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Oil Shale Reserve Fund Revenue Disposition Act

Bill: 110-s-1517
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Colorado
Economics and Public Finance
Energy development
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Oil and gas leases
Oil shales
Petroleum reserves
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Revenue sharing
Utah
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Oil Shale Reserve Fund Revenue Disposition Act - Amends federal law concerning the leasing to private entities by the Secretary of the Interior of certain federal oil shale reserves in Colorado to provide a new system for the distribution of revenues from such leases (currently, all proceeds are deposited into the Treasury). States that, for all proceeds received between November 18, 1997, and December 31, 2017: (1) 50% shall be transferred from the Secretary of the Treasury to the state of Colorado for deposit into its oil shale special fund; and (2) 50% shall be deposited into a special account of the Treasury.
 
Requires amounts deposited into: (1) the Colorado special fund to be used to assist state agencies, school districts, and political subdivisions affected by the development and production of energy resources from oil shale in planning for and providing facilities and services associated with such development and production; and (2) the special account of the Treasury to be used for any of a number of purposes, including environmental restoration and financial assistance to the states of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming for costs connected to energy resources development and production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1519
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health information systems
Medicare
Physicians
Quality of care
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate the quality reporting system under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act as applied for 2007 before transition to a new voluntary Medicare quality reporting system.
 
Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts for conducting demonstrations for defining appropriate mechanisms whereby eligible professionals may provide data on quality measures to the Secretary through an appropriate medical registry.
 
Allows eligible professionals to continue to report to the Secretary specified quality measures for professional services in order for the Secretary to refine systems for reporting them.
 
Prohibits use of the Physician Assistance and Quality Initiative Fund for quality reporting bonus payments in 2008.
 
Specifies quality measures for covered professional services for the voluntary Medicare quality reporting program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6889-6890)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Price Gouging Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1520
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Diesel motor
Disasters
Emergency Management
Energy
Energy prices
Fines (Penalties)
Gasoline
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Law
Legal fees
Petroleum industry
Prices
Profit
Punitive damages
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Price Gouging Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after the President declares a major disaster, to: (1) consult with the Attorney General, the U.S. Attorney for that area, and state and local law enforcement officials to determine whether any supplier is charging unconscionably excessive prices for gasoline or diesel fuel; (2) establish a toll-free hotline for a consumer to report price gouging; and (3) establish a program to develop and distribute public informational materials in English and Spanish to assist consumers in detecting and avoiding price gouging.
 
Makes it unlawful to charge unconscionably excessive prices for any gasoline or diesel fuel during the 180-day period after the President declares a major disaster.
 
Requires the FTC, if it determines a supplier is in violation, to take any action it determines appropriate to remedy the violation. Authorizes civil penalties. Requires imprisonment for knowing violations.
 
Authorizes victims and any state attorney general to bring a civil action against violators of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
PRECAUTION Act

Bill: 110-s-1521
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Astronautics
Authorization
Commerce
Crime prevention
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to law enforcement
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Juvenile delinquency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Planets
Science, Technology, Communications
Space activities
Venture capital

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Prevention Resources for Eliminating Criminal Activity Using Tailored Interventions in Our Neighborhoods Act of 2007 or the PRECAUTION Act - Establishes the National Commission on Public Safety Through Crime Prevention to: (1) carry out a comprehensive study of the effectiveness of certain crime and delinquency prevention and intervention strategies: and (2) make initial and final reports on such strategies to specified federal and state officials. Exempts such Commission from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Authorizes the Director of the National Institute of Justice to make three-year grants to public and private entities for the implementation and evaluation of innovative crime or delinquency prevention or intervention strategies.

Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005 to reduce FY2008 funding for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 

Prohibits the NASA Administrator from carrying out the Red Planet Capital Venture Capital Program during FY2008-FY2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6891-6894)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6890-6891)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1522
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Fishery management
Idaho
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Montana
Oregon
Power marketing administrations
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2007 - Amends the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to give priority to any project that has a total cost of less than $2.5 million (currently, $5 million). 

Authorizes the Secretary, without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, to accept any amounts provided to the Secretary by the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration. 

Requires: (1) any amounts provided by the Bonneville Power Administration directly or through a grant to another entity for a project carried out under the Program to be credited toward the non-federal share of project costs; and (2) the Secretary's report on projects under such Act to be made after partnering with local governmental entities and the states in the Pacific Ocean drainage area (Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho).
 
Authorizes appropriations for the Act through FY2014. Sets forth limits and requirements on the amount that may be used each fiscal year for federal and state administrative expenses of carrying out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 649.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 110-297.
action_date: 2008-04-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 110-297.
action_date: 2008-01-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2007-07-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-152.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6894-6895)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6894)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to waive time limitations specified by law in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Gary Lee McKiddy, of Miamisburg, Ohio, for acts of valor while a helicopter crew chief and door gunner with the 1st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War.

Bill: 110-s-1524
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
History
Military history
Military personnel
Vietnamese Conflict

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Gary Lee McKiddy of Miamisburg, Ohio, for acts of valor while serving in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, notwithstanding otherwise application time limitations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Super-Efficient Appliance Incentives and Market Transformation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1525
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Electric appliances
Energy
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Refrigeration
Tax credits
Water Resources Development
Water conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Super-Efficient Appliance Incentives and Market Transformation Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the applicable amount of the tax credit for energy efficient appliances (i.e., dishwashers, clothes washers, refrigerators, and dehumidifiers that restrict water and energy consumption) produced after 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Bright Idea Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1526
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Hazardous wastes
Labeling
Law
Lighting
Manufacturing industries
Mercury
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Technological innovations
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Bright Idea Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish technical standards for general service lamps that provide levels of illumination equivalent to those provided by lamps generally available in 2007, but with a lumens per watt rating of at least: (1) 30 by calendar 2013; and (2) 45 by calendar 2018.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) carry out a lighting technology research and development program regarding lamps and related technologies made available in the United States; and (2) assist manufacturers in the manufacturing of general service lamps that achieve the lumens per watt ratings prescribed by this Act.

Instructs the Secretary to: (1) implement a national program consumer education program about the benefits of using light bulbs with improved efficiency ratings; and (2) report to Congress recommendations regarding the means by which the federal government may reduce or prevent the release of mercury during the manufacture, transportation, storage, or disposal of light bulbs.

Directs the Commissioner [
sic
] of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to report to Congress regarding current lamp labeling practices by lamp manufacturers, with recommendations for a national labeling standard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6895-6896)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6895)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for renovation and construction of manufacturing facilities for incandescent lamps.

Bill: 110-s-1527
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Energy
Energy efficiency
Income tax
Lighting
Manufacturing industries
Standards
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow any business that produces general service incandescent lamps a tax credit for investment in manufacturing facilities in the United States that produce lamps that meet certain requirements under the Bright Idea Act of 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop the Sale of Murderabilia to Protect the Dignity of Crime Victims Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1528
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Damages
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Injunctions
Interstate commerce
Law
Postal service
Prisoners

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Stop the Sale of Murderabilia to Protect the Dignity of Crime Victims Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) restrict the items that a federal prisoner may place in the mail or for delivery; and (2) provide for civil and criminal forfeiture of real or personal property used to commit a crime or obtained as a result of such crime.

Provides civil remedies, including injunctions, damages, and attorney fees, for persons aggrieved by federal prisoners using the mail in violation of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Food Stamp Fairness and Benefit Restoration Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1529
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: College costs
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education savings accounts
Food relief
Food stamps
Higher education
Immigrants
Immigration
Income
Indexing (Economic policy)
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Unemployment
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Food Stamp Fairness and Benefit Restoration Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 with respect to: (1) inflation adjustments for standard deductions and for household resources; (2) retirement account and education account exclusions; (3) eligibility for unemployed adults; (4) dependent care deduction cap elimination; (5) legal immigrant eligibility; and (6) extension of commodity availability for the emergency food assistance program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6896-6897)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Rent-To-Own Reform Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1530
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contracts
Credit insurance
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Deceptive advertising
Discrimination in consumer credit
Federal Reserve System
Federal preemption
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Finance charges
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Insurance premiums
Interest
Interest rates
Law
Lease and rental services
Legal fees
Liability (Law)
Restrictive trade practices
Sales promotion
State laws
Trade regulation
Warranties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: 
 Rent-To-Own Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prohibit a seller in a rent-to-own transaction from receiving or assessing any interest, finance charge, or other fee for the transaction that exceeds the interest, fees, or finance charges permissible under the laws of the state in which the seller is located which establish: (1) a maximum rate or amount of interest, finance charge, or time-price differential that may be charged in connection with a credit sale or retail installment sale for the same or a similar item; (2) the types of fees and the maximum amount of fees that a seller may so charge; or (3) the types of credit insurance and the maximum amount of premiums that can be charged for credit insurance in such a connection.
 
Permits certain additional termination charges and fees.
 
Cites federal laws which are applicable to a rent-to-own transaction.
 
Sets forth required disclosures, prohibitions, and enforcement, as well as civil liability for failure to properly disclose the terms of a rent-to-own transaction.
 
Declares this Act inapplicable to certain motor vehicles sales and leases otherwise subject to the Truth in Lending Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Incentives Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1531
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2007-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Bonds
Depreciation and amortization
Education
Electric batteries
Electric power production
Electric vehicles
Electronics
Elementary and secondary education
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Geothermal resources
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Industrial buildings
Investment tax credit
Manufacturing industries
Public utilities
School buildings
Solar energy
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: 
Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Incentives Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2018 the tax credits for producing electricity from renewable resources and for investment in clean renewable energy bonds.

Allows new tax credits for: (1) holders of water conservation, reuse, and efficiency bonds; (2) expenditures for geothermal exploration; (3) holders of qualified renewable school energy bonds; and (4) investment in solar energy manufacturing facilities.

Expands the tax credit for residential energy efficient property to include expenditures for wind energy property that uses a qualifying wind turbine (with a rated capacity of 100 kilowatts or less) to generate electricity.

Extends through 2013 the new energy efficient home tax credit.

Expands the energy tax credit to include investment in equipment used to produce advanced battery and related power electronics for use in certain electric or hybrid motor vehicles or in residential or small commercial applications.

Allows the tax-exempt bond financing of renewable energy resource facilities (i.e., facilities for the production of electric or thermal energy from certain renewable resources).

Makes permanent the energy tax credit for investment in solar energy property. Includes as energy property for purposes of such credit excess energy storage devices.

Allows solar and geothermal public utility property to qualify for the energy tax credit. 

Makes permanent the tax credit for residential energy efficient property expenditures. Allows three-year accelerated depreciation of solar energy property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6955-6960)
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Options for Investors through United States Certified Coins Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1533
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2007-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coins and coinage
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Investments
Labor and Employment
Law
Pension funds
Tax exclusion
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: 
Options for Investors through United States Certified Coins Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit holders of individual retirement accounts (IRAs) or individually-directed pension plans to invest in coins that: (1) are certified by an independent, third-party grading service; (2) are, or were at any time, legal tender in the United States; and (3) are traded on a nationally recognized electronic coin trading network or listed by an independent coin wholesale reporting service. Permits trustees of IRAs or individually-directed pension plans that invest in coins or bullion to hold an indicia of ownership for such coins or bullion in lieu of physical possession under certain circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate