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Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act

Bill: 110-s-2111
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Child health
Continuing education
Department of Education
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational counseling
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Mental health services
Psychologists
Psychotherapy
School administration
School discipline
School districts
School health programs
School security
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Social work
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to allow states to allocate school improvement funds under title I of the ESEA for coordinated, early intervention services for all students. Includes among such services, schoolwide positive behavior support, defined as a systematic approach to embed proven practices for early intervention services in order to achieve important social outcomes and increase student learning, while preventing problem behaviors.
 
Requires improvements in schoolwide learning climates, including schoolwide positive behavior supports, to be a target of: (1) technical assistance provided by states to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools, and by LEAs to schools identified as needing improvement; (2) schoolwide programs that allow LEAs to consolidate educational funds to upgrade the entire educational program of schools that serve a high proportion of low-income families; (3) professional development funding; (4) funding under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program; and (5) elementary and secondary school counseling programs.
 
Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish, within the Department of Education, an Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services to oversee, implement, and ensure adequate evaluation of, the provision of specialized instructional support services in schools by school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified professionals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12291)
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2112
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Clinics
Community health services
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Nursing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for the cost of operating nurse-managed health clinics that provide primary care for underserved or vulnerable populations and are associated with a school, college, or nursing department, federally qualified health center, or independent nonprofit health or social services agency.

Requires a grant application to contain assurances that a clinic will: (1) provide all required comprehensive primary health services for a period of not to exceed two years (subject to a waiver); and (2) establish a community advisory committee to provide input into the clinic's decisionmaking process.

Permits grant funds to be used for primary care and additional health services for the management of clinic programs, salaries, training, and the acquisition and leasing of buildings and equipment. Requires the amount of any grant to be determined by the Secretary considering the financial need of, and state, local, and other operational funding provided to, the clinic.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a program through which the Secretary shall provide clinics technical and other assistance in meeting requirements of this Act; and (2) develop and implement a plan for evaluating clinics funded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
American Home Ownership Preservation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2114
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Federally-assisted loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Loan defaults
Low-income housing
Moderate income housing
Mortgages
Prosecution
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
American Home Ownership Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require certain mortgage originators or lenders with primary responsibility for underwriting an assessment on a home mortgage loan to include a borrower's ability to repay certain associated costs.
 
Requires a mortgage broker to clearly disclose its relationship to the borrower. 
 
Directs the federal banking agencies to establish a nationwide registry and database system in which all mortgage brokers in the United States must register.
 

 
Eliminates prepayment penalties for home mortgages.
 
Instructs the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants to state governments and tribal organizations to assist: (1) programs established for foreclosure mitigation; and (2) housing trust funds supporting low- and moderate-income housing.
 
Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to direct the HUD Secretary to establish an annual goal for each government-sponsored enterprise to identify and assist homeowners at risk of default or foreclosure on their mortgage, but who would be able to stabilize the situation with fixed rate 30- or 40-year mortgages.
 
Authorizes appropriations for mortgage fraud enforcement and prosecution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2115
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Medical screening
Medicare
Physical examinations
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) extend from six months to one year the eligibility period for the &quot;Welcome to Medicare&quot; physical examination; and (2) cover and waive cost-sharing for specified additional preventive screening services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12291-12292)
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Corporate Tax Favors for Stock Options Act

Bill: 110-s-2116
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2007-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Employee stock options
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-28
text: 
Ending Corporate Tax Favors for Stock Options Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) limit the employer tax deduction for stock options granted to its employees to the value of such options as recorded on the employer's books at the time such options are granted; and (2) apply the $1 million limitation on the employer tax deduction for employee remuneration to stock option compensation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12339)
action_date: 2007-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12335-12339)
action_date: 2007-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Education Research & Development To Improve Achievement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2117
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2007-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Compensatory education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational innovations
Educational research
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Information services
Language arts
Mathematics
Nonprofit organizations
Reading
Research and development
School administration
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-28
text: 
Education Research & Development To Improve Achievement Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to research and development entities to develop, evaluate, and encourage the replication of innovations in core activities under title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Act, including: (1) instruction in mathematics, reading or language arts, and science; (2) school improvement and restructuring; (3) supplemental educational services; and (4) the Reading First program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Proven Programs for the Future of Education Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2118
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2007-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational research
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Reading
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Teaching

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-28
text: 
Proven Programs for the Future of Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that in all competitive grants awarded by the Department of Education to states or local educational agencies (LEAs) or by states to LEAs under the Act, 10% of the competitive preference points may be awarded to states and LEAs that propose to use research-proven programs, if appropriate.
 
Requires reading instruction under the Reading First program to be research-proven or, at a minimum, meet the current requirement that it be scientifically-based.
 
Defines &quot;research-proven reading programs&quot; as those that are deemed to be such programs by a Department of Education review panel and are evaluated in at least two studies, both of which meet specified minimum criteria that require the use of control groups.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 110-s-2119
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2007-10-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Coins and coinage
Disabled
District of Columbia
Finance and Financial Sector
Monuments and memorials
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Silver
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: 
 American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 silver coins in commemoration of disabled American veterans and emblematic of the design selected by the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation for the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that, to the greatest extent possible, the coins should be struck at the U.S. Mint at West Point, New York.
 
 Limits the period for coin issuance to calendar year 2010.
 
Imposes a $10 surcharge per coin, to be distributed to the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation for the purpose of establishing an endowment to support the construction of American Veterans' Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, D.C.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: Introduced in Senate
CARE Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2121
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2007-10-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Authorization
Caregivers
Commerce
Contracts
Economics and Public Finance
Excise tax
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Long-term care insurance
Minorities
Social Welfare
Standards
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: 
Caregiver Assistance and Relief Effort Act of 2007 or the CARE Act of 2007 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to increase and extend, through FY2011, the authorization of appropriations for the national family caregiver support program, including caregiver support programs for Native Americans. 

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow caregivers a tax credit for family members with long-term care needs; (2) allow a tax deduction for long-term care insurance premiums; and (3) apply certain consumer protection provisions to long-term care insurance contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Facilitating Outstanding Classrooms Using Size reduction Act (FOCUS Act)

Bill: 110-s-2122
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2007-10-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Class size
Continuing education
Data banks
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational research
Educational statistics
Educational tests
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Licenses
Private schools
Rating of teachers
Recruiting of employees
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Student enrollment
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: 
Facilitating Outstanding Classrooms Using Size reduction Act (FOCUS Act) - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to award formula grants to states for allocation to their local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) reduce class size, particularly in the early elementary grades, by using highly qualified teachers; and (2) create a continuum of small classes from kindergarten through third grade for all their students.
 
Permits LEAs to use such funds to recruit highly qualified teachers, test new teachers, and provide professional development that enables teachers to teach effectively in their content areas.
 
Requires 80% of an LEA's allocation to be based on its proportion of the state's low-income students, with the remainder based on its proportion of the state's enrolled students.
 
Requires LEAs that receive allocations to provide written notice to the parent of each child who is taught for two or more consecutive weeks by a substitute teacher or a teacher who is not highly qualified. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for an independent evaluation of this Act's effectiveness in reducing class size and improving teaching in small classrooms; and (2) develop and maintain, through the National Center for Education Statistics, a database that accurately calculates class size for every school, school district, and state.
 
Amends the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the National Center for Education Research, in the Institute of Education Sciences, to develop and maintain a web-based National Clearinghouse on Class Size to inform the public regarding class size reduction research, resources, and best practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2123
Sponsor: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]
Introduced: 2007-10-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Appellate courts
Civil actions and liability
Collective bargaining
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Employee rights
Employee-management relations in government
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal preemption
Fire fighters
Government employee unions
Health
Industrial arbitration
Injunctions
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law
Law enforcement officers
Local employees
Local laws
Lockouts
Mediation
Medical personnel
Paramedical personnel
Police
Public sector strikes
State courts
State employees
State laws
State-local relations
Unfair labor practices

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: 
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments.
 
Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (Authority) to determine whether state law provides specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management and supervisory employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization. 
Requires the Authority to issue in accordance with the public safety employee rights and responsibilities regulations establishing collective bargaining procedures for public safety employers and employees in states that do not substantially provide for such rights and responsibilities. Directs the Authority , in such cases, to: (1) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (2) supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a voting majority of the employees in an appropriate unit; (3) resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith; (4) conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices; and (5) resolve exceptions to arbitrator's awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of such Authority regulations and orders through appropriate state courts. 
Prohibits public safety employers, employees, and labor organizations from engaging in lockouts, sickouts, work slowdowns, or strikes. 
Provides that existing collective bargaining units and agreements shall not be invalidated by this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Montana Cemetery Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2124
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2007-10-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Land transfers
Montana
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: 
Montana Cemetery Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the National Forest Service (NFS), to convey to Jefferson County, Montana, the parcel of National Forest System land known as the Elkhorn Cemetery to be used as a county cemetery.

action_date: 2008-06-16
text: 

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

Montana Cemetery Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the National Forest Service (NFS), to convey to Jefferson County, Montana, the parcel of National Forest System land known as the Elkhorn Cemetery to be used as a county cemetery. 

Requires the county to agree to manage the cemetery with due consideration and protection for the historic and cultural values of the cemetery. 

Grants to the county an easement across certain National Forest System land to provide access to the conveyed land.

Provides for reversion of the land conveyed to the county, at the election of the Secretary, if such land is used for a purpose other than as a county cemetery or managed by the county in a manner that is inconsistent with the management of the cemetery as described above. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 793.
action_date: 2008-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-361.
action_date: 2008-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-361.
action_date: 2008-05-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2008-04-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-485.
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: Introduced in Senate