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Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act

Bill: 110-hr-1589
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Henry E., Jr. [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Annuities
Collection of accounts
Families
Labor and Employment
Married people
Military dependents
Military pay
Military pensions
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act - Repeals, as of the later of October 1, 2007, or the date of enactment of this Act, certain provisions which require the offset of amounts paid in dependency and indemnity compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities for the surviving spouses of former military personnel who are entitled to military pay or who would be entitled to retired pay except for being under 60 years of age. 
Provides for the recoupment of certain amounts previously paid to SBP recipients in the form of a retired pay refund. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to waive the recoupment requirement in certain cases. 
Repeals the optional authority of (and instead requires) the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an annuity to a member's dependent children when there is no eligible surviving spouse. 
Directs the Secretary to restore annuity eligibility to a surviving spouse who earlier agreed to transfer such eligibility to a surviving child or children of a member.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, as the Michael A. Marzano Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.

Bill: 110-hr-1594
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Armed Forces and National Security
Clinics
Congressional tributes
Health
Names
Pennsylvania
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, as the &quot;Michael A. Marzano Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.&quot;

action_date: 2008-09-30
text: 

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

 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, as the &quot;Michael A. Marzano Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-14
text: Became Public Law No: 110-410.
action_date: 2008-10-14
text: Became Public Law No: 110-410.
action_date: 2008-10-14
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2008-10-14
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2008-10-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2008-10-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2008-10-01
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10183)
action_date: 2008-09-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10183)
action_date: 2008-09-18
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 410 - 0 (Roll no. 604). (text: CR 9/15/2008 H8073)
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 410 - 0 (Roll no. 604).(text: CR 9/15/2008 H8073)
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8353)
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Stearns objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1594.
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8073-8075)
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 110-410
Clean and Green Renewable Energy Tax Credit Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1596
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Depreciation and amortization
Electric appliances
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Fuel cells
Income tax
Solar energy
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Clean and Green Renewable Energy Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2030 the tax credits for investment in solar energy and qualified fuel cell property; (2) modify the percentage rate for the energy tax credit; (3) extend through 2016 the tax credit for residential energy efficient property expenditures; (4) allow accelerated depreciation of solar energy and fuel cell property; (5) extend through 2013 the tax credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources; (6) allow an energy tax credit and a residential energy efficient property tax credit for certain equipment which uses wind to generate energy; and (7) extend through 2009 the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Wireless Innovation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1597
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Television frequency allocation
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Wireless Innovation Act of 2007 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complete its proceeding and issue a final order in the Matter of Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands, ET Docket No. 04-186, which facilitates the operation of unlicensed devices in television white spaces. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E796)
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Coverage During an Incident of National Significance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1603
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Disasters
Emergency Management
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government employees' health insurance
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Tax credits
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Emergency Coverage During an Incident of National Significance Act of 2007 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to administer a health insurance program for certain individuals affected by an incident of national significance. 
 
Requires OPM to contract with three or more carriers to make available five or more federal health benefits plans (subject to the provisions of this Act) to eligible individuals. 
 
Allows an income-related tax credit for amounts paid by eligible individuals for coverage under the health insurance plan established by this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for making payments on behalf of certain individuals to such plan. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, other federal officers, and the Director of OPM to submit a plan that: (1) provides for the orderly implementation of the amendments made by this Act; and (2) includes a schedule of actions to be taken to provide for that implementation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To designate the headquarters building of the Embassy of the United States in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as the "Mickey Leland United States Embassy Building".

Bill: 110-hr-1604
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Congressional tributes
Embassies
Ethiopia
Ex-Members of Congress
International Affairs
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Designates the U.S. Embassy headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as the &quot;Mickey Leland United States Embassy Building.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Merchant Mariner Credentials Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1605
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative fees
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Fingerprints
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Merchant seamen
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Merchant Mariner Credentials Improvement Act of 2007 - Revises requirements with respect to merchant mariner's documents, licenses, and certificates of registry to authorize the advanced renewal of such items which shall not be valid until the date that the originally issued items expire.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating from charging a fee for the application, processing, or issuance of a merchant mariner's document if, within 30 days of the date the individual submits a complete application for the document, the Secretary has not: (1) issued the document to the individual; or (2) notified the individual that the document will not be issued because the individual does not meet certain qualifications.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from requiring an individual to be fingerprinted for the issuance or renewal of a merchant mariner's document, license, or certificate of registry if the individual was previously fingerprinted upon applying for a transportation security card.
 
Extends an expiring merchant mariner's document, license, or certificate of registry for one year (currently, such items are issued for a five-year period with renewals for additional five-year periods) to help eliminate a backlog in processing such items.
 
Requires the Secretary to develop an interim clearance process for issuance of merchant mariner's documents to help newly hired seamen who do not pose a safety and security risk to begin working on an offshore supply vessel or towing vessel.
 
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on: (1) a plan to ensure that the application process for a merchant mariner document can be completed entirely by mail; and (2) the feasibility of the redesign of such document to comply with certain standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a flexibility incentive grant program.

Bill: 110-hr-1606
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Mass rapid transit
State constitutions
State finance
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a flexibility incentive grant pilot program to encourage states to establish new sources of revenue for public transportation projects and services and to reward states for creating more flexibility in the use of their existing transportation funds.
 
Requires the Secretary to make a grant for FY2008-FY2011 to: (1) each state whose increase in expenditures for public transportation projects and services over the preceding fiscal year was 10% or more and aggregate expenditures for such projects and services was $1 billion or less; (2) each large state whose increase in expenditures for such projects and services over the preceding fiscal year was 1% or more and aggregate expenditures for such projects and services was more than $1 billion; (3) each state that established in the first preceding fiscal year a dedicated source of revenue (i.e., state motor fuels tax, sales tax, or other specified sources of revenue) for carrying out public transportation projects and services that was not in effect in the second preceding fiscal year and which will result in a 10% increase of state funds expended for such projects and services within two years after such implementation; and (4) each state that in the preceding fiscal year amended state law or the state constitution to allow restricted highway funds to also be used for public transportation projects and services. Sets forth certain grant eligibility requirements.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct, and report to Congress on, a study to evaluate the pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E597)
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the automatic acquisition of citizenship by certain individuals born in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, or Thailand.

Bill: 110-hr-1607
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Cambodia
Citizenship
East Asia
Families
Immigrants
International Affairs
Laos
North Korea
Parent and child
Residence requirements
South Korea
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to confer automatic citizenship on aliens residing in the United States in lawful permanent resident status pursuant to a classification petition approved under a provision that gives preferential treatment to persons born in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, or Thailand after 1950 and before October 22, 1982, who were fathered by U.S. citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
College Aid Made EZ Act

Bill: 110-hr-1608
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative fees
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Education savings accounts
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Identification devices
Income
Income tax
Internet
Right of privacy
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Student aid
Student loan funds
Tax returns
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
College Aid Made EZ Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require the Secretary of Education (Secretary) to make the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): (1) consumer-friendly, with 50% fewer data elements within five years of this Act's enactment; (2) available in both paper and (downloadable) electronic formats; (3) flexible enough to permit applicants to enter data years before enrolling and selectively update information; and (4) include data elements relevant to state student aid determinations.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop a simplified paper EZ FAFSA for applicants having no expected family contributions and simplified electronic FAFSAs for applicants to whom a simplified needs test applies.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct a demonstration program assessing the feasibility and benefits of allowing dependent students to apply for aid in their junior year of high school.
 
Reduces the types of income and benefits which are considered untaxed and thereby included in student need analyses.
 
Excludes untaxed distributions from qualified education benefits as income or assets in computing expected family contributions in student aid calculations. Treats a qualified education benefit as: (1) the parent's asset when considering the family contribution for a dependent student; and (2) the student's asset when considering such contribution for independent students. Excludes from need analyses any untaxed distributions from state prepaid tuition plans or Coverdell education savings accounts.
 
Urges the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury to develop a process allowing the Department of Education, with the applicant's permission, to complete the FAFSA by drawing income information directly from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Allows the Secretary to use the previous tax year's income information to facilitate this end.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Constantino Brumidi.

Bill: 110-hr-1609
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Artists
Arts, Culture, Religion
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Sculpture

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal in recognition of Constantino Brumidi's contributions to the Nation as a designer and decorator of the U.S. Capitol. 
 
Requires the Architect of the Capitol to arrange for the gold medal to be displayed in the Capitol Visitor Center as part of an exhibit honoring Constantino Brumidi.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level.

Bill: 110-hr-1610
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alcohol tax
Beer

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from $18 to $9 (its pre-1991 level) the per-barrel tax on beer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
8(a) Modernization Act

Bill: 110-hr-1611
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Government service contracts
Manufacturing industries
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Small business
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
8(a) Modernization Act - Amends the Small Business Act to increase the thresholds for the award by the Small Business Administration (SBA) of government procurement and service contracts and subcontracts to certain small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals from: (1) $5 million to $12 million, in the case of small business manufacturers; and (2) $3 million to $10 million, in the case of other small businesses.
 
Requires the SBA Administrator to establish, for each industry classification, a maximum level of net worth for an economically disadvantaged individual (for purposes of eligibility for the contract award program). Prohibits the Administrator from establishing a maximum net worth that prohibits program entry of less than $750,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House