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September 11 Family Humanitarian Relief and Patriotism Act

Bill: 110-s-615
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Alien labor
Aliens
Crime and Law Enforcement
Death
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Evidence (Law)
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
Injunctions
International Affairs
Law
Limitation of actions
Married people
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
September 11 Family Humanitarian Relief and Patriotism Act - Provides permanent resident status adjustment for a requesting alien who was on September 10, 2001, the wife, child, or dependent son or daughter of a lawful nonimmigrant alien who died as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States.
 
Authorizes an alien who has been ordered excluded, deported, removed, or ordered to depart voluntarily from the United States to apply for such status adjustment.
 
Provides for cancellation of removal and permanent resident status adjustment for a requesting alien who was: (1) on September 10, 2001, the wife, child, or dependent son or daughter of an alien who died as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States; and (2) deemed to be a beneficiary of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.
 
Makes the provisions of this Act inapplicable to an alien who is: (1) inadmissible or deportable under criminal or security grounds, including September 11, 2001, terrorist activity; or (2) a family member of such an alien.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2043)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act

Bill: 110-s-616
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accidents
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Labor and Employment
Recreation
Sports and Recreation
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group health coverage from denying benefits or coverage otherwise provided under the plan for the treatment of an injury solely because it resulted from participation in a legal mode of transportation or recreational activity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2043-2044)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Land Military Pass Act

Bill: 110-s-617
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Law
Licenses
National parks
National recreation areas
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act - Makes the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans. 
 
Makes a National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass issued under this Act valid for one year after the date of issuance.

action_date: 2008-06-16
text: 

 
Public Land Military Pass Act - Makes the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass, as provided in this Act, available at a discount (subject to the same rate of increase as the regular cost of the Pass) to any veterans and active duty and reserve members of the U.S. Armed Forces determined to be eligible for such a discount.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior (with respect to federal land management agencies) and the Secretary of Agriculture (with respect to the Forest Service), after consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense, to determine the appropriate documentation that a veteran or an active duty or reserve member shall provide as proof that the veteran or member is eligible for the discount. 

Makes a National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass issued under this Act valid for one year after the date of issuance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 782.
action_date: 2008-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 110-350.
action_date: 2008-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 110-350.
action_date: 2008-05-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-158.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2044)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-618
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Antitrust law
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Insurance
Insurance companies
Jurisdiction
Law
Restrictive trade practices

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2007 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to make the Federal Trade Commission Act, as it relates to areas other than unfair methods of competition, applicable to the business of insurance to the extent that such business is not regulated by state law.
 
Authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue joint statements of their antitrust enforcement policies regarding joint activities in the business of insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2044-2045)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair and Accurate Representation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-619
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census
Congress
Congressional districts
Illegal aliens
Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Fair and Accurate Representation Act of 2007 - Amends federal census law to direct the Secretary of Commerce to adjust census figures as necessary so that illegal aliens are not counted for purposes of the apportionment of Representatives in Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-30
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act

Bill: 110-s-620
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Access to health care
Commerce
Community health services
Dislocated workers
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee training
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Health
Higher education
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Indian education
Indian medical care
Layoffs
Manufacturing industries
Medical education
Medical personnel
Minorities
Occupational retraining
Paramedical personnel
Plant shutdowns
Social Welfare
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to establish and carry out a health professions training demonstration project that awards grants to eligible entities to train certain unemployed workers from the manufacturing or service sector for employment as health care professionals in communities with manufacturing and service sector job loss and health care professional shortages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2048-2049)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2047-2048)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-622
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural industries
Animals
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Competition
Contracts
Corporate management
Department of Agriculture
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government attorneys
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Injunctions
Law
Legal fees
Legal services
Livestock
Marketing of farm produce
Meat packing industry
Poultry
Restrictive trade practices

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2007 - Amends the Agricultural Fair Practices Act of 1967 to define specified terms.
 
Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Office of Special Counsel for Competition Matters, which shall be headed by a Special Counsel for Competition Matters. States that the Office shall: (1) investigate and prosecute violations of this Act and the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921; (2) serve as a liaison between the Department and the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with respect to competition and trade practices in the food and agricultural sector; and (3) maintain a staff of attorneys and other appropriate professionals. 
 
Prohibits unfair or deceptive agricultural commerce acts or practices respecting: (1) crops; (2) producer associations; and (3) agricultural production and marketing contracts.
 
Sets forth agricultural and production contract and enforcement provisions.
 
Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to eliminate the &quot;slaughter&quot; requirement from the definitions of &quot;poultry grower,&quot; &quot;poultry growing arrangement,&quot; and &quot;live poultry dealer.&quot; States that the term &quot;poultry grower&quot; does not include an employee of such grower.
 
Extends: (1) administrative enforcement authority to live poultry dealers; and (2) temporary injunction or restraining order authority to instances of poultry care. Increases the maximum civil penalty for violations by live poultry dealers.
 
States that it shall be an unlawful practice to engage in an unfair or discriminatory practice or device or to control or manipulate prices regardless of whether the practice, device, or course of business causes a competitive injury or otherwise adversely effects competition, and regardless of any alleged business justification. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2052-2053)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act

Bill: 110-s-623
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Clinical trials
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Injunctions
Intellectual property
Judicial opinions
Judicial review
Labeling
Law
Licenses
Patent infringement
Patents
Pharmaceutical research
Product safety
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a process for the approval of an abbreviated biological product application for products that contain the same or similar active ingredients as a previously licensed biological product (the reference product). Allows a person to file an abbreviated biological product application with the Secretary of Health and Human Services that includes: (1) data demonstrating that the product is comparable to or interchangeable with the reference product; (2) information to show that the conditions or conditions of use prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling proposed for the biological product have been previously approved for the reference product; and (3) information to show that the route of administration, the dosage form, and the strength of the biological product are the same as those of the reference product.
 
Sets forth conditions for approval of such an application by the Secretary.
 
Allows an applicant to request that the Secretary make a determination as to the interchangeability of a comparable product and the reference product based on whether a product can be expected to produce the same clinical result as the reference product in any given patient. Provides market exclusivity to such an interchangeable product. Requires the Secretary to defer issuing a determination of interchangeability for a subsequent comparable biological product during the period of market exclusivity for a prior interchangeable comparable biological product.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish requirements for the efficient review, approval, suspension, and revocation of comparable biological product applications.
 
Sets forth provisions governing patent infringement claims against an applicant or prospective applicant for a comparable biological product license. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Star Print ordered on S. 623.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2054-2058)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2053-2054)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-628
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Health and Human Services
Diseases
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health information systems
Health planning
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Information technology
Law
Medical records
Medical statistics
Medical technology
Performance measurement
Quality of care
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award grants to states to increase access to health care in rural areas by improving health information technology.
 
 Requires a state that receives such a grant to designate a lead agency to: (1) administer the grant; (2) develop the state plan for use of grant funds; and (3) coordinate the expenditure of funds and provision of services under the grant with other federal and state health care programs. 
 
Directs the lead agency to award local grants on a competitive basis based on the extent to which an entity: (1) demonstrates a need to improve its health information reporting and health information technology; and (2) will serve a community with a significant low-income or other medically underserved population. Requires each grant recipient to be a government-owned or private nonprofit hospital located in a rural area.
 
Requires the lead agency to annually report to the Secretary on: (1) the amounts received under the grant; (2) the amounts allocated to state grant recipients; and (3) the types of expenditures made by local grant recipients.
 
Requires the Secretary to review and monitor state compliance with the requirements of this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary to promulgate a final rule concerning the replacement of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, Clinical Modification with the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision, Clinical Modification and Clinical Modification Coding System. Authorizes the Secretary to adopt specified standards for electronic health care transactions that are recommended in relation to such replacements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2077-2079)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2000-2002, S2077)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide direct and guaranteed loans, loan guarantees, and grants to complete the construction and rehabilitation of rural critical access hospitals.

Bill: 110-s-629
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Access to health care
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Health
Hospitals
Rural health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Amends the the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide direct and guaranteed loans, loan guarantees, and grants to complete the construction and rehabilitation of rural critical access hospitals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2079)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2000-2002, S2079)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-630
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Clinics
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Housing and Community Development
Long-term care
Managed care
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage organizations to provide for a payment rate for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services that is: (1) at least the applicable payment rate established under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) or part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) for such services; or (2) 103% of the otherwise applicable payment rate, if the critical access hospital or the rural health clinic determines appropriate

.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2079)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2000-2002, S2079)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Remote Monitoring Access Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-631
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular diseases
Chronically ill
Communication in medicine
Diabetes
Government Operations and Politics
Medical fees
Medical supplies
Medical technology
Medicare
Physicians
Science, Technology, Communications
Sleep disorders
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Remote Monitoring Access Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of remote patient management services for chronic health care conditions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2079-2080)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2000-2002, S2079)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for a hospital in Cass County, Minnesota.

Bill: 110-s-632
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Medicare
Minnesota
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to permit the designation of a certain critical access hospital in Cass County, Minnesota, by exempting it from the requirement that it be certified by the state on or after January 1, 2006, as being a necessary provider of health care services to residents in the area. (Thus restores to Minnesota state authority to waive the application of the 35-mile rule.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2080)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2000-2002, S2080)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Working Together for Rural Access to Mental Health and Wellness for Children and Seniors Act

Bill: 110-s-633
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to health facilities
Health planning
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Medical supplies
Mental health services
Rural health
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Telemedicine

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Working Together for Rural Access to Mental Health and Wellness for Children and Seniors Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to enable states to award grants for: (1) operating a mobile van outreach program under which a hospital and elementary or secondary schools provide mental health care services to students in a rural area; and (2) providing telemental health services to persons of all ages in a rural area. Requires the governor of a state to designate a lead agency to: (1) administer the state program under the grant; and (2) develop a state plan for the provision of mental health services in rural areas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2080-2082)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2000-2002, S2080)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate