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Tax Code Termination Act

Bill: 110-s-747
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2007-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital
Capital investments
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Internal revenue law
Labor and Employment
Legislation
Progressive taxation
Saving and investment
Tax administration
Tax incidence
Tax rates
Tax simplification
Taxpayer compliance

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: 
 Tax Code Termination Act - Terminates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for taxable years beginning after 2010, except provisions of such Code relating to social security taxation (i.e., taxes on wage, self-employment, and railroad retirement income).

Establishes within the legislative branch a National Commission on Tax Reform and Simplification. Directs the Commission to: (1) review the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and its impact on the economy, families, and the workforce: (2) determine whether the current income tax system can be replaced by more a more efficient and fair system of taxation; and (3) submit a report to Congress on the results of its review with recommendations for fundamental reform and simplification of the Code.

Requires congressional approval of a new federal tax system no later than July 4, 2010, or a vote of Congress to reauthorize the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2560-2561)
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

Bill: 110-s-748
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Anthropology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Black history
Cemeteries and funerals
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Department of the Interior
Executive reorganization
Exhibitions
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Leases
Minorities
Museums
National monuments
National parks
New York City
Slavery

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: 
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act - Establishes the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument in the city of New York, New York. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service (NPS), to: (1) acquire for the Museum property that is located adjacent to the National Monument or in any other area of the African Burial Ground National Historic Landmark in the city other than the location adjacent to the Monument; (2) plan, design, and construct the Museum on the acquired property. 
 
Provides for operation of the Museum by the Secretary.
 
Establishes within the Department of the Interior the African Burial Ground Advisory Council to: (1) make recommendations to the Secretary on the planning, design, and construction of the Museum; and (2) advise and assist the Secretary on all matters relating to the administration, operation, maintenance, and preservation of the Museum. 
 
Requires: (1) the Secretary to appoint a Director for the Museum; and (2) the Director of the Museum to manage such Museum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.

Bill: 110-s-749
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2007-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Caribbean area
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Cuba
Evidence (Law)
Expropriation
Intellectual property
International Affairs
Jurisdiction
Latin America
Right of property
Trademark agreements
Trademarks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: 
Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit U.S. courts from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by an individual (currently, by a designated Cuban national) of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated by the Cuban government unless the original owner of such mark or name, or such owner's bona fide successor, has expressly consented. Applies such prohibition only if the individual asserting the rights knew or had reason to know at the time of acquiring the rights asserted that the mark or name was the same or substantially similar to the mark or name used in connection with the business or assets that were confiscated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize to be appropriated $1,800,000 for fiscal year 2008 to acquire real property and carry out a military construction project at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

Bill: 110-s-750
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2007-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Authorization
Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Land transfers
Military bases
Military construction operations
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property and carry out a military construction project at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, using amounts authorized to be appropriated under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S2561)
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2561)
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Guaranteed Access to Medicaid for Newborns Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-751
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2007-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aliens
Child health
Citizenship
Families
Identification devices
Immigration
Infants
Medicaid
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: 
Guaranteed Access to Medicaid for Newborns Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to revise the conditions for waiver of the requirement of satisfactory documentary evidence applicable to a Medicaid-eligible individual declaring U.S. citizenship or nationality.
 
Adds the condition that the waiver may apply to children born in the United States to Medicaid-eligible mothers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2561-2562)
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Authorization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-752
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE]
Introduced: 2007-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Colorado
Construction costs
Dams
Economics and Public Finance
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental monitoring
Federal aid to water resources development
Habitat conservation
Infrastructure
Land transfers
Nebraska
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reservoirs
Riparian ecology
Rivers
Watersheds
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: 
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Authorization Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation and in cooperation with the Governance Committee established under the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Cooperative Agreement, to: (1) participate in such Program; (2) carry out any projects or activities that are designated for implementation during the Program's first 13 years (First Increment); (3) acquire interests in land, water, and facilities from willing sellers; (4) transfer acquired interests; and (5) accept or provide grants.
 
Allows the Program to be modified before the completion of the First Increment if the Secretary and the states of Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado determine that the modifications are consistent with program purposes. Terminates the Secretary's authority to implement the First Increment on September 30, 2020.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, to: (1) modify the Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir; and (2) enter one or more agreements with the state of Wyoming to implement the Pathfinder Modification Project. Authorizes the capacity of the Pathfinder Reservoir to be used for municipal, environmental, and other purposes, as described in Appendix F to the final settlement stipulation in 
Nebraska v. Wyoming
.


Legislative actions:
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: 2007-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
EPSCoR Research and Competitiveness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-753
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2007-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
High technology
National Science Foundation
Research centers
Research grants
Scientific instruments and apparatus

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: 
EPSCoR Research and Competitiveness Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). 
 
Requires the Director of the NSF: (1) in the administration of the NSF's research infrastructure improvement grant program, to authorize states participating in the grant program to include partnership with out-of-state research institutions if the amount of funding transferred to another state does not exceed 5% of the amount of the grant in any fiscal year; and (2) from the amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act, to make available specified amounts for FY2008-FY2012 to such grant program. 
 
Requires the Director to obligate and spend not less than 20% of the amount available for EPSCoR on co-funding projects that are ranked by a peer-review process in the top 20% of all proposals submitted in response to an announced competition. Requires the submission of annual reports providing information concerning: (1) co-funded projects on a state-by-state basis; and (2) the amount and use of co-funding by each of the NSF's directorates.
 
Requires the Director: (1) through the Office of Cyber Infrastructure, to develop and publish a plan enabling states participating in EPSCoR to develop partnerships and participate fully in the NSF's Cyber Infrastructure Initiative; and (2) through the Office of Major Research Instrumentation, to develop and publish a plan enabling states participating in EPSCoR to develop partnerships and participate fully in the NSF's major research instrumentation program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2562)
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Defense Travel Simplification Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-754
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2007-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Department of Defense
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government travel
Hotels, motels, etc.
Internet
Lease and rental services
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation rates
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: 
Defense Travel Simplification Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) redesignate the Defense Travel System as the Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher Processing System; and (2) establish an intra-agency task force to recommend measures to streamline and simplify the commercial travel system used by the Department of Defense (DOD) through the establishment of a successor system to replace the Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher Processing System.
 
Requires the successor system to include an Internet-based travel system designed to identify modes of travel, hotels or other accommodations, or rental vehicles. Prohibits any successor system from being deployed until 90 days after successful operational testing by the Secretary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Diabetes Screening and Medicaid Savings Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-755
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Asian American ethnic groups
Blacks
Cardiovascular diseases
Diabetes
Hispanic Americans
Hypertension
Indian medical care
Medicaid
Medical screening
Minorities
Minority health
Obesity
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: 
Diabetes Screening and Medicaid Savings Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require states to provide diabetes screening tests under the Medicaid program for adult enrollees with diabetes risk factors.
 
Provides a comprehensive package for individuals with diabetes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of Defense to address the equipment reset and other equipment needs of the National Guard, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-756
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2007-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Authorization
Commerce
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense budgets
Defense industries
Defense procurement
Department of Defense
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Military and naval supplies
Military readiness
National Guard

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2013 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for the Army and Air National Guards for equipment reset (resupply) requirements, and to otherwise remedy other equipment shortfalls in order to bring the Army and Air National Guards to full equipment readiness.
 
Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on the capability of the U.S. defense industrial base to produce the necessary equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4037-4038)
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2600-2601)
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
National Mathematics and Science Consistency Act

Bill: 110-s-757
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Educational technology
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Higher education
Mathematics
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Standards
Teacher education
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: 
National Mathematics and Science Consistency Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to convene and oversee a panel to produce, for kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12), voluntary national expectations for science and mathematics education, promising practices in teaching such subjects, and sample assessment questions based on the expectations. Requires such expectations to be based on core ideas in mathematics and science education common to all states, and the promising teaching practices to be developed by identifying proven and effective teaching materials or the need for new materials. Requires the panel also to develop and coordinate professional development criteria that would prepare teachers to incorporate such expectations into their teaching. 
 
Requires the Secretary to award grants to states to: (1) develop instructional materials based on the promising practices in teaching mathematics and science; (2) ensure that the infrastructure and technical assistance to provide such instructional materials online and free of charge to school personnel is available; and (3) train K-12 mathematics and science teachers to use the instructional materials and assessment questions in teaching.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5039)
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2601)
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act

Bill: 110-s-758
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2007-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Cancer
Emergency Management
Flood control
Health
Health facilities
Infrastructure
Land transfers
Nevada
Parks
Real estate development
Water Resources Development
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: 
Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey to the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, all interest of the United States in and to the Alta-Hualapai Site for use by the City for the development of: (1) a nonprofit cancer treatment facility; (2) ancillary commercial projects; (3) an adjacent park; (4) a flood control project; and (5) a water pumping facility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-485.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the use of funds for military operations in Iran.

Bill: 110-s-759
Sponsor: Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2007-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Iran
Legislation
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
President and foreign policy

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: 
Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended for military operations or activities within or above Iran's territory or within Iran's territorial waters except pursuant to a specific congressional authorization enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
 
Exempts from such prohibition military operations or activities: (1) to directly repel an attack launched from within Iran's territory; (2) to directly thwart an imminent attack to be launched from within Iran's territory; (3) in hot pursuit of forces engaged outside the territory of Iran who thereafter enter into Iran; and (4) connected with U.S. government intelligence or intelligence-related activities. 
 
Requires the President within 24 hours after determining to use funds for such a military purpose to report to the Senate Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3803)
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2601-2603)
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Four Corners Television Access Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-760
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2007-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Cable television
Copyright
Direct broadcast satellites
Intellectual property
Law
Licenses
Subscription television
Television broadcasting
Television relay systems
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: 
Four Corners Television Access Act of 2007 - Amends federal copyright law and the Communications Act of 1934 to allow certain counties and areas to receive broadcast transmissions of network television stations located in the capital of the state in which such counties and areas are located. 
 
Allows, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a satellite carrier, cable system, or translator station that elects to provide secondary transmission only to subscribers in the state who otherwise would not receive the primary transmission because the subscribers are in a designated market area outside of that state if: (1) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) determines that it is in the best interest of the public welfare; and (2) the satellite carrier, cable system, or translator station agrees to also provide the secondary transmission in the assigned designated market area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to include dehydroepiandrosterone as an anabolic steroid.

Bill: 110-s-762
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2007-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Sports and Recreation
Steroids

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: 
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to include dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) within the definition of &quot;anabolic steroid.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2630)
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2629-2630)
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate