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A bill to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the "Bennett Freeze".

Bill: 110-s-531
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Building construction
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-Indian relations
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Indian economic development
Indian housing
Indian lands
Minorities
Real estate development
Residential rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Amends federal law to repeal the requirement regarding the freeze on the development of lands in litigation under the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act of 1974.
action_date: 2008-09-18
text: 

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

Amends federal law to repeal the requirement regarding the freeze on the development of lands in litigation under the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act of 1974. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2008-09-19
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2008-09-18
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9165-9166; text as passed Senate: CR S9166)
action_date: 2008-09-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9165-9166; text as passed Senate: CR S9166)
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 967.
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Dorgan without amendment. With written report No. 110-462.
action_date: 2008-09-15
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Dorgan without amendment. With written report No. 110-462.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-469.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1786)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Utah Public Land Conveyance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-532
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Auctions
Commerce
Land transfers
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Utah Public Land Conveyance Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Park City, Utah, two parcels of land known as the White Acre and Gamble Acre parcels. 
 
Requires the Secretary to conduct sales of the federal land identified as parcels 17 and 18. Provides for the disposition of the proceeds from such land sales. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-364.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1786-1787)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Natural Stock Conservation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-533
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Aquaculture
Commerce
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Federal-state relations
Fishery management
Fishing
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Preventive medicine
Seafood
Sports and Recreation
Territorial waters

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Natural Stock Conservation Act of 2007 - Amends the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 to prohibit specified agencies with aquaculture regulatory jurisdiction from issuing permits for marine aquaculture facilities in the exclusive economic zone until requirements for such permits are enacted into law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1787-1788)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1787)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
FBI Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-534
Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal law enforcement officers
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Full-Strength Bureau Initiative Act of 2007 or the FBI Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 to fund 1,000 additional Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field agents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to prohibit the labeling of cloned livestock and products derived from cloned livestock as organic.

Bill: 110-s-536
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Animals
Cloning
Commerce
Labeling
Livestock
Meat
Organic farming

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
 Amends the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to prohibit the labeling of cloned livestock and products derived from cloned livestock as organic. 
 
Defines &quot;cloned livestock&quot; as: (1) livestock produced as the result of somatic cell nuclear transfer or other asexual reproduction technologies; and (2) the progeny of such livestock.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1790)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Gulf Coast Back to Business Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-537
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Alabama
Depressed areas
Disaster loans
Disaster relief
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government procurement
Grants-in-aid
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Gulf Coast Back to Business Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for the Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce for grants to appropriate state government agencies in Louisiana and Mississippi for small businesses located in disaster areas caused by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita.
 
Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to defer for a conditional period the payment of principal and interest on disaster loans made to small businesses affected by such hurricanes in the case of loans made before December 31, 2006. Prohibits an increased collateral requirement with respect to the deferred loans.
 
Includes as a HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) any area in which the President has declared a major disaster as a result of such hurricanes.
 
Amends the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program Act of 1988 to make the small business competitive demonstration program (to test innovative small business procurement methods and procedures) inapplicable, for a conditional period, to any contract related to relief or reconstruction from such hurricanes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1792-1793)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1790-1792)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Work, Hope, and Opportunity for the Disaster Area Today Act

Bill: 110-s-538
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alabama
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Expense accounts
Housing and Community Development
Hurricanes
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Leases
Louisiana
Mississippi
Recruiting of employees
Restaurants
Retail trade
Small business
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Wages
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Work, Hope, and Opportunity for the Disaster Area Today Act - Allows small business employers (employers of not more than 100 full time employees) in specified areas of the Gulf Opportunity (GO) Zone to claim a credit against the employment tax liabilities of their GO Zone employees. Limits to $15,000 per employee the amount of wages eligible for such credit in any calendar quarter.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a full tax deduction for business meal and entertainment expenses (normally, only 50% of such expenses are deductible) incurred in specified areas of the GO Zone prior to January 1, 2010.
 
Extends through 2009: (1) the increased expensing allowance for GO Zone investment property; and (2) the work opportunity tax credit for hiring Hurricane Katrina employees. 
 
Extends through 2008 provisions allowing accelerated depreciation of qualified leasehold, restaurant, and retail improvement property located in specified areas of the GO Zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1793-1795)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1790-1792)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Helping Our States Through Tourism Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-539
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Convention facilities
Disaster loans
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government travel
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Small business
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Travel
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Helping Our States Through Tourism Act of 2007 or HOST Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to assist relevant tourism entities (conventions, visitors bureaus, and other tourism organizations) to promote travel and tourism in Louisiana and Mississippi to negate the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on travel and tourism there.
 
Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make economic injury disaster loans to small businesses located within disaster areas declared as a result of such hurricanes that suffered economic injury from the slowdown in travel and tourism in such areas after such hurricanes.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Gulf Coast Travel and Meetings Fund to pay for lodging, meals, travel, and other expenses associated with conventions, conferences, meetings, etc. attended by no fewer than 100 federal employees and occurring within such disaster areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1795-1796)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1790-1792)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Domestic Pet Turtle Market Access Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-540
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Animal diseases
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Law
Pets
Preventive medicine
Retail trade
Salmonella
Turtles
Veterinary medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Domestic Pet Turtle Market Access Act of 2007 - Prohibits the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from restricting the sale by a turtle farmer or other commercial retail seller of a turtle that is less than 10.2 centimeters in diameter as a pet if: (1) the turtle is raised, shipped, and sold using methods proven to keep the turtle free of salmonella, using salmonella safety standards comparable to standards for other animals allowed for sale as pets or animal products allowed for sale as food products; (2) the FDA has approved a plan submitted by the turtle farmer or seller relating to compliance with this Act; and (3) the farmer or seller makes certain disclosures to the buyer. Sets forth required disclosures, which include: (1) information regarding the dangers that could result if the turtle is not properly handled and safely maintained, the proper handling of the turtle, and the proven methods of treatment that keep the turtle safe from salmonella; (2) a detailed explanation of how to properly treat the turtle to keep it safe from salmonella; and (3) a statement that buyers of pet turtles should not abandon the turtle or abandon it outside, but should instead return them to a commercial retail pet seller or other organization that would accept turtles no longer wanted as pets.

Requires the turtle farmer or seller to submit a plan to the FDA that includes use of non-antibiotic compounds that suppress or eliminate the presence of salmonella in turtle hatchlings. Directs the FDA to accept or reject such a plan within 30 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct feasibility studies to address certain water shortages within the Snake, Boise, and Payette River systems in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-542
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Governmental investigations
Idaho
Infrastructure
Rivers
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct feasibility studies to address water shortages within the Snake, Boise, and Payette River systems in Idaho.

action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct feasibility studies to on projects that address water shortages within the Snake, Boise, and Payette River systems in Idaho and that are considered appropriate for further study by the Bureau of Reclamation water storage assessment report issued during 2006.
 
Requires that such study comply with Bureau of Reclamation policy standards and guidelines for studies.
 
Authorizes appropriations. 
 
Terminates the authority provided by this Act ten years after the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 246.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-113.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-113.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-86.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1808)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1808)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-543
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disabled
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Medicare
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Social Welfare
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007 - Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to revise the classification criterion used to determine whether a hospital or hospital unit is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Eliminates the current schedule of applicable percentages. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, instead, to require in the classification criterion a compliance rate no greater than the 60% compliance rate that became effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2005.
 
Requires the Secretary, for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2007, to include patients with comorbidity in the inpatient population that counts towards such 60% compliance rate.
 
Requires the Secretary, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, fiscal intermediaries, Medicare administrative contractors, recovery audit contractors, and other government agents to use and apply the criteria established in HCFA Ruling 85-2, as issued on July 31, 1985, as the sole standard for determining the medical necessity of services provided by inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units to beneficiaries under the Medicare program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1850)
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Agricultural Business Security Tax Credit Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-544
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agribusiness
Agricultural chemicals
Agriculture and Food
Chemical industries
Commerce
Computer security measures
Costs
Employee training
Environmental Protection
Fertilizers
Income tax
Industrial buildings
Labor and Employment
Lighting
Pesticides
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Tax credits
Video tape recording

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Agricultural Business Security Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a retailer of agricultural products and chemicals or a manufacturer, formulator, or distributor of certain pesticides a business tax credit for 30 percent of costs for or related to the protection of such chemicals or pesticides, including employee security training and background checks, installation of security equipment, and computer network safeguards. Sets a $2 million annual limit on such credit and a per facility limitation of $100,000 (reduced by credits received for the five prior taxable years). Terminates such credit after 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Passenger Vehicle Loss Disclosure Act

Bill: 110-s-545
Sponsor: Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air bag restraint systems
Automobile insurance
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Transportation
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Insurance companies
Law
Losses

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Passenger Vehicle Loss Disclosure Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require all insurers and self-insurers of passenger motor vehicles to disclose to the public, in a commercially reasonable, electronically accessible manner, for each passenger motor vehicle declared or determined to be a total loss: (1) the vehicle identification number and odometer reading; (2) the date of and primary reason for the total loss determination; and (3) whether the airbags deployed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make available additional amounts to address funding shortfalls in the State Children's Health Insurance Program for fiscal year 2007.

Bill: 110-s-546
Sponsor: Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Health insurance
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to apply specified rules for an additional redistribution of amounts from unexpended FY2005-FY2006 allotments to address funding shortfalls in SCHIP for FY2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate