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Mental Health Care for Our Wounded Warriors Act

Bill: 110-hr-2612
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Brain
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Defense
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Education
Employee training
Executive reorganization
Families
Family services
Government Operations and Politics
Head injuries
Health
Health planning
Higher education
Iraq compilation
Law
Legislation
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical research
Mental depression
Mental health
Mental health services
Military dependents
Military medicine
Military pay
Minorities
Minority health
Neurology
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Preventive medicine
Psychologists
Psychology
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Veterans' medical care
War casualties
Women
Women soldiers
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Mental Health Care for Our Wounded Warriors Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) members of the Armed Forces (members) deserve the best possible treatment for mental and physical illnesses and injuries sustained while in military service; (2) members should have access to mental health providers; (3) mental health disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) should be treated with an urgency similar to physical ailments incurred by members; (4) there is a need to recruit, train, and retain more mental health care professionals to diagnose and treat members; and (5) there is a continued need for research, new treatments, and best practices for treating PTSD, as well as a long-term strategy for recruiting, training, and retaining the mental health workforce of the Department of Defense (DOD).
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish at least two centers of excellence in military mental health for, among other things, the development and implementation of DOD strategy for the prevention, identification, and treatment of combat-related mental health conditions, with an emphasis on PTSD and traumatic brain injury.
 
Requires a report from the Secretary to the congressional defense committees on appropriate actions to address current personnel shortages in the DOD mental health workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1241-1242)
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain on the sale of certain residential leased-fee interests to holders of the leasehold rights.

Bill: 110-hr-2613
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Apartment houses
Commerce
Condominium (Housing)
Congress
Cooperative housing
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Landlord and tenant
Real estate business
Rental housing
Sunset legislation
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income gain from the sale of certain residential leased-fee interests to a holder of the leasehold right if such holder is: (1) an association of apartment owners of a multi-family residential leasehold property; or (2) a cooperative housing corporation for a residential leasehold property. Terminates such exclusion after 2012. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the limitation on the authority of the Department of Defense to issue security clearances for certain persons.

Bill: 110-hr-2615
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Disabled
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Ex-offenders
Mentally disabled
Military discharges
Security clearances

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Repeals a provision prohibiting the Department of Defense (DOD), after October 30, 2000, from granting or renewing a security clearance for a person who: (1) was convicted of a crime and served a sentence of not less than one year; (2) is an unlawful user of, or addicted to, a controlled substance; (3) is determined mentally incompetent; or (4) has been discharged or dismissed from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Early Childhood Investment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2616
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child care workers
Child development
Child health
Commerce
Community and school
Continuing education
Curricula
Day care
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
English language
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Higher education
Indian children
Indian education
Infants
Labor and Employment
Medical screening
Medical tests
Minorities
Native Americans
Nonprofit organizations
Parent and child
Poor children
Preschool education
Public-private partnerships
Social Welfare
Special education
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Early Childhood Investment Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a three-to-five-year grant to not more than one public-private partnership in each state to promote school readiness by improving the quality of, and access to, early childhood development opportunities for children throughout the state from birth to kindergarten. 
 
Requires each partnership to include the state and at least one tax-exempt organization and be led by a board of directors.
 
Reduces the federal share of the cost of activities assisted under this Act from 50% in the first year of a grant to 30% in the third and any succeeding year of the grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Preparing Excellent Teachers Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2617
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Apprenticeship
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Licenses
Mentoring
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teaching

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Preparing Excellent Teachers Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make competitive, three-year, matching grants to high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish and support teacher residency programs under which residents engage in rigorous master's level coursework at a college or university with which the LEA has an agreement while undertaking a guided teaching apprenticeship alongside a mentor teacher. 
 
Requires mentor teachers to have at least five years of teaching experience at a school in the high-need LEA and a master's degree in education or teaching.
 
Requires program participants to attain full state teaching certification prior to completing the program and accept placement for at least five academic years thereafter in a school chosen by the high-need LEA. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
North Maui Coastal Preservation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2618
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coastal zone
Commemorations
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Hawaii
Historic sites
History
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
National monuments
National parks
National recreation areas
National seashores
Natural areas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
North Maui Coastal Preservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of designating certain lands on the northern coast of Maui, Hawaii, as a National Seashore, National Historical Park, National Recreation Area, National Monument, National Preserve, or other unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1246)
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make a grant for the establishment and operation of an ethanol anti-idling power unit research program.

Bill: 110-hr-2619
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Commercialization
Economics and Public Finance
Energy research
Federal aid to research
Fuel cells
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make a grant to an eligible energy-related research organization to establish and operate an ethanol anti-idling power unit research program. Sets forth program goals, including to develop an ethanol-powered solid oxide fuel cell power system and to facilitate commercial uses of ethanol fuel cell power systems in vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2620
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Arrest
Child health
Child welfare
Children's rights
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil defense
Colombia
Compulsory military service
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cults
Diplomacy
Diplomats
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Forced labor
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign service
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Human rights
Insurgency
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Mental health services
Military assistance
Military education
Military personnel
Military training
Nongovernmental organizations
Paramilitary forces
President and foreign policy
Recruiting and enlistment
Religion
Sanctions (International law)
South Asia
Sri Lanka
Standards
Uganda
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007 - Defines &quot;child soldier.&quot; 
 
Prohibits, with a national interest waiver, funds appropriated or otherwise made available for specified military and related areas from being obligated or otherwise made available to the government of a country identified by the Department of State as having governmental armed forces or government supported armed groups, including paramilitaries, militias, or civil defense forces, that recruit or use child soldiers. 
 
Directs the Secretary of State to notify any government so identified.
 
Authorizes the President to reinstate assistance upon certifying to Congress that a government is implementing: (1) compliance measures; and (2) mechanisms to prohibit future use of child soldiers and to ensure that no children are recruited, conscripted, or otherwise compelled to serve as child soldiers. 
 
Authorizes the President to provide assistance to a country for international military education and training otherwise prohibited under this Act upon certifying to Congress that such assistance is for programs that implement measures to demobilize child soldiers and for programs to support professionalization of the military.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Teacher and Nurse Support Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2621
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Nurses
Nursing education
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Teacher and Nurse Support Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase to a maximum of $17,500 the aggregate student loan obligation eligible for forgiveness or cancellation under the Federal Family Education Loan or Direct Loan programs for teachers who serve full-time in certain elementary or secondary schools that enroll a high proportion of disadvantaged students. 
 
Includes, under these student loan forgiveness and cancellation programs, nurses who serve in a clinical setting or as a member of the nursing faculty at an accredited school of nursing. 
Directs the Secretary of Education to repay such loan obligation in annual installments up to specified maximum amounts after each of five years of such service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Equality for Workers under ERISA Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2622
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Civil procedure
Claims
Employee benefit plans
Law
Pension funds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Equality for Workers under ERISA Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require any civil action brought by a beneficiary or participant of an employee benefit plan to be adjudicated as a de novo proceeding (without deference to any prior claim determination). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of copayments for all hospice care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 110-hr-2623
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Coinsurance
Health
Health insurance
Terminal care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting a copayment from a veteran being furnished inpatient or outpatient hospice care by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

action_date: 2007-07-30
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting a copayment from a veteran being furnished inpatient or outpatient hospice care by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/31/2007 H8897-8898)
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 7/31/2007 H8897-8898)
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2623.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR 7/31/2007 H8897-8898)
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2007-07-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 169.
action_date: 2007-07-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 110-267.
action_date: 2007-07-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 110-267.
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: 2007-06-28
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Loan Repayment Equity Technical Amendment of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2624
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Medical education
Medical personnel
Scholarships
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
District of Columbia Loan Repayment Equity Technical Amendment of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include the District of Columbia as an eligible jurisdiction under a grant program for states to provide educational loan repayment to health professionals in exchange for the provision of primary health services in health professional shortage areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1243)
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone.

Bill: 110-hr-2625
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Anadromous fishes
Animals
Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Atlantic Ocean
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Fishery management
Fishing boats
Forfeiture
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Overfishing
Searches and seizures
Territorial waters
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Prohibits the commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in the coastal waters or the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Imposes penalties and allows civil forfeiture of vessels for violations.
 
Requires the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director to take actions reflecting the prohibition.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Count Every Vote Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2628
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional sessions
Electoral college
Electronic government information
Express service
Government paperwork
Judges
Law
Postal service
Presidential elections
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Count Every Vote Act of 2007 - Amends federal law to extend the date provided for the meeting of electors of the President and Vice President in the states, and the date provided for the joint session of Congress held for the counting of electoral votes.
 
Changes the date for the meeting of electors from the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December following their appointment to the first day after January 1 following their appointment.
 
Changes the date for the counting of electoral votes from the sixth day of January succeeding the meeting of the electors in the states to the second day following the extended deadline for the receipt of certificates and votes by the President of the Senate or the Archivist of the United States.
 
Reduces from six to three days before the meeting of the electors in a state the end of the &quot;safe harbor&quot; period for resolution of any controversy or contest regarding appointment of state electors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House