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Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3301
Sponsor: Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Arts, Culture, Religion
Camping
Commemorations
Conservation easements
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
National forests
Native Americans
Right-of-way
Road construction
Sports and Recreation
State parks
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to convey to Resolution Copper Mining, LLC, all and interest of the United States in and to specified federal land in Pinal County, Arizona, in exchange for Resolution Copper conveying to the United States title to: (1) the Secretary to specified non-federal land in Gila, Yavapai, Maricopa, Pinal, and Coconino Counties, Arizona, and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to specified non-federal land in Pinal and Gila Counties, Arizona. 

Directs the Secretary to convey specified land in Pinal County to the town of Superior, Arizona. 

Instructs Resolution Copper to deliver to the Secretary an executed document reviewed by, and acceptable to, the Secretary which grants a permanent conservation easement to the easement area (the surface estate of the Apache Leap Natural and Cultural Resource Conservation Easement Area) to one or more of the following grantees: (1) a qualified unit of government or Indian tribe; or (2) a land trust or other qualified organization. Requires Resolution Copper and the grantee or grantees to determine whether the area covered by the easement should be managed to establish additional cultural and historic resource protections or measures. 

Directs: (1) the Secretary to construct in the Global Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest one or more replacement campgrounds for the Oak Flat Campground; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to immediately convey to the Arizona State Parks Board approximately 2,000 acres of land under such Secretary's jurisdiction within the exterior boundary of the proposed Tam O'Shanter Area State Park for the establishment of such Park. 

Requires the Secretary of the Interior, immediately upon request by the Board, to grant the Board a right-of-way for a State Park access road across any federal lands on the Tam O' Shanter Access Road in order to provide public access to the proposed State Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-01
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Responsibility and Accountability Act

Bill: 110-hr-3302
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional-executive relations
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Law
Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Congressional Responsibility and Accountability Act - Amends the Administrative Procedure Act to: (1) require each agency, before adopting a rule, to determine whether compliance with the rule will result in a specified economic impact; and (2) prohibit an agency from enforcing a rule it determines will result in such impact until its requirements are enacted into law.

Requires each agency: (1) annually, to determine whether its rules have resulted in a specified economic impact in the preceding year; and (2) not later than 365 days after making such determination, to no longer enforce such a rule until its requirements are enacted into law.

Defines &quot;specified economic impact&quot; as: (1) costs to any individual of $5,000 or more in a year; (2) costs to any partnership, corporation, association, or public or private organization of $25,000 or more in a year; (3) costs to all persons (not including the federal government or a state government) in the aggregate of $250,000 or more in a year; or (4) the loss by one or more U.S. citizens of existing employment in a year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1702)
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Public Safety Tax Cut Act

Bill: 110-hr-3303
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Law enforcement officers
Municipal services
Police
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Public Safety Tax Cut Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow full-time police officers or firefighters a tax credit of $1,000; and (2) exclude from the gross income of volunteer police officers or firefighters certain public services benefits received from a state or local government agency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1700)
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Police Security Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-3304
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Correctional personnel
Crime and Law Enforcement
Equipment and supplies
Federal law enforcement officers
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Law enforcement officers
Police
Private police
Safety measures
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Police Security Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain law enforcement or private security officers a nonrefundable tax credit for the cost of an armor vest, up to $1,200 for each officer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1701)
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Terrorism Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3305
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aircraft pilots
Airline passenger traffic
Aviation safety
Crime and Law Enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Firearms
Law enforcement officers
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Anti-Terrorism Act of 2007 - Provides that no federal agency shall prohibit an airline pilot, copilot, or navigator, or law enforcement person specifically detailed for protection of an aircraft, from carrying a firearm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Flexible Health Savings Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3306
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Employee health benefits
Flexible benefit plans
Health
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Medical savings accounts
Tax exclusion
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Flexible Health Savings Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow up to $500 of unused health benefits in a plan or other arrangement that provides for a health flexible spending arrangement to be carried forward to the next plan year or be contributed to a health savings account or a qualified retirement plan, without affecting the status of such plan or arrangement as a tax-exempt employee benefit cafeteria plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Voluntary State Discount Prescription Drug Plan Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3309
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer discounts
Drug industry
Medicaid
Prescription pricing
Rebates
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Voluntary State Discount Prescription Drug Plan Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require drug manufacturers to pay rebates to state prescription drug discount programs as a condition of participating in a Medicaid rebate agreement for outpatient prescription drugs, but only if the state has elected to establish an optional state prescription drug discount program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1698)
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Earning and Living Opportunities Act

Bill: 110-hr-3310
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2007-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advertising
Apprenticeship
Building construction
Commerce
Community development
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction workers
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Employee selection
Employee training
Federal aid to housing
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Housing authorities
Housing management
Indian housing
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Law
Maintenance and repair
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Minority employment
Native Americans
Public housing
Recruiting of employees
Residential rehabilitation
Skilled labor
Social Welfare
Urban affairs
Women
Women in business
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: 
Earning and Living Opportunities Act - Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to set forth as a condition of federal housing and community development assistance that: (1) a public or Indian housing agency or contractor shall require that at least 20% of employee hours be performed by low- or very low-income persons; and (2) a recipient of assistance for housing rehabilitation, construction, or other public construction projects and their contractors shall require that at least 20% of new employee hours be performed by low- or very low-income persons. 
 
Directs the Secretary to require a public or Indian housing agency and other recipients of federal housing and community development assistance to: (1) establish a section 3 committee of interested parties to oversee all aspects of compliance with section 3 of such Act; (2) advertise training and employment opportunities generated by development assistance; and (3) maintain a registry of eligible low- and very low-income persons who express interest in those opportunities.
 
(Section 3 declares the policy of the Congress to ensure that the employment and other economic opportunities generated by federal financial assistance for housing and community development programs shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed toward low- and very low-income persons, particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for housing.)
 
Prescribes requirements for: (1) contractor compliance and job training; and (2) agency recruitment and referral. 
 
Establishes fines for noncompliance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity tax credit for Hurricane Katrina employees.

Bill: 110-hr-3312
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Emergency Management
Hurricanes
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Amends the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 to extend for an additional two-year period the eligibility of Hurricane Katrina employees for the work opportunity tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Improving Mathematics and Science Teacher Quality Act

Bill: 110-hr-3313
Sponsor: Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Authorization
Colleges
Commerce
Community and school
Continuing education
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Engineering
Federal aid to education
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Mathematics
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Improving Mathematics and Science Teacher Quality Act - Amends part B of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize the inclusion of informal science education centers and business consortia as partners in the grant program to improve the quality of elementary and secondary school mathematics and science teachers. Requires the inclusion of teacher training departments of institutions of higher education in such partnerships, but removes state educational agencies as partnership participants.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award such grants to states for redistribution as competitive subgrants to eligible partnerships. (Currently, the Secretary awards grants directly to such partnerships if appropriations do not exceed a specified amount.) 
 
Requires that grant priority be given to eligible partnerships that carry out activities modeled after programs which are to be identified and disseminated by the Secretary, in consultation and coordination with the Director of the National Science Foundation, for replication on a more expansive basis.
 
Removes the provision of financial incentives to recruit and retain teachers from authorized grant uses.
 
Reauthorizes appropriations for the programs under parts A and B of title II of the ESEA through FY2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases.

Bill: 110-hr-3314
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Income tax
Law
Lawyers
Legal fees
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow attorneys a tax deduction for expenses and court costs which they pay or incur in contingent fee cases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Identity Theft Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3316
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Fees
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Identity theft
Security measures

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Identity Theft Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to authorize a consumer to request a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze upon his or her consumer report. 
 
Prohibits a consumer reporting agency, if a security freeze is in place, from releasing a consumer report to a third party without prior express authorization from the consumer.

Prescribes procedures for removal and temporary suspension of a security freeze.

Requires a consumer reporting agency to notify the consumer in writing before removing the security freeze.

Identifies specified entities, including governmental agencies, to which these prohibitions and requirements do not apply.

Permits a consumer reporting agency to charge a fee for placing or temporarily suspending a security freeze on a consumer report.

Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from charging a fee for placing, removing, or temporarily suspending a security freeze if a consumer: (1) has either filed a police report, or made a complaint to a police department concerning identity theft; or (2) has received notice that a breach of data security has occurred with respect to information required by law to be maintained securely and in confidence.

Exempts specified entities from this Act, including certain aggregators and other agencies acting only as resellers of credit information which do not maintain a permanent data base of consumer information from which new consumer reports are produced.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
GEAR UP Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3317
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Authorization
College costs
Colleges
Community and school
Compensatory education
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational counseling
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Mentoring
Parent-school relationships
Personal budgets
Scholarships
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
GEAR UP Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) created to facilitate the transition of low-income high school students into postsecondary education.
 
Establishes a seven year GEAR UP grant period. 
 
Requires grantees to provide services to students through their first year of postsecondary education.
 
Revises GEAR UP matching requirements to allow: (1) matching funds to accrue over the duration of a grant; (2) grantees to request that the match be reduced; and (3) each non-federal dollar obligated for student financial aid to be treated as two dollars toward the match.
 
Expands permissible uses of grant funds to include promoting student financial and economic literacy and facilitating family and community involvement in the program. Permits state grantees to use program funds for technical assistance to middle or secondary schools or partnership grantees located in the state.
 
Provides that GEAR UP scholarships are to supplement aid to which students are already eligible. Alters the formula used in determining the minimum GEAR UP scholarship to factor in the minimum, rather than maximum, Pell Grant.
 
Reauthorizes GEAR UP appropriations through FY2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Best Help for Rape Victims Act

Bill: 110-hr-3318
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Contraceptives
Forensic medicine
Health
Health education
Law
Physical examinations
Rape
Standards
Victims of crimes
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Best Help for Rape Victims Act - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 to require the Attorney General to include within the national protocol on sexual assault forensic examinations a recommendation that a victim of sexual assault who is at risk of pregnancy from rape should be: (1) offered information about emergency contraception; and (2) provided with such contraception on site at the victim's request. Requires the Attorney General to revise any existing protocol in accordance with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House