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Community Broadband Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3281
Sponsor: Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadband
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Internet
Local laws
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Community Broadband Act of 2007 - Prohibits any state or local government statute, regulation, or other legal requirement from having the effect of prohibiting any public provider from providing advanced communications capability to any person or any public or private entity. 
 
Defines &quot;public provider&quot; as a state or a political subdivision or instrumentality thereof or any entity owned, controlled, or otherwise affiliated with a state, subdivision, or instrumentality.
 
Prohibits a public provider from granting any regulatory preference to itself or to any provider it owns or is affiliated with.
 
Requires, subject to exception, a public provider, before it provides advanced communications capability or services, to publish notice and provide local citizens and private-sector entities with an opportunity to be heard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1684-1685)
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Casa for Every Child Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3283
Sponsor: Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Families
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Lawyers
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
A Casa for Every Child Act of 2007 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require states to provide foster children with court-appointed special advocates who meet national standards. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
TSA Acquisition Reform Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3284
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Transportation safety

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
TSA Acquisition Reform Act of 2007 - Repeals provisions exempting the Transportation Security Administration from specified federal procurement requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-26
text: Provisions of Measure Incorporated into H.R. 2764, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008.
action_date: 2007-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1699)
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce the period of time for which a veteran must be totally disabled before the veteran's survivors are eligible for the benefits provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death.

Bill: 110-hr-3286
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Families
Labor and Employment
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Allows veterans' disability compensation benefits to be paid to the survivor of a veteran whose service-connected disability was continuously rated totally disabling for at least one year immediately preceding death. (Current law allows such survivor right of payment if the disability was rated total for periods of up to ten years under various circumstances.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-08-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3287
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
National forests
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Act of 2007 - Amends the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984 to include certain land in Pajarita Wilderness in Coronado National Forest.
 
Designates certain lands in the Coronado National Forest as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the &quot;Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-08-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1687-1688)
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To authorize appropriations for the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3288
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Authorization
Decision making
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental assessment
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Amends the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to authorize the appropriation to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund for FY2009-FY2013 of such sums as may be necessary for operating costs of the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. 

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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Providing Resources Early for Kids Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3289
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Child development
Child health
Child nutrition
Class size
Continuing education
Curricula
Day care
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational facilities
Elementary and secondary education
English language
Eye care
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hearing
Higher education
Indian education
Labor and Employment
Literacy programs
Medical screening
Medical tests
Minorities
Native Americans
Paraprofessional school personnel
Parent-school relationships
Preschool education
Recruiting of employees
School administration
Special education
Standards
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Providing Resources Early for Kids Act of 2007 or the PRE-K Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states to enhance or improve state-funded preschool programs.
 
Sets forth a grant formula favoring states that: (1) have curricula aligned with state early learning standards; (2) follow nationally-established best practices for class size and teacher-to-student ratios; (3) require each teacher to hold at least an associate degree in early childhood education or a related field; and (4) have a plan for meeting the requirement, within five years of receiving such grant, that teachers hold at least a baccalaureate degree in early childhood education. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a competitive process for awarding grants to other states that demonstrate that they will meet such requirements within two fiscal years.
 
Prohibits state grantees from reducing their preschool or child care expenditures. 
 
Includes among grant uses: (1) increasing the qualifications of, and benefits provided to, teachers, teacher aides, and program directors; (2) decreasing class size and improving teacher-to-student ratios; (3) providing certain comprehensive services that support healthy child development; (4) extending program hours per day and weeks per year; and (5) improving program monitoring and learning environments.
 
Reserves funds for competitive grants to Indians for their preschool programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-25
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 11.
action_date: 2008-06-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-06-25
text: Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Discharged.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9282)
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3291
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety
Civics education
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Environmental Protection
Evidence (Law)
Families
Federal aid to education
Firearms
Law
Minors
School districts
School personnel
School security
Searches and seizures
Secondary education
Standards
Students' rights
Teachers
Weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2007 - Requires local educational agencies to have in effect policies that deem to be reasonable and permissible a search of any minor student on public school grounds if conducted by a full-time teacher or school official, acting on any reasonable suspicion based on professional experience and judgment, to ensure that the school and students remain free from the threat of all weapons, dangerous materials, or illegal narcotics. Requires search measures to be reasonably related to search objectives, without being excessively intrusive in light of the nature of the offense and the student's age and sex.
 
Denies Safe and Drug Free School funds, provided under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, to local educational agencies that fail to comply with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1700)
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Education Assessment Technical Corrections Act

Bill: 110-hr-3292
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
English language
Government Operations and Politics
Illiteracy
Literacy programs
Performance measurement
Rating of teachers
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Standards
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Education Assessment Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 to except teachers in hard to staff areas from the requirement that all teachers teaching in core academic subjects within a state be highly qualified not later than the end of the 2005-2006 school year. Requires teachers in hard to staff areas, instead, to satisfy at least 80% of the requirements to be highly qualified by the end of the 2007-2008 school year, and satisfy all of them by the end of the following school year. Requires states and local educational agencies (LEAs) whose teachers do not meet such requirements to use all of their funds under Title II of the Act to achieve compliance.
 
Revises requirements for assessments of student groups in measuring the adequate yearly progress (AYP) of the state, and of all public schools and LEAs in the state, toward enabling all public elementary school and secondary school students to meet the state's student academic achievement standards.
 
Provides that a student group which has failed to meet or exceed achievement standards may satisfy assessment requirements if it met such standards in the immediately preceding year.
 
Authorizes the testing of disabled students at their instructional level, rather than grade level, provided they show progress in accordance with individualized education programs.
 
Permits states to change the method of counting students who are in more than one group.
 
Revises the sanctions for schools which fail an assessment by reason of a group of no more than four students. Changes the sanction from designation as needing improvement to mandatory redirection of funds to the needs of such a group.
 
Requires the Secretary of Education to make recommendations to Congress for increasing the percentage of limited English proficient students and disabled students who meet or exceed state academic achievement standards.
 
Directs the Secretary, during the 2007-2008 school year, to continue to study growth models and allow more states and LEAs to use them to achieve AYP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1701-1702)
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in El Paso County, Colorado.

Bill: 110-hr-3293
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Colorado
Customs administration
Department of Homeland Security
Executive reorganization
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in El Paso County, Colorado.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to modify the program for the sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees by terminating the authority for the removal of chimpanzees from the system for research purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3295
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Animals
Chimpanzees
Laboratory animals
Medical research
Protection of animals
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to repeal provisions providing for the removal of surplus chimpanzees from a sanctuary facility. Prohibits use of such chimpanzees for research except for noninvasive behavioral studies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Broker Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3296
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Affiliated corporations
Claims
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing finance
Mortgage banks
Mortgage interest rates
Property insurance
Property tax
Risk
Surety and fidelity
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Mortgage Broker Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007 &#150; Amends the Truth in Lending Act to establish mandatory responsibilities, duties, and disclosures governing mortgage brokers. 
 
Deems any mortgage broker to have a statutory agency relationship with the consumer subject to all requirements under state or federal law.
 
Sets forth disclosure requirements, including disclosure of: (1) the risks and benefits of each home mortgage loan product; (2) possible payment increases at the time of any resetting of rate; (3) the extent of any prepayment penalties and balloon payments; and (4) the consumer's responsibilities to pay taxes and insurance with respect to such product.
 
Requires mortgage brokers to maintain a bond that inures, first, to the benefit of any consumer who has any claim against the mortgage broker under this Act.
 
Prohibits: (1) mortgage brokers from steering a consumer to a higher-cost mortgage than one for which the consumer would otherwise qualify; and (2) waiver by a consumer of the requirements imposed upon a mortgage broker under this Act.
 
Requires disclosure of specified affiliations on the part of persons involved in the home mortgage loan process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Servicemembers Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-3298
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Debtor and creditor
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Injunctions
Interest
Interest rates
Iraq compilation
Law
Legal fees
Loans
Military dependents
Military personnel
Negligence
Parties to actions
Relocation
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
21st Century Servicemembers Protection Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow individuals called to military service to terminate or suspend a service contract, after the date of entry into service or the date of the military orders, if: (1) the service contract (such as phone, cable, Internet, or utilities) is executed before the individual is called to service for a period of at least 90 days; or (2) the person enters into the contract while in military service and thereafter receives orders for a change of permanent station to a location outside the United States, or to deploy with a military unit for a period of at least 180 days.
 
Provides penalties against anyone who: (1) holds property or funds of a person in military service who lawfully terminates a contract; or (2) violates the 6% limit on interest rates charged to servicemembers during a period of military service.


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: 2007-08-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Marketing Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3300
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Auctions
Coal
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Options (Contract)

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Marketing Act of 2007 - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to auction to the public, from time to time, coal-to-liquid fuel put option contracts having expiration dates of five years, 10 years, 15 years, or 20 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House