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Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1552
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Medicare
Physical therapy
Physicians
Social Welfare
Speech disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize qualified physical therapists to provide services for Medicare beneficiaries without the requirement of a physician referral. 

Provides for treatment of outpatient speech-language pathology services separately from outpatient physical therapy services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act

Bill: 110-hr-1554
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Chiropractic and chiropractors
Health
Health planning
Managed care
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than August 31, 2007, to complete development of a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits, as a permanent part of the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense managed health care program), for covered beneficiaries. Requires plan implementation by January 31, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To impose a two year moratorium on the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of new Tribal-State compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

Bill: 110-hr-1555
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Indian lands
Minorities
Sports and Recreation
State government-Indian relations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from approving any new tribal-state compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act until two years after enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Married Student Debt Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1556
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Income tax
Interest
Married people
Student loan funds
Tax deductions
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Married Student Debt Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a husband and wife filing a joint tax return to each claim the maximum tax deduction of $2,500 for interest on education loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E555)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Elvira Arellano.

Bill: 110-hr-1557
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Provides for the relief of Elvira Arellano.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1558
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Boundaries
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consultants
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Land transfers
Land use
National forests
National monuments
National parks
National recreation areas
Natural areas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: 
Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of specified federal land in Coconino National Forest, state and private lands, and Walnut Canyon National Monument in Arizona (the study area) to evaluate: (1) the significance of the resources and public values of the study area as the resources and public values pertain to the management objectives of the Forest Service and the National Park Service (NPS); (2) the opportunities for maintaining existing public uses; and (3) a range of options for managing and conserving resources by the NPS or the Forest Service, or by both agencies, including the feasibility of a boundary adjustment to the Monument, designation of the study area as a National Recreation Area, maintaining the study area as managed by the Forest Service, and any other designation or management option that will accomplish the protection of resources and the maintenance of public use and access for such area. 
 
Requires the Secretaries to: (1) designate the Forest Service as the lead agency; (2) consult with appropriate federal, state, county, and local government entities; (3) contract with a third-party consultant with experience in park and land use planning to prepare a draft study; and (4) collaborate with the Forest Supervisor of the Coconino National Forest, the Superintendent of the Flagstaff Area National Monuments, the Flagstaff City Council, and Coconino County Board of Supervisors in developing a scope of work for the draft study under the guidance of the third-party consultant. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Armed Forces Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1559
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Income tax
Iraq compilation
Military pay
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Armed Forces Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income all compensation received for active service as a member of the Armed Forces, not including pensions and retirement pay. (Terminates the current limited exclusion from gross income for combat pay.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1560
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Alternative medicine
Alzheimer's disease
Authorization
Cardiovascular diseases
Caregivers
Clinical trials
Communication in medicine
Community health services
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health education
Higher education
Imaging systems in medicine
Long-term care
Medical education
Medical research
Medical statistics
Menopause
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Neurology
Preventive medicine
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telephone
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for conducting and supporting research on Alzheimer's disease in FY2008-FY2012.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute on Aging to: (1) give priority to projects for conducting and supporting Alzheimer's disease research; (2) increase the emphasis on the need to conduct Alzheimer's disease prevention trials within NIH; (3) ensure that Alzheimer's disease is maintained as a high priority for the existing neuroscience initiative; (4) conduct and support cooperative clinical research regarding Alzheimer's disease; and (5) make grants for research related to the early detection, diagnosis, and prevention of Alzheimer's disease, the relationship of vascular disease and Alzheimer's disease, and Alzheimer's disease services and caregiving.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) convene a summit of researchers and other industry representatives on Alzheimer's disease; (2) make grants for public education programs on risk factors associated with cognitive health, Alzheimer's disease, and other dementias; and (3) make grants to community organizations to establish and operate Alzheimer's call centers to provide 24-hour information on Alzheimer's disease.

Extends through FY2012 funding for demonstration projects relating to Alzheimer's disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Drug Safety and Innovation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1561
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Biomedical engineering
Clinical trials
Commerce
Conflict of interests
Data banks
Directories
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health information systems
Health surveys
Labeling
Medical ethics
Medical innovations
Medical research
Medical supplies
Nonprofit organizations
Product safety
Research centers
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
Enhancing Drug Safety and Innovation Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require an application for approval for a new drug or biological product to include a proposed risk evaluation and mitigation strategy, which must include: (1) labeling for the drug for use by health care providers; (2) submission of reports for the drug; and (3) a statement as to whether the analysis and surveillance are sufficient to assess the serious risks of the drug.
 
Establishes a Drug Safety Oversight Board.
 
 Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Reagan-Udall Institute for Applied Biomedical Research as a nonprofit corporation to advance the Critical Path Initiative to modernize medical product development, accelerate innovation, and enhance product safety. Requires the Institute to have a Board of Directors. Allows the Board to coordinate and collaborate with other entities to conduct research, education, and outreach and to modernize the sciences of developing, manufacturing, and evaluating the safety and effectiveness of diagnostics, devices, biologics, and drugs.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish and administer a clinical trial registry database and a clinical trial results database. Requires a responsible part for a clinical trial to submit clinical trial information to the Director for inclusion in the databases.
 
Requires each individual under consideration for a term on an advisory committee providing advice or recommendations to the Secretary regarding FDA activities to disclose industry financial interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1563
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
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: 2007-03-19
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: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
National Estuary Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-1564
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy storage
Estuaries
Federal aid to water pollution control
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Natural gas
Offshore structures
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
National Estuary Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to: (1) prohibit as a matter of national policy the construction or use of a floating storage regasification unit in an estuary of national significance; and (2) require national estuary grant program applicants to certify to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency that they will not construct or use a floating storage regasification unit on an estuary of national significance, unless ordered to do so by a federal agency or court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Leadership PAC Limitation Act

Bill: 110-hr-1565
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Political action committees
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
Leadership PAC Limitation Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the conversion of leadership PAC funds to personal use.

Defines leadership PAC as a political committee directly or indirectly established, maintained, or controlled by a candidate for election for federal office, or an individual holding federal office, but not an authorized committee of the candidate or individual. Excludes any political committee of a political party from the meaning of leadership PAC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Stevie Wonder Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 110-hr-1566
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Entertainers
Music

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
Stevie Wonder Congressional Gold Medal Act - Provides for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Stevie Wonder in recognition of his ground-breaking musical achievements, activism, and contributions to the music industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Henry Ford Scholarship Program Act

Bill: 110-hr-1568
Sponsor: Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Engineering
Federal aid to education
Health
Higher education
Infrastructure
Mathematics
Medical education
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
Henry Ford Scholarship Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish a program awarding scholarships to high-achieving students (to be known as &quot;Henry Ford Scholars&quot;) who graduate from secondary school after May 1, 2007, and pursue undergraduate degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and health-related fields at institutions of higher education.

Awards each scholarship for one academic year, but gives recipients who continue to meet scholarship eligibility criteria priority for additional one-year scholarships, for up to four years of undergraduate study.

Sets forth eligibility criteria requiring applicants to have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5, and family or individual adjusted gross income of less than $200,000 or $100,000, respectively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1660)
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Gasoline Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1569
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Diesel motor
Energy
Energy prices
Excise tax
Gasoline
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
Gasoline Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend excise taxes on diesel and other highway motor fuels during specified periods when weekly retail gasoline prices as published by the Department of Energy exceed $2.75 per gallon.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act

Bill: 110-hr-1570
Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: East Asia
Families
History
Japan
Military dependents
Military pay
Philippines
Prisoners of war
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay certain compensation to individuals (or their survivors) who, as members of the armed forces during World War II: (1) were captured on the peninsula of Bataan or the island of Corregidor in the Philippines by Japanese forces; and (2) participated in and survived the Bataan Death March. 
Allows a survivor payment to be made to the nearest surviving relative of such individual.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Seniors Access to Mental Health Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1571
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Coinsurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Medical economics
Medicare
Mental health services
Psychiatry
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
Seniors Access to Mental Health Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide, by a gradual increase in the percentage of expenses considered incurred expenses, for a gradual reduction (from 50% to the standard 20%) by 2013 of copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services under the Medicare program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House