hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Somalia Stabilization and Reconstruction Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-492
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2007-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Conferences
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crimes against humanity
Democracy
Department of Commerce
Department of Justice
Department of Transportation
Diplomats
Djibouti
Economic assistance
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Extremist movements in politics
Forfeiture
Free enterprise
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Human rights
Immigration
Industrial standards
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International military forces
International relief
Kenya
Law
Military assistance
Peace
Peacekeeping forces
Political parties
Poverty
Public corruption
Public-private partnerships
Regionalism (International organization)
Religion
Religious liberty
Repatriation
Rescission of appropriated funds
Rule of law
Shipbuilding
Small business
Somalia
Tankers
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
United Nations
Violence
War crimes
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: 
Somalia Stabilization and Reconstruction Act of 2007 - States that it is U.S. policy to support efforts by the people of Somalia to achieve peace, economic growth, and democracy, and to eradicate extremism and terrorism from their country and region.
 
Directs the President to: (1) appoint a Special Envoy for Somalia to coordinate U.S. involvement in the region and to ensure that the U.S. government remains informed of and engaged in efforts to resolve the instability in Somalia; and (2) instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to work with the appropriate U.N. agencies, regional organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and the international community to establish an International Donor Trust Fund for Somalia. 
 
Authorizes the President to: (1) support a regional or international peacekeeping force for Somalia; and (2) provide assistance to support efforts for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Somalia as well as the establishment of a representative government in Somalia.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to convene one or more donor conferences for Somalia.
 
Restricts foreign assistance to countries identified as providing assistance to individuals or entities seeking to prevent the formation of a government of national unity in Somalia or harm U.S. interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal a prohibition on the use of certain funds for tunneling in certain areas with respect to the Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley Metro Rail project, California.

Bill: 110-s-497
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Mass rapid transit
Railroad engineering
Subways
Tunnels
Urban affairs
Urban transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: 
Amends the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to repeal the prohibition against use of certain funds for any segment of the downtown Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley Metro Rail project unless the Southern California Rapid Transit District notifies the Urban Mass Transportation Administration that no part of the Metro Rail project will tunnel through any zone designated as a potential risk zone or high potential risk zone for methane gas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1638)
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Medicare Equity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-498
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2007-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Hospital care
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Medical fees
Medicare
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Physicians
Quality of care
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: 
Rural Medicare Equity Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment factor from the geographic indices used to adjust payments under the physician fee schedule.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration grants project designed to provide financial or other incentives to hospitals to attract educators and clinical practitioners so that hospitals that serve Medicare beneficiaries residing in underserved areas may host clinical rotations.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish up to 10 demonstration projects to provide for improvements, as recommended by the Institute of Medicine, in the quality of health care provided to individuals residing in rural areas.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII to require proportional representation of rural area interests on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC).
 
Directs the Secretary to implement the recommendations contained in the March 2005 GAO report 05-119 entitled &quot;Medicare Physician Fees: Geographic Adjustment Indices are Valid in Design, but Data and Methods Need Refinement.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1639-1640)
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1638-1639)
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow section 1031 treatment for exchanges involving certain mutual ditch, reservoir, or irrigation company stock.

Bill: 110-s-499
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2007-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Capital gains tax
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Land transfers
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reservoirs
Stocks
Tax exclusion
Tax-exempt organizations
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-free exchanges of shares in certain mutual ditch, reservoir, or irrigation companies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-500
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2007-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Federal advisory bodies
Fund raising
Government Operations and Politics
Hispanic Americans
Legislation
Minorities
Museums
Planning
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: 
Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino Act of 2007 - Establishes the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino to study and make recommendations to the President and the Congress on a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-73.
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1640-1641)
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1640)
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Ilko Vasilev Ivanov, Anelia Marinova Peneva, Marina Ilkova Ivanova, and Julia Ilkova Ivanova.

Bill: 110-s-501
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2007-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: 
Declares Ilko Vasilev Ivanov, Anelia Marinova Peneva, Marina Ilkova Ivanova, and Julia Ilkova Ivanova to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal the sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gains rates.

Bill: 110-s-502
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2007-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Congress
Dividends
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Sunset legislation
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: 
Repeals the termination date in the Jobs Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 for provisions reducing individual tax rates on capital gains and dividend income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
SouthEast Crescent Authority Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-503
Sponsor: Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC]
Introduced: 2007-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Alabama
Auditing
Citizen participation
Community development
Community organization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
County politics and government
Depressed areas
Federal-state relations
Florida
Georgia
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
High technology
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Interstate relations
Labor and Employment
Mississippi
Nonprofit organizations
North Carolina
Presidential appointments
Regional economic development
Regional planning
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
South Carolina
Urban affairs
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: 
Southeast Crescent Authority Act of 2007 - Establishes a Southeast Crescent Authority for all parts of the following southeastern states not eligible for assistance from the Appalachian Regional Commission or the Delta Regional Authority: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.
 
Directs the Authority to perform various functions, including: (1) formulating plans and programs to spur economic development, and approving grants to states and public and nonprofit entities toward that end; (2) establishing priorities in a development plan for the region; (3) supporting local development districts, and creating them where they do not exist; and (4) encouraging private investment in the region. 
 
Permits the Authority to request and receive federal, state and local government personnel as employees. 
 
States that Authority grants for infrastructure development may be made only to state or local governments. Permits Authority grants for job training, employment-related education, business development, assisting severely distressed and poor areas, or for other purposes in accordance with this Act. 
 
Allows the Authority to designate annually: (1) distressed counties; and (2) isolated areas of distress in nondistressed counties. 
 
Directs the Authority to garner public participation in the development, revision, and implementation of its plans and programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Long-Term Care Trust Account Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-504
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2007-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts
Chronically ill
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Long-term care
Long-term care insurance
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: 
Long-Term Care Trust Account Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt long-term care trust accounts; (2) allow cash contributions to such accounts up to $5,000 annually; (3) allow an exclusion from gross income for certain distributions, including for long-term care services for chronically-ill individuals; (4) impose penalties for excess contributions to such accounts and for failure to provide required reports on such accounts; and (5) allow a refundable tax credit for 10% of the annual contributions to such accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1641-1643)
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1641)
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-505
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Books
College costs
Computer software
Computers
Curricula
Education
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax deductions
Teacher education
Teachers
Teaching materials
Textbooks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: 
Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the allowable tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers to $400; (2) allow the deduction of professional development expenses; and (3) make such deduction permanent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1643-1644)
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-507
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2007-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicare
Midwives
Social Welfare
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: 
Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of and payment for certified midwife services. (Currently only certified nurse-midwife services are covered.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1648)
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-508
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2007-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arts, Culture, Religion
Congressional agencies
Employee rights
Federal employees
Federal libraries
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Law
Library of Congress
Merit Systems Protection Board
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: 
Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to apply whistleblower rights and protections to legislative branch employees, including those of the Government Accountability Office or the Library of Congress.
 
Prescribes for violation of this Act the same remedy as would be appropriate if awarded with respect to a prohibited federal personnel practice in the executive branch.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1648-1649)
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1648)
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Urban Area Security Initiative Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-510
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Metropolitan areas
Risk
Terrorism
Urban affairs
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: 
Urban Area Security Initiative Improvement Act of 2007 - Makes each of the 100 most populous U.S. urban areas eligible for a grant under the Urban Area Security Initiative. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to award such grants after conducting a study of how the variation in the output of models used for such awards can be apportioned to different sources of variation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1710-1711)
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Arthur V. Watkins Dam Enlargement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-512
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2007-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Construction costs
Dams
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Utah
Water storage
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: 
Arthur V. Watkins Dam Enlargement Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study (including an environmental evaluation and a cost allocation) on raising the height of the Arthur V. Watkins Dam for the development of additional storage to meet water supply needs within the Weber Basin Project area and the Wasatch Front, Utah.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1711)
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1711)
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to revive previous authority on the use of the Armed Forces and the militia to address interference with State or Federal law, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-513
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2007-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Disaster relief
Disasters
Emergency Management
Government Operations and Politics
Insurgency
Military civic action
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: 
Amends the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 to repeal provisions authorizing the President to: (1) employ the Armed Forces to restore public order and enforce the law in major public emergencies; and (2) provide supplies, services, and equipment to persons affected by the situation.
 
Restores previous authority of the President to use the Armed Forces to suppress situations which interfere with state or federal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1713)
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1711-1713)
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act

Bill: 110-s-514
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2007-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Florida
Indian lands
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: 
Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Muscogee Nation of Florida (the Nation).
 
Makes the Nation and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized Indian tribes. Considers, for the purpose of the delivery of federal services to members, the service area of the Nation to be: (1) the community of Bruce in Walton County, Florida; and (2) an area in Florida in which members reside that is bordered on the west by the Escambia River and on the east by the St. Marks River. 
 
Declares that the constitution and bylaws of the Nation shall be the constitution and bylaws of the Nation's Tribal Council dated January 21, 2001 (including amendments). Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, upon receipt of a written request of the Tribal Council, to hold a referendum for members to adopt a new constitution and bylaws.
 
Specifies the role and duties of the Tribal Council. 
 
Requires that the membership roll of the Nation be determined in accordance with the membership criteria established by the ordinance of the Nation numbered 04-01-100 and dated February 7, 2004. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-686.
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-515
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2007-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Claims
Farmers
Finance and Financial Sector
Government liability
Law
Limitation of actions
Minorities
Racial discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: 
Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2007 - Declares that any Pigford claimant (relating to a racial discrimination action against the Department of Agriculture) who has not obtained a determination on the merits of a Pigford claim before enactment of this Act may, in a civil action, obtain that determination. 
 
Asserts that it is Congress' intent that this Act be liberally construed so as to effectuate its remedial purpose of giving a full determination on the merits for each denied Pigford claim. 
 
Defines: (1) &quot;Pigford claimant&quot; as an individual who submitted, before enactment of this Act, a late-filing request under the consent decree in the case of 
Pigford v. Glickman 
(1999); and (2) &quot;Pigford claim&quot; as a discrimination complaint as defined and documented by such consent decree.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1713-1714)
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Tax Relief for Americans in Combat Act

Bill: 110-s-516
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2007-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Earned income tax credit
Income tax
Iraq compilation
Military pay
Social Welfare
Tax exclusion
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: 
Tax Relief for Americans in Combat Act or the TRAC Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to treat combat zone compensation (otherwise excludable from gross income) as earned income for purposes of computing the allowable earned income tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1714)
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate