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Recognition of Forgotten Atomic Veterans and their Surviving Spouses Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3794
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Claims
Disabled
Environmental Protection
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Ionizing radiation
Labor and Employment
Nuclear weapons
Public records
Radiation victims
Radioactive pollution
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
Recognition of Forgotten Atomic Veterans and their Surviving Spouses Act of 2007 - Directs the Attorney General (AG) to: (1) obtain from files of the Operations Office of the Department of Energy in Nevada records showing the identity of all atomic veterans (those exposed to ionizing radiation or fallout from the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device); (2) locate such veterans; and (3) advise them of the provisions of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, including the right to file a claim thereunder. Directs the AG, with respect to each identified veteran who is deceased, to locate and advise his or her surviving spouse of such Act and their right to file a claim. 
 
Directs the AG to assist each such veteran or surviving spouse in filing such a claim.
 
Expands the number of diseases considered service-connected when appearing in radiation-exposed veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-10-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2120)
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
You Were There, You Get Care Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3795
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Disabled
Environmental Protection
Governmental investigations
Health
History
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Medical research
Middle East and North Africa
Military medicine
Military operations
Ordnance
Persian Gulf War
Radiation victims
Science, Technology, Communications
Uranium
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
You Were There, You Get Care Act of 2007 - Presumes specified diseases, and any other disease found by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to result from exposure to depleted uranium or the byproducts of the burn-off that occurs when a depleted uranium munition penetrates a target, among those diseases that will be presumed to be service-connected (and therefore compensable) when appearing in radiation-exposed veterans.
 
Includes, for purposes of such coverage, service during the Persian Gulf War or any subsequent conflict in which depleted uranium munitions are used.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent medical study to determine other diseases that may result from exposure to depleted uranium. Requires study results to be submitted to the congressional veterans' committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2120)
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
National Guard Employment Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3798
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee benefit plans
Employee rights
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Military training
National Guard
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
National Guard Employment Protection Act of 2007 - Provides employment and reemployment rights for certain individuals ordered to full-time National Guard duty. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3799
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Adoption
Childbirth
Congress
Congressional employees
Families
Family leave
Federal employees
Foster home care
Health
Leave of absence
Sick leave
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2007 - Allows federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the: (1) birth of a child; or (2) placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care. Makes available for any of the 12 weeks of leave an employee is entitled to for such purposes: (1) eight administrative weeks of paid leave in connection with the birth or placement involved; and (2) any accumulated annual or sick leave.
 
Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to allow the same substitution for covered congressional employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Health Information Technology Act

Bill: 110-hr-3800
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Curricula
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic data interchange
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Health information systems
Higher education
Information technology
Interstate relations
Medical education
Medical records
Performance measurement
Public-private partnerships
Quality of care
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Telemedicine

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
Promoting Health Information Technology Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology. 
 
Establishes a public-private Partnership for Health Care Improvement to recommend specific actions to achieve a nationwide interoperable health information technology infrastructure. Provides for the adoption by the federal government of standards for the electronic exchange of health information.

Establishes the American Health Information Community to provide advice to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the heads of any relevant federal agencies concerning the policy considerations related to health information technology.

Authorizes the Secretary to award grants for the: (1) purchase of qualified health information technology systems; (2) implementation of regional or local health information plans; and (3) development of academic curricula integrating qualified health information technology systems in the clinical education of health professionals.

Requires the Secretary to provide for the development and use of health care quality measures to measure the quality and efficiency of health care that patients receive.

Extends health information privacy requirements to an operator of a health information electronic database. Gives individuals the right to inspect and obtain a copy of their protected health information stored in electronic format.

Directs the Comptroller General to report on the circumstances in which it is necessary and workable to require that individuals be notified if their individually identifiable health information is wrongly disclosed.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to develop a Health Information Technology Resource Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2108-2109)
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
Toll Road Prohibition Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3802
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Bridges
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Road construction
Roads and highways
Toll roads
Tunnels

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
Toll Road Prohibition Act of 2007 - Prohibits a toll from being collected on highways, bridges, or tunnels that have been constructed with federal funds unless such funds (including reasonable interest) are repaid to the United States from non-federal sources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by bringing the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3804
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Coastal zone
Commemorations
Islands
Land transfers
Lighthouses and lightships
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
National monuments
Pacific Ocean
Reefs
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
 Removes the temporary reservation for park, scenic, or other public purposes of certain rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and islands in the Pacific Ocean within a mile of the coast of Orange County, California. Makes such rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and islands part of the California Coastal National Monument and requires that they be administered as part of the Monument. 

Repeals the lighthouse reservation with respect to the San Juan and San Mateo Rocks and the two rocks in the vicinity of Laguna Beach, off the coast of Orange County.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
Food Stamp Equality Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3805
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Ex-offenders
Food stamps
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
Food Stamp Equality Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to make individuals convicted of specified federal or state drug-related offenses eligible for food stamp or similar benefits. (Current law denies food stamp benefits to such individuals.)
 
Authorizes a state to: (1) deny or limit food stamp benefits to such individuals; or (2) continue to provide such benefits under a previous opt-out provision.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Prosecutions of International Espionage Schemes Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3806
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms sales
Classified defense information
Computer crimes
Conspiracy
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Destruction of property
Electronic government information
Energy
Espionage
Export controls
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Import restrictions
Internet
Larceny
Negligence
Nuclear facilities
Official secrets
Prosecution
Science, Technology, Communications
Treason

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
Supporting Prosecutions of International Espionage Schemes Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) revise criminal prohibitions against unauthorized gathering and disclosure of national defense information and recklessly losing such information; (2) increase maximum prison terms for the crimes of misprision of treason, rebellion, and thefts of classified information and financial records by computer; (3) impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 30 years for damaging or impeding the operation of a nuclear facility or attempting or conspiring to do so; and (4) impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 20 years for violations of certain export control requirements.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) notify appropriate officials at the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), State, and Commerce of any indictments, convictions, or dispositions of any criminal investigations under the Arms Export Control Act or the Export Administration Act; (2) develop an Internet import and export control database; and (3) provide technical assistance to investigators and prosecutors to improve and increase enforcement and prosecution of export control laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Assistance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3807
Sponsor: Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Electric appliances
Electric utilities
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Fuel cells
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Solar energy
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
Renewable Energy Assistance Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the dollar limitation on the tax credit for residential energy efficiency property expenditures and extend such credit through 2016; (2) extend through 2016 the energy tax credit for solar energy and qualified fuel cell property; (3) allow public electric utility property to qualify for the energy tax credit; (4) extend through 2015 the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property; and (5) modify energy efficient appliance tax credit amounts for appliances (e.g., dishwashers, clothes washers, refrigerators, and dehumidifiers) produced after 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2119)
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
Combat Troops Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3808
Sponsor: Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Earned income tax credit
Income tax
Military pay
Military personnel
Social Welfare
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
Combat Troops Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the taxpayer election to include combat zone compensation as earned income for purposes of calculating the earned income tax credit; and (2) allow an additional $1,000 standard tax deduction in 2007 and 2008 for members of the uniformed services on active duty for more than 30 days. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11552)
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 regarding the local coordinating entity of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3809
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Authorization
Canals
Coal
Commemorations
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Land use
Pennsylvania
Railroads
Sports and Recreation
Tax-exempt organizations
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
Amends the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 to make the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Incorporated (the Corporation) the local coordinating entity for the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, assuming the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission's duties in implementing the Cultural Heritage and Corridor Management Plan for the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor. 

Extends the the authorization of appropriations to implement the management action plan created by the Commission through FY2012. 

Terminates the Secretary's authority to provide assistance under such Act five years after this Act's enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-05
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse located in Farmington, New York, and the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of Women's Rights National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3810
Sponsor: Rep. Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Black history
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights movements
Commemorations
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Minorities
National parks
New York State
Slavery
Women
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse in Farmington, New York, as well as the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System (NPS) as part of the Women's Rights National Historical Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
Intercept Child Predators Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3811
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-10-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Criminal investigation
Electronic surveillance
Families

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: 
Intercept Child Predators Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to add child sexual exploitation and child pornography to the crimes for which interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications (wiretaps) may be authorized in state investigations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-10
text: Introduced in House