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Preserve Historic America Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-610
Sponsor: Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative fees
Apartment houses
Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Building construction
Commemorations
Condominium (Housing)
Cooperative housing
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Enterprise zones
Finance and Financial Sector
Historic sites
History
Home ownership
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Law
Low-income housing
Mortgage banks
Mortgage interest rates
Mortgages
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rental housing
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Urban affairs
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Preserve Historic America Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax credit for rehabilitation of older and historic buildings by: (1) increasing from 20 to 25% the tax credit rate for certified historic structure rehabilitation expenditures; (2) permitting a building at least 50 years old to qualify for the rehabilitation tax credit (currently, a building must have been placed in service before 1936); (3) permitting qualified rehabilitated buildings to be used for lodging purposes; (4) limiting to 50% the basis reduction for buildings qualifying for the low-income housing and rehabilitation tax credits; (5) allowing an increased rehabilitation tax credit for certain buildings in difficult development areas or which qualify as small rehabilitation projects; (6) exempting tax credits for rehabilitation of certified historic structures from the calculation of the passive activity credit; and (7) permitting the assignment of rehabilitation tax credits.

Allows a new tax credit for 20% of the cost of rehabilitating a qualified historic home. Defines &quot;qualified historic home&quot; as a certified historic structure which has been substantially rehabilitated and which is owned by the taxpayer and is or will be used as the taxpayer's principal residence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1155)
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate the requirement that States collect Social Security numbers from applicants for recreational licenses.

Bill: 110-hr-611
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child support
Collection of accounts
Families
Fishing
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hunting
Law
Licenses
Recreation
Social security numbers
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that states collect Social Security numbers from applicants for recreational licenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1011 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to permit Puerto Rico to qualify for Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens.

Bill: 110-hr-613
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caribbean area
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Federal aid to health facilities
Illegal aliens
Immigrant health
Immigration
Puerto Rico

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to permit Puerto Rico to qualify for federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the cap on Medicaid payments for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.

Bill: 110-hr-614
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Social Welfare
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Amends titles XI and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to remove the cap on Medicaid payments for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-615
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Hospital rates
Medicare
Puerto Rico
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Puerto Rico Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the Medicare inpatient hospital services payment rate for Puerto Rico hospitals to: (1) reduce the applicable Puerto Rico percentage from 25% to zero; and (2) increase the applicable federal percentage from 75% to 100%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Hospitals Medicare DSH Equity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-616
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Case mix (Medical care)
Hospital rates
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Puerto Rico
Social Welfare
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Puerto Rico Hospitals Medicare DSH Equity Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prescribe a formula for the calculation of Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments for prospective payment system hospitals in Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-617
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Estuaries
Everglades
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Flood control
Florida
Infrastructure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Reservoirs
Restoration ecology
Water quality
Water supply
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out the project for ecosystem restoration, water supply, flood control, and protection of water quality, Indian River Lagoon, South Florida, at a specified total cost, in accordance with the recommendations of the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated August 6, 2004. 
 
Deauthorizes certain projects authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 and the Flood Control Act of 1968. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out the project for ecosystem restoration, Picayune Strand, Collier County, Florida, at a specified total cost in accordance with section 601 of Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (relating to the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan) and the report of the Chief of Engineers, September 15, 2006. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Right to Life Act

Bill: 110-hr-618
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Constitutional amendments
Equality before the law
Families
Fetus
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Right to Life Act - Declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being. Defines &quot;human being&quot; to encompass all stages of life, including but not limited to the moment of fertilization or cloning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E168)
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Global Democracy Promotion Act

Bill: 110-hr-619
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Abortion
Developing countries
Development credit institutions
Economic assistance
Family planning and birth control
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health counseling
Lobbying
Nongovernmental organizations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Global Democracy Promotion Act - Declares that foreign nongovernmental organizations: (1) shall not be ineligible for assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 solely on the basis of health or medical services (including counseling and referral services) provided by them with non-U.S. government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided, and would not violate U.S. federal law if provided in the United States; and (2) shall not be subject to requirements relating to the use of non-U.S. government funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations receiving such assistance.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-621
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical fees
Medical supplies
Medicare
Oxygen
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to restore Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment that existed prior to the enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
 
Repeals the limitation of Medicare payment to the supplier for such equipment (including portable oxygen equipment) to 36 months of continuous use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-22
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: 2007-01-22
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: 2007-01-22
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: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 110-hr-622
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Election candidates
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Minorities
Minorities in government
New York State
Presidential elections
Women
Women in government
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act - Authorizes the posthumous award of a congressional gold medal in commemoration of Shirley Chisholm, in recognition of her activism, independence, and ground-breaking achievements in politics, her election as the first African-American woman in Congress, and her campaign to be the first African-American to gain the nomination of a major political party for President of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-623
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alcoholism
Community service (Punishment)
Court records
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Criminal procedure
District courts
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Education
Educational tests
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Employee selection
Ex-offenders
Federal law enforcement officers
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Information leaking
Labor and Employment
Law
Law enforcement officers
Licenses
Parole
Personnel records
Police
Probation
Prosecution
Public records
Rehabilitation of criminals
Secondary education
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to allow an individual to file a petition for expungement of a record of conviction for a nonviolent criminal offense if such individual has: (1) never been convicted of a violent offense and has never been convicted of a nonviolent offense other than the one for which expungement is sought; (2) fulfilled all requirements of the sentence of the court in which conviction was obtained; (3) remained free from dependency on or abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance for a minimum of one year and has been rehabilitated, to the court's satisfaction, if so required by the terms of supervised release; (4) obtained a high school diploma or completed a high school equivalency program; and (5) completed at least one year of community service.

Authorizes an individual convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor to file an expungement petition. Directs the court, in ruling on such petition, after determining petitioner eligibility, to weigh the petitioner's interests against the best interests of justice and public safety.
Authorizes the Department of Justice to maintain a nonpublic manual or computerized index of expunged records, to be made available only to federal and state law enforcement personnel who have custody of such records for limited disclosure purposes.
Requires the restoration of expunged records of individuals subsequently convicted of any federal or state offense.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1644)
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E257)
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Railroad Retirement Fairness Act

Bill: 110-hr-626
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Annuities
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Law
Railroad Retirement Board
Railroad employees
Railroad retirement plans

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Railroad Retirement Fairness Act - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide that an individual who, at the time the individual makes an inquiry to the Railroad Retirement Board, has a current connection with the railroad industry shall not be deemed to have lost that current connection if: (1) the Board misleads or fails to properly inform that individual about that requirement; and (2) that conduct by the Board, according to the principles of equity, should stop the Board from deeming the individual to have lost that current connection.
 
Makes such amendment applicable with respect to annuities applied for on or after February 3, 1989.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act

Bill: 110-hr-627
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Education
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act - Makes appropriations of: (1) the greater of specified amounts or the authorized amounts for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for FY2007-FY2014; and (2) specified amounts for FY2007-FY2015 and an amount determined pursuant to a specified formula (based on the number of children who received special education, the average per-pupil expenditure, and the rate of change in a state's population) for FY2016 and thereafter for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
 
Requires such appropriated amounts to be expended consistent with pay-as-you-go requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2007-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E165)
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Helping Families Adopt Orphans Act

Bill: 110-hr-628
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Adoption
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Immigrants
Law
Orphans

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Helping Families Adopt Orphans Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that any &quot;covered individual&quot; (an individual whose Application for Advanced Processing of Orphan Petition was approved on or after July 1, 2005) may file a Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative for at least two years after the approval of the individual's application.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from requiring: (1) a covered individual who files a timely petition to pay any fees or complete any requirements already paid or completed in conjunction with the application or contingent on the amount of time that elapses between the application's approval and the petition's filing; and (2) any person who was a covered individual on this Act's enactment date from paying any fee for the timely filing of a petition unless that fee was required at the time the application was approved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Bill: 110-hr-629
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Asian American ethnic groups
Building construction
Community and school
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational counseling
Educational facilities
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Minorities
Minority education
Pacific Islanders
School buildings
School libraries
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants and related assistance to certain institutions of higher education that have an undergraduate enrollment that is at least 10% Asian American or Pacific Islander, for activities to improve their capacity to serve such students. 
 
Requires applicants for such assistance to submit a five-year plan for improving the assistance they provide to such students.
 
Gives priority to eligible institutions that serve a significant percentage of low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House