid to transportation
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
Rural Aviation Improvement Act - Repeals the Essential Air Service Local Participation Program.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from compensating an air carrier for providing essential air service to an eligible community in the 48 contiguous states if such community: (1) is located fewer than 70 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport; or (2) is fewer than 210 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport and requires a per passenger subsidy for such service in excess of $200 for calendar year 2008, including any increase for each ensuing calendar year.
 
Authorizes a state or local government to submit a proposal to the Secretary to: (1) compensate an air carrier for essential air service to an eligible community above the $200 per passenger subsidy cap; (2) compensate a preferred air carrier for providing such service (i.e., an air carrier preferred by the affected community although it is not the lowest bidder); and (3) restore the eligibility of a community to receive subsidized essential air service.
 
Requires the Secretary, in determining compensation (or eligibility for it) for essential air service based on highway mileage, to use the highway mileage of the most commonly used route between the eligible community and the nearest medium hub airport or large hub airport.
 
Establishes within the Office of the Secretary the Office of Rural Aviation.
 
Extends through FY2011 the Secretary's authority under the essential air service program to make agreements to provide assistance to underserved airports.
 
Requires adjustment of compensation to air carriers for providing essential air service in order to take into account significant increases in fuel costs.
 
Directs the Secretary to treat passenger boardings on aircraft operated by charter air carriers at airports receiving essential air service as passenger boardings for purposes of making apportionments of airport improvement grant funds.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Glaucoma Screening Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3005
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Clinics
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Eye diseases
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Health education
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Medical education
Medical residents
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medicare
Minorities
Minority health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
Glaucoma Screening Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand coverage of screening for glaucoma to include individuals who are both older than 49 years of age and Hispanic.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award a grant to an eligible entity to provide glaucoma screenings to individuals determined to be at high risk. Requires such an entity to: (1) utilize mobile screening units to test for glaucoma and other eye diseases; (2) target screening activities to populations primarily consisting of high-risk individuals; (3) form partnerships with federally-qualified health centers to increase awareness of the need for glaucoma screenings and to provide screenings for high-risk individuals; and (4) provide grants to approved medical residency training programs to permit participating students to conduct such screenings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians during the period in which one of the physicians is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces.

Bill: 110-hr-3007
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to create an exception to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements in the case of arrangements between two physicians over a longer continuous period during all of which one of them is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the armed forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Rural Veterans Services Outreach and Training Act

Bill: 110-hr-3008
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Counseling
County politics and government
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Local employees
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
Rural Veterans Services Outreach and Training Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to make competitive grants to provide financial assistance to state departments of veterans affairs for the training of rural county veteran service officers in order to improve outreach and assistance to veterans, as well as their spouses, children, and parents, who may be eligible to receive veterans' or veterans-related benefits and who are residing in rural counties. Limits each grant to $1 million. Requires grants to be made on an annual basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Market Transparency Reporting of United States Transactions Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3009
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Commodity exchanges
Crime and Law Enforcement
Derivative securities
Energy
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Futures trading
Gas industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Law
Natural gas
Swaps (Finance)

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
 Market Transparency Reporting of United States Transactions Act of 2007 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to define &quot;included natural gas transaction&quot; as a contract, agreement, or transaction in natural gas that is entered into: (1) in reliance on the provisions regarding either excluded swap transactions or the legal certainty for certain transaction in exempt commodities; or (2) by use of a domestic technology or software providing direct access to a foreign board of trade. (Thus places natural gas transactions within the jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).)
 
Prescribes recordkeeping and disclosure requirements governing natural gas in swap transactions, positions, inventories and commitments otherwise excluded from CFTC jurisdiction (&quot;over-the-counter transactions&quot;).
 
Requires the CFTC to: (1) establish a reporting system regarding large positions in included natural gas transactions; (2) publish on a regular basis the information reported to it regarding such transactions; and (3) promulgate rules or regulations to implement this Act.
 
Requires the CFTC reporting system to include aggregate reportable positions held by commercial and noncommercial persons.

Increases civil money penalties for violations of this Act. Revises criminal penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commodity Futures Trading Com.
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House