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National Foreign Language Coordination Act

Bill: 110-hr-747
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Academic performance
Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Business education
Career education
Commerce
Conferences
Congressional reporting requirements
Education
Educational accountability
Educational research
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Engineering
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Federal-state relations
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government publications
Government publicity
Health
Higher education
International competitiveness
International education
Internet
Journalism
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Law
Legal education
Legislation
Medical education
Presidential appointments
Public-private partnerships
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Standards
Surveys
Teacher education
Translating and interpreting
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
National Foreign Language Coordination Act - Establishes, in the Executive Office of the President, a National Foreign Language Coordination Council to: (1) oversee and implement the National Security Language Initiative (NSLI); and (2) develop and implement a national foreign language strategy. Includes heads of certain federal agencies as members of the Council. 
 
Establishes a National Language Director, to be appointed by the President, to: (1) chair the Council; (2) develop and monitor implementation of the strategy, built upon the efforts of the NSLI; (3) establish formal relationships among major stakeholders, including federal, state, and local government agencies, academia, industry, labor, and heritage communities; and (4) coordinate and lead a public information campaign.
 
Requires the Council to consult with states to provide for designation of state contact persons. Encourages formation of state interagency councils, or designation of state lead agencies, to coordinate with the Council and state and local agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-748
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Medical fees
Medicare
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the outpatient therapy cap.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Choices for Seniors Act

Bill: 110-hr-749
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Medical savings accounts
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Tax deductions
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Health Care Choices for Seniors Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivor's and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a procedure under which an individual otherwise entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of SSA title XVIII (Medicare) may waive such entitlement and be automatically enrolled in the Medicare Alternative Voucher Program (MAV Program).

Directs the Secretary to establish the MAV Program, under which a voucher may be used as a contribution into a health savings account and for the payment of enrollment premiums under a high deductible health plan.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the itemized deduction for health savings accounts by the amount of the MAV that is contributed to an individual's health savings account.
 
Suspends Medicare late enrollment penalties for an individual between ages 65 and 70 if the individual is enrolled in the MAV program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Recovery Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-751
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Access to health care
Alaska
Claims
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disabled
Disaster relief
Education
Educational facilities
Electric utilities
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medicine
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health facilities
Higher education
Highway maintenance
Indian lands
Indigenous peoples
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Landowners
Law enforcement officers
Mass rapid transit
Minorities
Native Americans
Nonprofit organizations
Nursing homes
Paramedical personnel
Police
Private schools
Refuse and refuse disposal
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Disaster Recovery Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to pay an eligible disaster relief applicant 50% of the federal share of assistance for which the applicant is eligible under specified sections of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, within 60 days after the applicant files a claim for such assistance.
 
Requires authorized reimbursement for clearing and removing debris to include reimbursement for clearing, removing, and disposing of debris from any emergency access road.
 
Authorizes federal assistance for removing, clearing, and disposing of debris from private property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To designate the National Museum of Wildlife Art, located at 2820 Rungius Road, Jackson, Wyoming, as the National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States.

Bill: 110-hr-754
Sponsor: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Animals
Art
Commemorations
Museums
Names
Wildlife
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Designates the National Museum of Wildlife Art located at 2820 Rungius Road, Jackson, Wyoming as the &quot;National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
E-Poll Book Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-756
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional elections
Election Assistance Commission
Election administration
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Presidential elections
Voter registration
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
E-Poll Book Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Election Assistance Commission to develop and adopt guidelines for electronic poll books in the same manner as the Commission develops and adopts voluntary voting system guidelines.
 
Provides that, for certification and testing purposes, electronic poll books shall be treated as part of the hardware and software of a voting system, without regard to whether or not the electronic poll book operates by integration with a voting system or independently.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Cuban-American Family Rights Restoration Act

Bill: 110-hr-757
Sponsor: Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Caribbean area
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cuba
Executive Office of the President
Export controls
Families
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign banks and banking
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Latin America
Law
Money
Right to travel
Sanctions (International law)
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Cuban-American Family Rights Restoration Act - Prohibits that President from regulating or prohibiting: (1) travel to or from Cuba by any U.S. person; or (2) transactions (baggage, living expenses, personal use goods or services, normal banking transactions) incident to travel for the purpose of visiting a close relative who is a national of Cuba. 
 
Directs the President to rescind all regulations that so regulate or prohibit such travel or transactions. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-760
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asians
East Asia
History
Philippines
Veterans' benefits
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2007 - Deems certain service performed before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts as active military service for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Repeals certain provisions discounting such service as qualifying service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-762
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
British West Indies
Caribbean area
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Consultants
Costa Rica
Customs administration
Distance education
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
El Salvador
Exports
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign trade promotion
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Imports
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International agencies
Internet
Jamaica
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Marine terminals
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Nicaragua
Organization of American States (OAS)
Panama
Regional economic development
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Suriname
Technical assistance
Technical education
Trade agreements
Transportation and Public Works
Trinidad and Tobago
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of State to make a voluntary contribution (on a grant basis) to the Organization of American States to establish a: (1) Center for Caribbean Basin Trade; and (2) a skills-based training program for Caribbean Basin countries.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a thorough study and analysis should be undertaken to determine a permanent location of the Center; and (2) the skills-based program should focus on mid-level technical education and training for the workforce in Caribbean Basin countries, utilizing existing educational facilities, cooperative private sector and government entities, and Internet-based training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction allowable with respect to income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico.

Bill: 110-hr-763
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Manufacturing industries
Puerto Rico
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Saguaro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-764
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Commemorations
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Land transfers
National monuments
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Saguro National Park Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2007 - Amends the Saguro National Park Establishment Act of 1994 to modify further the boundaries of Saguaro National Park to include specified land. 
 
Allows the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the State of Arizona, to acquire from the State land or interests in land within the boundary of the Park 
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to identify lands that would be a part of any future boundary adjustments for the Park. Instructs that such study examine the natural, cultural, recreational, and scenic values and characters of the lands identified. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and extend the alternative motor vehicle credit for certain flexible fuel hybrid vehicles.

Bill: 110-hr-765
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Energy
Fuel consumption
Income tax
Motor vehicles
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify new flexible fuel hybrid motor vehicles for the alternative motor vehicle tax credit through December 31, 2014. Defines &quot;new flexible fuel hybrid motor vehicle&quot; as a qualified hybrid motor vehicle which is capable of operating on an alternative fuel, on gasoline, and on any blend thereof, and which is certified by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to have achieved a certain level of city fuel economy using E-85 ethanol fuel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E238)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To waive the time limitations specified by law in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded posthumously to Richard L. Etchberger of Hamburg, Pennsylvania, for acts of valor on March 11, 1968, while an Air Force Chief Master Sergeant serving in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era.

Bill: 110-hr-766
Sponsor: Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Air force
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
History
Military history
Officer personnel
Pennsylvania
Vietnamese Conflict

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Richard L. Etchberger, U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant, for acts of valor in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-768
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Appropriations
Congress
Congressional veto
Economics and Public Finance
English language
Executive orders
Federal aid programs
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Language and languages
Public assistance programs
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Declares Executive Order 13166, "Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency," to be null and void.
Prohibits the use of funds for the promulgation or enforcement of an executive order that creates an entitlement to services provided in a language other than English.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Southern California Desert Region Integrated Water and Economic Sustainability Plan Act

Bill: 110-hr-771
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-41]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Arid regions
California
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Irrigation
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Southern California Desert Region Integrated Water and Economic Sustainability Plan Act - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of projects to implement the Mojave Water Agency's Integrated Regional Water Management Plan. Limits the federal cost share to 25%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1058)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House