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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for contributions of food inventory by all corporations.

Bill: 110-hr-3976
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Charitable contributions
Commerce
Food relief
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the special rule allowing a tax deduction for charitable contributions of food inventories by business taxpayers (other than C corporations).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify the tariff rate for certain mechanics' work gloves.

Bill: 110-hr-3977
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty treatment of certain non-knit mechanics' work gloves. Applies to such gloves the same staged rate reductions as accorded certain other gloves, mittens, and mitts used in sports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
Student Breakfast and Education Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3978
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Agriculture and Food
Child nutrition
Colleges
Community and school
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational research
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Farm produce
Farmers
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Research centers
School districts
School lunch program
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: 
Student Breakfast and Education Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states or local educational agencies (LEAs) for the establishment or enhancement of school breakfast programs at, and through the provision of subgrants to, schools where at least 65% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches under the school lunch program.
 
Authorizes schools to use the school breakfast subgrants to: (1) increase the quantity of local or fresh food available under their programs; (2) provide nutrition education and first-hand knowledge of food systems to students; (3) extend the period during which breakfast is available, including during the school day; (4) increase participation in their breakfast programs, including through the provision of universal free breakfasts; or (5) collaborate with institutions of higher education or other research entities in compiling data and reports on their breakfast programs.
 
Gives priority to subgrant applicant schools at least 75% of whose students are eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches and which intend to use the funds to procure local produce, provide universal free breakfasts, or provide breakfast during the school day.
 
Directs state and LEA grantees, at least 180 days before the end of a grant term, to evaluate whether it would be cost-effective for subgrantee schools to provide universal free breakfasts under the school breakfast program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act

Bill: 110-hr-3979
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Secondary education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: 
Assessment Accuracy and Improvement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow states to require the use of adaptive assessments of student progress toward state academic performance standards that accurately assess student achievement above and below grade level while also measuring grade-level performance. 
 
Defines an &quot;adaptive assessment&quot; as one that changes in difficulty in accordance with a student's performance, but reports its outcome on a scale common to all students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2252)
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
Families First Immigration Enforcement Act

Bill: 110-hr-3980
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alien labor
Bail
Crime and Law Enforcement
Detention of persons
Families
Family services
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Illegal aliens
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Law
Legal services
Medical screening
Parole
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: 
Families First Immigration Enforcement Act - Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in a workplace enforcement operation that is calculated to apprehend or does apprehend at least 50 aliens, to do the following: (1) give state agencies sufficient notice to arrange for representatives who speak the detainees' language and to provide for any special needs; (2) afford access to state social service agencies to screen and interview detainees to determine if medical risks or risks to relatives exist; (3) consider, upon recommendation, the release of detainees on age, medical, or family related humanitarian grounds; and (4) provide a toll-free number for families of detainees to report their relationship to DHS or state social services. 
 
Requires that such aliens have access to legal orientation presentations through the Executive Office for Immigration Review's legal orientation program. 
 
States that detainees should be held within the jurisdiction of the local United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office to the extent that space allows.
 
 Requires a detainee's release within 72 hours of apprehension if such alien is not subject to mandatory detention, does not pose a flight risk, or is subject to humanitarian release. States that such alien shall be released: (1) on his or her own recognizance; (2) by posting a minimum bond; (3) on parole under the Immigration and Nationality Act; or (4) through the intensive supervision appearance or similar program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
Classroom Readiness Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3983
Sponsor: Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2007-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Commerce
Computer software
Computers
Corporate philanthropy
Education
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Income tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Tax deductions
Teachers
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: 
Classroom Readiness Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deductions for: (1) certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers; and (2) corporate contributions of computer technology and equipment for educational purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Incentive Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3984
Sponsor: Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2007-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Brownfields
Environmental Protection
Hazardous wastes
Income tax
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: 
Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Incentive Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to expense (deduct in the current taxable year) expenditures made for environmental remediation (i.e., abatement or control of hazardous substances at contaminated sites).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Introduced in House
California Wildfire Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3987
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2007-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Bonds
California
Capital gains tax
Charitable contributions
Debt
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Earnings
Emergency Management
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Forest fires
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Loans
Losses
Mortgages
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Tax penalties
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: 
California Wildfire Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Provides special tax treatment for taxpayers in areas affected by the California wildfires of October 2007 relating to: (1) nonrecognition of gain from the involuntary conversion of property; (2) limitations on charitable contributions for relief efforts; (3) the exclusion from gross income for discharges of indebtedness; (4) mortgage revenue bonds; (5) limitations on personal casualty losses; (6) additional tax exemptions for providing housing for displaced individuals; (7) earned income calculations; (8) dependency status for purposes of tax exemptions or the child tax credit; (9) premature withdrawals from retirement plans; (10) income averaging; (11) recontributions to tax-deferred home purchase plans; and (12) loans from tax-qualified employer plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend the time limit for the use of education benefits by members of the Selected Reserve and certain members of the reserve component, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3991
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2007-10-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Education
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: 
Extends the time limit for the use of education benefits by members of the Selected Reserve and certain members of the reserve component to before the date that is ten years after the last day on which the member is deployed in support of a contingency operation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Introduced in House
Military Family Job Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-3993
Sponsor: Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2007-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Caregivers
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Employee benefit plans
Employee rights
Families
Family leave
Health
Iraq compilation
Military dependents
Military medicine
National Guard
Promotions
Veterans' medical care
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: 
Military Family Job Protection Act - Prohibits a covered family member who is caring for a servicemember who is undergoing medical treatment for an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated while on active military duty from being denied retention in employment, promotion, or any employment benefit by an employer on the basis of the family member's absence from such employment for a period of not more than 52 weeks.
 
Includes as a covered family member one who, while caring for the recovering servicemember, is: (1) on invitational orders; (2) a non-medical attendee; or (3) receiving per diem payments from the Department of Defense (DOD).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2007-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3994
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2007-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: 
Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2007 - Amends the Indian Self-determination and Education Assistance Act to revise tribal self-governance requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Office of Self-Governance, to select up to 50 new Indian tribes per year from those eligible to participate in self-governance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Introduced in House
To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident.

Bill: 110-hr-3995
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2007-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Class actions (Civil procedure)
Disabled
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Medical malpractice
Mental care facilities
Mentally disabled
Parties to actions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: 
Prohibits any entity that receives funds from the federal government from using them to file a class action lawsuit against an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded on behalf of any facility resident unless the resident (or the resident's legal representative), after receiving notice of the proposed class action lawsuit, has the opportunity to elect not to have the action apply to the resident. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Introduced in House
To extend eligibility for certain Federal benefits to citizens of the Freely Associated States.

Bill: 110-hr-4000
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2007-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Aid to dependent children
Aliens
Cash welfare block grants
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Food stamps
Health
Immigration
Marshall Islands
Medicaid
Micronesia
Palau Islands
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: 
Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to extend to citizens of the Freely Associated States (Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau) who reside in the United States eligibility for non-emergency food stamps and benefits under titles XIX (Medicaid), XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) , and part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture, 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: 2007-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Introduced in House
Nursing Education Opportunities Act

Bill: 110-hr-4001
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2007-10-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: College teachers
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Hospital personnel
Nurses
Nursing education
Scholarships
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: 
Nursing Education Opportunities Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include accelerated degree nursing students who pursue a second baccalaureate degree or a master's degree as an entry level nursing degree as eligible for financial assistance through nursing programs in the Act, including the Nursing Student Loan Program. Raises the yearly loan amounts available to all nursing students through that Program. Modifies the definition of &quot;collegiate school of nursing&quot; to include accelerated nursing degree programs.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of a nurse faculty shortage, to obligate more than 10% of traineeships for individuals in doctoral degree programs.

Directs the Secretary to award grants to: (1) eligible entities to establish doctoral nursing degree programs, giving priority to such entities located in states in which there are no such programs; and (2) partnerships of eligible entities to establish doctoral nursing consortia to enhance and expand the availability of doctoral nurse faculty and education by enabling the partners to share doctoral faculty and programmatic resources.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary to award grants to partnerships composed of an accredited nursing school at an institution of higher education and a hospital or health facility to establish up to five pilot projects to enable such hospital or facility to retain its staff of experienced nurses while providing a mechanism to have these individuals become, through an accelerated nursing education program, faculty members of an accredited nursing school.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-10-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Introduced in House