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Help End Addiction to Lethal Tobacco Habits Act

Bill: 110-s-1834
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Cigarettes
Coinsurance
Commerce
Drug therapy
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health counseling
Health warnings
Medicare
Nicotine
Packaging
Public service advertising
Smokeless tobacco
Smoking
Social Welfare
Standards
Surveys
Tax rates
Taxation
Tobacco industry
Tobacco tax

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Help End Addiction to Lethal Tobacco Habits Act or the HEALTH Act - Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to make changes to annual reporting requirements relating to ingredients added to tobacco in the manufacture of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.

Requires the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to develop standards and best practices for: (1) the sampling of tobacco, smokeless tobacco, and tobacco products; and (2) accurate measurement and analysis of tobacco constituents.

Makes changes to the Surgeon General's Warning on the packages of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, including the content, size, and location of such warnings.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to conduct a survey on the usage of tobacco products.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish an allowance system to reduce the sale of U.S. tobacco products. 

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make changes to the excise tax on cigarettes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco. 

Establishes a classification system for tobacco products based on their level of health risks. Requires the Secretary to establish the Tobacco Risk Classification Panel to make recommendations concerning such classification.

Authorizes the Secretary to prohibit the introduction into interstate commerce of any product that contains nicotine if such product has no health benefits.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to carry out a campaign of counter-advertising with respect to tobacco use.

Provides for coverage of tobacco cessation products and programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9622-9623)
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require a report and audit on the transfer of personnel and functions from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.

Bill: 110-s-1835
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Auditing
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Defense
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Maryland
Military base closures
Military operations
New Jersey
Terrorism
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Prohibits either the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the Army from funding the transfer of personnel or functions from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, pursuant to the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, until at least 30 days after the Comptroller General completes an audit of a report of the Secretary of Defense stating that: (1) such transfer to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, will be accomplished without disruption of their support to the Global War on Terror or other critical contingency operations; and (2) safeguards exist to mitigate potential degradation of such support and ensure maximum retention of critical workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Comptroller General to address certain questions in connection with the closure of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and the transfer of personnel, functions, and activities from Fort Monmouth to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-1836
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Auditing
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Department of Defense
Engineers
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Maryland
Military base closures
Military operations
New Jersey
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists in government
Terrorism
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Directs the Comptroller General to require methodological, scientific, and technical experts within the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to undertake a new investigation to address specified questions relating to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, including: (1) cost estimates with respect to its closing and the transfer of its personnel, functions, and activities to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; (2) a shortfall of defense scientists and engineers; and (3) the failure of the Department of Defense (DOD) to timely provide a report required by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission as to whether the transfer of such personnel, functions, and activities will be accomplished without disruption of their support to the Global War on Terror or other critical contingency operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide loans to eligible agricultural producers of eligible commodities that are used to produce bioenergy to ensure that the capacities of the commodity storage facilities of the agricultural producers are adequate for the storage requirements of the agricultural producers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-1837
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Agricultural subsidies
Biomass energy
Energy
Energy crops
Finance and Financial Sector
Storage

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide agricultural producers who produce bioenergy with commodity storage capacity loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
South Texas Veterans Access to Care Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1838
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hospital care
Hospitals
Long-term care
Military medicine
Nursing homes
Public-private partnerships
Texas
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
South Texas Veterans Access to Care Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine, and notify Congress, whether the needs of veterans for acute inpatient hospital care in 24 counties comprising Far South Texas should be met through: (1) a public-private venture to provide such services and long-term care to veterans in an existing facility in Far South Texas; (2) a project for construction of a new full-service, 50-bed hospital with a 125-bed nursing home in Far South Texas; or (3) a sharing agreement with a military treatment facility in Far South Texas. Requires the Secretary to take appropriate action depending on the option selected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1840
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative procedure
Cost of living adjustments
Department of Labor
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Law
Paramedical personnel
Social Welfare
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: 
Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow sponsors of certain deferred compensation plans to elect to include length of service award plans for bona fide volunteers providing fire fighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, ambulance services, and emergency rescue services.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations exempting a length of service award program from treatment as an employee pension benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
National Women's History Museum Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1841
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
History
Leases
Museums
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: 
National Women's History Museum Act of 2007 - Requires the Administrator of General Services to enter into an occupancy agreement with the National Women's History Museum, Inc. (Museum Sponsor) to allow the Museum Sponsor to locate a National Women's History Museum, at the Pavilion Annex (the building and specified surrounding land in Washington, D.C.), which shall extend for a period of not more than 99 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9659)
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1842
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Ambulatory care
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clinics
Congressional reporting requirements
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Electronic government information
Employee rights
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Home care services
Hospital personnel
Hours of labor
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislation
Medical ethics
Medicare
Mental health services
Military hospitals
Nurses
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Veterans' hospitals
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: 
Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to place limitations on mandatory overtime for nurses, prohibit retaliation against them in any manner with respect to any aspect of employment, and establish civil money penalties for violations of this Act.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on standards to establish for the maximum number of hours that a nurse may work without compromising the safety of patients.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to study and report to Congress on the extent to which federally operated medical facilities have in effect practices and policies for overtime requirements for nurses that are inconsistent with the requirements added by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9659-9660)
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Pay Restoration Act

Bill: 110-s-1843
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Age discrimination
Disabled
Discrimination against the disabled
Discrimination in employment
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Wage restitution
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: 
Fair Pay Restoration Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare that an unlawful employment practice occurs when a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted, when an individual becomes subject to the decision or practice, or when an individual is affected by application of the decision or practice, including each time compensation is paid. Accrues liability, and allows an aggrieved person to obtain relief including recovery of back pay for up to two years preceding the filing of the charge, where the unlawful employment practice that has occurred during the charge filing period is similar or related to a practice that occurred outside the charge filing period. 

Applies certain amendments made by this Act to claims of compensation discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to declare that an unlawful practice occurs when a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted, when a person becomes subject to the decision or other practice, or when a person is affected by the decision or practice, including each time compensation is paid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2008-01-24
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-825.
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9660-9661)
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make technical corrections to the new border tunnels and passages offense.

Bill: 110-s-1844
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Boundaries
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Law
Sentencing guidelines
Smuggling
Transportation and Public Works
Tunnels
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to assign a new section number (555 instead of 554) to the provision prohibiting the construction of border tunnels and passages into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate
United States-Republic of Korea Defense Cooperation Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1846
Sponsor: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]
Introduced: 2007-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
East Asia
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Military assistance
Military training
President and foreign policy
South Korea

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: 
United States-Republic of Korea Defense Cooperation Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to include the Republic of Korea among those countries given preferential consideration with respect to certain: (1) arms export presidential certification and legislative review requirements; and (2) military training reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1847
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2007-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Authorization
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Defective products
Economics and Public Finance
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Product safety

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: 
 Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act of 2007 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to authorize appropriations through FY2012 to carry out the Act.
 
Repeals the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) quorum requirement for the transaction of business.
 
Decreases the period of advance notice the CPSC must, in some circumstances, provide a manufacturer or private labeler before disclosing to the public information obtained under the Act. Allows disclosure without advance notice to a manufacturer or private labeler if the CPSC makes an affirmative determination that: (1) disclosure is necessary to prevent an unreasonable risk to health and safety; and (2) the manufacturer or private labeler is not cooperating with the Commission.
 
Sets a minimum for the penalty imposed on manufacturer, distributor, or retailer which knowingly fails to comply with a recall order. 
 
Increases from $1.25 million to $20 million the maximum civil penalty that may be imposed under the Act for any related series of prohibited acts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11091-11092)
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9776)
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Lawful Worker Tax Deduction Act

Bill: 110-s-1849
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2007-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alien labor
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax deductions
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: 
Lawful Worker Tax Deduction Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for wages paid to or on behalf of an unauthorized alien (defined as an alien not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or authorized to work).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Government Tax-Exempt Bond Parity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1850
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2007-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bonds
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Indian economic development
Minorities
Securities regulation
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: 
Tribal Government Tax-Exempt Bond Parity Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by an Indian tribal government or subdivision if: (1) at least 95 percent of the net proceeds are used to finance facilities on the Indian reservation of such Indian tribal government; or (2) the obligation is part of an issue substantially all of whose proceeds are to be used in the exercise of an essential government function. Excludes an obligation used to finance any part of a building in which class II or III gaming is conducted or housed or any other property actually used in the conduct of such gaming. 
 
Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt obligations issued by an Indian tribal government or subdivision from registration requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Saving Families First Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1851
Sponsor: Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]
Introduced: 2007-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Minimum tax
Tax deductions
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: 
Saving Families First Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) the tax deduction for personal exemptions in determining the alternative minimum taxable income of individual taxpayers; and (2) an inflation adjustment for alternative minimum tax exemption and phaseout amounts for individual taxpayers beginning after 2007. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Native American Heritage Day Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1852
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2007-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Hawaiians
Minorities
Native Americans
Special days

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: 
Native American Heritage Day Act of 2007 - Designates the Friday immediately succeeding Thanksgiving Day of each year as &quot;Native American Heritage Day.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9777-9778)
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Senior Suicide Act

Bill: 110-s-1854
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2007-07-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Geriatrics
Health planning
Medicare
Mental health services
Preventive medicine
Psychiatry
Social Welfare
Suicide

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: 
Stop Senior Suicide Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an Interagency Geriatric Mental Health Planning Council to coordinate and collaborate on the planning for the delivery of mental health services, to include suicide prevention, to older adults.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove provisions that limit payment for the treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders of an individual who is not an inpatient of a hospital at the time such expenses are incurred.

Requires the Secretary to award grants or cooperative agreements to eligible entities to develop strategies for addressing suicide among the elderly.

Revises provisions requiring centers to provide appropriate information, training, and technical assistance on youth suicide to require such information, training, and assistance on suicide among all ages, particularly for groups that are at a high risk for suicide. Authorizes additional appropriations to carry out such changes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9780-9781)
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9779-9780)
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Introduced in Senate