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Marine Vessel Emissions Reduction Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2548
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air pollution control
Carbon monoxide
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental technology
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Marine engines
Marine pollution
Merchant ships
Nitrogen
Science, Technology, Communications
Ships
Smog
Standards
Sulphur
Sulphur oxides

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Marine Vessel Emissions Reduction Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations that, effective beginning on December 31, 2010, require specified marine vessels to use fuel that contains not more than 1,000 parts per million of sulfur in their main and auxiliary engines. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate interim regulations upon determining that compliance with such requirement is not technically feasible by such date. 

Authorizes the Administrator to provide for an alternative mechanism of compliance for a marine vessel if: (1) the vessel employs a control technology that reduces emissions of sulfur oxides and particulate matter to at least the same degree as the reduction that would be achieved through compliance with the applicable fuel sulfur content limitation; and (2) the emission reductions achieved are in addition to any reductions required to achieve compliance with an applicable engine emission standard.

Requires: (1) the Administrator, no later than December 15, 2008, to establish and periodically revise standards for emissions of oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter, hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide from newly-manufactured and in-use main and auxiliary engines in oceangoing marine vessels that enter or leave a U.S. port or offshore terminal; and (2) such standards to require, beginning January 1, 2012, that the engines achieve the greatest degree of emission reduction achievable through the application of available technology.

Directs the Administrator, upon determining that the maximum level of control required by regulations applicable to on-road, nonroad, and stationary engines or achieved by sources from which control technologies may be transferred, including sources that use advanced aftertreatment technologies, will not be technically achievable by January 1, 2012, to promulgate: (1) standards that require the level of control that will be technically achievable by that date; and (2) additional standards that require either such maximum level of control or the level that will be technically achievable beginning January 1, 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2549
Sponsor: Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Annuities
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Contracts
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Indexing (Economic policy)
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability (Law)
Medicare
Social Welfare
Valuation
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) create an exception to Medicare secondary payer requirements for certain workers' compensation settlement agreements; and (2) provide for the satisfaction of such requirements through use of qualified Medicare set-asides under workers' compensation settlement agreements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Recreational Boating Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2550
Sponsor: Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-4]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Boats and boating
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Sports and Recreation
Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc.
Waste disposal in the ocean

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Recreational Boating Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (popularly known as the Clean Water Act) to redefine the term &quot;pollutant&quot; to exclude any deck runoff from a recreational vessel, any engine cooling water, gray water, bilge water effluent from properly functioning recreational marine engine, laundry, shower, and galley sink wastes from a recreational vessel, or any other discharge incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel. Declares that such exclusion does not apply to rubbish, trash, garbage, or any other such materials discharged overboard by a recreational vessel.

Defines &quot;recreational vessel&quot; to mean a vessel that is: (1) manufactured for operation, or operated primarily for recreational purposes; or (2) leased, rented, or chartered to an individual for recreational purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Sarpy County, Nebraska, to serve veterans in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.

Bill: 110-hr-2551
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Congressional reporting requirements
Gifts
Iowa
Land transfers
Nebraska
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Sarpy County, Nebraska, to serve the needs of veterans and their families in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2552
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Epidemiology
Federal aid to health facilities
Health education
Health planning
Health surveys
Hepatitis
Indian medical care
Medical research
Minorities
Preventive medicine
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a plan for the prevention, control, and management of hepatitis C virus (HCV).
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) implement programs to increase awareness of HCV; and (2) support activities to promote the early detection of HCV infection, identify risk factors for infection, and conduct surveillance of HCV infection trends.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to: (1) conduct epidemiologic research to identify best practices for HCV prevention; (2) establish a Hepatitis C Clinic Research Network to conduct research related to the treatment and medical management of HCV; and (3) conduct basic research to identify new approaches to prevent and treat HCV.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) promote state, local, and tribal programs to provide referrals for medical evaluation and management to HCV-positive individuals; and (2) develop benchmarks for evaluating the programs and activities conducted under this Act.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to states, political subdivisions of states, Indian tribes, or nonprofit entities to carry out activities under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
After Care Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2554
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Access to health care
Case management
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drug therapy
Drugs
Health
Health counseling
Health education
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Identification devices
Medical tests
Mental health services
Parole
Pharmacies
Prisoners
Shelters for the homeless

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
After Care Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to require: (1) the Attorney General to provide for the testing of prisoners about to be released from a federal facility for the human immunodeficiency virus; and (2) courts to order defendants testing positive for the virus to accept HIV/AIDS treatment as a condition of supervised release and to notify any prospective sexual partner of HIV/AIDS status.

Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and maintain a program for HIV/AIDS treatment of prisoners for two years after release by the Bureau of Prisons.

Prohibits individuals receiving HIV/AIDS medication, including antiretrovirals, through a federal program from selling or trading such medication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Credit Extension Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2555
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Coal
Cooperative societies
Electric power production
Electric utilities
Energy
Environmental Protection
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Incineration
Income tax
Irrigation
Landfills
Methane
Minorities
Municipal solid waste
Native Americans
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public utilities
Refuse as fuel
Solar energy
Tax credits
Tax-exempt organizations
Water Resources Development
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Renewable Energy Credit Extension Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2013 the tax credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (e.g., wind, biomass, poultry waste); and (2) allow certain organizations, including tax-exempt organizations, state and local governments, and Indian tribal governments, to sell unused amounts of such tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and extend the alternative motor vehicle credit for certain flexible fuel hybrid vehicles.

Bill: 110-hr-2557
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Energy
Fuel consumption
Income tax
Motor vehicles
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify new flexible fuel hybrid motor vehicles for the alternative motor vehicle tax credit through December 31, 2016, subject to a phaseout for vehicles sold after 2011. Defines &quot;new flexible fuel hybrid motor vehicle&quot; as a qualified hybrid motor vehicle which is capable of operating on an alternative fuel, on gasoline, and on any blend thereof, and which is certified by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to have achieved a certain level of city fuel economy using E-85 ethanol fuel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Government Neutrality in Contracting Act

Bill: 110-hr-2558
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Construction industries
Construction workers
Government contractors
Industrial relations
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - Directs the head of any federal agency that awards or obligates funds for any construction contract, or that awards grants, provides financial assistance, or enters into cooperative agreements for construction projects, to ensure that bid specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents do not: (1) require or prohibit a bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor from entering into, or adhering to, agreements with a labor organization, with respect to that construction project or another related construction project; or (2) otherwise discriminate against such a party because it did or did not become a signatory or otherwise adhere to such an agreement. 
 
Allows exemptions to avert an imminent threat to public health or safety or to serve national security. Allows additional exemptions for certain projects. 
Directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement this Act with respect to the applicable federal contracts.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
First Higher Education Extension Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2559
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Authorization
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Scholarships
Student aid
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
First Higher Education Extension Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 to extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through October 31, 2007.

action_date: 2007-06-06
text: 

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

 
First Higher Education Extension Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 to extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through October 31, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6018-6019)
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6018-6019)
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2559.
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6018-6019)
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Mr. Hinojosa moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2560
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cloning
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Law
Medical ethics
Medical technology
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make it unlawful for any person, including a governmental entity, to: (1) perform or attempt to perform human cloning; or (2) ship, mail, transport, or receive the product of human somatic cell nuclear transfer technology knowing that such product is for the purpose of human cloning. Sets forth criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 204 - 213 (Roll no. 439).
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 204 - 213 (Roll no. 439).
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6077-6078)
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2560.
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6037-6042; text of measure as introduced: CR H6037-6038)
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Ms. DeGette moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
FAST Borders Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2561
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Business records
Commerce
Common carriers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Fines (Penalties)
Flight crews
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Law
Motor buses
Passenger ships
Science, Technology, Communications
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation workers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
Fast and Secure Travel at the Borders Act of 2007 or FAST Borders Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, to establish an automated system for the purpose of the enforcement of U.S. law, including antiterrorism and border security law, to assist in the screening of persons seeking to enter or depart the United States. 
 
States that: (1) such system shall provide an administrative process for an individual to apply to correct any information retained by the system; and (2) such corrective process shall not be construed as creating a private right of action and no court shall have jurisdiction on any case or claim arising from the application of such system or corrective administrative process.
 
Authorizes: (1) the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection to require each vessel, vehicle, and aircraft arriving in the United States from, or departing the United States to, a foreign port or place to transmit to United States Customs and Border Protection a passenger manifest and crew manifest; (2) a civil penalty for non-compliance; and (3) sharing of manifest and passenger name record information with other government agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House