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Medicaid County Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-326
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
Medicaid County Protection Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require each state medical assistance plan to provide that the state's financial participation is 100% (currently 40%) of the nonfederal share of expenditures under the plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-328
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts
Congressional elections
Congressional reorganization
Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Electoral college
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Political representation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2007 - Considers the District of Columbia a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives.
 
Applies to the District in the same manner as it applies to a state the federal law providing for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and for apportionment of Representatives in Congress. Limits the District to one Member under any reapportionment of Members.
 
Modifies the formula regarding the number of presidential electors to subject it to the Twenty-Third amendment to the Constitution in the case of the District.
 
Increases membership of the House from 435 to 437 Members.
 
Provides for a reapportionment of Members resulting from such increase.
 
Requires the: (1) President to submit to Congress a revised version of the most recent statement of such apportionment; and (2) Clerk of the House, upon receipt of such revision, to send to the executive of each state a certificate of the number of Representatives to which such state is entitled and to identify to the Speaker of the House the state (other than the District) which is entitled to one additional Representative.
 
Subjects the general elections for such additional Representatives to specified requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E324)
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E215-216)
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H231-232,  E56-57)
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 40, United States Code, to designate certain counties as part of the Appalachian region.

Bill: 110-hr-329
Sponsor: Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Appalachia
County politics and government
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Regional economic development
Rural economic development
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
Amends provisions concerning Appalachian regional development to revise the definition of "Appalachian region" to include Franklin, Henry, and Patrick Counties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-330
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Apartment houses
Auctions
Auditing
Building laws
Commerce
Condominium (Housing)
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cooperative housing
Disaster insurance
Earthquakes
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal advisory bodies
Fires
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Housing and Community Development
Hurricanes
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Law
Property insurance
Reinsurance
Restrictive trade practices
State laws
Tsunamis
Volcanoes
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act of 2007 - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a reinsurance coverage program available only through contracts for reinsurance coverage purchased at regional auctions.
 
States that the purpose of the program is to improve: (1) the availability of homeowners' insurance for the purpose of facilitating the pooling, and spreading the risk, of catastrophic financial losses from disasters; and (2) the solvency of the homeowners' insurance markets.
 
Prescribes implementation guidelines that include establishment: (1) in the Treasury of the Disaster Reinsurance Fund; and (2) of a National Commission on Catastrophe Risks and Insurance Loss Costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study of the accuracy of expiration dates on certain prescription drugs maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 110-hr-331
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Drugs
Governmental investigations
Health
Medical economics
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study and report to Congress on the accuracy and possible extension of expiration dates on certain prescription drugs maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that wages earned, and self-employment income derived, by individuals while such individuals were not citizens or nationals of the United States and were illegally in the United States shall not be credited for coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under such title.

Bill: 110-hr-332
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Alien labor
Earnings
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that wages earned, and self-employment income derived by, individuals while they were not U.S. citizens or nationals, and were in the United States illegally, shall not be credited for coverage under the OASDI program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act

Bill: 110-hr-333
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Retired military personnel
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act - Amends federal military retired pay provisions to: (1) permit veterans with a service-connected disability of less than 50% to claim both retired pay and disability compensation; (2) eliminate provisions requiring a phase in between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2013, of concurrent receipt of retired pay and disability compensation; (3) provide a special reduction rule with respect to the concurrent receipt of retired pay and disability compensation in the case of disability retirees with less than 20 years of creditable service; and (4) extend combat-related special compensation to certain veterans with less than 20 years of service who have a combat-related disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To require the House of Representatives and the Senate to each establish a Subcommittee on Intelligence in the Committee on Appropriations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-334
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional committee jurisdiction
Congressional committees (House)
Congressional committees (Senate)
Congressional oversight
Congressional reorganization
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
House Appropriations
Senate Appropriations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
Requires the House of Representatives and the Senate each to establish in its Committee on Appropriations a Subcommittee on Intelligence with jurisdiction over all the Committee's activities relating to intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the federal government.
 
Requires public disclosure of certain intelligence funding information by the President and the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 152 North 5th Street in Laramie, Wyoming, as the "Gale W. McGee Post Office".

Bill: 110-hr-335
Sponsor: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
Names
Postal facilities
Senate
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 152 North 5th Street in Laramie, Wyoming, as the "Gale W. McGee Post Office."
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: 

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

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 152 North 5th Street in Laramie, Wyoming, as the "Gale W. McGee Post Office." 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Became Public Law No: 110-8.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Became Public Law No: 110-8.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2007-02-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2217-2218)
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2217-2218)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H955)
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H955)
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 335.
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H955-956)
action_date: 2007-01-29
text: Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 110-8
Identity Theft Prevention and Timely Reporting Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-336
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer credit
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Death
Directories
Finance and Financial Sector
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Identity theft
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
Identity Theft Protection and Timely Reporting Act of 2007 - Directs the National Technical Information Service of the Department of Commerce to provide monthly updates of the Death Master List prepared by the Social Security Administration to each consumer reporting agency described in the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
 
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require each such consumer reporting agency to include a fraud alert in the consumer file of each consumer whose name appears on the Death Master List prepared by the Social Security Administration so long as the agency continues to maintain such file.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E51)
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Military Families Financial Security Act

Bill: 110-hr-337
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Families
Housing and Community Development
Military dependents
Military housing
Military pay
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
Military Families Financial Security Act - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act, with respect to income eligibility for SSI, to provide for the treatment of cash military compensation other than basic pay as earned income, and of certain housing payments as in-kind support and maintenance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E57)
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Improving Communications Interoperability Grant Program Act

Bill: 110-hr-338
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Emergency communication systems
Grants-in-aid
Regional planning
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
Improving Communications Interoperability Grant Program Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Director of the Office of Grants and Training, to establish the Improve Communications for Emergency Response Grant Program to make grants to states and regions for initiatives to improve interoperable emergency communications, including initiatives to achieve solutions to statewide, regional, national, and, where appropriate, international interoperability. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Outpatient Care Access Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-339
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Clinics
Health
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Veterans Outpatient Care Access Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide needed medical services from sources outside the Department of Veterans Affairs when veterans are informed that the waiting period for such services in a Department outpatient clinic will be six months or longer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Remarried Widows' and Widowers' Benefits Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-340
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Divorce
Families
Marriage
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
Remarried Widows' and Widowers' Benefits Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits if the prior marriage was for at least ten years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of lump-sum death payments upon the death of a spouse.

Bill: 110-hr-341
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Families
Labor and Employment
Married people
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for lump-sum death payments to the surviving spouse of an individual who died as a fully or currently insured individual. Extends such payments to the surviving spouse of the spouse of such an individual (that is, to the fully or currently insured individual if that person's spouse dies). Specifies a formula for determination of the applicable primary insurance amount used in the determination of a lump-sum death benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Military Retiree Health Care Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-343
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2007-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medicare
Retired military personnel
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: 
Military Retiree Health Care Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for premiums paid to enroll military retirees and their spouses and surviving spouses for supplementary medical insurance under part B of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-09
text: Introduced in House