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Eliminate Gas Price Discrimination Act

Bill: 110-hr-2283
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2007-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Franchises (Retail trade)
Petroleum industry
Restrictive trade practices
Service stations
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: 
Eliminate Gas Price Discrimination Act - Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to prohibit a franchise from placing a limitation on the source from which a franchisee may obtain motor fuel. Permits a franchise, however, to require the franchisee to obtain only motor fuels with respect to which the franchisor, or the refiner that supplies the franchisor, owns or controls a trademark.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Spaceport Equality Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2285
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2007-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Airports
Bonds
Commerce
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Leases
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Space activities
Terminals (Transportation)
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: 
Spaceport Equality Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds for spaceports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Tax Credit Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2287
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Income tax
School personnel
Secondary education
Tax credits
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Teacher Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an eligible educator an annual $2,000 tax credit. 
Defines: (1) "eligible educator" as an individual who is a kindergarten through grade 12 teacher, instructor, counselor, principal, or aide in an eligible elementary or secondary school for at least 900 hours during a school year; and (2) "eligible elementary or secondary school" as a school that is eligible for schoolwide assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Airport Badge Security Act

Bill: 110-hr-2288
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2007-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airline employees
Airports
Aviation safety
Dismissal of employees
Employers' liability
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Labor and Employment
Law
Security measures
Transportation workers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: 
Airport Badge Security Act - Makes an employer (other than a governmental entity or airport operator) who fails to collect an airport security badge from an employee that has been terminated and does not notify the operator of the airport of such termination within a specified time liable to a civil penalty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2007-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1031)
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Striving Readers Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2289
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2007-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Compensatory education
Continuing education
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational planning
Educational surveys
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Illiteracy
Law
Licenses
Literacy programs
Parent-school relationships
Reading
School administration
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Teacher education
Teaching
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: 
Striving Readers Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide peer-reviewed grants for literacy initiatives benefiting students in grades 4 through 12 to: (1) local educational agencies (LEAs) eligible for school improvement funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, if appropriations under this Act are less than $200 million; or (2) state educational agencies (SEAs), and through them, to LEAs, if appropriations equal or exceed such amount.
 
Allots funds to SEAs on the basis of their relative proportion of needy children aged 5 to 17 and eighth graders underachieving in reading. Requires SEAs, in addition to providing subgrants, to use grant funds to: (1) provide professional development assistance to LEAs; (2) enhance public higher education for students preparing to teach any of grades 4 through 12; (3) recommend improvements to state licensure and certification standards for reading instruction in such grades; and (4) report to the Secretary of Education on SEA and LEA progress in improving adolescent literacy.
 
Requires LEAs to use grant or subgrant funds on literacy initiatives that include: (1) student need and progress assessments and reports; (2) development of adolescent literacy plans for underperforming students that provide intensive, accelerated, and extended instruction for such students and professional development for teachers; and (3) initiative training for school leaders. Prohibits the use of subgrant funds on schools that do not meet specified need criteria.
 
Authorizes the withholding of grant or subgrants funds from SEAs and LEAs making insufficient progress in improving adolescent literacy.
 
Requires a national evaluation and the dissemination of information regarding the effectiveness of the grant and subgrant programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Cyber-Security Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2290
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2007-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations
Computer crimes
Conspiracy
Criminal investigation
Department of Justice
Destruction of property
Economics and Public Finance
Extortion
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Forfeiture
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Organized crime
Prosecution
Science, Technology, Communications
Secret service
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: 
Cyber-Security Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit accessing a protected computer to obtain a unique identification number, address or routing code, or access device; (2) revise the definition of &quot;protected computer&quot; to include computers affecting interstate or foreign commerce or communication; (3) expand the definition of &quot;racketeering&quot; to include computer fraud; (4) redefine the crime of computer-related extortion to include threats to access without authorization (or to exceed authorized access of) a protected computer; (5) impose criminal penalties for conspiracy to commit computer fraud; (6) require forfeiture of property used to commit computer fraud; and (7) impose criminal penalties for damaging 10 or more protected computers during any one-year period. 

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend its guidelines and policy statements to reflect congressional intent to increase criminal penalties for computer fraud. 

Authorizes additional appropriations in FY2007-FY2011 to the U.S. Secret Service, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate and prosecute criminal activity involving computers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
To grant immunity from civil liability to any person who voluntarily notifies appropriate security personnel of suspicious activity believed to threaten transportation safety or security or takes reasonable action to mitigate such activity.

Bill: 110-hr-2291
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Good samaritan laws
Informers
Legal fees
Liability (Law)
Terrorism
Transportation safety

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: 
Grants immunity from civil liability to persons who: (1) in good faith report threats to or acts of terrorism against transportation systems or passengers; and (2) take reasonable action to mitigate such actions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Pay Veterans First Act

Bill: 110-hr-2292
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2007-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Claims
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disabled
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Presidential appointments
Salaries
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: 
Pay Veterans First Act - Prohibits for FY2007 the payment of a performance-based bonus to any officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) who is appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate, or who is a senior politically appointed officer unless, at the time of the payment, fewer than 100,000 claims for veterans' disability compensation are pending before the VA.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to conduct an audit of VA claims processing, and report audit results to Congress, for any quarter of FY2007 during which the percentage of disallowed claims exceeds by more than 10% the percentage that were disallowed during FY2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Enhanced Participation in Drug Courts Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2294
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2007-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Drug courts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Law
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: 
Enhanced Participation in Drug Courts Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to redefine &quot;violent offender&quot; for purposes of eligibility for participating in drug court programs to mean a person charged or convicted of an offense that is punishable by a prison term exceeding one year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Arizona National Scenic Trail Act

Bill: 110-hr-2297
Sponsor: Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2007-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: 
Arizona National Scenic Trail Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the Arizona Trail, extending approximately 807 miles across Arizona from the border between Arizona and Utah to the international border with Mexico, as the &quot;Arizona National Scenic Trail.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit.

Bill: 110-hr-2298
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2007-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy
Geothermal resources
Heat pumps
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat geothermal heating and cooling equipment as energy property for purposes of the energy tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area Act

Bill: 110-hr-2299
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Land transfers
Land use
Nevada
Noise
Real estate development
Recreation
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation planning

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: 
Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Henderson, Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to specified federal land in Henderson (the Transition Area). 
 
Permits the city, after conveyance, to sell, lease, or otherwise convey any part or parts of the Transition Area for nonresidential development purposes, or to elect to retain parcels in the Transition Area for public recreation or other public purposes consistent with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 
 
Requires the city to: (1) plan and manage the Transition Area in accordance with federal law and regulations relating to airport noise compatibility planning; and (2) agree that if any land in the Transition area is sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed by the city, the sale, lease, or conveyance shall contain a limitation to require uses compatible with that airport noise compatibility planning. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 127 East Locust Street in Fairbury, Illinois, as the "Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-2300
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2007-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Illinois
Labor and Employment
Names
Physicians
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 127 East Locust Street in Fairbury, Illinois, as the "Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Livestock Identification and Marketing Opportunities Act

Bill: 110-hr-2301
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2007-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative fees
Agricultural statistics
Animal diseases
Animals
Armed Forces and National Security
Cattle
Commerce
Confidential communications
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Data banks
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Federal preemption
Finance and Financial Sector
Goats
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Health
Health surveys
Identification devices
Law
Livestock
Performance measurement
Poultry
Public health
Science, Technology, Communications
Sheep
State laws
Swine
Trade secrets
Veterinary medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: 
Livestock Identification and Marketing Opportunities Act - Establishes the Livestock Identification Board which shall: (1) establish an electronic livestock identification system (livestock system) that is capable of tracing all U.S. livestock from the time of first movement from its original premise to the time of slaughter in less than 48 hours, and tracking all relevant livestock information (identification number, species, date of birth); (2) maintain a centralized livestock data system; and (3) determine the official livestock system identification technology. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a U.S. premise identification system.
 
Authorizes the owner of an animal or group of animals that is not subject to the livestock livestock system to voluntarily subject such animal, or group of animals, to system tracking.
 
Exempts information obtained through the livestock or premise systems from Freedom of Information Act disclosure.
 
States that information obtained through the livestock or premise systems: (1) may not be released; (2) shall not be considered public domain information; and (3) shall be considered privileged and confidential commercial information. 
 
Authorizes the Board to release livestock or premise system information for reasons of public health or disease or pest control. Requires the Board to release livestock or premise system information to: (1) a livestock owner upon request; (2) the Secretary, a state, or a tribal agency for animal disease surveillance; (3) the Attorney General for criminal investigation or prosecution; (4) the Secretary of Homeland Security for national security; (5) the Secretary of Health and Human Services for public health protection; and (6) a foreign government if necessary to trace livestock threatened by disease or pest, as determined by the Secretary. 
 
Defines &quot;livestock&quot; as cattle, swine, sheep, goats, and poultry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2302
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2007-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coinsurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medical savings accounts
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: 
Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction from gross income for premiums paid under a high deductible health plan by an individual eligible for a deduction for amounts paid into a health savings account, for months when such taxpayer is not covered under any other plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act

Bill: 110-hr-2303
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2007-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commemorations
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Postage stamps
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: 
Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act - Directs the Postmaster General to provide for the issuance of a forever stamp (a stamp that meets first-class postage requirements even if postage rates increase) to honor the sacrifices of the men and women of the Armed Forces who have been awarded the Purple Heart.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
Energy Conservation through Smart Meters' Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2305
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2007-05-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Electric utilities
Electronic data interchange
Energy conservation
Equipment and supplies
Income tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: 
Energy Conservation through &quot;Smart Meters&quot; Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to assign a five-year recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy management devices placed in service by a supplier of electric energy or a provider of electric energy services. Defines an &quot;energy management device&quot; as any time-based meter and related communication equipment used to measure and record electricity usage data on a time-differentiated basis in at least 24 separate time segments per day. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1036)
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-14
text: Introduced in House