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A bill to clarify provisions relating to statutory copyright licenses for satellite carriers.

Bill: 110-s-258
Sponsor: Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Copyright
Direct broadcast satellites
Intellectual property
Law
Licenses
Subscription television
Television programs
Television relay systems
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 
Grants a statutory license to provide a secondary transmission of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission made by a network station to a satellite carrier found to have engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of delivering such a primary transmission to subscribers who are not eligible to receive it, notwithstanding any injunction that has been issued.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the establishment of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii.

Bill: 110-s-259
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alaska
Archives
Computers
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational facilities
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Hawaii
Hawaiians
Higher education
History
Indian education
Indigenous peoples
Minorities
Minority education
Native Americans
Personal budgets
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to the University of Hawaii Academy for Creative Media for the establishment, maintenance, and periodic modernization of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii. 
 
Requires the Archives to use grant funds for: (1) facilities and equipment to house and provide computer and web access to a repository of Native Hawaiian historical data; (2) scholarships to assist disadvantaged students in attending college; (3) the creation of educational materials from the archives that are applicable to a broad range of indigenous students; (4) outreach to elementary and secondary school students; (5) teacher training, so that the teaching of kindergarten through grade 12 students is culturally congruent with the learning modalities of such students, particularly indigenous students; and (6) the enhancement of the economic and financial literacy of college students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S449)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S448-449)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Act

Bill: 110-s-262
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Idaho
Names
Natural areas
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Act - Renames the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in Idaho as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in honor of the late Morley Nelson, an international authority on birds of prey, who was instrumental in the establishment of this National Conservation Area. 

action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 

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

 
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Act - Renames the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in Idaho as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in honor of the late Morley Nelson, an international authority on birds of prey, who was instrumental in the establishment of this National Conservation Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-14.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-14.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Deschutes River Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-263
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Authorization
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Oregon
Restoration ecology
Riparian ecology
Stream conservation
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 
Deschutes River Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 to: (1) replace references to the Deschutes River Basin Working Group with the Deschutes River Conservancy Working Group; (2) redefine &quot;quorum&quot; to mean eight of those qualified Working Group members appointed and eligible to serve; and (3) reauthorize appropriations at a level of $2 million for each fiscal year through FY2016.

action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 

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

 
Deschutes River Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 to: (1) replace references to the Deschutes River Basin Working Group with the Deschutes River Conservancy Working Group; (2) redefine &quot;quorum&quot; to mean eight of those qualified Working Group members appointed and eligible to serve; and (3) reauthorize appropriations at a level of $2 million for each fiscal year through FY2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-11
text: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 48.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-22.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-22.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins Water Feasibility Act

Bill: 110-s-265
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water resources development
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Oregon
Water conservation
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 

 
Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins Water Feasibility Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to participate in the Water for Irrigation, Streams and the Economy Project water management feasibility study and environmental impact statement in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement Between City of Medford and Bureau of Reclamation for the Water for Irrigation, Streams and the Economy Project, dated July 2, 2004.
 
Sets the non-federal share at 50% of the Bureau's costs in carrying out this Act. Permits the non-federal share to be in the form of certain in-kind services.

action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 

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

 
Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins Water Feasibility Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to participate in the Water for Irrigation, Streams and the Economy Project water management feasibility study and environmental impact statement in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement Between City of Medford and Bureau of Reclamation for the Water for Irrigation, Streams and the Economy Project, dated July 2, 2004.
 
Authorizes appropriations. Sets the non-federal share at 50% of the Bureau's costs in carrying out this Act. Permits the non-federal share to be in the form of certain in-kind services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-11
text: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 50.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-24.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-24.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
North Unit Irrigation District Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-266
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Construction costs
Environmental Protection
Fishery management
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Irrigation districts
Oregon
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rivers
State laws
Water conservation
Water rights
Water supply
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 
North Unit Irrigation District Act of 2007 - Modifies a repayment contract between the Secretary of the Interior and the North Unit Irrigation District, Oregon. Permits the District to engage in, or take advantage of, conserved water projects authorized by Oregon law. Authorizes the Secretary to renegotiate in the future such contract terms as the District directors determine to be necessary, only upon the written request of the District directors and the consent of the Commissioner of Reclamation.

action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 

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

 
North Unit Irrigation District Act of 2007 - Modifies a repayment contract between the Secretary of the Interior and the North Unit Irrigation District, Oregon. Permits the District to engage in, or take advantage of, conserved water projects authorized by Oregon law. Authorizes the Secretary to renegotiate in the future such contract terms as the District directors determine to be necessary, only upon the written request of the District directors and the consent of the Commissioner of Reclamation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-11
text: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 51.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-25.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-25.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Native American Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-267
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety
Child welfare
Drug abuse
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to law enforcement
Indian children
Indian law enforcement
Methamphetamine
Minorities
Pregnant women
Prisoners
Rehabilitation of criminals
Social Welfare
Territories (U.S.)
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 
 Native American Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include territories and Indian tribes as eligible grant recipients (or reaffirm that eligibility) under the programs to: (1) address the manufacture, sale, and use of methamphetamine; (2) aid children in homes in which methamphetamine or other drugs are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, dispensed, or used; and (3) address methamphetamine use by pregnant and parenting women offenders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S452)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and permanently extend the expensing of certain depreciable business assets for small businesses.

Bill: 110-s-269
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Computer software
Depreciation and amortization
Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the expensing allowance for depreciable business property from $100,000 to $200,000; (2) make such allowance permanent; (3) increase to $800,000 the asset cost threshold for calculating reductions in such allowance; (4) allow an annual inflation adjustment to the expensing allowance and the threshold amount after 2007; and (5) allow a taxpayer to revoke an election to expense such business property without the prior consent of the Secretary of the Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5175-5176)
action_date: 2007-04-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4591-4592)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S453-454)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Tax Flexibility Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-270
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Income tax
Losses
Partnerships
Profit
Small business
Tax administration
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 
Small Business Tax Flexibility Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit certain small start-up businesses to elect a taxable year, other than the required taxable year, which ends on the last day of any of the months of April through November (or at the end of an equivalent annual period).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5175-5176)
action_date: 2007-04-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4592)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S454)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain improvements to retail space.

Bill: 110-s-271
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Capital investments
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Retail trade
Shopping centers
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow qualified retail improvement property a 15-year recovery period for purposes of the tax deduction for depreciation. Defines such property as any improvement to an interior portion of a building which is nonresidential real property, if: (1) such portion is open to the general public and is used in the trade or business of selling tangible personal property or services to the general public; and (2) such improvement is placed in service more than three years after the date the building was first placed in service. Excludes specified improvements, including the enlargement of a building, any elevator or escalator, or the internal structural framework of a building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5175-5176)
action_date: 2007-04-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4592)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S454)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S453)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend Public Law 87-383 to reauthorize appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetland and other waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation of migratory waterfowl, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-272
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Government trust funds
Habitat conservation
Land use
Migratory bird conservation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Water Resources Development
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 
Amends the Wetlands Loan Act to increase and extend funding for conservation of migratory waterfowl and habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl for FY2008-FY2017. Requires such appropriated funds to be treated as advances to the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund which shall be repaid to the Treasury in annual amounts that are equal to the funds accruing to such Fund that are attributable to the portion of the price of migratory bird hunting stamps sold that year in excess of $15 per stamp.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the funds provided pursuant to this Act should be used for preserving and increasing waterfowl populations in accordance with the goals and objectives of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan and should supplement current conservation funding; and (2) this Act should be implemented in a manner that helps private landowners achieve their long-term land use objectives in ways that enhance the conservation of wetlands and wildlife habitat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S454-455)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S454)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-273
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug industry
Government Operations and Politics
Medicare
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 
Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to prescription drug plans to repeal the prohibition against interference by the Secretary of Health and Human Services with negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors, and against the Secretary's requiring a particular formulary or instituting a price structure for the reimbursement of covered part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs. Grants the Secretary authority similar to that of other federal entities that purchase prescription drugs in bulk to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S455)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S455)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Passport and Visa Security Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-276
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aliens
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Conspiracy
Counterfeiting
Forgery
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Law
Limitation of actions
Passports
Prosecution
Refugees
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 
Passport and Visa Security Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise provisions relating to the unauthorized issuance of U.S. passports to prohibit any person, during any three-year period, from: (1) producing, issuing, or transferring 10 or more passports without lawful authority; (2) forging, counterfeiting, altering, or falsely making such passports; (3) transacting sales of or distributing such counterfeit passports; or (4) making 10 or more false applications for passports. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to 20 years for violations.
 
Revises criminal prohibitions against: (1) making false statements in an application for a passport; (2) forgery and unlawful production of a passport; (3) misuse of a passport; and (4) immigration and visa fraud, including trafficking in counterfeit immigration documents. Makes the punishment for attempts or conspiracies to commit passport or visa fraud the same as for the completed crime.
 
Prohibits in connection with federal immigration laws: (1) any scheme to defraud persons seeking benefits under such laws; and (2) false representation of attorney (or accredited representative) status.
 
Grants extraterritorial jurisdiction for the prosecution of certain passport and visa fraud offenses.
 
Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to revise its sentencing guidelines and policies relating to passport and visa fraud offenses.
 
Directs the Attorney General to develop prosecution guidelines for compliance with U.S. treaty obligations relating to asylum seekers entering the United States with fraudulent documents.
 
Expands the investigative authority of State Department special agents relating to passport and document fraud.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6519)
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-103.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S461-463)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S459-460)
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate