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Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2530
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access to airports
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to transportation
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Noise
Small towns
Subsidies
Transportation planning
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2007 - Amends federal transportation law to provide funding for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning programs for the six-month period beginning October 1, 2007. Extends until March 31, 2008: (1) the authority of the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to incur obligations to make grants under such programs; and (2) the 95% temporary increase in the federal government's share of certain airport improvement program costs.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to calculate funding apportionments for airport development programs in FY2008 in accordance with a specified formula.
 
Extends through FY2008 the period for final orders issued by the Secretary with respect to eligibility for essential air service compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S16016-16017)
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise the antidumping duties and countervailing duties relating to the production of low-enriched uranium, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-2531
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
Countervailing duties
Dumping
Energy
Free trade
International Affairs
Latin America
Mexico
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Trade agreements
Uranium

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply the Act's antidumping and countervailing duty provisions to contracts and transactions of foreign countries (including North American Free Trade [NAFTA] countries) involving the production of low-enriched uranium.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S16017)
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2650 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, as the "Julia M. Carson Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-s-2534
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2008-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Indiana
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2650 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, as the "Julia M. Carson Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-12
text: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4046)
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 677.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act

Bill: 110-s-2535
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2008-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Commemorations
Ex-presidents
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: 
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act - Adjusts the boundary of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site in the state of New York to include approximately 261 acres of land identified as the &quot;PROPOSED PARK BOUNDARY&quot; as depicted on the &quot;Boundary Map, Martin Van Buren National Historic Site,&quot; dated January 2005. 

 Authorizes the Secretary to acquire such lands and interests from willing sellers. 

action_date: 2008-09-16
text: 
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act - Adjusts the boundary of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site in the state of New York to include approximately 261 acres of land identified as the &quot;PROPOSED PARK BOUNDARY&quot; as depicted on the &quot;Boundary Map, Martin Van Buren National Historic Site,&quot; dated January 2005. 

 Authorizes the Secretary to acquire such lands and interests from willing sellers. Requires land acquired for the Site to be administered as part of such site. 

Authorizes appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 984.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-599.
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2536
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2008-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Debt
Debtor and creditor
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Housing subsidies
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Small business
South Asia
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: 
Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008 - Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting debts owed to the United States by certain veterans who die as a result of a service-connected disability incurred or aggravated on active duty in a war after the Persian Gulf War or a combat zone after September 11, 2001, if the Secretary determines, in his or her discretion, that the termination of collection is in the best interest of the United States.
 
Excepts any amounts owed the United States under federal housing and small business loan programs from such prohibition on debt collection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S96-97)
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on cyclopentanone.

Bill: 110-s-2537
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2008-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on cyclopentanone.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on glyoxylic acid.

Bill: 110-s-2538
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2008-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on glyoxylic acid.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a special depreciation allowance for certain property placed in service during 2008 and 2009.

Bill: 110-s-2539
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2008-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Automobiles
Biomass energy
Cellulose
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Energy
Energy facilities
Equipment and supplies
Income tax
Manufacturing industries
Minimum tax
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 30 to 50% the bonus depreciation for new business equipment placed in service in 2008 and 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S99-100)
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S97-99, S101-105)
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide expensing for certain property placed in service during 2008 and 2009.

Bill: 110-s-2540
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2008-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Automobiles
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Equipment and supplies
Income tax
Manufacturing industries
Minimum tax
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a current year tax deduction of the cost of business equipment placed in service in 2008 and 2009 for which cost recovery periods of three, five, or seven years are currently allowed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S100-101)
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S97-99, S101-105)
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the provisions of the Protect America Act of 2007 for an additional 30 days.

Bill: 110-s-2541
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2008-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appellate procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counterintelligence
Courts of special jurisdiction
Crime and Law Enforcement
Electronic surveillance
Law
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Telecommunication industry
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: 
Amends the Protect America Act of 2007 (currently set to expire on February 1, 2008) to extend its authority for 30 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S105)
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Credit Card Minimum Payment Notification Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2542
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2008-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Credit cards
Customer service
Interest
Retail trade
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: 
Credit Card Minimum Payment Notification Act of 2008 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act regarding disclosures required with each billing cycle under an open end consumer credit plan to require a credit card issuer to include in specified type a written statement in the following form: &quot;Minimum Payment Warning: Making only the minimum payment will increase the interest you pay and the time it takes to repay your balance.&quot;

Prescribes additional three-line statements disclosing the length of time it will take to pay off balances and the final cost to the consumer of interest rates charged.

Requires disclosure of a toll-free telephone number to obtain an estimate in person rather than a recording of the time to repay the balance making only minimum payments and the total amount of those payments.

Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish a detailed table illustrating the approximate number of months that it would take and the approximate total cost to repay an outstanding balance if the consumer pays only the required minimum monthly payments and if no other additional charges or fees are incurred on the account.

Exempts from such disclosure requirements any billing cycle in which: (1) the account agreement requires a minimum payment of not less than 10% of the outstanding balance; and (2) finance charges are not imposed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S107)
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S105-107)
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Custody Protection Act

Bill: 110-s-2543
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2008-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal liability
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Guardian and ward
Incest
Interstate commerce
Law
Parent and child
Prosecution
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
State courts
State laws
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: 
Child Custody Protection Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit transporting a minor child across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any law in the minor&#146;s state of residence that requires parental involvement in the minor&#146;s abortion decision). Makes an exception for an abortion necessary to safe the life of the minor. 

Makes it an affirmative defense to a prosecution or civil action under this Act that a defendant: (1) reasonably believed that before the minor obtained the abortion, the required parental consent or notification or judicial authorization took place; or (2) was presented with documentation showing that a court waived parental notification requirements or authorized the minor's abortion.

Defines &quot;abortion&quot; as the termination of a pregnancy with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, terminate an ectopic pregnancy, or remove a dead unborn child who died as the result of a spontaneous abortion, accidental trauma, or a criminal assault on the pregnant female or her unborn child. 

Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to one year on anyone who has committed an act of incest with a minor and knowingly transports such minor across a state line to obtain an abortion. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2544
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2008-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Federal-state relations
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
State laws
Unemployment insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 - Provides for federal-state agreements under which a state will make temporary extended unemployment compensation payments to individuals who: (1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under state or federal law with respect to a benefit year (excluding any benefit year that ended before one year before the enactment of this Act); (2) have no rights to regular compensation or extended compensation with respect to a week under such law or any other state or federal unemployment compensation law; (3) are not receiving compensation for such week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada; and (4) filed an initial claim for regular compensation on or after one year before the enactment of this Act.
 
Requires federal payments to states to cover 100% of such temporary extended unemployment compensation payments.
 
 
Provides for handling of fraud and overpayments of unemployment compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S108)
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare Advantage benchmark adjustment for certain local areas with VA medical centers and for certain contiguous areas.

Bill: 110-s-2545
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Health maintenance organizations
Medicare
Preferred provider organizations (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for a Medicare Advantage benchmark adjustment for certain local areas with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and for certain contiguous areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair and Simple Tax Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2547
Sponsor: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Economics and Public Finance
Estate tax
Finance and Financial Sector
Gift tax
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Minimum tax
Research and development tax credit
Saving and investment
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax rates
Tax simplification

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
Fair and Simple Tax Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish an alternative income tax rate system with three tax brackets (10, 15, and 30%); (2) repeal the estate and gift tax; (3) adjust the increased alternative minimum tax (AMT) exemption amounts for inflation after 2007 and make such exemptions permanent; (4) reduce the maximum corporate income tax rate to 25%; (5) reduce the maximum tax rate on capital gains to 10%; (6) allow an inflation adjustment to the basis of capital assets for purposes of determining gain or loss; (7) establish new tax-exempt accounts for retirement savings, lifetime savings, and lifetime skills accounts; (8) exempt individuals under age 65 who do not have employer health care coverage from the adjusted gross income threshold for the medical care tax deduction; and (9) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities.

Repeals the terminating dates applicable to provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the payment of interest on claims paid by the United States in connection with the correction of military records when a military corrections board sets aside a conviction by court-martial.

Bill: 110-s-2548
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Claims
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Crime and Law Enforcement
Finance and Financial Sector
Government liability
Interest
Law
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
Requires the payment of compound interest by the United States on the payment of any claim in connection with the correction of a military record that involves the setting aside of a conviction by court-martial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2550
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2008-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Debt
Debtor and creditor
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Housing subsidies
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Small business
South Asia
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: 
Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008 - Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting debts owed to the United States by certain members of the armed forces or veterans who die as a result of an injury incurred or aggravated on active duty in a war or a combat zone after September 11, 2001.
 
Excepts any amounts owed the United States under federal housing and small business loan programs from such prohibition on debt collection.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Stimulus Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2552
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2008-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Income tax
Losses
Minimum tax
Research and development tax credit
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2008-01-24
text: 
Small Business Stimulus Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to $200,000 the expensing allowance for depreciable business assets in 2008; (2) extend through 2008 the five-year carryback allowed for certain unused net operating losses; and (3) extend through 2008 the tax credit for increasing research activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2008-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate