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Effective Homeland Security Management Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-547
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
Department of Homeland Security
Executive reorganization
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Presidential appointments

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Effective Homeland Security Management Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security for Management, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve as the Chief Management Officer and principal advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related to management of the Department. 

action_date: 2008-10-01
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Effective Homeland Security Management Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security for Management (who shall assume many responsibilities of the current Under Secretary for Management), to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve as the Chief Management Officer and principal advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related to management. 

Includes among the Deputy Secretary's responsibilities the integration and transformation process to ensure an efficient and orderly consolidation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) functions and personnel, including the development of a management integration strategy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-01
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1099.
action_date: 2008-10-01
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2008-10-01
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1850-1851)
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Artist-Museum Partnership Act

Bill: 110-s-548
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Art
Artists
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Charitable contributions
Copyright
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Intellectual property
Literature
Music
Tax deductions
Tax returns
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
 
Artist-Museum Partnership Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who create literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions or similar property a fair market value (determined at the time of contribution) tax deduction for contributions of such properties, the copyrights thereon, or both, to certain tax-exempt organizations, if such properties are properly appraised and are donated no sooner than 18 months after their creation. Limits the amount of such deduction based upon the donor's artistic adjusted gross income, as defined by this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1852-1853)
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1851-1852)
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-549
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Antibiotics
Business records
Commerce
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Drugs
Families
Family farms
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Livestock
Meat
Medicated feeds
Poultry
Small farms
Veterinary medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny an application for a new animal drug that is a critical antimicrobial animal drug unless the applicant demonstrates that there is a reasonably certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the nontherapeutic use of the drug. Defines &quot;critical antimicrobial animal drug&quot; as a drug intended for use in food-producing animals that contains specified antibiotics or other drugs used in humans to treat or prevent disease or infection caused by microorganisms.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to withdraw approval of a nontherapeutic use of such drugs in food-producing animals two years after the date of enactment of this Act unless certain safety requirements are met.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to livestock or poultry producers to defray the costs of reducing the use of such drugs, with priority given to family-owned or small farms and ranches.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to colleges and universities to establish programs to phase out the nontherapeutic use of such drugs in livestock or poultry.

Requires the manufacturer of such a drug or an animal feed for food-producing animals containing such a drug to report sales information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1853-1854)
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Agricultural Business Security Tax Credit Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-551
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agribusiness
Agricultural chemicals
Agriculture and Food
Chemical industries
Commerce
Computer security measures
Costs
Employee training
Environmental Protection
Fertilizers
Income tax
Industrial buildings
Labor and Employment
Lighting
Pesticides
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Tax credits
Video tape recording

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Agricultural Business Security Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a retailer of agricultural products and chemicals or a manufacturer, formulator, or distributor of certain pesticides a business tax credit for 30 percent of costs for or related to the protection of such chemicals or pesticides, including employee security training and background checks, installation of security equipment, and computer network safeguards. Sets a $2 million annual limit on such credit and a per facility limitation of $100,000 (reduced by credits received for the five prior taxable years). Terminates such credit after 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Tax Treatment Act

Bill: 110-s-552
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alaska
Annuities
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Environmental Protection
Estates (Law)
Farm income
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Oil pollution
Self-employed
Tax administration
Tax exclusion
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Tax Treatment Act - Allows taxpayers who are plaintiffs in the civil action 
In re Exxon Valdez
, No. 89-095-CV (HRH) (Consolidated) (D. Alaska), or their heirs or dependents, to: (1) elect to average, for income tax purposes, income received in settlement of such civil action for the period beginning on January 1, 1994, and ending on December 31 of the year in which any settlement income is received; and (2) make contributions of any amount of such settlement income to certain tax-exempt retirement plans in the year such income is received.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1855)
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1854-1855)
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-555
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accident insurance
Commerce
Cost of living adjustments
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Flexible benefit plans
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Life insurance
Long-term care insurance
Self-employed
Small business
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
SIMPLE Cafeteria Plan Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a new employee benefit cafeteria plan to be known as a Simple Cafeteria Plan. Defines &quot;Simple Cafeteria Plan&quot; as a cafeteria plan which: (1) is established and maintained by an employer with an average of 100 or fewer employees during a two-year period; (2) requires employers to make contributions or match employee contributions to the plan; (3) requires participating employees to have at least 1,000 hours of service for the preceding plan year and allows such employees to elect any benefit available under the plan; (4) permits participation by self-employed individuals; and (5) includes long-term care insurance as an qualified benefit. Exempts employers who make contributions for employees under a simple cafeteria plans from pension plan nondiscrimination requirements applicable to highly compensated and key employees. 

Modifies rules applicable to employee benefit flexible spending arrangements, including health and dependent care arrangements, to permit participants to make or modify elections regarding covered benefits and to carry over up to $500 (indexed for inflation) of unused benefits to the succeeding year or transfer such unused amounts to another plan, including an individual retirement plan or a health savings account. 

Allows an exclusion from the gross income of an employee of up to $7,500 ($10,000 for employees with one or more dependents) for employer contributions to a flexible spending arrangement. Provides for a cost-of-living adjustment to such exclusion amounts beginning in calendar year 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1859-1861)
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1857-1859)
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-557
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Income tax
Motor vehicles
Sports and Recreation
Sports facilities
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the classification, for depreciation purposes, of any motorsports entertainment complex as seven year property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1863-1864)
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to create a Rural Policing Institute as part of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.

Bill: 110-s-560
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Curricula
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Drug law enforcement
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Family violence
Georgia
Housing and Community Development
Indian law enforcement
Methamphetamine
Minorities
Police training
Rural crime
School security

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Establishes a Rural Policing Institute to be administered by the Office of State and Local Training of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (based in Glynco, Georgia). Requires the Institute to: (1) evaluate the needs of law enforcement agencies of local and tribal governments in rural areas; (2) develop expert training programs to address the needs of such agencies regarding combating methamphetamine addiction and distribution, domestic violence, and response to school shootings; and (3) conduct outreach to ensure that its training programs reach law enforcement officers of such agencies.
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1904)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act

Bill: 110-s-561
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Congress
Families
Income tax
Sunset legislation
Tax credits
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act - Exempts provisions expanding the adoption tax credit and adoption assistance programs enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 from the general terminating (sunset) provisions of that Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1904)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1904)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
No Child Left Behind Flexibility and Improvements Act

Bill: 110-s-562
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Administrative procedure
Civics education
Department of Education
Disabled
Economic theory
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
English language
Federal aid to education
Federal-state relations
Geography and mapping
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
History
Housing and Community Development
Law
Policy sciences
Reading
Rural education
Secondary education
Social sciences
Special education
Teacher education
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
No Child Left Behind Flexibility and Improvements Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise requirements relating to annual yearly progress (AYP) of students and schools, statewide and local accountability systems, special education, limited English proficiency students, funding levels and academic assessment deferrals, highly qualified teachers, and reading activities.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to modify an AYP timeline.
 
Allows states to use: (1) additional types of statewide models and systems for measuring all students' progress; and (2) alternative assessments, designated by their individualized education program plan teams, for students with disabilities.
 
Gives states an option to include as limited English proficiency students, until they complete secondary school, those formerly in such subgroup who have subsequently acquired English proficiency.
 
Permits use of local assessments in measuring AYP.

Increases the levels of ESEA funding which must be reached before states are not allowed certain deferrals of academic assessments.
 
Revises requirements relating to AYP by group and subgroup.
 
Adds options for deeming teachers of multiple academic subjects as highly qualified, and for general social studies certification.

Authorizes use of reading activities subgrants for individual or small-group instruction, as well as for class-wide instruction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Star Print ordered on S. 562.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1904-1905)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the deadline by which State identification documents shall comply with certain minimum standards and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-563
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Constitutional law
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Driver licenses
Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Immigration
Law
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Amends the REAL ID Act of 2005 to extend the deadline by which: (1) state drivers' licenses and identification cards must meet certain minimum federal standards to be accepted by a federal agency; and (2) a state must meet certain minimum verification standards before issuing such licenses or cards due to the nonavailability of state electronic systems to verify such documents.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to reconvene the negotiated rulemaking committee established pursuant to the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act of 2004, with the addition of any new interested parties, to: (1) review proposed regulations to implement the minimum document requirements, and the provisions, of the REAL ID Act of 2005; and (2) submit recommendations to the Secretary regarding appropriate modifications to such regulations and such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1905-1906)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Next Generation Hispanic-Serving Institutions Act

Bill: 110-s-565
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Authorization
Building construction
Community and school
Curricula
Department of Education
Distance education
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational technology
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Graduate education
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Internet
Junior colleges
Laboratories
Mentoring
Minorities
Minority education
Scholarships
School buildings
School libraries
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Next Generation Hispanic-Serving Institutions Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise requirements for Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) under title V (Developing Institutions).
 
Establishes a program of competitive grants to eligible HSIs that offer postbaccalaureate certifications or degrees (part B grants). Limits a part B grant award's duration to not more than five years. Prohibits the Secretary of Education from awarding more than one part B grant to an HSI in any one fiscal year.
 
Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the current part A program of grants to HSIs that offer baccalaureate degrees or are junior or community colleges; and (2) the new part B program of grants to HSIs that offer postbaccalaureate certifications or degrees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1911)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1910-1911)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Entrepreneur and Microenterprise Assistance Act

Bill: 110-s-566
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Entrepreneurs
Government lending
Grants-in-aid
Indian economic development
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Rural economic development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Rural Entrepreneur and Microenterprise Assistance Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a rural entrepreneur and microenterprise (sole proprietorship or business entity with not more than 10 full-time employees) program to help low- and moderate- income individuals acquire: (1) necessary skills to establish small rural businesses; and (2) technical and financial assistance. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a related rural microloan program to provide technical and financial assistance to sole proprietorships and small rural businesses with a particular focus on businesses with five or fewer full-time employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Truth in Video Game Rating Act

Bill: 110-s-568
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Cable television
Child welfare
Computer software
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer protection
Deceptive advertising
Families
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Interactive media
Internet
Labeling
Law
Marketing
Motion pictures
Pornography
Restrictive trade practices
Science, Technology, Communications
Television programs
Video games
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Truth in Video Game Rating Act - Prohibits any rating organization from assigning a content rating to any video or computer game unless it has reviewed its entire playable content. Prohibits any producer, seller, or distributor of such games from withholding or hiding any such content from a rating organization.
 
Requires any person submitting to a rating organization a video or computer game with hidden content to accompany it with the codes or methods necessary to access such hidden content. Prohibits a rating organization from providing a content rating that grossly mischaracterizes the game content.
 
Makes a violation of a prohibition of this Act an unfair or deceptive act or practice under specified provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act and requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate