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To repeal and modify certain provisions of law relating to the review of the detention of enemy combatants.

Bill: 110-hr-2710
Sponsor: Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2007-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Criminal procedure
Detention of persons
Habeas corpus
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Law
Prisoners of war
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-13
text: 
Amends federal law concerning the detention of suspected enemy combatants to: (1) repeal a provision that denies any court or judge jurisdiction to consider a writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of an alien detained by the United States who has been determined to have been properly detained as an enemy combatant or is awaiting such determination; (2) repeal provisions of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 concerning limitations on the review of decisions of combatant status review tribunals on the propriety of detention of suspected enemy combatants; and (3) revise generally provisions concerning the limited review of military commission procedures and actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Computer-Assisted Remote Hunting Act

Bill: 110-hr-2711
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2007-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animals
Computer crimes
Computer software
Fines (Penalties)
Hunting
Interactive media
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: 
Computer-Assisted Remote Hunting Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and to establish penalties for knowingly making available a computer-assisted remote hunt (i.e., using a computer or other device, equipment, or software to allow a person remotely to control the aiming and discharge of a weapon to kill or injure an animal while not in the targeted animal's physical presence). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Joseph H. Seall Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2713
Sponsor: Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2007-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional reporting requirements
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Security Administration
Social security beneficiaries
Social security eligibility
Terminally ill

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: 
Joseph H. Seall Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to authorize waivers by the Commissioner of Social Security of the five-month waiting period for entitlement to benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill benefiaries.
 
Requires the Commissioner to study and report to specified congressional committees on possible improvements in disability claims processing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To require the President to delay or reverse the implementation of a decision of a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body that is adverse to the United States involving the calculation of dumping margins and weighted average dumping margins, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2714
Sponsor: Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2007-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Countervailing duties
Dumping
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
International Affairs
International agencies
Law
Tariff
Trade negotiations
U.S. International Trade Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: 
Amends the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to direct the President to delay or reverse the implementation of a decision of a dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body that is adverse to the United States involving the calculation of dumping margins and weighted average dumping margins (zeroing decisions) until the United States has obtained clarification of rights and obligations within World Trade Organization (WTO) multilateral negotiations such that historic practices of the United States are permitted in antidumping duty investigations, reviews of antidumping duty orders, and under any other phase of an antidumping duty proceeding.
 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise factors that the United States International Trade Commission must consider in making material injury determinations in countervailing duty and antidumping duty proceedings to additionally require that the Commission make such determinations without regard to: (1) whether other imports are likely to replace subject imports; or (2) the effect of a potential order on the domestic industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include heavier vehicles in the limitation on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles.

Bill: 110-hr-2715
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2007-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Automobiles
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Income tax
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the definition of &quot;passenger automobile&quot; for purposes of the limitation on depreciation for luxury automobiles to mean any four-wheeled vehicle which is: (1) primarily designed or used to carry passengers over public streets, roads, or highways; and (2) rated at 14,000 pounds unloaded gross vehicle weight or less. Adds an exemption from such definition for certain vehicles with open cargo areas which are designed for more than nine individuals in seating rearward of the driver's seat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1299)
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Fraudulent and Imitation Drugs Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2716
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2007-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Drug advertising
Drug industry
Drugs
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Identification devices
Intellectual property
Labeling
Law
Packaging
Product counterfeiting
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: 
Reducing Fraudulent and Imitation Drugs Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require prescription drug packaging to incorporate: (1) radio frequency tagging technology or similar trace and track technologies; (2) tamper-indicating technologies; and (3) blister security packaging when possible.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) require that such technologies be used exclusively to authenticate the pedigree of prescription drugs; and (2) prohibit such technologies from containing or transmitting any identifying information of a health care practitioner or consumer, or any advertisement or information about indications or off-label uses.
 Requires the Secretary to encourage prescription drug manufacturers and distributors to incorporate: (1) overt optically variable counterfeit-resistant technologies into packaging; and (2) required prescription drug packaging technologies into multiple elements of the physical packaging of the drugs. Requires prescription drug shipments to include a label on the shipping container that incorporates packaging technologies. 
Deems a prescription drug to be misbranded if the packaging or labeling of the drug is in violation of a requirement or prohibition of this Act.
 
Requires the Secretary to publish the National Specified List of Susceptible Prescription Drugs, consisting of not less than 30 of the most frequently counterfeited prescription drugs in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Access to Medical Treatment Act

Bill: 110-hr-2717
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2007-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Advertising
Agriculture and Food
Alternative medicine
Australia
Canada
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Customs unions
Deceptive advertising
Dietary supplements
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drug interactions
Drugs
East Asia
Europe
European Union
Evidence (Law)
Food industry
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health warnings
Informed consent (Medical law)
Japan
Labeling
Law
Medical supplies
New Zealand
Oceania
Patients' rights

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: 
Access to Medical Treatment Act - Gives an individual the right to be treated by a health care practitioner with any medical treatment that the individual desires, including a treatment that is not approved, certified, or licensed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, if: (1) the practitioner has personally examined the individual and agrees to treat the individual; and (2) the administration of such treatment does not violate licensing laws.

Authorizes health care practitioners to provide any method of treatment to such an individual if certain requirements are met, including that: (1) there is no reason to conclude that such treatment will cause danger to the individual; and (2) the patient is informed in writing that such treatment has not been approved, certified, or licensed by the Secretary. 
Requires a practitioner to report: (1) administering such treatment and discovering it to be a danger to an individual; and (2) the positive effects of an unconventional medical treatment for a life-threatening medical condition. 
Allows an individual to introduce or deliver into interstate commerce, or to produce, transport, receive, or hold, a food, drug, device, or equipment solely for use in accordance with this Act if there have been no advertising claims made by the manufacturer, distributor, or seller with respect to a medical treatment. 
 

States that nothing in this Act shall in any way adversely affect the distribution or sale of dietary supplements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
DSHEA Full Implementation and Enforcement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2718
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2007-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Appropriations
Authorization
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Deceptive advertising
Department of Health and Human Services
Dietary supplements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Federal employees
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food industry
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health
Labeling
Law
Legislation
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research and development
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: 
DSHEA Full Implementation and Enforcement Act of 2007 - Authorizes and makes appropriations to: (1) carry out the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) and all applicable regulatory requirements for dietary supplements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and (2) expand research and development of consumer information on dietary supplements by the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 
 
Requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to fully and appropriately use such funds to regulate dietary supplements. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the implementation and enforcement of DSHEA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Dietary Supplement Tax Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2719
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2007-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Diet
Dietary supplements
Finance and Financial Sector
Food safety
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: 
Dietary Supplement Tax Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat amounts paid for foods for special dietary use, dietary supplements, and medical foods as medical expenses for purposes of the medical expense tax deduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop, and the Secretary of Defense to distribute to members of the Armed Forces upon their discharge or release from active duty, information in a compact disk read-only memory format that lists and explains the health, education, and other benefits for which veterans are eligible under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 110-hr-2721
Sponsor: Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2007-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: CD-ROMs
Counseling
Education
Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Military discharges
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education
Veterans' medical care
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: 
Directs: (1) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) to develop and maintain, in a compact disk (CD) read-only memory format, information that lists and explains the health, education, and other benefits for which veterans are eligible through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); (2) that a copy of such CD be included as part of the preseparation counseling provided to each member of the Armed Forces being discharged or released from duty; and (3) the Secretary, Secretary of Defense, and head of any other relevant government agency to each maintain an Internet website containing an explanation of the benefits administered by that Secretary or agency head to which veterans are entitled, and how veterans can secure those benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-06-14
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: 2007-06-14
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: 2007-06-14
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: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Children's Health Care Quality Act

Bill: 110-hr-2723
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Chronically ill
Congress
Congressional investigations
Diseases
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Government Operations and Politics
Health information systems
Health services administration
Hospital care
Information technology
Medicaid
Performance measurement
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: 
Children's Health Care Quality Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to: (1) identify quality and performance measures for pediatric service providers; and (2) award grants or contracts for the development, validation, and testing of new and emerging measures.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to establish demonstration projects to award grants to states to improve the delivery of health care services to children under Medicaid and SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP). Requires demonstration projects in the categories of: (1) health information technology systems; (2) disease management for children with chronic conditions; (3) evidence-based quality improvement; and (4) quality and performance measures for providers of children's health care services.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to make recommendations to Congress for the design and implementation of a demonstration project to evaluate the suitability of existing quality and performance measures for children's inpatient hospital services for public reporting, differentiating quality, identifying best practices, and providing a basis for payment rewards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Savings for Working Americans Act

Bill: 110-hr-2724
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2007-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education savings accounts
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Saving and investment
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: 
Retirement Savings for Working Americans Act - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the tax credit for retirement savings contributions (saver's credit) to: (1) require the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit saver's credit amounts directly into the designated retirement account of the taxpayer; (2) expand income eligibility levels for the saver's credit; (3) allow taxpayers that contribute to a qualified tuition program or a Coverdell education savings account to claim such contributions as retirement savings contributions; and (4) adjust the saver's credit maximum contribution amount for inflation beginning after 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Alarm Customer VOIP Notification Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2725
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2007-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Consumer education
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: 
Alarm Customer VOIP Notification Act of 2007 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt regulations requiring VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) service providers and VOIP equipment manufacturers to inform subscribers of the steps needed to maintain the proper functioning of any alarm, security, or personal emergency response system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1291-1292)
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2726
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2007-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Firearms
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Police
Railroad passenger traffic
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: 
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) include Amtrak and executive branch police officers as qualified law enforcement officers eligible to carry concealed firearms; and (2) revise requirements for certifying retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Introduced in House