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To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey the surface estate of the San Jacinto Disposal Area to the city of Galveston, Texas.

Bill: 110-hr-4829
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-12-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Land transfers
Landfills
Navigation
Texas
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: 
Amends the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1994 to authorize the conveyance of the surface estate of all or any part of the parcel of land containing the San Jacinto Disposal Area to the city of Galveston, Texas. Extends the date of expiration for a declaration of nonnavigability for any area or part of the Disposal Area surface estate that is not bulkheaded or filled or occupied by permanent structures, including marina facilities, in accordance with the regulatory requirements pertaining to such a declaration, as amended by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
FEMA Accountability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4830
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2007-12-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Emergency housing
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Formaldehyde
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Law
Mobile homes
Storage
Surplus government property

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: 
FEMA Accountability Act of 2007 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to complete an assessment of the number of temporary housing units purchased by FEMA that are necessary to stock to respond to disasters.

Requires the Administrator to establish a plan for: (1) permanently storing such necessary units; (2) selling, transferring, or otherwise disposing of the excess units that are in usable condition; and (3) disposing of the units that are not in usable condition. Provides for the exclusion of units that may contain an unsafe level of formaldehyde. Makes such plan subject to Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act requirements for disposal of units and other applicable legal provisions.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary duty reductions and suspensions on certain wool products, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-4831
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2007-12-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary duty reductions and suspensions on certain wool products, and for other purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
Wildland Fire Safety and Transparency Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4832
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2007-12-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Federal budgets
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Forest fires
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Health
Labor and Employment
National forests
Occupational health and safety
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: 
Wildland Fire Safety and Transparency Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Directors of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, (the Secretaries) to jointly submit annual reports to Congress on the wildland firefighter safety practices of the Secretaries, including training programs and activities for wildland fire suppression, prescribed burning, and wildland fire use. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2008-01-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-12-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2599)
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
Santa Fe Quadricentennial Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 110-hr-4833
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2007-12-18 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Archaeology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Capital cities
Coins and coinage
Finance and Financial Sector
Gold
Historic sites
History
New Mexico
Silver
Urban affairs
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: 
Santa Fe Quadricentennial Commemorative Coin Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury, in commemoration of the quadricentennial of the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, to issue $5 gold coins and $1 silver coins emblematic of the settlement of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the oldest capital city in the United States.
 
Permits issuance of such coins only during calendar 2010.
 
 Requires the Secretary to pay 50% of surcharges received from such coin sales to: (1) the Santa Fe 400th Anniversary Committee, Inc.; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to sustain the ongoing mission of preserving Santa Fe, including educational programs, infrastructure and archaeological research activities, and other programs to support the quadricentennial of the establishment of Santa Fe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2611-2612)
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
Ossie Davis Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 110-hr-4834
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2007-12-18 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Entertainers
Government Operations and Politics
Motion pictures
Science, Technology, Communications
Television programs
Theater

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: 
Ossie Davis Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous award of a congressional gold medal commemorating Ossie Davis and recognizing his many contributions to the nation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
Media Ownership Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4835
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Broadband
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Planning
Television broadcasting
Television frequency allocation
Television stations
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: 
Media Ownership Act of 2007 - Amends the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in changing any of its regulations related to broadcast ownership, to publish notice in the Federal Register for least 90 days, followed by at least 60 days for public comment, followed by at least 30 days to reply to comments. Applies those requirements to any any changes related to broadcast and newspaper ownership made after October 1, 2007.
 
Requires the FCC, before voting on any change in broadcast and newspaper ownership rules, to complete a separate rulemaking to promote the broadcast of local programming and content by broadcasters, including radio and television broadcast stations, and newspapers. Requires the FCC, before issuing a final rule, to: (1) conduct a study on the overall impact of television station duopolies and newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership on the quantity and quality of local news, public affairs, local news media jobs, and local cultural programming at the market level; and (2) publish a proposed final rule at least 90 days before a vote, followed by at least 60 days for public comment, followed by at least 30 days to reply to comments.
 
Requires the FCC to establish an independent panel on increasing the representation of women and minorities in broadcast media ownership and to act on the panel's recommendations before voting on any changes to its broadcast and newspaper ownership rules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Introduced in House
Spacefaring Priorities for America's Continued Exploration Act

Bill: 110-hr-4837
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Astronauts
Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government spending reductions
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
International cooperation in astronautics
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Russia
Space activities
Space exploration
Space programs
Space shuttles
Space stations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Spacefaring Priorities for America's Continued Exploration Act or SPACE Act - Prohibits the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from relying solely on the Russian government for astronaut transport or cargo resupply services, except for the current Soyuz emergency escape services for astronauts on the International Space Station. 

Authorizes appropriations to NASA for: (1) exploration systems; and (2) emergency funding for Columbia return-to-flight costs. 
 
Requires NASA to fly at least two space shuttle missions per year for crew transport, instead of Russian crew and cargo services, for the period 2010-2015, or until Orion is operational. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such operations. Requires NASA to report to Congress on the specific costs and actions needed to extend the operation of the space shuttle. 
 
Requires NASA, by March 31, 2011, to investigate areas of reduced operations and enhanced cost savings and implement those that do not impinge on the safe operation of the space shuttle program. 

Directs NASA to define achievable and attainable requirements for the operation of such program beyond 2010, as recommended by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Requires: (1) NASA to report to Congress on such requirements; and (2) NASA to immediately begin satisfying those requirements and to satisfy all of them by March 31, 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
S Corporation Modernization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4840
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Aliens
Capital gains tax
Charitable contributions
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporation taxes
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Law
Small business
Stockholders
Tax administration
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
S Corporation Modernization Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax treatment of S corporations, including by: (1) reducing from 10 to 7 years the period during which S corporation built-in gains are subject to tax; (2) allowing nonresident aliens to qualify as beneficiaries of an electing small business trust (ESBT); (3) repealing mandatory termination of S corporation elections for excessive passive investment income; (4) allowing S corporations to increase passive investment income from 25 to 60% without incurring additional tax; (5) allowing individual retirement accounts to be S corporation shareholders; and (6) allowing ESBTs to claim expanded charitable tax deductions.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on entity neutrality under the Internal Revenue Code with respect to S corporations, limited liability companies, and other pass-through entities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To provide for only prospective effect of certain amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines relating to cocaine base sentencing.

Bill: 110-hr-4842
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crack (Drug)
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Provides that an amendment to the sentencing guidelines promulgated by the U.S. Sentencing Commission with respect to crack cocaine offenses shall apply only to cases pending on and after the effective date of such amendment (i.e., November 1, 2007).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures containing n-butyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (Butyl benzisothiazline) and application adjuvants.

Bill: 110-hr-4843
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures containing n-butyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (Butyl benzisothiazline) and application adjuvants.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures containing n-butyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (Butyl benzisothiazoline technical), 1-hydroxypyridine-2-thione, zinc salt (Zinc pyrithione) and application adjuvants.

Bill: 110-hr-4844
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures containing n-butyl-1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (Butyl benzisothiazoline technical), 1-hydroxypyridine-2-thione, zinc salt (Zinc pyrithione) and application adjuvants.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude overtime pay from gross income.

Bill: 110-hr-4845
Sponsor: Rep. Fallin, Mary [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hours of labor
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax exclusion
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers an exclusion from gross income for overtime pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
First Line of Defense Infrastructure Improvement Act

Bill: 110-hr-4846
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Airports
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Fire departments
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Grants-in-aid
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Maintenance and repair
Marine terminals
Nuclear power plants
Petroleum refineries
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
First Line of Defense Infrastructure Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to direct the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to establish a competitive grant program to improve first responder incident response and firefighter livability by making improvements to the infrastructure of fire stations. Requires the Administrator to award grants in each of FY2009-FY2013 to eligible fire services for: (1) repairing a station if the condition of the infrastructure prevents the service from performing incident response duties in a timely manner because the station is either decaying or contains structural impairments that impede egress of equipment or personnel; or (2) renovating a station if it does not properly accommodate all fire service personnel through the use of gender-equitable facilities.

Prohibits the use of grant funds for activities related to the planning or design of infrastructure improvements. 

Directs the Administrator to give priority to a fire service seeking assistance for a fire station located not more than 25 miles from: (1) a facility that produces nuclear power; (2) a facility that produces, treats, or refines more than 20,000 barrels of oil per day; or (3) a location with at least one critical infrastructure, such as an international seaport, airport, refinery, or treatment plant.

Prohibits the Administrator from awarding a grant exceeding 40% of the reasonable cost of carrying out the project. Conditions receipt of a grant on the fire service funding the remaining amount using non-federal funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42

Bill: 110-hr-4849
Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Disabled
Discrimination against the disabled
Discrimination in medical care
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Medical research
Minority health
Racial discrimination
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex discrimination
Sexual orientation
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
 Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42 - Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability status against any person in the United States under any health care service or research program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Sanctions to Eliminate Products Unsafe to the Public Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4850
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child safety
Consumer protection
Environmental Protection
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Import restrictions
Law
Lead
Product safety
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
 Sanctions to Eliminate Products Unsafe to the Public Act of 2007 or the STEP UP Act of 2007 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require every manufacturer (and any related private labeler) of an article for use by a child under 60 months of age which is subject to a consumer product safety standard or a rule under any Act administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) declaring a consumer product a banned hazardous product to certify, based on testing conducted by a nongovernmental independent third party, that the product conforms to such standard or is not a banned hazardous product.
 
Bars importation of such articles lacking independent third party certification.
 
Increases the civil penalties for violations of a consumer product safety standard involving lead in a children's product.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House